King of the Pool Results - 29th May 2022

Our latest King of the Pool (KOTP) event took place on Sunday 29th May for the younger swimmers in Bronze Development and Senior Academy. A big well done goes to all of our swimmers and congratulations to the overall KOTP winners from each squad who are shown below:

Bronze Development

50 Free - Ava Theodorou (10)

50 Back - Logan Pollock (9)

50 Breast - Ava Theodorou (10)

25 Fly - Ailsa Wotherspoon (9)

Senior Academy

50 Free - Jed Larwood (9)

50 Back - Erin Morrison (10)

50 Breast - Erin Morrison (10)

25 Fly - Erin Morrison (10)

The full results of the events can be viewed here:

  KING OF THE POOL RESULTS - Page 1: Handicap Adjusted Times, Page 2: Actual Times, Page 3: Overall Winners

What is King of the Pool?

KOTP is a brilliant opportunity for the younger swimmers from our Senior Swimming Academy to experience what a meet is like. There is less pressure as it is internal, however the children are disqualified for incorrect swimming techniques but still given a time and a detailed reason as to why to help them improve and understand. The children swim 50m Freestyle/Backstroke/Breastroke and 25m Butterfly.

The way KOTP works is that even if you get the fastest time, you have a handicap based on your age. If you are 10 and swam in 45secs and an opponent is 9 and swims in 45secs, the 9 year old is the winner. You have a 1 second handicap per year of age difference per length. 11YO have to swim 2 secs faster on a 50 than a 10YO and 4 secs than a 9YO.

As well as a good opportunity for swimmers, it's a fab chance for parents to get involved in marshalling in order to support the club at future meets and it not be so daunting for them. Great learning experience all round!