In the news at the start of the new year. KWSS Last Chance County Qualifier The was no real rest over the Christmas period for the sixty swimmers that competed at the KWSS meet last weekend at Medway Park Leisure Centre Gillingham, as they tried to secure last-minute qualifying times for the 2025 Kent County Championships which start on the 11th January. There was lots of fabulous swimming over the weekend with plenty of county consideration times achieved, and we are delighted to see some new swimmers’ names have been...

Kent Junior Meet On the weekend of 26th and 27th October the club travelled to Medway Park Leisure Centre in Gillingham for this year’s Kent Junior Meet. This gala has been specifically designed by the county for emerging swimmers. Swimmers who win their event received a county medal. This year we had forty-four swimmers entered in the competition, with all of them having a great weekend. We won 10 gold (Andrey, Alice L, Amelia, Lisa, Maria, Roslyn and Shekinah), 18 silver and 7 bronze medals. With lots of pb’s and...

Orpington Ojays is proud to announce the appointment of Ross Hunter as the new head coach. Ross brings a wealth of experience and success from his previous position as assistant head coach at Mid Sussex Marlins, where he played a pivotal role in developing swimmers and preparing them for county, regional and national competitions. Ross continues to be actively involved in the South East Region para-swimming programme. “During my time at Mid Sussex Marlins, I led and implemented performance and competitive training programs, focusing on stroke refinement and physiological preparation,...

This morning we said goodbye to our head coach Joe Gaster. Joe has been involved with the club for a long time, first as a swimmer, then a squad coach and in 2021 he became our head coach. Joe has had a great impact on the club during his time as head coach. We are sure all our members will join us in wishing him the all the best in his new career! Though he does assure us he will definitely wants stay involved in the club going forward.

National Arena League Round One On Saturday 12th October our team of thirty-two swimmers headed to Burgess Hill for the first round of this year’s league. It was a great night of fast and furious racing, with the team finishing the night in third place. Notable mentions go to Samantha (200m IM), Lucas (100m Breaststroke), Blythe (100m butterfly & 100m freestyle), Daisy (100m freestyle) and the boys 15U freestyle relay team (Aaron, Andrew, Eliot and Shekinah) who all won their events. After the first round we are in a strong...

Good news, The Kent County Championships 2025 qualifying times have been released. Good luck swimmers!

Kent Junior League Final Round On Saturday 21st September our team of thirty-two swimmers headed to the Kent coast and Dover for the final round of this year’s league. We welcomed some new swimmers to the team for the final round and a great night of racing was had by all. Notable mentions go to Ellie Gibbs (12U 100m backstroke), Ben Farthing (13U 100m freestyle), Lisa Poliatykina (10U 50m backstroke), Lucas Bond (13U 100m butterfly & 100m breaststroke), and our 13U medley and freestyle relay teams of Alex, Ben, Lucas...

Bexley Summer Sizzler 13th & 14th July Our last open gala of the season saw sixty-four swimmers head to Crook Log for Bexley SC’s Summer Sizzler. What a fantastic couple of days they all had too, bringing home an astonishing 106 medals! A total of 43 gold medals were won by Aaron, Alfie, Andrew, Ben, Ciar, Daisy, Donir, Ela, Ellie G, Eliot, Faith, Lauren, Lucas, Maria, Nola, Pragnya, Roslyn, Shekinah, Tania, and Vats, with a further 33 silver medals and 29 bronze. This is one of our best medal hauls...

Congratulations to our five swimmers who have qualified for summer national meets this year! First up is Scottish Nationals this weekend, which sees Tom and George in action in Aberdeen.Then it’s the turn of the girls Blythe, Ellie, and Hannah, who we be swimming at English Nationals at Ponds Forge, Sheffield at the end of July, beginning of August. If you would like to show you support and follow their endeavours, you can do so in the following ways. Scottish Summer Nationals 12th – 14th July The boys are competing...

Tadpoles Summer Splash New Addington was once again the venue for our first Tadpoles gala of the year on June 9th. Fifty-six of our future stars took to the pool competing in all 4 strokes over 25m and 50m breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. They all had a fantastic time and showed their coach Cheryl and their parents that all their hard work in training is paying off, with some of the swimmers already selected for the league teams from this event. Thank you to our squad swimmers, Aaron, Andrew, Carys,...