Our swimmers got off to an excellent start of the new year by smashing 140 PB’s , winning 66 medals ( 28 GOLD – 17 SILVER – 21 BRONZE ) and breaking two Club Records at the Royals New Year Meet 2022 held over last weekend 15/16 January at the Elmbridge Xcel Leisure Centre .
Huge congratulations to Max Morgan and Edward Henwood ( both JP2 squad ) for breaking Club Records :
Max in the boys 14 years age group 100 breaststroke event in an outstanding time of 1:09.32
Edward in the boys 12 years age group 400IM event in a time of 5.41.10
Special mentioning must go to Olivia Hill ( SP squad ) who won 10 gold medals in ALL entered events in the girls 15 years age group !
Our other multiple medallists were :
Edward Henwood ( 12 years age group ) 9 gold – 2 silver
Elliott Hampton ( 16&over ) 4 gold
Jake Backshall ( 12 years ) 3 gold – 2 silver – 2 bronze
Max Morgan ( 14 years ) 2 gold – 1 silver – 1 bronze
Tom Street ( 16&over ) 2 gold – 1 silver – 1 bronze
Josh Astbury ( 15 years ) 1 gold – 4 silver
Tane Dyce – Crichlow ( 14 years ) 1 gold – 4 bronze
Ana Lane ( 14 years ) 1 gold – 2 silver
Virgile Alexandre ( 15 years ) 2 silver – 2 bronze
Very well done to our two youngest swimmers – Arabella Adams and Ginevra Longo who , in their very first competition outside the club , won 4 medals between them in the girls 9 years age group :
Arabella 1 gold , 1 silver and 1 bronze in 50 back , 50 free and 50 fly events respectively and Ginevra in 100 backstroke .
What a weekend we had !!!
Last , but not least , a huge thank you to the Club officials for dedicating their weekend to ensuring that the competition was run smoothly , efficiently , and professionally .
Next to come – the Surreys !!! so keep up the good work everyone