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 !

Well done to Edward Henwood for – firstly – being selected to represent Team London at the ESSA Inter – Divisional Championships held last weekend in Coventry and – secondly – for winning two silver medals in 100 and 200 butterfly events in new Club Records ( Long Course ) times of 59.65 and 2.14.03 respectively !
Congratulations Edward !

An outstanding performance from our swimmers to end the Surrey County Championships during 2nd weekend of racing at Surrey Sports Park , Guildford – Sat 3rd / Sun 4th February .

Edward Henwood won two Junior Trophies – for his spectacular wins in the boys 15 years age group 100 and 200 butterfly events !

Alessandro Yu Spagnolo finished overall 2nd in the boys 10/11 years age group !

Both Edward and Alessandro also set new Club Records :
Edward in 50 freestyle in a time of 26.26 and 50 backstroke in a time of 29.43 ( 14 years age group ) and Alessandro in 100 butterfly in a time of 1.35.84 ( 10 years age group ) .

Three additional Club Records have been set by :
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years age group ) in 50 and 100 backstroke events in times of 30.93 and 1.05.30 respectively
Alexander Virgile ( 17 & over age group ) in 800 freestyle in a time of 9.23.11.

We have added 9 more medals to the overall tally of 17 : 3 Gold – 3 Silver – 3 Bronze
The medallists are :
Gold – Samuel Liau ( 12 years age group ) – 50 back in a time of 33.89
Edward Henwood ( 15 years age group ) – 100 and 200 butterfly in times of 1.00.74
and 2.15.59
Silver – Samuel Liau – 50 free in a time of 29.86
Edward Henwood – 50 free in a time of 26.26 and 50 back in a time of 29.43 ( both times are new Club Records )

Bronze – Luke Curle ( 15 years age group ) – 800 freestyle in a time of 9.41.79 ,
Max Sochovsky ( 15 years age group ) – 100 back in a time of 1.05.30 ( new Club
Record )
Edward Henwood ( 15 years age group ) – 200 IM in a time of 2.25.69

There were plenty of top 8 finishes for our swimmers showing the quality and extremely high level of performance within our club .
Our boys finished in the 6th place overall – which is an amazing performance from them !!!
Huge congratulations everyone and let’s keep up the great work towards the Regional and National Championships !

Our swimmers got off to a very promising start at the Surrey County Age Group Championships held at Surrey Sports Park , Guildford last weekend 20 / 21 January .
Two new Club Records were set – both in 50 fly event Long Course : Alessandro Yu Spagnolo in the 10 years age group in a time of 36.71 and Edward Henwood in the 14 years age group in a time of 27.70 .

We won eight medals – 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 6 Bronze ; the medallists are :
Gold – Edward Henwood ( 15 years age group ) – 50 fly in a new Club Record Time of 27.70

Silver – Max Sochovsky ( 15 years age group ) – 400 freestyle in a time of 4.27.45

Bronze – Max Sochovsky ( 15 years age group ) – 200 freestyle in a time of 2.06.10 and 200 backstroke in a time of 2.21.88
Evan Sochovsky ( 13 years age group ) – 100 backstroke in a time of 1.16.80
Alessandro Yu Spagnolo ( 10/11 years age group ) – 400 freestyle in a time of 5.55.11
Luke Curle ( 15 years age group ) – 1500 freestyle in a time of 18.28.58
Oliver Cunningham ( 17& over age group ) – 200 backstroke in a time of 2.14.34
Well done to all swimmers !!!
Keep up the good work – second weekend of racing 3/4 February at Surrey Sports Park , Guildford .