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 !!!

Huge congratulations to Edward !!!!
Silver medal at the Nationals in 200 butterfly in an outstanding time of 2.14.91 !!!!

The very best of luck to Edward Henwood at the Swim England Summer Meet !

Well done to all swimmers who competed at the Sutton & Cheam Summertime Splash held at Westcroft Leisure Centre last weekend 15 / 16 July .
As usual our swimmers did not disappoint !
2 new Club Records , 54 medals : 18 Gold – 15 Silver – 21 Bronze and 131 PB’s were the overall results following some fast swimming and more than few impressive performances from the swimmers below :
Edward Henwood ( 14 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) set 2 new Club Records – in 100 butterfly in a time of 1.02.01 and in 50 backstroke in a time of 30.22 and single – handedly won 8 medals : 7 Gold and 1 Silver – a perfect preparations for the Swim England National Summer Meet in Sheffield in two weeks time !
Rahul Bansal ( 13 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) – 7 medals : 3 Gold – 2 Silver – 2 Bronze
Can Tetik ( 9 years age group – Development 2 squad ) – 7 medals : 2 Gold – 2 Silver – 3 Gold
Bastiano Atti ( 14 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) – 6 medals : 1 Gold and 5 Bronze
Alex Filyov ( 13 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) – 3 medals : 2 Gold and 1 Silver
George Harvey ( 14 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) – 3 medals : 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Noah Hagberg ( 16&over age group – Senior Development squad ) – 3 medals : 1 Gold and 2 Silver
Alex Leuth ( 10 years age group – Junior Performance 1 squad ) – 4 medals : 3 Silver and 1 Bronze
Pietro Marzeglia ( 13 years age group – Junior Performance 2 squad ) – 3 medals : all Bronze
Benjamin Gussago ( 10 years age group – Development 2 squad ) – 2 medals : both Bronze
Single medals went to : Luke Curle – Gold in 200 freestyle ( 14 years age group ) , Declan Martin – Silver in 100 breaststroke ( 10 years age group ) , Millicent Baumann – Silver in 100 breaststroke ( 9 years age group ) , Freya Rosengren Harper – Tee – Silver in 200 backstroke ( 12 years age group ) , Zeynep Kaplan – Bronze in 100 breaststroke ( 9 years age group ) and Emma Gordon – Bronze in 50 freestyle ( 12 years age group ) .
The hard work of the past months has paid off !
Let’s keep up the good work and the best of luck to Edward Henwood at the National Championships in August !!!

Two more medals and one new Club Record were added to the Club’s overall tally following 2nd and final weekend of the SE London Summer Championships held at London Aquatic Centre over the May Bank Holiday weekend – Sat 29th April – Mon 1st May .
Huge congratulations to Edward Henwood ( 14 years age group ) for not only breaking yet another Club Record – this time in 50 backstroke event in a time of 30.38 but also for winning two bronze medals – in the 100 butterfly in an excellent time of 1.02.50 and the previously mentioned 50 backstroke as well as narrowly missing two more medals by finishing fourth – in 100 freestyle ( in a time of 59.60 ) and 50 butterfly ( in a time of 28.36 ) events .
Well done Edward and everyone who raced over the two long weekends !