The first major meet of the season saw swimmers compete at the Winchester leisure centre for the Regional Short Course winter championships. The short course season, running from September to December, is a great way to hone skills and test the development of your progress against some tough competition early on in the season. Many swimmers across the region will be training hard through these competitions with the big aim of qualifying for the short course Winter Nationals later next month. Lucy Wheeler (13) was up first for Woking in...

Woking SC competed in the 2nd Round of the National Arena League, Premier division for the South league at The Spectrum, Guildford on Saturday the 11th of November. Another great test for our swimmers against a club that has won the league many times. Woking started strongly, leading after the first set of relays which are currently some of our stronger events. We had a slight drop in our performance which saw us slide to 4th after the strong start, which we then kept and consolidated our position. We had...

A squad of 24 Woking Masters swimmers descended on Sheffield’s Ponds Forge for the 2023 Swim England Masters National Championships, claiming 3 European records, 12 British records and a haul of 44 medals on their way to finishing as the fifth-ranked club. Patrick Allen and Simon Scully kicked off the weekend's racing in the 1500m freestyle, with Allen finishing in the top five of his age group and Scully claiming Woking’s first medal (Bronze) of the meet. The duo were quickly followed into the pool by Julie Howe, who dominated...

Woking SC competed in the first round of the National Arena League out at Braywick Leisure Centre on Saturday the 14th of October. Competing in the Premier division in the South league, it is always a real test of our swimmers' ability, bringing the strongest clubs in the country together to compete with a potential chance to swim at the final in Cardiff later next year. Woking started the night with a bang sitting in 2nd after 10 events with some great swims in the relays winning 2 and gaining...

The Surrey Age Group Championship - Relay Gala was held on 10/09/2023 all the way down at K2 in Crawley. It was a bit of an unusual meet being held so early in the season, a warm up being held on the athletics track outside and the swimmers seating area being the grandstand out in the sun. However the swimmers did amazingly well to overcome these challenges and enjoyed the big advantage to relay events, racing with their friends. The day was made much easier for the coaches by the...

Woking had four swimmers attending the National Summer Meet at the beginning of August, held at Ponds Forge Swimming Centre in Sheffield. Our swimmers representing the club were Fredrick van der Leest (17), Rita Luzan (16), Lucy Wheeler (13) and Alex Platt (13). For all of them it was their first English National Competition individually (Rita having competed in the relays at British Summer Champs the year before; and Fredrick having competed at Dutch Nationals). A fantastic achievement and experience for them all. Day 1 Heats Lucy was our only...

Woking Masters Spectacular Golden Glory at World Championships in Japan Five Woking Masters swimmers travelled to Japan to represent Great Britain at The 19th Fina World Masters Championships, held from 2-11 August 2023. The event, which featured artistic swimming, diving, open water swimming, pool swimming and water polo took place in three cities; Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Kagoshima, with the swimming events held in Fukuoka City at the Marina Messe and Fukuoka Nishi swimming centres directly following the Fina World Championships. Over 10,000 athletes from 100 nations took part in this...

BIG WEEK AT BRITISH SUMMER NATIONALS 2023 As the seasons come to a close and the summer holidays begin, the chance to relax is on hold for those who have earned the right to qualify for British Summer Nationals. Sheffield once again hosts the annual meet, bringing the best swimmers, aged 12 and above, to compete in a week's worth of competition. Sophie King (17) and Tegan Gale (15) qualify for the meet with a busy week's worth of swimming. Sophie started her 5 event program with the 50 breaststroke....

Good luck to all our swimmers who are competing this and next week at British Summer Championships and Swim English Summer Meet, both held in Sheffield and our group of Masters swimmers representing Woking at The World Maters Championships in Japan. All of us cheering you on from Woking! British and English Woking swimmers: Sophie King Tegan Gale Rita Luzan Lucy Wheeler Alex Platt Frederick van der Leest Nat Reeves The British Summer Championships 2023 will again provide a key end-of-season competition opportunity for every athlete involved across a busy...

Woking Masters have retained their title as the top team at the Surrey Masters Championships and a World Record set in the process: A side of 32 swimmers, who entered 236 individual and 26 relay team events, dove into Surrey Sports Park, claiming 218 medals (108 gold, 65 silver, and 45 bronze). The Masters collected a total of 1,720 points, a whopping 663.5 points ahead of their nearest rivals, with the Women, who finished in first place, contributing 925 points, and the Men, who finished in second, adding an extra...