Well done to all swimmers who competed in the first 2 sessions of our Club Championships last Saturday 21 September at JAGs Sports Centre , Dulwich .
It was absolutely fantastic to see swimmers from every squad and training pathway racing in a wide variety of events starting with the 25m of all strokes for our youngest participants aged 8 years & under and 400 IM for the more experienced ones and finishing with the 100m freestyle for all swimmers aged 9 years and over .
There were some fast swims , outstanding performances , tons of PBs as well as new times achieved for further meets in the season .
Four new Club Records were set :
Two by Edward Henwood ( 15 years ) in the 50 and 200 butterfly events in times of 26.56 and 2.15.21 respectively
One by Oliver Cunningham ( 17 & Over ) in 50 backstroke in a time of 27.78
One by Samuel Liau ( 12 years ) in 50 backstroke in a time of 32.56
What a start to the new season !
A massive thank you to the army of volunteers , marshals , both technical officials and non- technical support for devoting their Saturday to help with the smooth running of the competition .
We could not have done it without you .
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the second round on Sunday 20 October as well as the 800m event and NUEL meet before that .

The best of luck to Astrid , Edward , Max and Oliver at the Aquatics GB Summer Championships 2024 ( 20-26 July ) and SE Summer National Meet 2024 ( 29 July – 3 August) taking place at Ponds Forge ,
Sheffield !!!!

On the weekend of 1st and 2nd June we held for the second year running our own meet – Wandsworth SC Summer Meet – at K2 Leisure Centre , Crawley .
Over 100 swimmers across our training squads ranging from Development to Performance took part in this fantastic event !
There were some outstanding performances and lots of new PB’s have been achieved by so many swimmers – what an excellent way to celebrate everyone’s swimming journeys .

We won 143 medals in total : 48 GOLD – 44 SILVER – 51 BRONZE !
Our multiple – winning 5 medals or more – winners were :
Lena Jovanovic : 11 gold – 1 silver
Edward Henwood : 6 gold – 1 silver – 1 bronze
Alessandro Yu Spagnolo : 5 gold – 3 silver
Can Tetik : 4 gold – 3 silver – 1 bronze
Timothy Gussago : 2 gold – 4 silver
Olivia Hill : 2 gold – 2 silver – 1 bronze
Aleksandar Filyov : 2 gold – 2 silver – 1 bronze
Emma Gordon : 1 gold – 3 silver – 3 bronze
Bastiano Atti : 1 gold – 3 silver – 2 bronze
Benjamin Gussago : 1 gold – 1 silver – 3 bronze
Pietro Marzeglia : 1 gold – 1 silver – 3 bronze

Well done to all swimmers – your hard work and commitment are paying off so let’s keep it going for the rest of the season .
Huge thank you to all our officials and volunteers for dedicating their free time as without them this meet would not have been possible .

Wandsworth SC swimmers put up an outstanding overall performance at the 2nd and final weekend of this year’s London Summer Championships held at London Aquatic Centre 4 – 6 May .
Eight new Club Records were set and seven medals including five golds won by our small but extremely strong team .

GOLD Medals :
Astrid Facius ( 15 years ) in 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke events – the latter in a new Club Record time of 1.05.30
Sam Liau ( 12 years ) in 50 freestyle and 50 backstroke events – both in new Club Records times of 28.83 and 32.10 respectively
Edward Henwood ( 15 years ) in 100 butterfly in a new Club Record time of 59.59

SILVER :
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years ) – in 200 backstroke in a new Club Record time of 2.17.39

BRONZE :
Edward Henwood ( 15 years ) – in 200 and 50 backstroke events – the latter in a new Club Record time of 29.52

Two more Club Records were set by the following swimmers :
Oliver Cunningham ( 17 & over ) in 200 backstroke in a time of 2.11.81
Edward Henwood ( 15 years ) in 100 backstroke in a time of 1.03.95

The finalists were :
George Harvey ( 16 years ) – 50 and 200 backstroke
Edward Henwood ( 15 years ) – 100 backstroke , 50 and 200 freestyle
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years ) – 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle
Oliver Cunningham ( 17 & over ) – all backstroke events
Astrid Facius ( 15 years ) – 50 breaststroke

Well done everyone !!!
We continue our preparation towards this summer British and National Championships – keep up the fantastic work !

Our swimmers got off to a very good start to London Summer Championships held last weekend 27 / 28 April at London Aquatic Centre , Stratford by winning 5 medals and breaking one Club Record .
The medallists were :
Edward Henwood ( 15 years age group ) – double London Champion – gold in 100 freestyle ( in a time of 57.35 ; 57.18 in the heats ) and 200 butterfly ( in a time of 2.14.63 ) events as well as silver in 50 butterfly ( in a time of 27.57 ; 27.28 in the heats )
Astrid Facius ( 15 years age group ) – Gold in 50 backstroke in a new Club Record time of 30.56
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years age group ) – Bronze in 400 freestyle in a time of 4.21.80
Well done to our youngest Regional qualifiers – Lena Jovanovic and Evan Sochovsky – for putting great performances at the regional level with Evan making a final in a 50 backstroke event .
Huge congratulations to our 14 – 16 years age group 4 x 200 freestyle relay – Max Sochovsky ( 15 ) , George Harvey ( 16 ), Alex Filyov ( 15 ) and Edward Henwood ( 15 ) for finishing in a very respectable 5th place out of 22 teams .

Let’s keep up the great work !!!
We are looking forward to more fast racing over the coming weekend 4 – 6 May .

Well done to all our swimmers who endured two long days of racing at London Aquatic Centre at the NUEL National Qualifier meet held last weekend 23/24 May .

Special recognition must go to Oliver Cunningham who was not only the fastest 200 backstroke swimmer of the whole meet in a time of 2.12.46 but also broke the Club Record in the 17 & over age group in the 100 backstroke event in a time of 1.01.77 !

Huge congratulations to George Harvey who set a new Club Record in the 15 years age group 50m backstroke event in a time of 30.67.
We are making great progress ahead of the Regional and National Championships !