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2 new Club Records , 54 medals , 131 PB’s – Sutton & Cheam Summertime Splash results

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 !!!

July 20th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorised|

SE London Summer Championships – 2nd weekend update

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 !

May 10th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorised|

SE London Summer Championships – 1st weekend update

Well done to WSC swimmers who competed at the SE London Summer Championships held at K2 Crawley last weekend .
Edward Henwood ( 14 years age group ) won our only medal of the competition so far – a silver in 200 butterfly event .
Two new Club Records were set – both in 100 backstroke event – by Oliver Cunningham in the 16 years age group in a time of 1.04.31 and by Giles Cunningham in the 17&over age group in a time of 1.01.81.
Our finalists were :
Edward Henwood ( 14 years ) – in all entered events : 100 and 200 backstroke , 200 freestyle , 200 butterfly
Max Sochovsky ( 14 years ) – also in all entered events : 200 freestyle , 100 and 200 backstroke
Rahul Bansal ( 13 years ) – in 200 butterfly
Giles Cunningham ( 17&over ) – in 100 backstroke
Huge congratulations to the boys and the very best of luck this weekend !!! We are heading to London Aquatic Centre to race in all remaining events !

April 28th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorised|

Six new Club Records at the NUEL National Qualifier meet

Well done to small group of our Performance squads swimmers who competed at the NUEL SC National Qualifier Open meet held at London Aquatic Centre first weekend of April .
14 medals : 6 Gold – 6 Silver – 2 Bronze and 6 new Club Records were the overall success tally of the meet .
The new Club Records have been set by :
Giles Cunningham ( 17&over age group ) in a 50 and 100m backstroke events in times of 28.70 and 1.02.72 respectively
Oliver Cunningham ( 16 years ) also in a 50 and 100m backstroke events in times of 29.96 and 1.05.24 respectively
Virgile Alexandre ( 16 years ) in 200m freestyle in a time of 2.02.91
Edward Henwood ( 14 years ) in 50m backstroke in a time of 30.72 ; on top breaking this Club Record Edward won 8 medals – 4 GOLD : in all backstroke events – the 50 , the 100 and the 200m as well as in 100 butterfly , 3 SILVER : in 50 and 200m butterfly and 400m freestyle , 1 BRONZE in 200IM .
Our other multiple medallists were Ernie Hill who won both the 800 and the 1500m freestyle in the 14 years age group and Virgile Alexandre who won 3 silvers in the 200 , 400 and 1500m freestyle in the 16 years age group .
Huge congratulations to all swimmers and the very best of luck at the London Region Championships this and next weekend !!!

April 19th, 2023|Categories: Uncategorised|

Saxon Crown Spring’s Challenge meet – results update

Over 30 WSC swimmers from different training squads competed at the Saxon Crown Spring’s Challenge last weekend 18/19 March held at the Glass Mill Leisure Centre in Lewisham .
141 new PB’s , 50 medals : 19 Gold – 14 Silver – 17 Bronze and many fast swims with some outstanding performances were the overall tally of the racing weekend .
Special mention goes to Evan Sochovsky – from Junior Performance 1 squad – for winning 9 medals : 6 Gold – 1 Silver – 2 Bronze in the girls 11 years old age group !
Our multiple medallists were :
Max Sochovsky ( 14 years age group ) : 2 Gold – 2 Silver – 1 Bronze
Bastiano Atti ( 13 years ) : 2 Gold – 2 Silver – 1 Bronze
Ginevra Longo ( 10 years ) : 2 Gold – 1 Bronze
Virgile Alexandre ( 16 years ) : 2 Gold – 1 Bronze
Alexander Curle ( 11 years ) : 1 Gold – 1 Silver – 1 Bronze
Leo Tamanji ( 14 years ) : 1 Gold – 3 Silver
Luke Curle ( 13 years ) : 1 Gold – 2 Bronze
Lena Jovanovic ( 10 years ) : 1 Gold – 1 Silver
Freya Rosengren Harper – Tee ( 12 years ) : 2 Silver – 1 Bronze
Alessandro Yu Spagnolo ( 9 years ) : 1 Gold – 1 Silver
Pietro Marzeglia ( 13 years ) : 2 Silver – 1 Bronze
Jack Clements ( 16 years ) : 2 Bronze
Freya Tandberg Nott ( 11 years ) : 1 Gold
The boys came 3rd and the girls 4th in the overall table of the meet .
Well done everyone !!!

March 23rd, 2023|Categories: Uncategorised|

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