Elmbridge Phoenix have had the largest team qualify for this years' event with over 320 individual events meeting the tough entry times. This is an exceptional achievement from all squads. The final entries for the Championships are 263 events from 70 swimmers. A huge thank you to Caroline Fantham who completed all our entries and were 100% accurate.
Keep updated with the swimmers' progress with our Club Twitter (@EPSC__) and Instagram (Elmbridge_Phoenix) social media sites.
Surrey County Championships 2018 - Sessions 1, 2 & 3 (Sat 13th Jan)
The Surrey County Championships are to be held over four weekends in January and February 2018. The first three sessions was on Saturday 13th January held at Surrey Sports Park to which Elmbridge Phoenix started the champs with a blistering performance from our swimmers.
Boys 400m Free
| 10/11 years | Josh Gordon | 10th |
Girls 200m Back
| 10/11 years | Elise Petmecky-Love | 22nd |
| 12 years | Annabel Pilgrim | 10th |
| 13 years | Cerys Howells | 10th |
| 15 years | Emily Pilgrim | 4th |
Boys 200m I.M
| 13 years | Thomas Hatchett | 16th |
| 15 years | Matthew O'Sulivan | 6th |
| 16 years | Cameron White | 3rd |
Girls 100m Breast
| 10/11 years | Esme Sherriff | 2nd (heat) | 1st (final) |
| 10/11 years | Sarah Soliman | 4th (heat) | 4th (final) |
| 12 years | Emily Shaw | 6th (heat) | 3rd (final) |
| 12 years | Jamie Johnson | 16th | |
| 13 years | Zara Pratt-Hart | 13th | |
| 15 years | Maddie Harris | 1st (Para) | |
| 16 years | Brigit Wilson | 5th (heat) | 6th (final) |
Boys 100m Free
| 12 years | Archie Austin | 19th | |
| 15 years | Matthew O'Sullivan | 10th | |
| 16 years | Cameron Wite | 8th (heat) | 8th (final) |
Girls 200m Butterfly
| 10/11 years | Louisa Cipolletta | 5th |
| 14 years | Zara Pratt-Hart | 12th |
A great start to the 2018 Championships. The next sessions will be held on the weekend of 10th & 11th February at Surrey Sports Park. There are 67 individual entries for this weekend from 27 swimmers. Of these 67 swims, 36 are in the top 8 in their age group. Keep up the hard training!
Sessions 4 - 9 (10th & 11th February) - Surrey Sports Park
Of the 67 individual entries over the weekend we had 57 compete their swims.
Boys 100m Back - saw three finalists with Josh, Matt & Cameron
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Heat Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Boys 100m Back | 12 years | Archie Austin | 13th | 11th | |
| Boys 100m Back | 12 years | Daniel Mann | 17th | DNC | |
| Boys 100m Back | 13 years | Thomas Hatchett | 16th | 17th | |
| Boys 100m Back | 14 years | Josh Huxtable | 7th | 7th | 6th |
| Boys 100m Back | 15 years | Matthew O'Sullivan | 3rd | 7th | 5th |
| Boys 100m Back | 16 years | Cameron White | 6th | 7th | 7th |
| Boys 100m Back | 17+ years | Morgan Portat | 5th | DNC |
Girls 200m Free - was a successful event for our ladies with 6 in the top 8. Kennedy taking Gold in the 13 year girls and Annabel Bronze in the 12 year girls.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Girls 200m Free | 10/11 years | Eleanor White | 5th | 7th |
| Girls 200m Free | 10/11 years | Louisa Cipolletta | 12th | 15th |
| Girls 200m Free | 10/11 years | Sarah Soliman | 17th | 16th |
| Girls 200m Free | 10/11 years | Esme Sherriff | 18th | 23rd |
| Girls 200m Free | 12 years | Annabel Pilgrim | 3rd | 3rd |
| Girls 200m Free | 12 years | Jamie Johnson | 7th | DNC |
| Girls 200m Free | 13 years | Kennedy Gordon | 3rd | 1st |
| Girls 200m Free | 13 years | Cerys Howells | 4th | 6th |
| Girls 200m Free | 15 years | Emily Pilgrim | 6th | 6th |
| Girls 200m Free | 16 years | Eve Perry | 6th | 4th |
| Girls 200m Free | 16 years | Brigit Wilson | 9th | 10th |
Girls 100m Fly - saw three finalists on Saturday afternoon with Louisa, Eleanor and Kennedy.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Heat Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Girls 100m Fly | 10/11 years | Eleanor White | 5th | 4th | 6th |
| Girls 100m Fly | 10/11 years | Louisa Cipolletta | 8th | 7th | 7th |
| Girls 100m Fly | 12 years | Annabel Pilgrim | 13th | 20th | |
| Girls 100m Fly | 13 years | Kennedy Gordon | 6th | 6th | 4th |
| Girls 100m Fly | 13 years | Cerys Howells | 18th | DNC | |
| Girls 100m Fly | 14 years | Zara Pratt-Hart | 19th | 19th |
Boys 200m Free
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Boys 200m Free | 10/11 years | Josh Gordon | 15th | 9th |
| Boys 200m Free | 16 years | Cameron White | 4th | 12th |
Girls 400m Free - on Sunday morning the longer distance event so some exciting racing. Annabel had a brilliant race leading through until the 350m mark and holding on for Bronze. All swam some great times.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Girls 400m Free | 12 years | Annabel Pilgrim | 3rd | 3rd |
| Girls 400m Free | 12 years | Jamie Johnson | 6th | 8th |
| Girls 400m Free | 13 years | Kennedy Gordon | 2nd | 1st |
| Girls 400m Free | 13 years | Cerys Howells | 4th | 5th |
| Girls 400m Free | 14 years | Katie Coackley | 11th | 11th |
| Girls 400m Free | 15 years | Emily Pilgrim | 5th | 7th |
| Girls 400m Free | 15 years | Maddie Harris | 15th | 2nd |
| Girls 400m Free | 16 years | Eve Perry | 7th | 4th |
| Girls 400m Free | 16 years | Brigit Wilson | 8th | DNC |
| Girls 400m Free | 16 years | Ellen Portat | 12th | 8th |
Boys 200m Back - just two swimmers and unfortunately Cameron was disqualified for a technical infraction at the turn.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Boys 200m Back | 12 years | Archie Austin | 16th | 11th |
| Boys 200m Back | 16 years | Cameron White | 5th | DQ |
Girls 200m IM
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Girls 200m IM | 10/11 years | Eleanor White | 4th | 6th |
| Girls 200m IM | 10/11 years | Esme Sherriff | 13th | 17th |
| Girls 200m IM | 10/11 years | Sarah Soliman | 14th | 23rd |
| Girls 200m IM | 12 years | Emily Shaw | 10th | 17th |
| Girls 200m IM | 13 years | Cerys Howells | 9th | 14th |
| Girls 200m IM | 14 years | Zara Pratt-Hart | 17th | 19th |
| Girls 200m IM | 15 years | Emily Pilgrim | 9th | 12th |
| Girls 200m IM | 16 years | Brigit Wilson | 4th | DNC |
Boys 100m Breast - with just 2 of our young men competing and both making finals we were in for an exciting Sunday afternoon. Cameron had swum a very quick 1.09 in the heat only to get pipped at the end to finish with a silver. Josh came from 7th position going into the final and managed to pull out a third.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Heat Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Boys 100m Breast | 10/11 years | Josh Gordon | 12th | 7th | 3rd |
| Boys 100m Breast | 15 years | Matthew O'Sullivan | 6th | DNC | |
| Boys 100m Breast | 16 years | Cameron White | 1st | 1st | 2nd |
Girls 100m Free - the Elmbridge girls were very strong in the 100m Free with 8 of the 14 making finals. Kennedy gained a Silver and Annabel a Bronze. Eve was 0.2 off breaking the 60 sec mark and a close 4th.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Heat Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Girls 100m Free | 10/11 years | Eleanor White | 3rd | 4th | 4th |
| Girls 100m Free | 10/11 years | Esme Sherriff | 7th | 11th | |
| Girls 100m Free | 10/11 years | Louisa Cipolletta | 12th | 7th | 7th |
| Girls 100m Free | 10/11 years | Elise Petmecky-Love | 22nd | DNC | |
| Girls 100m Free | 10/11 years | Sarah Soliman | 25th | 14th | |
| Girls 100m Free | 12 years | Annabel Pilgrim | 4th | 2nd | 3rd |
| Girls 100m Free | 12 years | Jamie Johnson | 9th | DNC | |
| Girls 100m Free | 12 years | Emily Shaw | 10th | 15th | |
| Girls 100m Free | 13 years | Kennedy Gordon | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Girls 100m Free | 13 years | Cerys Howells | 7th | 6th | 6th |
| Girls 100m Free | 15 years | Niamh Kennedy | 7th | 5th | 5th |
| Girls 100m Free | 15 years | Emily Pilgrim | 8th | 11th | |
| Girls 100m Free | 15 years | Maddie Harris | 19th | 3rd | |
| Girls 100m Free | 16 years | Eve Perry | 4th | 4th | 4th |
| Girls 100m Free | 16 years | Brigit Wilson | 7th | 7th | 5th |
| Girls 100m Free | 16 years | Ellen Portat | 18th | 11th |
Boys 200m Fly - just two of our younger swimmers swam the hardest race of the champs and both came away with commendable placings and times.
| Event | Age Group | Swimmer | Ranking | Final Ranking |
| Boys 200m Fly | 12 years | Archie Austin | 11th | 10th |
| Boys 200m Fly | 13 years | Jamie Bainbridge | 11th | 9th |
A successful weekend, ending our medal tally with:
Gold - 4
Silver - 3
Bronze - 7
