Kent Distance and EDSC Masters Gala On Sunday 19th May a team of eleven Masters swimmers headed to Crook Log Leisure Centre for the Kent County Masters Distance Championship and EDSC sprints event. For some swimmers this was their first taste of competitive racing in a long time, and they had a truly fabulous weekend each swimmer coming home with at least one medal. We can add seven master’s county champions to our role of honour. Samantha 200m Individual Medley & 200m Breaststroke, Kirsten 200m & 400m Freestyle, Matt 400m...

Ojays crowned Tudor League Champions 2024 Beckenham Spa was once again the venue as we hosted the final round of this year’s Tudor League. What an amazing night of racing our team of thirty-two swimmers had. We finished the night with a whopping 298 gala points, 45 points ahead of our nearest rivals Erith & District. We had thirteen 1st place swims and sixteen 2nd places from the 48 events. Our four wins over the five rounds gave us a total of 1363 gala points, a winning margin of 139...

Orpington Ojays V Tonbridge SC Dual Friday 10th March. It was a victory for our team of fifty-five swimmers who were selected to compete against Tonbridge SC for the inaugural Dual, a head-to-head gala between the two clubs. Tonbridge played hosts at their home pool, and it proved to be a fantastic night of fast and furious racing from both teams. There were individual wins to Lucas, Ellie L, Maria, James, Ellie G, Philip, Shekinah, Samantha, Vats, and Emily. Tonbridge’s relay teams were strong and the secured the win in...

London Summer Championships 2024 The iconic London Aquatic Centre was the venue for this years London Summer Championships, spread over two weekends in April and May. We had twenty-one swimmers qualify for individual events and sent eleven relay teams. Daisy had a fantastic championship retaining her 50m freestyle crown and taking the gold medal by 0.10 of a second. Blythe also had a great championship winning two individual bronze medals in the girls 17+ 200m butterfly and 200m freestyle. Well done to our finalists, Ellie L (200m freestyle), George (50m...

Well done to our Tudor League team last night at Beckenham Spa! After a closely fought contest with Bexley just a couple of points behind us throughout the gala and Erith chasing in third place, Bexley took the lead towards the end. With a number of brilliant swims behind us going into the penultimate race (8 firsts and 14 second places), we took 2nd in the open freestyle relay just ahead of Bexley to narrow the gap to just 6 points. In the final squadron relay our race strategy paid...

In the News... County Championships 2024 The final weekend of the 2024 Championship was at the London Aquatic Centre on the 9th & 10th March. This weekend had our biggest number of entries, with 33 swimmers competing in 70 individual events. What a fantastic end to the Championship it was too. There were medals and finals galore. Billy added to his medal haul with Gold in the 100m & 50m freestyle and Silver in the 100m butterfly. Blythe won Silver in the 17+ 100m butterfly and Ellie L won two...

Dear All, This weekend is the final weekend of this year’s Kent County Championships at the London Aquatic Centre, over the Championship we have had a record 38 swimmers competing in 168 individual events which is a fantastic achievement for the club. Please click thls link to see all swimmers we have competing across each session this weekend, so please tune in and show your support. You can watch the action on YouTube on the following live stream. https://www.youtube.com/@KentCountySwimming/playlists All the results are available to view at: - Kent County...

Orpington Ojays & Erith Spring Meet 2024 2nd and 3rd March. Eighty-three swimmers headed to Crook Log Leisure Centre for our annual open gala with Erith & District Swimming Club. What a truly amazing weekend of racing they all had. We came away with a massive haul of a hundred and ten medals (36 Gold, 38 Silver and 36 Bronze) which could be the most the club has ever come away with and lots and lots of Pb’s too. Well done to everyone that took part and showed what a...

Kent Junior League Round 3 On Saturday 24th September we took 32 of our younger swimmers to Crook Log for the final round of the league. In this last round we were swimming against teams who were placed eight to fourteen from the first two rounds. It was a tough night of racing, and we were up against some very good teams, but in the true spirit of Ojays our swimmers gave their absolute all. We had five 1st places and five 2nd places. Notable mentions go to Philip, Lucas,...

Thank you and well done to all those who attended the captains’ gala on Monday night. We hope you had a fun evening and enjoyed the races, as well as competing with friends. You were all excellent and gave some of the best support to your team that we’ve seen in a long time. Finally, congratulations to those who were on Max’s team for winning overall. Photos and videos of the evening can be accessed here once you have logged in to Team Unify. Orpington Ojays - Photos See you...