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Woking Swimming Club attended the South East Regional Short Course Championship held in Winchester over the weekend. The first championship of the season produced a number of good swims for WSC in one of the toughest Regions. Sophie King won the 100 in a new club record of 1:09.21. Sophie also won the 50 Breaststroke in a time of 32.33. She also achieved a Bronze in the 50 Butterfly in the Senior category with a time of 28.09. Tegan Gale won a Bronze in the 100 Butterfly Junior category recording...

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Woking Masters claimed a World Record at the 2024 Swim England Masters National Championships! The team of four, which consisted of swimmers ranging in age from 27 to 57, set a time of 3:42.80 in the 160+ mixed 4x100m freestyle. Gina Heyn, Michelle Ware, Michael Hodgson and Henry Goodlud beat the previous World Record by over three seconds, with Heyn leading the team out in a new European Record of 57.85 seconds. Reflecting on the race, Goodlud, who swam the final leg for Woking, said: ‘Touching my hand on the...

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Round 1 of the National Arena League was swum at the Guildford Spectrum on Saturday the 12th of October. Woking Swimming Club finished in 2nd place and have given ourselves a good chance of going on to the region final but need to execute in the next round in order to do so. We had the lead early in the night with some great relay swims and continuing on to clock 11 x 1st place finishes. There were some real promising signs considering it was so early in the season....

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Woking Swimming Club and coaching staff would like to Congratulate the following swimmers on making the 2024-25 Surrey Development Camps: Morgan Shaw Abby Whittaker Keeley Thomas Well done on continuing a long standing tradition of Woking swimmers to be invited to these camps.

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Woking are very proud that Sir Michael Holden, Woking referee has been awarded an honorary life vice-president award. Michael has been on poolside more or less since Natasha (his middle daughter) started swimming for Woking SC at the age of 5 and she is now 29. He decided, in 2000 when Natasha was accepted by Woking, it was way too hot to sit up in the gallery watching his kids swim in competitions. Like many stalwarts of our County, he took that big leap and volunteered to help on poolside,...

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Woking Swimming Club competed at the Surrey Age Group Championship - Relay Gala took place on the 8th of September at the London Aquatic Center. Whilst it maybe a little early in the season to be competing, it was a great day for the swimmers to be around team mates and the vibe was very good on the weekend. Woking SC finish second overall: Points Score GCSC 318 Woking SC 124 Leatherhead 102 Elmbridge 91 Sutton & Cheam SC 85 Results: Gold Open/Boys 12-13 Woking A 4x50m Medley Relay Open/Boys...

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Woking Swimming Club would like to congratulate the below on their selection for teams off their amazing effort last season: NATIONAL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2024 – 25 Tegan Gale National Age Group Development Programme (NAGDP) 2024 – 25 Darcey Arnold Alex Platt Enjoy the opportunity and represent yourself and club to the best of your abilities.

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Well done to Ellie Macleod for being selected to represent the County in the Swim England National County Team Championships on Sunday 6 October 2024 at Pond’s Forge, Sheffield. More details of the team selection can be found here: https://surreyswimming.org/?p=10894 We wish here all the best

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Day 1 Ellie led off the meet with a solid effort in the 1500m. 5 seconds off her PB and her second fastest time in the event. She finished 14th in her age group in 19:08.40. Josh swimming his 1500m in the morning also, finishing 16th in his age group in 19:13.71. Great effort after coming 6th at Open Water Nationals 3km 2 days before. Day 2 Alex started the day for Woking with a very controlled 100m Breaststroke finishing in 1:17.79 for 15th after being seeded 21st. Ellie swam...

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As the season comes to a close it's time for the best swimmers in the country to come together and test their nerves. Sheffield's Ponds Forge yet again plays host to the British Summer National Championships 2024. WokingSC are proud to have 4 Individuals and 1 relay team qualify and compete across the 7 day event. Day 1 Darcey Arnold (14) started a long week of swimming with her 1st of 6 events with the 1500M freestyle. Her stroke looked good with decent pacing to finish with her second fastest...