Last weekend – 6/7th November our Performance squads swimmers took part in the London Region Winter Championships held at the London Aquatic Centre , Stratford .
Huge congratulations to everyone who qualified and raced !
We had some really great swims with 29 new PB’s achieved and 6 new Club Records which were set by our youngest swimmers – three by Astrid Facius (girls 12 years age group ) and three by Max Morgan ( boys 13 years age group ) .
Both Astrid and Max not only broke Club Records but also made finals in most of their events in the Junior 15&under age group despite being only 12 and 13 respectively .
Astrid set the Club Records in 50 and 100 backstroke events in times of 31.97 and 1:08.07 respectively and 100 IM in a time of 1:13.10.
Max set a ” hat – trick ” in all breaststroke events : 50m in a time of 32.02 , 100m in a time of 1:09.48 and 200m in a time of 2:35.31.
These are absolutely outstanding times so huge well done to Astrid and Max !!!

Huge congratulations to Max Morgan from JP2 squad for being selected for the Swim England National Development Programme !

Two new Club Records were set at the last Long Distance event – the 1500 freestyle – of our Club Championships .
Ernie Hill – from JP1 squad set a new record in the boys 12 years old age group in a time of 19.15.55 and his sister Olivia – from SP squad in the girls 15 years old age group in a time of 18.38.12
Well done to the Hills !!!

All training sessions at Wimbledon High school are cancelled until Mon 25 October

Well done to everyone who raced last weekend at the 1st round of this season’s Arena League which was back after it’s break for the last 18 months !
Our swimmers set 24 new PB’s – not an easy task when racing just the clock .
Huge congratulations to Edward Henwood for breaking a Club Record in the boys 12 years age group 100 butterfly event in an excellent time of 1.13.32 !
Great effort by all swimmers and officials ; let’s keep up the good work for next rounds scheduled for 13th November and 11th December .

Swimmers ,
Just a reminder that Wimbledon High School pool is closed this Saturday 9 October due to a school event taking place – training sessions are cancelled .