The WSC squad competed in the Arena League Round 2 on 9 November 2024 and did even better than the previous round. In this fiercely contested Round Two of the Arena League held in St. Albans, Watford Swimming Club continued to showcase its grit, finishing in an impressive third place despite being up against larger teams. Watford’s performance was a testament to the team’s resilience and depth. Leading the way for Watford in the 200m Individual Medley were Ben Taggart and Kate Hopper, both delivering solid performances that set the...

Watford Swimming Club are delighted to welcome back James Cameron as our new Head Coach. James was our Junior Competitve Squad Coach from 2020 - 2022. He joins us with a fantastic set of ideas to take Watford Swimming Club forward. I know that James is looking forward to meeting all of the club's swimmers and parents over the forthcoming weeks.

Watford SC swimmers went up against the best swimmers in the East of England over three weekends spread between April and May. The Watford swimmers had a fantastic Championships with lots of new PB’s set, final qualifiers and nineteen medals won across the Championships! This more than doubles last year's tally of nine total medals and is the club's best medal haul in recent memory. The club continues to go from strength to strength this season with the club taking a strong contingent of 11 swimmers up to this year's...

Plenty of time in the pool and gym was combined with some team building games when 26 members of Watford Swimming Club flew out to Lanzarote for their 2024 training camp. The team were put through their paces by the club’s experienced coaching team of Jamie, Tom and Alan , with swimmers training around 12 kilometres per day. The swimmers also had access to gym facilities next to the pool, enabling to take part in strength and conditioning sessions. The camp didn’t stop at training. Led by team managers Adele,...

Watford Swimming Club held our annual Regional Qualifier gala on the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of March. Around 350 Swimmers from 15 different swimming clubs were all trying to secure their regional qualifying times. There were some great swims, and it was noted by a visiting senior referee from the East Region that the standard of swimming was very high. We were delighted to welcome as our special guest Jane O'Brien, Swim England Hertfordshire President, who presented medals to the winners. The gala ran very smoothly, and was...

This news report was written by Amy Harper. The club would love others swimmers to do a write-up of a gala -- please do send your reports to [email protected] Watford Swimming Club have achieved their best results in recent memory, coming top of the medal table. Winning a fantastic total of 230 medals, including 100 golds. Out of a total of 14 age groups we secured first places in seven - Monty Brewster, Constantine Calliafas, Will Rogers, Cailin Hehir, Raffy May, Amy Harper and Matt Aldred. We won a total...

Our swimmers had a great night at round two of the National Arena Swimming League! There were some great individual swims, and Watford came third on the night, coming behind Camden Swiss Cottage and Basildon & Phoenix. Combined with our 4th place in round one, this puts us in great position for the final round. Well done to everyone who competed!

Watford Swimming Club had a great weekend at the Swim England East Region Winter Short Course Championships, held at Inspire Luton. We took a team of 19 swimmers, and saw lots of season's best and personal best swims. We also had a silver and bronze medal from Matt Aldred on the 100m and 200m Fly.

They made it! On Monday the 2nd October 2023, Team WOW swam the channel in a time of 9:40:29. All the hard training paid off for our six open water hero’s. Will Harris, Sam Trigwell, Megan Reader, Prisha Tapre, Felipe Irvine, Barney O’Donnell. The astonishing time was achieved by their consistently fast swimming and the skill of Andy King, who piloted our escort boat Louise Jane 2. The weather forced us to go on a large spring tide but everything went to plan, and we finished precisely on Cap Gris...

It’s been a busy few months for Watford Swimming Club’s new Head Coach Jamie Irvine. Along with new Assistant Head Coach Tom Sullivan, Jamie has been working closely with existing coaches Josie Hoare and Claire Houchin to map out his plans for the club. Here he outlines his vision and details a number of the key changes to the club’s training schedule. “Over the past two months, we have been planning on how we can build on our current programme with more pool hours, land training and a more aligned...