Woking Swimming Club - News Archive

The Haslemere "A" Grade Open Meet was held on the 3rd July and saw a number of Woking Swimmers between the ages of 9-15 swimming beyond everyone's expectations. Out of 167 swims there were no less than 116 Personal Bests!

For the boys, Josh Foulkes, Alex Miller, Dominic Holloway, James Styles, James Watson and Jeremy Mulliez swam a PB in every one of their events. Jeremy won the Open Meet Best Individual U11 Boy award to add to his tally of 5 Gold's, and a Silver.

For the girls, Katie Brown, Kathyn Cole, Emma Maurer, Julia Mulliez, Kirsten Panter, Susan Sheil-Rankin, Caroline Steel and Halldora Thorsteins also swam a PB in all their races. Amy Edmonds won 3 Gold's and won the Open Meet Best Individual U11 Girl award.

As ever, the team supported every swimmer in every race and an enjoyable day was had by all!

Rother League Round 2

The second round of the Rother League took place on Saturday 25th June. This was a gala with all events other than two (IM's for the Under 14's) being relays.
Woking travelled to Bracknell to meet Haslemere, Alton, Hart, Rushmore and the home team.
The Girls Under 14 team (Kirsten Panter, Bethany Eastwood, Naomi Thrower, Jo Blair, Becky Harding and Amy Edmonds) notched up 4 out of 4 firsts in the 2x1 relays and also came first in the Medley 4x1 and second in the Freestyle 4x1. Good performances from the Breaststroke pairing of Becky and Amy gave the girls first place in the Under 14's and the Under 16's with a credible third place in the Open 2x2 relay.

Further good performances from the Under 12 boys (Josh Foulkes, Dominic Holloway, Daniel West - answering a very last minute call-up - , William Killen and Robs Hall) saw a first and two second places.

The older swimmers, who were slightly depleted put up a good show and were supported by team members swimming up out of age. Josie Rimmer, making her gala debut for Woking Under 16, swam in five events and acquitted herself well. Alex Aristidou, returning after a two year layoff also swam well in 4 events.

Swimming in the lane between the two teams of Bracknell and Haslemere, who were the eventual winners and runners up, Woking attained third place which was good reward for yet another encouraging team effort.

After much debate, the award for swimmers of the night was given to Kirsten Panter/Bethany Eastwood and Ben Smith/Alex Aristidou.

The coaches and team manager applauded the team for their spirit and commitment. One parent helper was heard to comment "Woking really are quite well behaved poolside aren't they and they enjoy themselves too." Absolutely.

Cranleigh Open Meet

On Sunday 12th June, 54 WSC swimmers (including Daniel Gibson who was celebrating his 12th birthday) travelled to the Cranleigh Open Meet.

The 54 swimmers achieved an amazing 129 PB's out of 238 swims, 35 Gold Medals, 19 Silver & 19 Bronze medals with 54 4th to 6th positions. Medals were won by:

Woking had by far the largest contingent of swimmers and for the second year running won the Top Club award. The final positions were 1st Woking with 572 points, the hosts Cranleigh were 2nd with 306 points and Worthing 3rd with 252 points.

Well Done to all swimmers and you will find full results on the notice board.

Premier League Round 2

The 18th June saw two Woking teams in Round 2 of the Premier League. Woking 'A' were at Guildford and Woking 'B' were at home.

Woking 'A' team, ranked 5th in the competition, narrowly missed beating Rushmore into 2nd position by 2 points on the night. However a very creditable 3rd place was achieved by some very good swims from the team. PB's came from Kelly Davidson (2), Dominic Holloway (2), Sarah Noble (2), Jeremy Mulliez (2), Susan Sheil-Rankin, Joanna Blair, Daniel Gibson (2), William Killen, Josh Foulkes, Amy Edmonds, Sam Holloway and Bethany Eastwood. 31 first to third places and a convincing win in the final event, the squadron, capped an exciting evening.

Woking "B" team also had an equally good performance and achieved 3rd place on the night. 30 first to third places with PB's being achieved by Anna Marks, Harry Blackmore, Nicola Britton-Williams, Sophie Phillipson, Amelia Rosenberg, Jack Bousfield, Katie Gilkes, Andrew O'Donnell (3), Catherine Campbell, Katie Brown, Sam Rumball, Sarah Hall, Matt Dickenson, Niall Johnson, Natasha Holden (2), James Watson and Catherine Taylor.

Between the two teams 38 new PB's were set; all the coaches were highly delighted that the swimmers were putting their practice to good use and that they enjoyed the two fixtures.

Thanks must also go to all the technical officials, both old and new who had to staff an away as well as a home gala.

A number of children were unable to swim, two of whom played a critical part in Pyrford C of E School's silver and a bronze position in the Bazuka Primary Schools National Relay Finals held in Sheffield. Well done Clare & Emma Maurer.

SCASA Weekends of 4th & 11th June 2005

The last two weekends of the SCASA Youth Championships, held at Crystal Palace, saw two of Woking's swimmers performing.

On Saturday 4th June, both Amy Edmonds (U11) and Becky Harding (U12) swam in the 200 Breaststroke, with Becky qualifying for the finals in a time of 3.01.52, just short of an NQT by 1.4 seconds. Amy swam hers in 3.11.13 and returned the following day for the 100 Freestyle and the 200 Individual Medley (where she achieved a PB of 2.56.98).

On Sunday 12th June both girls were again in action in the 100 Breaststroke, swimming themselves into their respective finals. Becky once more came tantalisingly close to an NQT, missing by just 0.54 of a second but qualifying 4th for the final with a PB. Amy also qualified 5th for the final with a PB of 1.28.30.

Bowling Night

Minor League Winners

Going into the second round of the Minor League, Woking were 39 points ahead of the opposition. By the end of the night Woking were ahead by another 65 points and this secured the Minor League Cup for 2005.

On their way to lifting the cup during the second round, two club records were broken by Nic Smith (in the 100 IM Open) and Becky Harding (in the 50 U15 Breaststroke). Nic broke his own record, whilst Becky took one that had stood for just over 10 years previously held by Ilsa Kikkert.

Once more team unity and enthusiasm shone and a further 23 PB's were forthcoming during the course of the gala. These were for Clare Maurer and Emma Maurer (both of whom are swimming for Pyrford Church of England Primary School in the Bazuka National Finals in June - go girls!), Naomi Thrower, Ross Arnfield, Becky Harding (3), Nic Smith, William Killen (2), Alex Miller, Daniel Gibson (3), Kirsten Panter, Shelley Eastwood (2), Robert Taylor, Katherine Robbings, Chloe Bard (2), Annie McGraw, all beat their PB's.

Of the 11 relays swum, Woking won 8. Every swimmer swam a good, solid race and the starts and the relay takeovers were very impressive.

Southern Counties

The 15th May saw the Under 12 Relay Teams in action at Crystal Palace at the Southern Counties. The girls Medley and Freestyle Team, made up of Sarah Noble, Rebecca Harding, Joanna Blair and Amy Edmonds, swam beyond expectations and improved their entry rankings by two places in the Freestyle, attaining 11th position and by five places in the Medley, achieving a very good 5th position.

The boys Medley team of John Hargan, Sam Holloway, Daniel Gibson and Jeremy Mulliez achieved 9th position (ranked 18th) and the Freestyle team of Matt Dickenson, Andrew O'Donnell, Jeremy Mulliez and Daniel Gibson also achieved 9th (ranked 17th). The swimmers split times were all important and the team spirit shown was exceptional. All the swims were improvements on the entry times.

The entire Relay Team squad also stayed on for the Boys 400 IM held in the afternoon, to support Josh Foulkes, aged 10, who swam himself into 6th position.

Round 1 of the Rother League

All this followed on from another solid performance at Round 1 of the Rother League at Basingstoke on the previous night of the 14th May.

Coming up against Basingstoke, Isle of Wight, Sutton & Cheam, Fareham Nomads and Rushmoor Royals, Woking took an early lead and never lost it.

25 first positions, with a further 17 second and third places out of a total of 51 events, ensured the team won with a margin of 52 points. With so many good swims from Opens to the Under 11's and a number of impressive PB's it was once more a truly impressive individual and team performance.

Special mention should be made of Emma Davis, who swam having just completed a triathlon that morning!

Premier League Round 1

The first round of the Premier League got under way on Saturday 23rd April and saw two Woking teams in action. Woking are the current Premier League Champions, having won the trophy last year.

Woking A team went to Bracknell where the contest was closely fought all the way through the gala, with most of the first or second places being shared between the host club, Bracknell, and Woking.

In the end, Bracknell won by a 14 point margin with Woking in second place on 244 points, and Guildford in third place on 171 points. Southampton and Basingstoke scored 168 and 162 points respectively.

A number of good PB's were achieved by Woking swimmers - Kelly Davidson, Daniel Gibson, Emma Maurer, Amy Edmonds, Ross Arnfield, Catherine Taylor, Charlie Cope, George Hatfield, Clare Maurer and Becky Harding.

The 9 year olds won 5 out of their 8 events and both their relays, with the 11 year olds also notching up 5 wins out of 8 events.

At home at Pool in the Park, the Woking B team fought hard against some strong opposition from other clubs 'A' teams. There were some excellent swims with PB's falling all over the place from Woking swimmers - Hanmin Wang, Harry Blackmore, Sean Robbings, Rebecca Rosenberg, Katie Gilkes, Jack Bousfield, James Styles, Laura Day, Daniel West, Laetitia Ward, Katie Brown, Sam Rumball, Elizabeth Gardner, John Hargan, Alistair Koh, David Joseph, Misha Blair, Niall Johnson, and Susan Shiel-Rankin.

A particular mention should be made of Robert Hall, Daniel West and Niall Johnson for coming first in their individual races.

Well done to all of you. Swimmers of the night were Hanmin Wang and Sean Robbings.

Rushmore Royals won with a final score of 278, Alton came second with 225 points, Eastleigh came third with 179 points, Woking B came fourth with 162 points, Farnham came fifth with 132 points and Winchester came sixth with 82 points.

Minor League Round 1 - Havant & Waterlooville on Saturday 16th April.

47 first to third placements (of which 28 were first places) ensured that the Woking team took overall first place.

It was truly a team performance with poolside support right from race 1. The coaches and team manager were hard pressed to single out any individual for Swimmer of the Night as the whole team were impressive; therefore the whole team were made Swimmers of the Night.

Bournemouth Open Meet - 9th/10th April

The trip was well worthwhile: out of 90 swims there were no less than 60 PB's. Everyone swam at least 2 PB's each!

Compliments from other clubs on the swimmers efforts and technique were relayed to the coaches by the parents fan club, who also provided noisy support. Your normal photographer was so stunned by the awesome performances that he forgot to take any photos!

Havant & Waterlooville Open Meeting 3rd April

60 PB's out of 107 swims, 4 Gold Medals, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze Top Boy 11/12 year old and Woking Swimming Club took 4th Place

A successful day of swimming all strokes at the shorter 50/100 m distances was enjoyed by 30 WSC swimmers - and some brave souls also went training in the evening as well!

Leatherhead Open (CPNSC) & Rotherham Metro (Ponds Forge)

2 WSC swimmers travelled over the Easter break - Charlie Cope to Crystal Palace and Amy Edmonds to Sheffield.

Charlie swam 3 events: 50 free in which he achieved a Bronze Medal, the 200 Back and the 200 free.

Amy swam 10 events: Gold in 50 free and Bronze in 50 breaststroke and 100m breaststroke along with 5 PB's in the 50 free, 50 breaststroke , 100 free , 200 free and 200 breaststroke ...the other events that Amy swam were the 50 backstroke and Fly, the 100 backstroke and Fly.

Woking Sprint Shield

The second of the Woking hosted friendly galas of 2005 took place at Pool in the Park on the 12th March. Two teams from Woking, two from Reigate & Redhill, and one each from Kingston and Winchester took part.

Both the teams from Surrey had been hit by a Surrey Schools gala taking place on the same evening and their second teams could not swim all races.

In a very close competition, which saw the lead change a number of times during the course of the evening, Redhill & Reigate 'B' came first with 228 points, closely followed by Woking 'B' on 220 points. Kingston were third with 201 points, Winchester 4th with 140 points and the two 'C' teams of Woking and Redhill & Reigate came fifth and sixth respectively with 116 points and 82 points.

All participating teams expressed their enjoyment of being able to participate in such a friendly, but still competitive gala.

Swimmers of the night for Woking 'B' were Catherine Jamieson and George Tweedie-Smith. For the 'C' team, Charlotte Alderton and James Seiber.

Senior Woking swimmer gets 4 PB's out of 4 events at Bracknell Masters.

Haydn Jones proved that PB's were not the sole domain of the younger
swimmers by achieving a 100% record in all the events he entered at
Bracknell Masters Open on the 5th March. He gained a Bronze Medal in the
100 IM and a fourth place in the 100 F/C in the 40-44 year age band.

He is competing at both the Basingstoke and Amersham Masters Open Meets in
the next month and we look forward to hearing of more success.

Wey Junior B League/U10 relay Trophy

Once more, a really impressive performance by Woking Juniors saw them win Group 2 of the Wey Junior B League, as well as the U10 relay Trophy at Pool in the Park on Saturday 5th March.

This Time Penalty (TP) gala, produced 17 PB's as well as an impressive 31 first to third places out of 46 events.

Woking won the gala with 186 points - a clear 32 points ahead of second place. The other teams in the gala were Leander, Barracuda, New Milton, Isle of Wight and Andover.

Full results will be posted on the notice board. Swimmers of the night for Woking were Halldora Thorsteins and Kyle Fleischer.

Hants & South Coast Invitational Gala

Woking swimmers were once more invited to the Annual Hants & South Coast Invitational Gala at Haslemere on the 29th January and once more returned with the Overall Club Trophy as well as the Junior and Senior Top Club Position.

Captained by Jeremy Mulliez and Clare Maurer, 11 Woking swimmers aged between 9 and 11 swam 3 individual events each as well as a relay for some. Top 9 year old girl was Emma Maurer, with Katherine Robbings in 3rd); Top 11 year old boy was Jeremy Mulliez, who also picked up the Individual Medley Boys trophy. Callum Thomas was 3rd in the 9 year old boys. Out of 33 individual swims no less than 14 PB's were also set.

Jeremy Mulliez, Clare Maurer, Andrew O'Donnell, Nicola Britton-Williams, James Styles, Ruth Tweedie-Smith, Sarah Hall, Callum Thomas, William Killen, Katherine Robbings and Emma Maurer.

Cranleigh Open

Woking swimmers attended the Cranleigh Open Meet on the 30th January and had a very successful day setting 23 new PB's and collecting 12 Gold Medals, 3 Silver, 7 Bronze and gaining 11 4th to 6th placings. They also picked up 6 speeding tickets and came away having amassed 142 points to take the club to the fourth position on the day. Well done to all who attended and to those who got medals (and Speeding Tickets)!:

Brighton Open 8th & 9th January 2005

17 Woking swimmers, from Tiger Sharks through to Marlins, made the trip to the 23rd Annual Tom Handley Memorial Open at Brighton.

No less than 30 PB's were recorded, which is really impressive after the recent Club Championships and the Christmas break. This was a good meeting to attend prior to the commencement of the Surrey Championships in February.

Well done to Becky Harding, Bethany Eastwood, Catherine Taylor, Charlie Cope, Chloe Bard, Daniel Gibson, Eloise Man, Jeremy Mulliez, Jessica Stevens, Joanna Blair, Kirsten Panter, Liam Man, Matthew Dickenson, Robert Taylor, Ross Arnfield, Sarah Noble, Shelley Eastwood.

..oh yes, and we came a very close second in the singing/dancing competition, but the winners had the lifeguards in their team as well!

Bowling & Disco nights

Bowling Night

Unfortunately the roving reporter forgot his camera for the Bowling Night (!) but the prizes were:

2 Games for each team and 55 Woking Swimmers enjoyed the night for the 1993 swimmer's and above. It was a fun, well behaved, noisy and really enjoyable night for all concerned; older swimmers mixed with the younger ones showing once more that the Woking Team spirit spreads across all ages.

Thanks to Joan Deans for organising the event at Spectrum and to Jackie Smith for helping. Also for being judges and providing the prizes for the winners.

Junior Disco for the 1994's and younger at Pick And Mix, Woking Pool in the Park.

Many thanks to Jackie Smith for organising, to Ben & Alex Smith for manning the bar (!) and Bethany Eastwood & Chloe Bard for the lead singing in the karaoke.

Open Meetings 4th/5th December

At the Guildford NQT (National Qualifying Time) Open, no less than 34 PB's were achieved - no mean feat having just concluded our own Club Championships.

Well done to all the above swimmers and to Ross Arnfield, Chloe Bard, Alex Campbell, Matthew Dickenson, Bethany Eastwood, Shelley Eastwood, Amy Edmonds, John Hargan, Sam Holloway, Eloise Man, Clare Maurer, Jeremy Mulliez, Sarah Noble, Andrew O'Donnell, Sophie Phillipson, Jessica Stevens and Naomi Thrower for swimming over the two days.

The awards at the Waterlooville event were based on the swimmers overall performance in the British Age Group Categories (BAGCATS). Placings included:

Special mention should be made to Sarah Hall who was 15th in the 11 Years Category despite not competing in the 100M IM, having been placed 1st in the 50M & 200M Breaststroke and the 50M Freestyle and to Josie Rimmer who was 1st in the 50M Freestyle in 13 Years Category.

Haslemere Level 1- 20/21st November

A number of Woking Swimmers went to this meeting and came away with a very good tally of PB's - 45 in all...and no DQ's!!

The two day meet was well attended by teams as far afield as Jersey and the Isle of Wight, as well as other clubs from Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex and Buckinghamshire.

All the swimmers who participated should be very pleased and proud of their achievements as they were swimming against teams much larger and stronger than them.

Hants & South Coast Junior Cup Champions 2004

Woking SC, swimming at home in Pool in the Park emerged victorious as champions after the second round of the Hants & South Coast Junior Cup. Having won the first round in September away at Havant & Waterlooville, Woking were host to the other first round winners.

There were some great individual performances from all swimmers and Charlie Cope and Becky Harding were awarded "swimmers of the night". The entire team however knew they were on target for the trophy and were firing well. The team were awesome in the relays and the crowd were on their feet for the final squadron swim, which Woking won. The team cheer at the end was something else! Woking won with 236 points and Haslemere (the previous cup holders) with 213 points.

Not to be outdone, the second Woking team went to Guildford Spectrum and came out with some excellent individual and team performances. The entire team swam their hearts out with James Styles and Caroline Steel being made "swimmers of the night". William Killen, Jonny Deans and Emily England deserve a special mention for their swims.

Crawley 2/3rd November

PB's abound at this meet (56)!

18 children travelled over the two days to compete at the Crawley Level 2 Licenced Meet. This was a good test of stamina, endurance and concentration over two days worth of events, swimming everything from 50's to 400 F/C and IM.

Nearly everyone notched up a PB with Daniel Gibson getting 7 PB's out of 8 events. Many of the other swimmers also achieved more than one PB, results will be displayed on the noticeboard.

Five 3rd places, five 2nd places and two 1st places were the additional rewards to the PB's.

WSC takes the lead at start of season

Hants & South Coast Leagues Junior Cup Round 1

Woking Swimming Club was on top form as it sent out two teams to compete in the first round of the Junior Cup in the Hants & South Coast League.

Woking “A” swimming at Waterlooville looked confident as they claimed 27 first places and 18 personal bests! Many of the younger swimmers (U11’s) stormed through their events including all the relay races.

Other notable swims in this age group were Josh Foulkes 2nd 50m Free and Chloe Bard 2nd in the 25m Butterfly.

The U12’s and U13’s were equally impressive with Charlie Cope (U13) leading the way with his three wins for 50m Free (29.89secs), 50m Back and 50m Fly (35.45secs). Bethany Eastwood and Naomi Thrower also U13’s both won their races for the 50m Back and Fly respectively.

The U 12’s followed the same pattern producing some fine swimming. Amy Edmonds won her 50m Free in 34.13 secs, whilst Jeremy Mulliez took his 50m Free in 32.77 secs. Again in the 50m Breaststroke the U12’s stole the show with Becky Harding and Sam Holloway both winning in times of 42.98secs and 45.92secs respectively. Daniel Gibson took 3rd in the 50m Fly. In the U14 100m Fly events, both Joanna Blair and Alex Richmond swimming out of age, gained not only personal bests but were also awarded swimmers of the night.

Swimming at Fleet the “B” team also produced some fantastic races, including 18 personal bests! The U 11’s saw Caroline Steel and William Killern take silver for the 50m Back, whilst Callum Thomas won silver for his 50m Free and Kirsty McMahon took bronze in the 25m Fly. U12’s Sarah Hall swam two very fast races to gain 2nd for her 50m Breaststroke (47.06 secs) and 3rd for her Back. David Mitchell, Sean Robbings and James Styles all gained PB’s.

In the older age groups U 13’s and U14 ‘s there were some nail biting finishes with 11 personal bests between them! Swimmers of the night were Rebecca Rosenberg and Jonny Deans.

After the first round Woking “A” took first place 76 points ahead of their nearest rival whilst Woking “B” took fourth, a fine beginning to the start of the season.

More Success for WSC

Woking Swimming Club has once again had a successful month. Notable achievements includes winning 13 medals at the designated Guildford “A” Open Meet; taking Top Club at the Cranleigh “A” Open Meet with 435 points, 87 points ahead of Worthing their nearest rivals and achieving medals and ribbons at the prestigious Southern Counties Championships.

Guildford Open Meet

During the Guildford Open Meet swimmers aged between 9 and 12 years showed exceptional ability and spirit to beat top swimmers from around the south of England.

Josh Foulkes 9yrs swam a fantastic 200m Breaststroke – 3mins 36secs to take gold, he also won silver for his 50m breaststroke and a further 3 bronze medals.

Abigail Munday and Sam Holloway 10yrs both produced fast swims. Abigail 1 gold for 50m breaststroke -40.99secs, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Sam a silver for his 200m Breaststroke and a bronze. 12yr Naomi Thrower took silver for her 50m Fly, whilst Ross Arnfield took 2 bronze medals for his breaststroke events. Becky Harding concluded the meet by breaking the U12 Club Record for her 400m Individual Medley by 14 seconds!

Cranleigh “A” Open Meet

Following on from this success Woking stormed to victory at the Cranleigh “A” Open Meet taking Top Club with 27 gold, 18 silver and 20 bronze medals and 50 4th -6th placements.

Once again all 36 swimmers aged between 9yrs and 15yrs swam with great determination, some races being won by an all Woking contingent (first –third placements). Races were 200m and 50m. 10yr Emily Williams took 7 medals -3 golds, 1 silver and 3 bronze, whilst Alex Smith 13yrs took 6 medals – 3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze.

Other notable successes were Clare Maurer with 3 golds and 1 bronze; Christina Holohan 3 silver; Catherine Taylor 3 golds; Liam Man 3 golds; Jeremy Mulliez 1 gold and 4 silver; Charlie Davies 2 gold and 2 silver, Matthew Dickenson 3 bronze and Emily England and Chloe Bard 1 gold and 1 silver.

Most swimmers achieved at least 1 medal/ribbon which was a tremendous team effort.

Southern Counties Championships

The Southern Counties Championships concluded June’s successes with the club’s youngest swimmers on fire to achieve top results. Several of the swimmers reached the finals in their events, 10 yr Danni Wythe coming 7th and 8th in her 200m and 100m backstroke races; Abigail Munday 4th in her 100m back and breaststroke events and Sam Holloway 3rd in his 100m Breaststroke.

Woking win Premier League !

It was a historic moment in the Club's history as Woking "A" swimmers stormed to victory in the final round of the Premier League. Never before had they won the coveted trophy in Division One.

20 swimmers aged between 9 and 12 years competed at the Herons in Haslemere. They were aware that they faced tough opposition from Guildford "A", Haslemere "A", Rushmoor Royals, Locksheath and Fareham. Woking "B" competing in Division 3 at Bracknell also were keen to get a good result..

Woking "A" began well with Naomi Thrower winning the 50m Fly in 33.95 secs. Team mates took up the mantle and after 10 events Woking swimmers had produced a narrow lead. There were some feisty swims from Charlie Cope U13 50m Freestyle 30.37 secs ; Abigail Munday U11 50m Breaststroke first in a time of 42.36 secs ; Charlie Davies U12 Freestyle first, 31.89 secs; Becky Harding U12 50m Breaststroke 43.19 secs and Clare Maurer U11 50m Freestyle 34.71 secs.

Woking "B" not to be outdone showed grit and determination as they took 15 first to third placements in their gala. Spirited swims came from Sarah Hall 2nd U12 50m Breaststroke 46.51 secs; Benjy Clarke U 11 50m Backstroke 48.16 secs; Laura Day U12 50m Butterfly first 40.96 secs.: Kirsty McMahon U11 25m Butterfly 21.06 secs. and Sean Robbings U 12 50m Backstroke 46.10 secs.

The relay teams produced some superb swims with Woking "A" winning 10 out of a possible 16 events. Swimmers of the night were the whole team!

The entire team were made "Swimmer of the Night" in recognition of the overall performance, the team spirit and also the fact that this was the first time Woking have won the title in a very long time! We do receive a cup for this and await it's arrival from the ex-holders - Guildford "A".

Points on the night	Overall Points (tbc)
Woking "A" 208	Woking "A" 447
Guildford "A" 198	Guildford "A" 423
Haslemere 157	Haslemere 388
Locks Heath 139	Locks Heath 336
Rushmore 118	Rushmoor 331
Fareham 98	Fareham 304

NEWS UPDATE - Woking Swimmers take Gold

Woking Swimming Club following on from their successes at the County Championships has been cleaning up at several of the large “A” Grade Open Meets.

Taking just under 20 swimmers aged between 9 and 14 years to the Havant & Waterlooville Open Meet on the 3rd April they took the lion’s share of the medals. With 158 points they took Top Club their closest rivals 72 points behind them!

A gruelling 4 day Open Meet at Portsmouth followed this success with many of the younger swimmers improving their personal bests by up to 20 seconds.

More recently on the 17th and 18th April they stormed to victory again taking Top Club at the prestigious Bournemouth Designated Open Meet. Once again with just 17 swimmers aged from 10 -14 years the Club won 32 medals overall: 10 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze.

Some of the younger swimmers to do exceptionally well were: Sam Holloway 1 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze; Abigail Munday 4 gold and 1 silver; Charlie Davies 2 gold and 2 silver; Emily Williams 1 silver and 3 bronze; Amy Edmonds 2 silver, 1 bronze and Rebecca Harding 1 gold. The older swimmers equally played their part with Ross Arnfield achieving 2 bronze for 50 and 100m Breaststroke events; Naomi Thrower 1 gold and 1 bronze; Bethany Eastwood 1 bronze and Catherine Taylor 1 bronze.

With the Club riding high Woking swimmers are now looking forward to not only the Rother League Galas in May but the District Championships in June.

Bowling Night - 29th April 2004

Prizewinners for top scores
Seniors: Brian McGrath & Sophie Gilkes
Juniors(90+): Rebecca Rosenberg & George Tweedy-Smith

Head Coach
The Club is still actively looking for a new head coach. We have interviewed several candidates this term, but feel they were not the right fit for Woking Swimming Club. Our latest advertisement went out this month.

Training Sessions
At present, the existing coaches are covering all training sessions. We feel we are in a very strong position having such a dedicated and committed team of professionals.

Squad sessions remain basically the same this term. We have re-allocated some extra pool time to Piranhas as this is running as a large squad this term.

Seniors
We hope you like the variety of coaches you have had this term! Any style you particularly like? We appreciate you hanging in there!

Gallery Murmurs
Any time anyone has a question, query, (or even a compliment!) please contact one of us! Jungle drums always get distorted so come straight to the horse's mouth!

March 28th 2004
Jean Styles - Vice Chairman 01483 722238
Sue Rosenberg - Vice Chairman 01483 773607

Top Club at Havant & Waterlooville Open - 3rd April

Club	Points
Woking	158
Portsmouth	86
Gosport	77
Hamble	63.5
Southampton	62
Winchester	59
Littlehampton	55
Salisbury	52.5
Leatherhead	49
New Milton	41

Top of the Premier League!

Two teams from Woking Swimming Club competed in the Premier League at the weekend 27th March. Woking "A" swam at Bracknell against Epsom, Havant, Godalming and Bracknell. Whilst Woking "B" competed against Wandsworth, Haslemere, West Wight and Hamble.

Both teams were in high spirits following their successes in the Minor League the week before. Woking "A" took first place in 40 out of the 45 events! Whilst Woking "B" romped through their gala with over 12 personal bests.

Swimmers from both teams produced fantastic times .The U11's saw Danielle Wythe achieve first for her 50m Backstroke (39.47secs) and 25m Fly (17.66secs), a superb time. Liam Man won his 50m Backstroke with 39.75secs whilst Chloe Bard stormed through her 50m Back. Ryan Cawley (37.38secs) and Clare Maurer (37.45 secs) won their freestyle events.

The U12 's equally found their swimming feet as Emily Williams achieved first (45.75secs) 50m Breaststroke; Christina Holohan first (41.23 secs) 50m Back; John Hargan 2nd (40.38 secs) Backstroke; Sam Holloway and Joanna Blair first for their 50m Fly events. James Styles and Victoria D Burgess swam out of their skins to produce Personal Bests .

In the oldest age group U13's Naomi Thrower and Charlie Cope both achieved district times; Charlie 35.69 secs Fly and 30.19 secs Free, Naomi 34.13 secs Fly whilst James Stock, Katie Gilkes, Hannah Richmond and Danny Gibson all achieved brilliant Personal Bests.

Asst Team Manager Jean Styles commented that all the swimmers had performed brilliantly. She was delighted with first and third positions following the first round. This now leaves Woking "A" top of the Premier League with 239 points ahead of Guildford "A", Haslemere and Rushmoor.

Surrey Successes for Woking Swimming Club

The Surrey County Championships which began on the 7th February and conclude on the 6th March are described as the “most successful in the Club’s history,” by Team Manager Olive Carroll. After 11 Gala Events, Abigail Munday (9yrs) is lying in 1st position in the BAGCAT points. Danielle Wythe is third. In the (9yrs) boys Liam Man is lying 4th whilst Ryan Cawley is 5th.

Abigail has attained gold for the 400m Individual Medley, 200m Backstroke, 100 IM, 50m and 200m Breaststroke; silver for the 200m IM and bronze in the 50m Butterfly. Danielle attained silver in the 400m IM, 50m Fly and 50m Back and 2 bronze medals. Liam has won 2 silver medals for 50m Back and 200m Breaststroke and bronze for 50m Breaststroke and 200m IM.

Other successful swimmers include Josh Foulkes (9yrs) and Emily Williams (9yrs) both won bronze for Breaststroke events; Becky Harding (10yrs) silver in the 400m IM and 50m Breaststroke and bronze in the 200m IM; Amy Edmonds (10 yrs) 2 and Charlie Davies (10 yrs)1 bronze medal.

Charlie Cope (11yrs) has produced some superb swims improving many of his personal bests and winning a gold and silver medal. He is currently lying third in the BAGCAT points. Emily Calfe (13yrs) lying 7th has won 2 bronze medals whilst Oliver Glazier (14yrs) is riding high with 2 silvers and a bronze.

Finally team Captain Nick Smith is once again leading by example with a gold and 2 silver medals. Medal tally to date 8 Golds, 15 Silver and 15 Bronze medals not forgetting the other 27 swimmers who between them have notched up 55 ribbons for 4th-8th placements!

Hants & South Coast Invitational Meet - Haslemere 31st January 2004

Swimming against 16 other clubs, Woking entered a team of 13 children, aged between 9 & 11.

7 boys and 6 girls, captained by Charlie Cope and Bethany Eastwood, returned victorious having amassed a medal tally of 12 Gold, 9 Silver and 8 Bronze. In addition the Boys Individual Medley trophy was won by Charlie Cope.

Meet awards for Top Girl (9) went to Danni Wythe, with Chloe Bard attaining third. Top Girl (10) went to Sarah Noble with Clare Maurer second and Kirsten Panter was eighth in the 11 year category. In the Boys 9 year olds, Liam Man was second with Josh Foulkes and Ryan Cawley third and fifth respectively. Top Boy (10) went to Jeremy Mulliez with Sam Holloway taking third place. Top Boy (11) went to Charlie Cope.

This was both a fantastic team and individual effort with all swimmers swimming three or more races each. The support that the team showed for each other made it a very rewarding and enjoyable event to be a part of. Woking Swimming Club should be proud of the team's achievements.

We currently await the news as to the Top Club award so keep your fingers crossed.

Team - Charlie Cope, Bethany Eastwood, Matthew Dickenson, Kirsten Panter, Jeremy Mulliez, Sarah Noble,Sam Holloway, Clare Maurer,Liam Man, Chloe Bard,Ryan Cawley, Danni Wythe,Josh Foulkes

Brian Bloor

We would like to advise you that Brian Bloor intended to resign as Head Coach of Woking Swimming Club at Easter 2004. Unfortunately, Brian was taken ill today and as a result he has stood down from his position with immediate effect.

The Executive Committee are therefore accelerating the recruitment for a new Head Coach and together with the coaches will be making every effort to cover all the planned training sessions this term.

All arrangements for Coach support during the Surrey Championships have already been organised and in addition we are in the process of appointing a new squad coach.

The Committee appreciates your support and understanding during this time and we are sure you will join us in wishing Brian a speedy recovery.

Rob Smith - Vice Chairman
on behalf of the Executive Committee of Woking Swimming Club
25 January 2004

Gibson Shield Success

Woking Swimming Club hosted the annual Gibson Shield Gala on Saturday 10th January 2004. Two teams "B" and "C" with children aged between 9 and 13 years competed against tough competition from Henley, Teddington, Tilehurst and Haslemere.

All age groups performed well but there were some exceptional swims from Ruth Tweedie Smith U11 first in 25m Backstroke and Freestyle; Alex Miller U11 first in 25m Freestyle; Katherine Robbings U10 second in 25m Backstroke, Victoria D Burgess U12 third in 50m Freestyle ; Sarah Hall U12 third in Breaststroke, Charlie Davies U13 second in 50m Backstroke and Jessica Stevens U10 first in 25m Freestyle.

During the evening there were 18 PB's (Personal Bests) and 23 first/second places. Both teams displayed grit and determination as they cheered one another on. Swimmers of the night were Callum Thomas, Ruth Tweedie Smith, Jeremy Mulliez and Nicola Britten Williams. Final results were Woking "B" second with 187 points and Woking "C" sixth with 95 points.

Nineteen personal bests, 17 first places and a lot of enthusiasm gave Woking swimmers the runners up spot in Division 1 and the 4th place in Division 4 of the Hants and South Coast Junior Cup 2nd round trophy gala.

With the benefit of swimming at the Club's home pool, Pool In the Park, the home team finsished 13 points clear of Ferndown, Fareham and Rushmoor and Alton but adrift from a strong Haslemere squad pumped up for the night, finishing strongly 50 points ahead. At Bracknell, the Woking swimmers Becky Spiller U11 25m fly, Camilla Brady U11 50m back, Laura Day U11 50m free and Sarah Hall U11 50m breaststroke all took top spot awards, with Becky and George Tweedie-Smith receiving top swimmer of the night awards. Good supporting swims came from Jeremy Mulliez, Rebecca Rosenberg and Nick Aristidou.

At the home pool Woking's A team again dominated the relays, taking 9 of the 1st or 2nd places out of the 18 events. Excellent top spot wins came from Ross Arnfield BU13 50m breaststroke, fly specialist Naomi Thrower GU12 50m fly, John Hargan BU12 50m back, Charlie Cope BU12 50m free, Charlie Davies BU11 50m Free and Alex Campbell BU11 50m Breaststroke. Swimmers of the night were Joanna Blair and Charlie Davies.

Following a residential training weekend for 60 swimmers in the 50m pool at the Crystal Palace Sports Complex, Woking swimmers returned to put on an awesome team display by taking 12 first and 6 second places, in the first round of the National Speedo League at Pool in the Park.

The relays provided the platform for gutsy swims from everyone with individual wins coming from Charlie Davies (U12), Nic Smith (U16), Marion Philips (U14) and the club's British Masters record holder Sarah Redrup (Open).

Taking on some of the best in the South East - Hastings, Braintree and Brocking and Ashford - Woking finished 34 points clear of nearest rivals giving the club its best start in recent years the first round of the 3 round competition.

"Especially pleasing was the way everyone worked really hard for each other battling for every place and point" said Brian Bloor, Chief Coach. "Before the gala expectations were for a third or fourth spot. What we saw tonight was awesome."

Swimmers of the night were Marion Philips and Charlie Cope with tremendous swims coming from the younger girls and boys in the U12 age groups who dominated their relay events against strong competition in the U12 age group coming from nearby rivals Dorking.

Woking Swimming Club sent out two teams to compete in the first round of the Junior Cup. Both teams produced some fantastic swims. Woking "A" achieved 19 personal bests whilst Woking "B" produced 22!

Some particularly outstanding swims were swum by Joanna Blair first in the 25m Fly; Sam Holloway 2nd in the same event; Becky Harding and Alex Campbell both first in the 25m Breaststroke and Amy Edmonds second and Charlie Davies first in the 25m Freestyle.

In the older age groups Woking "B" 's Josh Griffiths U12 swum out of his skin to take 2nd place in the 50m and 4th place in the 100m Backstroke, an incredible achievement!

Rebecca Rosenberg U14 competing in three individual events achieved a third for her 50m Breaststroke. For sheer guts and determination Woking "A" 's Romy McAdam led the girl's in the U14's 100m Fly for almost three lengths before Basingstoke took the lead. Alex Woodman and Naomi Thrower (see above) both U12 came first in their 50m Fly, Back and Breaststroke events. U13 's Alex Richmond, Ross Arnfield and Rebecca Merritt, all after nail biting races, took 2nd place whilst Kimberley Glazier had a storming gala with first in the Fly and 2nd in the Freestyle.

Rother League Rout!

Woking Swimming Club faced tough opposition in the first Round of the Rother League. The "A" team competing at Pool in the Park, saw off Elmbridge, Sutton, Bognor Regis and Worthing to win the first round with 219 points. Many of the swimmers achieved first or second placements.

In the U 12 category Alex Woodman had a storming gala achieving 2 firsts and 2 personal bests in the Backstroke and Butterfly, whilst Naomi Thrower achieved 2 second placements. Ella Underwood and Charlie Cope were both involved in nail biting races as they narrowly took first positions in their freestyle events. In the U14 age group Emily Calfe, Caroline Brady, Ross Arnfield and Alex Smith all swum personal bests in their events to take first or second positions.

Roger Mallet (see picture) and Nic Smith both stormed to victory in the U16 group whilst Michael Calfe and Marian Phillips were both made swimmers of the night for their U16 Butterfly events.

The "B" team competing against Fareham, Wey Valley, Cranleigh Farnham and Andover were not to be outdone by their colleagues. Battling hard they showed grit and determination against tough "A" team opposition.

Swimmers of the night were Darryl O Driscoll for his 50m Breaststroke and Hannah Richmond for her overall performance.



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