On 13th August 1915, His Majesty's Transport ship Royal Edward was torpedoed whilst en route to the Dardenelles. A Kettering man, Charles William Ward of the Royal Army Medical Corps was onboard when the torpedo struck and he was sucked underwater. He was rescued by another man from Kettering - in fact there were ten Kettering men onboard HMT Royal Edward who had all joined up together: John Howard, Ernest Toseland, William Harry Bates, James Summerfield, Herbert Wills, Charles William Ward, R.W. Waller, Zachariah Bailey and T. Dyson. Only Ward,...

Well done to everyone that swam at County Champs. There were PBs, Club Records, several swimmers in their first County Champs, several in their first County finals. There were Regional Qualifying Times and Cole Junior County Champion in 50 & 100 back, whilst Grace was Senior County Champion in 50 breaststroke. The Club won 12 Gold, 23 Silver and 24 Bronze medals which is an increase on 2022, with a number of swimmers out or just returning from injury. A huge thank you to coaches, TMs, Candice (our Volunteers Co-ordinator)...

Congratulations to Cole, Fin and Grace who represented Northamptonshire at the Swim England National County Team Championships in Sheffield yesterday. This is an exciting competition that pits the top swimmers in each county against each outher to determine the strongest County (or district for Scotland and Wales) in the UK. All 3 swam indivisual events and relays, and all 3 swam Personal Bests - can't ask for any more!

On Saturday 10th September we took a team of 12 swimmers to Corby for the Sadie Murray Gala. This is one of the competitions organsised by the County Association with points awarded based on placings in each event, but swimmers penalised if they are faster than a defined cut-off. The format of the competition makes team selection a challenge, but our swimmers did a great job. 7 speeding tickets on the night left us in 4th place. Congratulations to Wellingborough ASC on a well deserved win.

Either side of the Commonwealth Games James has been at Ponds Forge for British Summer Nationals and the Swim England Summer Meet. Swimmers are invited to these events based on times achieved during a qualifying window running between March and May. James was invited to swim 50m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly at British Summer Champs where he swam very close to his PB's, breaking club age group records along the way. At the Swim England Summer Meet James raced in 100m and 200m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke. He PB'd in...

The Queen's Commonwealth Games baton came to Northamptonshire on Sunday 10th July and our Rebecca was selected to carry it! The baton was delivered to Corby International Pool where CASC swimmer Archie carried it into the pool and to the diving boards, where it was handed over to Rebecca. It was great that this happened during an open meet so there were plenty of swimmers and spectators on hand to cheer along. Well done Rebecca - we're sure that this memory will stay with you forever!

Masters swimmer Lyndsay recently competed at British Masters in Aberdeen. After solid swims on Friday and Saturday she stepped it up on Sunday to take silver in the 200m freestyle and then an amazing bronze, with a 3 second lifetime PB, in the 100m fly! We are incredibly proud of Lyndsay and the example she sets for our younger swimmers.

Swim England East Midlands Championships were held over 5 days in April / May. Kettering had 19 swimmers qualifying in 2022 - this is THIRTEEN more than the last Regional Champs which were 3 years ago. Twelve of these swimmers were making their Regional Long Course Champs debut, including Archie, Charlotte and Paul whose debuts were certainly delayed by the pandemic. In addition, Masters swimmer Lyndsay made a return to the competition after a 20 year hiatus! First timers also included Cole, Daniel, David, Fin, Grace, Harris, Isaly-Mae, Kaeley, Lily,...

Gala 1 of the East Midlands Regional Championships was held at Corby East Midland International Pool over the weekend of 23-24 April 2022. This was for swimmers aged 11-13 years from across the East Midlands (Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire) that had achieved the necessary qualifying times. We had 6 swimmers competing: Megan, Islay-Mae, Kaeley - 50m Breaststroke Lily, David - 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke Fin - 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke, 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle All swimmers achieved personal bests, and both Lily and...

It's been a busy few weeks for Kettering ASC. Over the weekend of 12/13 March, 26 swimmers took part in the Rugby SC Open Meet, bringing home 18 Gold, 12 Silver and 10 Bronze medals. It was a first open meet for some, and a chance for a bit of post County Champs racing for others. PB's and Regional Qualifying Times were achieved! The following weekend, 7 of our Massters swimmers raced at the Calverton and Bingham SC Masters Meet, demonstrating that swimming is a sport for all age groups....