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Tudor League Round 4

It was another win for our Tudor League Team on Saturday 12^th April.  We are now in a strong position going into the final round this Saturday 17^th May, three league points clear of our closest rivals Bexley and Tonbridge.  The special anniversary trophies were awarded to the open age group for round four, and our swimmers secured five of the eight trophies on offer well done to Ben 50m backstroke, Ela 50m breaststroke, Emily 50m freestyle, Lucas 50m butterfly and Shekinah 50m freestyle.  We wish the team the best of luck for Saturday as they endeavour to win the league for the second year in a row.

Crawley L1 National Qualifier

On the weekend of the 5^th & 6^th April thirty swimmers headed to K2 in Crawley for the first gala in the summer national qualifying window. This gala was a tough test for our swimmers with a lot of the top swimmers from across the South East competing, all chasing regional qualification times and potential entry to the Aquatics GB and the home nations Summer Nationals qualification lists.  Well done to our swimmers that won a medal amid some stiff competition. 

Gold - Shekinah 50m freestyle. 

Silver - Ellie 100m backstroke, Olivia 50m backstroke, Maria 200m butterfly

Bronze - Hana 200m butterfly, Lucas 200m individual medley, Daisy 50m freestyle, Lisa 100m butterfly, Shekinah 50m butterfly.

London Summer Championships 2025

The London Summer Championships were held over two consecutive weekends in April and May at the Aquatic Centre in Stratford.  Regionals are a tough event to qualify for and this year the club had nine individual swimmers competing across thirty-seven individual events, and eleven relay teams. 

Congratulations to our finalists:

Aaron 50m backstroke (9^th)

Andrew 200m freestyle (8^th) 

Daisy 100m freestyle (6^th) and 50m butterfly (4^th)

Ellie 50m backstroke (7^th) and 50m butterfly (8^th)

Lucas 50m freestyle (7^th) LC aged 14 boys club record 

Olivia 50m backstroke (5^th) , 50m freestyle (9^th) , 100m backstroke (5^th), and 50m butterfly (8^th)

Well done to our boys aged 14-16 4x100m freestyle relay team of Andrew, Lucas, Fotios and Aaron who were seeded 11^th and after some fantastic swimming by all four of them finished 6^th, with our ladies 4x100m medley relay team of Lauren, Phoebe, Olivia and Tania narrowly missing out on a bronze medal finishing fourth.  Thank you to Masters swimmers Michael and Tim who joined Christian and Tom to make up the men’s 4x100m medley and freestyle relay team, with Tom spending his 18^th birthday in the pool - Where else would a swimmer want to be?  And finally a huge well done to Daisy who won an amazing silver medal in the girls age 16 splash and dash 50m freestyle!

Romford L1 Last Chance National Qualifier

It was back to K2 in Crawley for twenty-three swimmers for RTSC’s Level 1 gala on the 10^th & 11^th May.  This gala was billed as a last chance national qualifier as it was right at the end the window for swimmers to set times to get onto the list for the national summer competitions. It was a great meet for our swimmers with some swimming in a 50m pool for the first time, there were numerous pb’s and a good haul of bling. Our swimmers came away with nine golds won by Aaron, Donir, Emilie, Hayley, James and Lucas, with eleven silver and ten bronze medals, well done all.