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Arena League 1st round !

Well done to everyone who raced last weekend at the 1st round of this season’s Arena League which was back after it’s break for the last 18 months !
Our swimmers set 24 new PB’s – not an easy task when racing just the clock .
Huge congratulations to Edward Henwood for breaking a Club Record in the boys 12 years age group 100 butterfly event in an excellent time of 1.13.32 !
Great effort by all swimmers and officials ; let’s keep up the good work for next rounds scheduled for 13th November and 11th December .

October 11th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorised|

New Club Records for Max Morgan at Festival of Swimming

Well done to Max Morgan ( 13 years – Junior Performance 2 squad ) who broke 2 Club Records at the Festival of Swimming held at London Aquatic Centre last weekend 24/25 July.
Max gave an absolutely outstanding performance in both 100 and 200 breaststroke events and not only won both but also broke Club Records in fantastic times of 1:13.97 and 2:47.91 respectively .
Max added another win in 200IM in a time of 2:33.41
What a great achievement !

July 28th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorised|

Huge success of WSC swimmers at the Surrey Age Group Summer Meet 2021

Well done to ALL our swimmers who competed over the weekend in Guildford at the Surrey Age Group Summer Meet !
We won 16 medals overall – 8 gold , 4 silver and 4 bronze
Special mention must go to Max Morgan ( 13 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) for his outstanding performance in all breaststroke events : not only did he win all three but also broke all three Club Records with the following times :
50 brst 32.79
100 brst 1.11.39
200 brst 2.42.37
Max also won 100 IM in a time of 1.08.66 and came 2nd in 100 free ( 1.00.48 ) and 3rd in 200 IM ( 2.29.56 ) and 400 free ( 4.57.08 )
Another ” hat trick ” was achieved by Astrid Facius ( 12 years age group – Junior Performance 1 squad ) who was absolutely unbeatable in all backstroke events with the following times :
50 back 33.31
100 back 1.11.63
200 back 2.35.29
Astrid also won two bronze medals : in 200 IM ( 2.48.52 ) and 100 free ( 1.06.42 )
Our third multiple medal winner was Jake Backshall ( 12 years age group – Junior Performance 1 squad ) in breaststroke events :
gold in 50m in a time of 37.50 and silver in both 100 and 200m in respective times of 1.25.27 and 3.08.86
Last medal for WSC was won by Ernie Hill ( 12 years age group – Junior Performance 1 squad ) in 400 free event in a time of 5.08.58
Our multiple finalists were :
Bastiano Atti , Olivia Hill , Virgile Alexandre , Isaac Gamble and Antony Baritsch
Huge congratulations to ALL !!!

July 12th, 2021|Categories: Uncategorised|

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