Thanet Swim Club

Congratulations to Maisie Macartney who returned from the European Junior Open Water Championships in Marseilles with a BRONZE medal from the 4 x 1.25km 16 & under mixed relay.  Maisie also competed in the individual 16 & under 5km race and placed a very respectable 18^th in Europe!

Reminder that the first training session back will be Monday 21st August (old timetable). The new squad structure and training sessions commence from Monday 4th September.

The second week at Nationals saw a continuation of the success from week one.  Our nine-strong team participated in 13 heats swims and made 11 finals (incl HDW 1-10 places), 9 of which resulted in medals: 5x GOLD, 1x SILVER & 3x BRONZE.  62% of the races also delivered personal best times.  Medallists and race placings are listed below:
Beth Williams:  GOLD 200Br*
Charley Langford: GOLD 200Fr*
Daisy Anderson: BRONZE 400Fr
Eva Oldfield: 13^th 50Br*
Luke Fowle: 17^th 100Br
Max Jameson: GOLD 200IM*, GOLD 200Bk*
Robyn Moon:  GOLD 50Bk
Sam Crabtree:  SILVER 200Bk*, BRONZE 1500Fr, 4^th 400Fr
Tamzin Myburgh: BRONZE 200Bk*, 5^th 400IM*
Holiday Swimmer
Joseph Russell: SILVER 200Fr*, 10^th 200Br*
(* PB in either heats or final or both)

This year we sent our biggest ever team of seven swimmers to the National Open Water Championships. First off were our three 13 year olds in the 1.5km race: Ben Millington came an impressive 10^th for his second ever open water race, Oscar Miles came 23^rd and Conor Wright soldiered through with a shoulder injury to come 35^th.  Next up was Charley Langford in the 14 years’ 1.5km race; he produced a storming 6^th placed swim.  Session two saw the start of the 15 years’ 3km races, Olivia Miles was competing in her first ever race and finished in a fantastic 6^th place.  Lily Jewell’s race was impacted by a deliberate and forceful dunking; she soldiered on to finish in 21^st position.  Finishing the day was Sam Crabtree in the 17/18 years’ 5km race; he had us on the edge of our seats by placing 9^th, then 5^th, then 4^th, then 2^nd on each lap, he finished a very close 4th after a stitch on the final lap.