We are now two months into the swimming season, and what a busy two months it’s been. NUEL Early County Qualifier 7th & 8th October What a great start to our first gala of the season when we took 51 swimmers to the London Aquatic centre for Nuel Swimming Club’s short course meet. Over the two days the swimmers competed in 252 individual events and as usual they did the club proud. There were far too many PB’s to mention, which is fantastic this early in the season. Our swimmers...

Kent Junior League Round 3 On Saturday 24th September we took 32 of our younger swimmers to Crook Log for the final round of the league. In this last round we were swimming against teams who were placed eight to fourteen from the first two rounds. It was a tough night of racing, and we were up against some very good teams, but in the true spirit of Ojays our swimmers gave their absolute all. We had five 1st places and five 2nd places. Notable mentions go to Philip, Lucas,...

On Monday 11 th September I will be travelling to Windsor Canada with 15 others as a part of RLSS Team Wales to compete at the Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships 2023. This is an exciting opportunity to compete in my first ever international competition and earn my first cap for competing for Wales. The championships will run over three days from Friday 15 th September until Sunday 17 th September in which I will be competing in two individual events and three relays. What is Lifesaving? Good question. I had this...

Thank you and well done to all those who attended the captains’ gala on Monday night. We hope you had a fun evening and enjoyed the races, as well as competing with friends. You were all excellent and gave some of the best support to your team that we’ve seen in a long time. Finally, congratulations to those who were on Max’s team for winning overall. Photos and videos of the evening can be accessed here once you have logged in to Team Unify. Orpington Ojays - Photos See you...

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The club returns back to training after our two-week holiday today. Hopefully everyone has enjoyed the break and is now looking forward to getting back in the pool. In the news, a massive congratulation to all those that qualified and took part in any of the National galas at the end of July and beginning of August. We had some great results which can be found here with special mentions to Ellie Lewis who finished 8th in England in 800m Free with a club record time of 9.44.82 and 9th...

This year the club has swimmers going to Summer National Championship competitions across 4 different nations. Ava, Charlotte, Daisy, Ellie L, George, Tom, the Girls 17+ 200m Freestyle Relay Team of Blythe, Hannah, Samantha & Sophia and Sam (swimming with Mount Kelly). Below is a list of events each swimmer has qualified for. The heats are either morning or afternoon with finals in the evenings. All the action can be streamed via YouTube. Please tune in and support your team mates as they compete at the pinnacle of our sport....

In an exhilarating finale to The Tudor League, our ojays team put in an awe-inspiring performance, securing a commendable second-place finish in the league. The stakes were high as we vied to defend our coveted shield against formidable rivals Bexley who were just a point ahead of us going into the last round. Although narrowly missing out on the top spot, our swimmers left an indelible mark, delivering a series of outstanding performances that we can be very proud of. Congratulations to our 53 swimmers who participated in the Tudor...

Tomorrow, our Ojays Tudor league team are in the pool for the final time this year, battling to retain the champions shield. We are behind by just 1 point to Bexley and we are hoping that our Ojay’s spirit, determination and skill will see us bringing home the shield again! Wishing everyone the best of luck. Go Ojays!!!!

Sunday 11th June saw two of our Masters swimmers, Max Peel and Ben Langdown, competing in the Kent Masters Championships at Medway Park in the Mens 18-24 category. It was fantastic to see both swimmers back in the pool doing what they do best and demonstrating that they are still performing right at the top of their game. We are extremely proud to announce that we now have a new three times Masters County champion at the club in Max who secured the gold medals in 50m Backstroke (29.12s), 100m...