Sunday 5th Feb: Big well done to Marli, Phoebe, Grace, Rosabella, Winnie, Flic, Yavor, Annabelle, Sophie, Stan, Dan, Yavor, Freddie and William for all achieving qualifying times to attend this weekend's county competition! Some highlights from the day....Marli and Phoebe both made the 200m free final and achieved 7th and 6th place respectively. Marli successfully achieved a PB in the both the heat and final! Phoebe was a little off her pb but we had a good conversation about potential race tactics for future races. Rosabella and Annabelle both made...

Day 4- Saturday 4th February Well done to Annabelle, Flick, Marli, Phoebe, Ria, Rosabella, Tess, Winnie, Danny, Freddie, Jacob, Seb and Will who all competed on Day 8 of the "Counties". There were some really notable swims producing some excellent PBs, some by as much as 5 seconds, so not a bad days work all in all. In the morning session Marli, Rosabella and Phoebe made it to the 100m freestyle finals coming in 6th, 5th and 6th respectively in their age group. In the afternoon session Freddie made it...

Highlights from this weekend's county competition.... Saturday 28th - Emily competed in the 50m backstroke and successfully made it through to the final - went in seeded 6th and held onto her place. Also swam faster in the final than the heats - great race strategy, well done! Sunday 29th - huge thanks for Gilli for taking the reigns and team managing, remember - we're always looking for new team managers to help lighten the load (and it is certainly isn't as scary as the title sounds.... essentially you need...

Great way to kick off the counties! Absolutely fantastic relay swims, and so lovely to swimmers having lots of fun! Special mentions to Rosabella, Marli, Sophie and Dan who all made it through to the 100IM finals and certainly held their own against a strong field! Rosabella came away with a bronze medal - fantastic result for a first counties!! Roll on next weekend!

Another month goes by and our swimmers have been blasting through these home exercise medley challenges. The results are in for May and what a cracker it turned out to be! There was some really close competition in most of the categories. Congratulations to everybody that took part and thanks again to Paul Sartain for organising. The “iron lady” for May is Sophie Jean Haldenby (pictured), Junior Squad, who came first in 5 of the categories - Overall with Running, Overall with Cycling, Protracted Plank Walks, Tuck into Streamline, Ski...

While the lockdown has prevented our swimmers from getting in the pool, it certainly doesn't mean they've cut down on their exercise regime! Our fantastic coach Paul Sartain has been providing our Dolphins with an exercise regime for them to do at home. They've been recording their progress for 6 weeks, and competing with each other to be top of the leaderboard. Congratulations to all those that took part - irrespective if you entered your weekly numbers or not. There's been some quite interesting movements in the rankings over this...

Round 3 of the Cotswold League took place Saturday 7th March at Monmouth and what a fantastic result from the team with 3 out of 3 wins so far! With a tense start, we came from behind to smash the relays and win Round 3. Ollie Smith, one of the Captains of BDSC, has written up his report of the day below: “As members from the junior and senior squad boarded the coach to head to the third round of the Cotswold League it was clear that everyone was ready...

Hot on the heels of the first round of the Cotswold League, Round Two took place on Saturday night at Henleaze pool. We had an excellent turn out from swimmers with some spectacular races! Bath Dolphin took the trophy for the second time running. All results are availble here > Bath Dolphin: 142 points Cheltenham: 122 points Bristol Henleaze: 120 points Cwmbran: 118 points Alice Amphlett, part of the Senior Squad that raced on the day, was buzzing after the event and has written a great report on the day:...

After a Christmas break, BDSC were back on the competition trail in round one of the Cotswold League. Held on home ground(!), at Monkton Combe School pool, BDSC rose to the challenge and came away victorious with a 33 point lead over Clevedon. Excellent swims from all involved - thanks for your efforts swimmers, and thanks to parents and coaches for their support. Roll on round two! Overall Round One Result: Bath Dolphin: 168 points Clevedon: 135 points Cheddar: 128 points Radstock: 93 points Individual Times & Results >

A fantastic effort at the City of Bristol open meet this month. PBs were smashed during the event for Oliver, Chai, Emily, Phoebe, Yavor, Danny & Beth - well done to all of you! The Dolphins didn't come home empty-handed either: - There was Bronze for Phoebe in 400 Freestyle - A Silver for Oli in 200 Freestyle - And Silver for Sophie in 50 & 100 Breaststroke...and a regional qualifying time! Well done to everyone who took part, what an amazing achievement.