The mania of Hampshire / Channel Island / HM Armed Forces Masters Championships returned for the final weekend of June, Portsmouth's Mountbatten Centre playing hosts once more. Following the County's phenomenal success at British Nationals earlier in the month and several Hampshire Clubs setting new European and World records (individual and relay), stakes were high for our little provincial duel, despite the nonchalant atmosphere. Our coastal county never disappoints when it comes to quality - a new World Record being struck by Rushmoor Royals' veteran Diane Ford in the first...

Quite the delay in Southampton Masters returning to the British National Long Course Championships - 2020 and 2021 wiped out by COVID, then 2022 pinning its hopes on South England clubs making the arduous trip to Aberdeen (we didn't, understandably!) - and no better venue to make a welcome splash-back than the seemingly hydrodynamic venue of Ponds Forge, Sheffield. Worth noting right from the start, that just qualifying for this event was quite the achievement...a dual-phase entry process seeing the opening 48-72hr window swallow up over eighty percent of spaces...

Over the weekend, the City of Southampton Swimming Club hosted a Summer Splash Meet, welcoming swimmers from: Camden Swiss Cottage, Eastleigh, Havant & Waterlooville, Lichfield, Locks Heath, Portsmouth Northsea, Romsey & Totten, Ryde, Seaclose, Seagulls, Telford Aqua, Tidworth, Wildern Waves, Winchester and Woking. Across four sessions, swimmers enjoyed a fun packed schedule including 50s, 100s, 200s in all strokes, along with the 100m & 200m Individual Medley. There was a great atmosphere with so many friendly faces on the pool deck and in the stands. Thank you to everyone that...

Winchester Sprint May Madness Meet, 21st May 2023 On Sunday, 3 squads from City of Southampton SC entered the May Madness Sprint Meet hosted by Winchester City Penguins Swim Club. This was a meet aimed at non-regional swimmers capped by upper entry limits, with priority given to Hampshire clubs. The swimmers very much enjoyed the warm-up dancing to YMCA, it was a fun-time, feel-good meet enjoyed by all that attended. Thank you, Winchester! CSSC had a total of 212 swims with an impressive number of Personal Best Swims at 174,...

The City of Southampton Swimming Club had 19 individual swimmers that achieved qualification times for the South East Summer Championships. The girls were Aariana, Allie, Emily, Elysia, Lola, Penny, Rose, Tilley and Zoe. The boys were Alex, Danny, Fraser, George, James, Kobe, Mark, Matthew D, Matthew and Mitchell. Across the three weekends of racing the Club had 76 swims, of which there were 39 Personal Best Swims. In total there were 11 Medals awarded to our swimmers. Gold 2 Matthew D 100m Breaststroke, Mitchell 200m Breaststroke. Silver 4 Mitchell 100m...

Rushmoor Royals Sprint Meet Fleet, April 15th 2023 Three squads from the City of Southampton attended the one day Rushmoor Royals Sprint Meet in Fleet. For some swimmers this was their first competitive meet, altogether there were 120 swims from out Club and only 2 disqualifications which is testament to the high level of training and commitment from both coach and swimmer respectively. There were 105 Personal Best Swims, which is an 88% success rate. Of these the club achieved 4 Gold, 19, Silver, and 10 Bronze medals. These results...

City of Southampton Swim Club is very proud of Matthew who recently attended the World Series, as part of the home nations contingent, held at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, March 16-19th 2023. This is one of the most prestigious events in Para Swimming. Matthew made the final for the Men's 100m Breastroke with almost a 1.2 second pb. The club tuned in from home to watch his final at 18:40, cheering loudly from their sofas, as Matthew completed his race with a new time of 1:22.44. Matt Heathcock,...

The ever-impressive Millfield School, Glastonbury, played host to the annual Royal Navy Masters Meet...the only one of its kind in the calendar that serves as both seasoned swimmer competition and charity event, with a decent share of the proceeds contributing to the Armed Forces Veterans. Shame in many ways that the final weekend of February also saw several age-group gatherings across the South of England - with both Hampshire and Devon seeing their final weekend of action, in addition to the ever-popular British University and College Sports Society (BUCS) draining...

The Hampshire County Swim Championships 2023, was a magnificent opportunity for the City of Southampton Swim Club to showcase all of our talented swimmers. Impressively 66 swimmers succeeded in achieving qualification times for this event; with 55 swimmers going forward to represent their club once the numbers of participants per event were announced by Hampshire County ASA. Across three weekends of competition through January and February the Club saw 184 swims, competing in all strokes and distances. There was an 85% PB rate, equating to 156 new times on rankings....

The New Year begins as always with the Masters South East Regional Long Course Championships at the ever-familiar K2 Centre, Crawley - a venue that's certainly been getting its revenue from the forever aging racing swimmer! Always a challenge to pick the training up so close after the festive period, but some added incentive with British National Masters this year having some steep qualifying times and the COVID-19 pandemic no longer being much of an excuse. That said, opportunities to register a 50m pool time for Masters are extremely limited...