Well done to all WSC swimmers who competed at the Surrey County Championships held at Surrey Sports Park , Guildford at the weekend of 18th and 19th January .
For some of our youngest athletes this was the very first taste of a major championship held in a 50m pool ( Long Course ) where the programme of events includes heats and finals – huge step up from the Club Championships – great experience and a learning opportunity !

Special mention goes to Samuel Liau ( 13 years age group ) who won three medals – 2 GOLD in 50 Breaststroke and 50 Butterfly events both in new Club Records times of 37.02 and 30.50 respectively and a SILVER in 100 Backstroke .

Two more Club Records were set by :
Annelin Tolle ( 9 years ) in 50 Freestyle in a time of 34.25
Oliver Cunningham ( 17&over ) in 100 Backstroke in a time of 1.00.76

Other medallists were :
Edward Henwood ( 16 years ) – GOLD in 200 Butterfly and BRONZE in 50 Butterfly
Max Sochovsky ( 16 years ) – SILVER in 100 Freestyle
Bastiano Atti ( 16 years ) – SILVER in 1500 Freestyle
Oliver Cunningham ( 17&over ) – BRONZE in 100 Backstroke

Fantastic start to the Surreys and the best of luck to everyone racing this weekend !

Huge congratulations to Max Sochovsky , Edward Henwood ( both 15 years age group ) and Oliver Cunningham ( 18 years age group ) for putting up some outstanding performances at Swim England National Winter Championships held at Ponds Forge , Sheffield 5 – 8 December .

Our swimmers set four new Club Records and they are as follows :

Edward Henwood – in 100 and 200 butterfly events in times of 57.67 and 2.10.12 respectively
Oliver Cunningham – in 100 and 200 backstroke events in times of 57.83 and 2.04.40 respectively .

Fantastic work and great foundation for the rest of the season !

Well done to all swimmers from various training squads who competed just before Christmas break at Bromley SC Christmas Gold meet held at the K2 Leisure Centre , Crawley on Sat 7th and Sun 8th December .
Our swimmers won a total of 108 medals : 30 GOLD – 36 SILVER – 42 BRONZE – what a tally !

There were some very fast swims , new PB’s and County qualifying times achieved .
Special recognition goes to London Violet Payler ( 9 years age group ) and Evan Sochovsky ( 13 years age group ) who between them won 20 medals – 11 including 5 Gold – 4 Silver – 2 Bronze and 9 including 3 Gold – 3 Silver – 3 Bronze respectively .

What an ending to the first training cycle – congratulations everyone !

Five new Club Records – Guildford Level 2 Winter Meet
Posted by Kamilla Kozlowska on 02/12/2024

There were some superb swims at the Guildford Level 2 Winter Meet held over the weekend Sat 23 / Sun 24 November at Surrey Sports Park , Guildford .
This high level meet was also the last chance qualifier for the SE National Winter Meet taking place in Ponds Forge , Sheffield 5-8 December .
Our swimmers set five new Club Records :
Astrid Facius ( 15 years age group ) : 50 freestyle in a time of 27.75
50 and 100 backstroke in times of 29.02 and 1.03.18 respectively
Edward Henwood ( 15 years ) : 50 freestyle in a time of 25.43
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years ) : 200 backstroke in a time of 2.11.33 – the latter also being a National QT for the SE National Winter Meet .
and won six medals :
Astrid Facius ( 15 ) – gold in a 50 and silver in 100 backstroke events
Edward Henwood ( 15 ) – 2 silver in 50 and 100 butterfly events
Oliver Cunningham ( 17&over ) – silver in 200 backstroke
Max Sochovsky ( 15 ) – bronze in 200 backstroke
All four swimmers are heading out to Sheffield this week to represent WSC at the National Winter Meet .
Congratulations and the best of luck !!!

Well done to all our swimmers who competed last weekend – Sat 16 / Sun 17 at The Royals Autumn Open Meet held at the Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Centre.
There were many PB’s , some outstanding performances and a staggering number of medals won – 107 in total : 28 Gold – 32 Silver – 47 Bronze.
Special mention goes to London Violet Payler who won 12 medals : 8 Gold and 4 silver in the girls 9 years old age group.
Multiple medallists were ( winning five or more medals ) :
Orin Lee – Megwai ( 9 years ) – 7 : 3 Gold – 3 Silver – 1 Bronze
Annelin Tolle ( 9 years ) – 6 : 2 Gold – 3 Silver – 1 Bronze
Evan Sochovsky ( 13 years ) – 6 : 5 Gold – 1 Silver
Louis Murray ( 14 years ) – 6 : 1 Gold – 2 Silver – 3 Bronze
Timothy Gussago ( 10 years ) – 5 : 2 Gold – 3 Silver
Hugo Hogarth ( 13 years ) – 5 : 2 Gold – 1 Silver – 2 Bronze
Mia Tay ( 9 years ) – 5 : 2 Silver – 3 Bronze
Bruno Zbierski ( 14 years ) – 5 : 1 Silver – 4 Bronze
Huge congratulations to everyone – great swimming !

NUEL meet – great results at the first open meet of the season
Posted by Kamilla Kozlowska on 22/10/2024

Our swimmers got off to a great start to the new season at NUEL meet held at London Aquatic Centre at the weekend of 12 – 13 October .

Seven new Club Records were set :
Edward Henwood ( 15 years age group ) – in 50 freestyle and 200 butterfly events in times of 25.83 and 2.11.30 respectively
Oliver Cunningham ( 17 & over ) – in 400 freestyle and 200 backstroke events in times of 4.10.82 and 2.06.67 respectively
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years ) – in 200 backstroke in a time of 2.14.85
Samuel Liau ( 12 years ) – in 50 freestyle in a time of 28.64
George Harvey ( 15 years ) – in 50 backstroke in a time of 29.17

We won 58 medals in total : 20 Gold – 17 Silver – 21 Bronze and our multiple medallists were :
Max Sochovsky – 6 : 3 Gold – 3 Silver
Edward Henwood – 5 : 3 Gold – 2 Silver
Olivia Hill – 5 : 2 Gold – 1 Silver – 2 Bronze
Evan Sochovsky – 4 : 2 Gold – 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Orin Lee – Megwai – 4 : 1 Gold – 3 Silver
Oliver Cunningham – 4 : 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 2 Bronze
George Harvey – 4 : 1 Gold – 3 Bronze
Alex Filyov – 3 : 2 Gold – 1 Silver
Luke Curle – 3 : 2 Gold – 1 Bronze
Bastiano Atti – 2 : 1 Gold – 1 Bronze
Can Tetik – 2 : 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Emma Gordon – 2 : 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Ellie Perrott – 2 : 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Pietro Marzeglia – 2 : 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Hugo Hogarth – 2 : 2 Bronze
Samantha Simpson – Foster : 2 Bronze

Well done everyone , let’s keep up the fantastic work !
The season has only just started !
Samuel Liau – 3 : 2 Gold – 1 Bronze