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 .

Well done to all swimmers who competed at the Sutton & Cheam Last Chance County Qualifier meet and the S&C Santa’s Splash & Dash meets held at Westcroft Leisure Centre over last weekend 16 / 17 December .

Isis Ciurleo set new Club Record in the 17&over 200 butterfly event in a time of 2.29.53 !

Our swimmers won a total of 83 medals over the two day meets :
38 Gold – 30 Silver – 15 Bronze ,
clocked nearly 160 new PBs and gained many Surrey Qualifying Times for the County Championships which will be taking place in January and February 2024 at Surrey Sports Park .

With just one more meet to go before the Surreys we are absolutely certain that our swimmers have now got all the confidence and desire to keep up the good work before we take some time off for Christmas break .
Well done everyone !

Well done to Oliver Cunningham ( 17& over age group ) and Luke Curle ( 13 years age group ) for setting two new Club Records in 50 backstroke and 800 freestyle events respectively in times of 27.85 and 9.14.74 !

The records were topped up with three medals :
Luke Curle – Silver in 800 freestyle
Edward Henwood – Silver in 100 butterfly
Oliver Cunningham – Bronze in 200 backstroke

Congratulations and keep up the good work !

Small – but very strong – group of our Performance swimmers : Isis Ciurleo , Astrid Facius , Edward Henwood , Max Sochovsky , George Harvey , Oliver Cunningham and Virgile Alexandre competed at the Swim England London Region Winter Championships held over last weekend 4/5th November at London Aquatic Centre , Stratford .
The Winter Championships is split into only two age groups – Junior ( 16&Under ) and Senior ( 17&over ) making it a prestigious meet for London swimmers .
Huge congratulations to Astrid Facius ( 14 years ) for winning 2 gold medals in the Girls Junior 50 and 100m backstroke events in new Club Records outstanding times of 29.52 and 1.03.98 respectively !!!
Three more Club Records were broken by Edward Henwood ( 14 years ) in the following events :
50 butterfly in a time of 27.58
50 backstroke 29.84
100 butterfly 1.00.78
Well done everyone !

Well done to all swimmers who competed last weekend at the very first open meet of the season – the NUEL Early County Qualifier meet held at London Aquatics Centre , Stratford .
Three new Club Records were set :
Two by Oliver Cunningham in the boys 16 years age group 50 and 100 backstroke events in times of 28.77 and 1.00.98 respectively
One by Edward Henwood in the boys 14 years age group 50 backstroke event in a time of 30.12.
Our swimmers won 45 medals overall : 17 Gold – 19 Silver – 9 Bronze .
The 14 year old boys have – once again – proven to be a force to be reckoned with by coming 1st – Edward Henwood , 2nd – Max Sochovsky , and 3rd – George Harvey in 100 backstroke as well as coming 1st – Edward Henwood and 2nd – George Harvey with Max narrowly missing out on the 3rd place in the 200 backstroke events .
Rahul Bansal and Pietro Marzeglia also came 1st and 2nd in 200 backstroke in the 13 years age group.
Huge congratulations to one of our youngest competitors – Can Tetik – who made a clean sweep in the 50 , 100 , and 200 breaststroke events in the boys 9 years old age group !
Our multiple medals winners were :
Edward Henwood ( 14 years ) : 5 Gold – 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Oliver Cunningham ( 16 years ) : 3 Gold
Can Tetik ( 9 years ) : 3 Gold
Luke Curle ( 13 years ) : 2 Gold
Zeynep Kaplan ( 9 years ) : 4 Silver
Rahul Bansal ( 13 years ) : 1 Gold and 3 Silver
George Harvey ( 14 years ) : 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 2 Bronze
Lena Jovanovic ( 11 years ) : 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Max Sochovsky ( 14 years ) : 3 Silver
Alessandro Yu Spagnolo ( 10 years ) : 2 Silver – 1 Bronze
What a fantastic start to the new season ; let’s keep up the good work !!!