Thanet Swim Club

Congratulations to Sam and Josh Crabtree on their successes at the Henley Mile.  Sam competed in the Elite ‘Suits v Skins’ race against a serious four-strong team from Wycombe.  In the first wetsuit race he finished third after getting boxed in, so the afternoon’s non-wetsuit swim became a matter of honour. Sam stormed the race and finished with an 18 second lead. This resulted in an overall WIN for the fastest combined time.  Josh decided to swim the half mile non-wetsuit, he went out fast and led convincingly for most of the race.  He finished in BRONZE position having been pipped by two wetsuit swimmers at the finish.

This year we sent a team of seven swimmers to the SE Region Open Water Championships.  Sam Crabtree won GOLD in the 5km 17/18 age group. Lily Jewell took SILVER in the 3km 15 year age group.  Charley Langford took BRONZE in the 14 year boys 1.5km race.  Strong competition in the boys 13 year age group saw Ben Millington take 8th place, Conor Wright 12th and Josh Crabtree 16th.  Alana Wright produced an amazing swim in her first ever open water race, to finish 8th in the girls 12 year age group.
Sam and Lily’s medal placings secured their invitations to the
National Open Water Championships to make our biggest ever team:
Sam, Maisie, Lily, Olivia, Charley, Oscar, Conor and Ben. 

We sent a team of four Thanet swimmers to the Kent Open Water Championships in London, Ben Millington won GOLD in his first ever open water race! Stephanie Panteli won SILVER and Lily Jewell took the BRONZE. Charley, also his first ever OW competition, swam a fantastic race, he was 2nd out of the water in his age group, but was unfortunately DQ’d.

Congratulations to Maisie Macartney on winning the Great London Swim 5km Women’s Elite race on Saturday 1st July, pictured here with Liam Tancock.