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...

The 2023 British Masters Championships saw Woking Masters break multiple British, European, and World Records on their way to finishing as the third-ranked overall club. The squad returned from the weekend’s racing with 1 World Record, 5 European Records, and 8 British Records. This incredible achievement came hand-in-hand with 23 gold, 12 silver, and 10 bronze medals, along with several other impressive swims including many personal bests. Masters Squad coach Seb Leather says: “I continue to be impressed by the team both in and out the pool, I’m in awe...

The last weekend of Swim England South East Age Group Regionals brought some great racing across the board. Woking Swimming Club had some great results over all the Boys finished Ranked 29th and the Girls finished ranked 8th out of approx 100 clubs. Day 1, Session 1 saw Josh in the 200m IM, followed by Ellie Macleod claiming a bronze medal in the 1500m Free with a time of 19:49.62. We then had Ryan Turner in the 800m Free narrowly missing out on a medal but dropping 20 seconds of...

Michael was selected to represent Great Britain in the recent World Triathlon - Aquathlon (swim and run) World Championships in Ibiza. The race consisted of 1000m sea swim and 5km run, and he competed as a Junior. Michael won the silver medal as a Junior against a large number of fellow triathletes(Junior, Senior and Professional) and was boosted by leaving the water section just behind a triathlon hero of his. Michael continues to race and train with a squad in Italy, returning to swim training with Woking Swimming Club when...

The second weekend of the annual regional Championships was hosted by Wycombe leisure centre last weekend. 6 Woking swimmers made the journey as the senior swimmers went up against the top 15year olds and older for women and 16 year olds and over for men. Day 1 Day one started with the men's 200 free as Fredrick Van der Leest (17) swam a 2.03.08 to qualify for the first final ranked 6th. The Women’s 50 fly was heavily represented with 4 swimmers. Sadie Warmington (16) worked hard enough to pick...

Winchester Sport and Leisure Centre hosted the first weekend of the Summer Championships. Over the 3 weekends we have 54 swimmers representing the Woking Swimming Club with 37 girls and 17 boys swimming. From the coaching team two of the most pleasing signs of the weekend were our representation in a number of the longer events and team feel down on the pool deck. Woking Currently sits 20th out of 99 clubs. Medals 1 Silver 2 Bronze Session 1 The weekend started strong with 3 great swims in some tough...

While many were enjoying their Easter break last week the best British swimmers congregated at the home of British swimming, Ponds Forge in Sheffield, for the British Championships 2023. This competition brings together the best in the Country alongside with the best hope for the future on the international stage. Featuring superstars Duncan Scott, Freya Anderson, Anna Hopkin, Tom Dean just to name a few, with the best ranked juniors in the country. Among those potentials was our very own Sophie King. Sophie started her competition with the 200 IM...