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 !!!

Three more Club Records and five medals have been added by our swimmers to the overall tally of the Surrey Championships .
The new Club Records have been set by :
Giles Cunningham ( 17 & over age group ) – 50m backstroke in a time of 28.83 and 100m backstroke in a time of 1.02.09.
Edward Henwood ( 14 years age group ) – 50m backstroke in a time of 31.29.
Special mentioning must go to Edward who single – handedly added 4 medals to the club’s success – two Gold – in the 100m and 200m butterfly events in excellent times of 1.04.17 and 2.21.89 respectively as well as two Bronze – in 50 backstroke and 400 Individual Medley .
Our last medal was won by Rahul Bansal – a fantastic silver in the boys 13 years age group 200 butterfly.
Both Edward and Rahul also finished in the top 8 in all of their entered events !
More finals places came from :
Ginevra Longo ( 11 years age group ) – 5th in 200 backstroke
Giles Cunningham ( 17 & over age group ) – 7th in the 50m and 8th in the 100m backstroke events
Well done to all our swimmers – great work , so let’s keep it up ahead of the Regional and National Championships !

Our swimmers have got off to a very promising start to the Surrey Age Group Championships 2023 held at Surrey Sports Park last weekend 21/22 January .
After first four sessions ( out of scheduled eight ) we have two new Club Records , three medals , and nine top 8 finishes .
The Club Records were set by our youngest and oldest members of the team :
Ginevra Longo in the girls 10 years age group 50m backstroke event in a time of 37.64
Giles Cunningham in the boys 17&over age group 50m butterfly event in a time of 27.66.
The medalls were won by :
Virgile Alexandre ( 17&over years age group ) – silver in 1500 Freestyle
Ginevra Longo ( 10/11 years age group ) – bronze in 50 Backstroke
Max Sochovsky ( 14 years age group ) – bronze in 200 Freestyle
Our finalists / top 8 finishers were :
Rahul Bansal ( 13 years age group ) – 5th in 100 and 200 freestyle , 6th in 400 freestyle , and 7th in 50 fly and 200 backstroke events
Max Sochovsky ( 14 years age group ) – 4th in 400 freestyle and 7th in 200 backstroke events
Ginevra Longo ( 10/11 years age group ) – 4th in 100 backstroke
Giles Cunningham ( 17&over ) – 5th in 200 backstroke
Alexandre Virgile ( 17&over ) – 6th in 400 freestyle
Well done to all our medallists , finalists and qualifiers : Declan Martin , Alessandro Yu Spagnolo, Luke Curle , George Harvey , Jack Clements , Tane Dyce-Crichlow and Oliver Cunningham for some of whom this was the very first experience of not only racing in the 50m pool but at the County level as well .
We are looking forward to the 2nd part of the Surreys on 4th / 5th February .
Let’s keep up the good work !

Well done to all swimmers who competed at the very first meet of this year – The Royals New Year Meet held at Elmbridge Excel Leisure Centre last weekend 14/15 January .
A staggering 262 PB’s have been achieved , 46 medals : 20 GOLD – 12 SILVER – 14 BRONZE and one Club Record !
The new Record was set by Edward Henwood in the boys 13 years age group 200 Butterfly event in a time of 2:23.13.
Huge congratulations to our multiple medallists :
Edward Henwood – 8 – 5 GOLD and 3 SILVER|
Evan Sochovsky – 5 – 2 GOLD and 3 BRONZE
Giles Cunningham – 4 – 3 GOLD and 1 SILVER
Max Sochovsky – 3 – ALL GOLD
George Harvey – 2 – ALL GOLD
Oliver Cunningham -2 – 1 SILVER and 1 BRONZE
It was so great to see many of our youngest swimmers – many of whom from Development squads – gaining their swimming meet and racing experience ; no doubt more to come !
An enormous thank you to all our officials for dedicating their free time to help with a smooth and efficient running of the meet .
Let’s keep up the good work !

What a fantastic finale to the short course season !
4 new Club Records , 27 medals – 13 GOLD – 8 SILVER – 6 BRONZE , 54 PBs and multiple new County times is the overall success tally following last weekend Bromley SC Christmas Gold Open meet held at K2 Leisure Centre , Crawley .
All Club Records have been set by Edward Henwood from Junior Performance 2 squad who on top of that won all entered events in the boys 13 years age group and single – handedly scooped 10 gold medals !
The new Club Records are :
50 freestyle – in a time of 26.94
50 backstroke – 31.01
50 butterfly – 28.65
100 butterfly – 1.03.61.
Our 13 year old boys dominated the 50 backstroke race finishing 1st – Edward Henwood , 2nd – Bastiano Atti , and 3rd – Luke Curle – Wandsworth 1 – 2 – 3 !!!
There was a lot of excitement and extra motivation for swimmers who raced in the ” Hot Heats ” for additional prizes ;
our winners were : Ben Astbury – twice ( with one race won by the smallest of margins 0.01 sec ) , Alessio Carraretto and Olivia Hill – once (won again by 0.01 sec ) .
Well done to all those who competed ( Ben and Josh Astbury , Rahul Bansal , Bastiano Atti , Alessio Carraretto , Isis Ciurleo , Jack Clements , Luke Curle , Austen Gamble , George Harvey ,Edward Henwood , Olivia Hill , Leo Tamanji and Ruhan Wang ) and gained more racing experience ahead of the County and Regional Championships .
Huge thank you to our officials – Diletta , Jane and Matteo who dedicated their free time – with your help and expertise the meet was run smoothly and efficiently .
Look forward to seeing everyone in training !
Let’s keep up the good work !