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Martin LITTLEFAIR

Following the end of the season we have the round up of all the racing that took place in Sheffield. Following the national window that took place from the 7th March to 11th May the swimmers are ranked in their age groups to determine if they make the Aquatics GB next generation champs top 24 or slightly less for the distance events. The next batch of swimmers will then qualify for the home nation events split between England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. For the swim England summer national depending on...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Seagulls masters competed at the Poole Masters meet on Saturday in Dorchester in which the meet incorporates the Dorset Masters championships. This is the second meet Poole have hosted and the first time in 8 years we have competed across the county. They had great attendance on the day and lots of people from outside Dorset coming to compete too. Seagulls masters were the Dorset Masters winners and took home the trophy. We had some amazing swims and a great turnout on the day- set out below. Lots of medals...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

This past weekend a team of 5 swimmers competed at the London aquatics centre for the British masters’ championships 2025. The 3-day event hosted the very best masters from the round the country and is always a great community with lots of fun, laughs and spirit. The overall results from the 3-day meet were as follows: Relays (200+ age group) 3rd in 4x100 freestyle (Ellie, Jacqui, Viv, Wendy) 4th in 4x200 freestyle (Jacqui, Viv, Wendy, Helen) 7th in 4x50 freestyle (Ellie, Jacqui, Viv, Helen) Individuals Swims Wendy 4th in 1500m...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Seagulls swimming club had a number of swimmers racing and competing at summer national meets last month with some great success in all of the summer championships. The club had a mix of swimmers experienced to first time national competitors. Seagulls had the following qualifiers Aquatics GB Summer Championships – Top 28 in qualified in UK from national window (top 20 in distance) Edward Bell – 50/100/200 BK & 50/100/200 Fc Sophie Kilby – 100/200 BR Halle Robinson – 100 BR Jonathan Thring – 1500 Fc Swim England Summer Championships...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Dorset Masters Championships 2024 Massive congratulations to the 16 Master swimmers that compete at the recent Poole swimming club masters meet with Dorset master incorporated into it. The team did amazing over the afternoon of racing and great support from the team in which they were overall highest points scorers in both the male and female categories Overall medal tally included: 21 x 17 x 7 x Also 7 master county championship best times got set. Congratulations to Viv Jones - 3 records Ellie Parson - 2 records Clare Friend...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Seagulls have been selected for the Tesco community grant from the start of April up for up to 4 weeks. If you are shopping in any of the listed Tesco stores below please support our club! The following have been listed all around the local Tesco Stores Seagulls Swimming Club Equipment And Training Christchurch Dorset Raising essential funds to enhance members performance and experience whilst gaining confidence, critical life skills and providing healthy lifestyle choices in a safe environment. The project with the highest number of votes across your region...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Dorset County championships 2023 – Days 1 & 2 Dorset County Championships the first meet of the year took place this past weekend which spans over 6 days which includes all the events in the swimming calendar including heats and finals for the top 8 in each age group in the 50m & 100m Races. Seagulls qualified with a record number of swimmers with 57 in total over the 6-day meet which was an increase from the 44 total of 2022. A mixed team of experienced to non-experienced racers manged...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

This past weekend saw a lot of racing for seagulls’ swimmers competing in various competitions all around the south of the country. We had swimmers competing in 4 different competitions ranging from an open meet, 2 x school galas and the final round of the west hants novice league. Swim Bournemouth Meet Level 2 The 3-day meet saw 33 Seagulls swimmers compete over the weekend in a high standard level of meet which not only Dorset but Hampshire and Cornwall clubs racing as well to add to that level of...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Big congratulations to all swimmers that has competed over the last season it has been another great season with new club highs and the first full season back since covid. As we start the new season it great to reflect on last years achievements and set the goals and targets moving forward into this season. Already despite 7 weeks in we are seeing records already tumble and more and more personal best times being broken So, we are starting off as we left off. Last years overview is as follows:...

Martin LITTLEFAIR

Seagulls’ swimmer Edward travelled up to Glasgow to compete at the Scottish age group national championships in which this was his first national standard competition. The meet included 5 days of racing with heats and finals. Results on each Day included: Day 1: Heats 100 Bk - 1:04:41 2nd into final 50 Fly - 28:48 10th into final Finals 100 Bk - 1:04:04 - 2nd 50 Fly - 28:52 - 10th Day 2 400Fc - Heats - 4:39:82 - 9th 400 Fc - Final - 4:42 - 10th Day 3...