Tudor League Champions 2025 On Saturday 17th May, the team returned to The Spa for the fifth and final round of this year’s Tudor League, and what an fantastic night of racing it turned out to be. Fittingly, in the 50th year of both the Tudor League and Orpington Ojays, the evening was filled with drama, determination, and pride. The league standings shifted repeatedly throughout the night, keeping everyone on edge. At the halfway mark, we found ourselves in fourth place, but a powerful and determined performance in the second...

News Tudor League Round 4 It was another win for our Tudor League Team on Saturday 12th April. We are now in a strong position going into the final round this Saturday 17th 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...

Tudor League Round Up We are three rounds in to this year’s league and the team is doing very well, with two wins out of three. We are currently sitting top of the table with 22 gala points and a grand total of 857 points, 300 of which were earned in round three—a record points total for the league in a single round. 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the league and to mark the occasion there are special trophies for swimmers who win an individual event, with a different...

Everyone is now settling into the new pool timetable and training hard. With the competition calendar in full swing, January has been busy and eventful month. Tudor League On Saturday 18th January our team of swimmers headed to The Spa at Beckenham for the first round of this year’s Tudor league. 2025 is the league’s 50th anniversary and there are special individual awards up for grabs in each round. In round one the awards were for the winners of individual races in the 10 & under category, two of our...

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...

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...