Poole Swimming Club Shines at Southwest Winter Regional Championships In an exhilarating display of talent and teamwork, a spirited team of 13 athletes from Poole Swimming Club descended upon the famed Millfield School pool for the highly competitive Southwest Winter Regional Championships. This year’s events featured two dynamic age categories: Junior (15 and under) and Senior (16 and over), each packed with challenging qualifying times that promised to showcase the athletes' hard work and determination. The meet proved a resounding success, with Poole Swimming Club bringing home an impressive haul...

Poole Swimming Club National Arena Junior League Final 2024: Sunday 15th September At 9 am on Sunday, the team set off bright and early to make their way up to St. Albans in Hertfordshire for the National Arena Junior League final. Having qualified for the final in 2023, we again took on some of the bigger clubs. We knew this would be a tough challenge for a very young team. This year, the teams making it to the final were Guildford City, Maidenhead, Chelsea & Westminster, Wycombe District, Brompton, Basildon...

Swim England Summer Nationals Report: 2024 Poole SC were well represented at the 2024 Swim England Summer National Championships in Sheffield this summer. The Championships ran over a six-day period from Monday 29th July to Saturday 3rd August with qualifying heats for finals being swum through morning and afternoon sessions. Final sessions took place across a range of age groups in the evening. As a club we had some more fantastic results so read on to see how the team fared... Our competing qualifiers this year included: OPEN/MALE Freddie B:...

Aquatics GB Summer Swimming Championships 2024 Sheffield once again set the stage for Britain's premier swimming event, where the Poole SC team, composed of seven determined athletes, showcased their prowess. Throughout the competition, the team experienced highs and lows, advancing numerous swimmers to the finals and setting a new senior Dorset and Club Record. Day 2 Following the distance events on Day 1 (where Poole SC did not have any qualifiers at this level), our athletes kicked off their meet on Day 2. Freddie demonstrated fearless racing and cut 1.7...

POOLE ROAR & POOLE DRAGONS “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” Poole SC hosted the third and final round of the 2024 National Arena Junior Swimming League at Rossmore Leisure Centre on Saturday 13th July. Teams in attendance were Poole Roar, Poole Dragons, Seagulls Blue, Seagulls White and West Dorset S C. Following our earlier success in Rounds 1 and 2, our two teams stepped up once again demonstrating a fantastic team effort. The atmosphere on poolside was incredible...

NATIONAL ARENA JUNIOR SWIMMING LEAGUE – ROUND 2 2024 POOLE ROAR & POOLE DRAGONS “The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team.” Round 2 of the 2024 National Arena Junior Swimming League took place at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth on Sunday 9 th June. Following our success in Round 1, we swam two teams again in Round 2: Poole Roar and Poole Dragons. As well as competing in the National League we were also competing against teams from Swim Bournemouth, Seagulls...

POOLE ROAR & POOLE DRAGONS “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” The 2024 National Arena Junior Swimming League got underway on Sunday 19th May at Rossmore Leisure Centre in Poole. This virtual competition is run over 3 rounds through May, June, and July, where the ‘top 8’ National teams go on to compete in a Grand Final in September. In addition to the National League, the teams from across the county set up a “Dorset Inter-Club” league. This meant...

Swim England South West Region Summer Championships 2024 Report 20th – 21st April 2024 (Bristol) & 27t - 28th April 2024 (Millfield) 20th - 21st April: Bristol As the sun shone on the first day of the 2024 Swim West Summer Championships our team of young qualifiers made their way up to Hengrove Leisure Centre in Bristol for the start of a busy weekend of racing. Preparations for the first weekend had all gone well and our swimmers were primed and ready to go. The weekend resulted in and impressive...

More Records Fall Congratulations go to Leo P who earned his first Club Record in the 50m Butterfly, for his age back at the West Dorset Christmas Meet! Well done Leo Hugo Y added his first record of the year earning his age group 200m Freestyle record at the County Championships earlier the year Well done Hugo The recent British Championships saw Jes lower her age group record further in 200m Butterfly, with an impressive 2 second drop Well done Jes At the same championships, Ollie J impressively lowered the...

Record Breakers in 2024 (Part 2) Further, congratulations go to Leo C who earned the 200m Breast Age Group record at the Dorset Championships and then impressively lowered even further at Winchester in March. Well done Leo. To view and claim Poole Swimming Club Records visit the website here: Poole Swimming Club - Club Records (gomotionapp.com)