Woking Swimming Club Alumni
Woking is very proud of all of our senior swimmers, many of whom continue their passion for swimming to university and beyond. Many of these swimmers look back and comment how the routine and discipline of swimming and maintaining this balance, gave them lifelong skills that they draw upon even today.
There have been many studies over the years that have proven a link between sports and academic success at both school and university (see some interesting articles below):
BBC: Exercise ‘boosts academic performance’ of teenagers
Harvard Health: Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills.
The Guardian: Do athletes make better students?
Florida National University: The link between sports and academic performance
Whether our swimmers have enjoyed competing for their University at the British University Swimming Championships (BUCS) or competed in the US and UK on Swimming Scholarships, all have stated how much swimming is still a huge part of their life throughout their student years.
If you didn't see them at the time, please read the individual Alumni Spotlight posts that we wrote about Anna Maine and Alice Reeves-Turner and take a look below at where some of our senior swimmers have moved onto and their linked Bio pages:
| Swimmer (DOB) | University/Swim Team |
|---|---|
| Finlay Tattersdill (2002) | Newcastle (Biomedicine) |
| Ollie Zalaf (2002) | Coventry (Sport and Exercise Science) |
| Matthew Ferguson (2001) | Bath (Aerospace Engineering) Team Bath performance squad |
| Ewan Smith (2000) | Stirling (Sports Science) Stirling University performance squad |
| Anna Maine (2000) | Edinburgh (Sustainable Development) Edinburgh University and Team GB |
| Lizzie Mosdell (2000) | Exeter (Sport and Exercise Science) Exe Masters |
| Alex Zalaf (1999) | York (Natural Sciences) University team |
| Fraser Tattersdill (1999) | Newcastle (Architecture) University team |
| Charlotte George (1999) | Bristol (Law) University team |
| Ed Lee (1998) | Oxford Brooks (Marketing) University team |
| Maddie Exton (1998) | Cincinnati, USA (Psychology) University team, performance squad - view profile |
| Hazel Ferguson (1998) | Birmingham (Medicine) Swimming Scholarship in performance squad |
| Alice Reeves-Turner (1998) | Loughborough (English) University Water Polo team |
| Katie Sheil-Rankin (1998) | Dundee (Dentistry) Dundee Triathlon Performance team |
| Abbie White (1998) | Unknown (Law) University Competitive team, Captain |
| Andrew Roy (1997) | Bath (Natural Sciences) Team Bath performance squad |
| James Chambers (1997) | Birmingham (Economics) University team, performance squad |
| Hannah Burvill (1997) | Iowa, USA (Health and Human Physiology) University team, performance squad - view profile |
| Mark Tuddenham (1997) | Southampton (BSc and PhD in Computer Science) University team & Water Polo team |
| Calum Ferguson (1996) | Cambridge (Material Science) Cambridge Swimming Blue & Swim Captain |
| Dominic Holloway (1996) | Cambridge (Chemical Engineering) Cambridge Swimming Blue & Swim Captain |
| Emily Faulkner (1996) | Unknown University team |
| Dan West (1996) | Cardiff (Mechanical Engineering) University team |
| Kieran Hodgson-Kilroy (1996) | Loughborough (Industrial Design Technology) University team |
| Emma Maurer (1995) | Birmingham (Economics) University team, performance squad |
| Katherine Robbings (1995) | Leeds (Sports Science) Leeds Beckett performance squad |
| Natasha Holden (1995) | Loughborough (Retailing, Marketing and Management & Diploma in Professional Studies) Watford Masters |
| Susan Sheil-Rankin (1994) | Newcastle (Medicine) |
| Alex Smith (1990) | Durham (Physical Geography) Durham performance squad |
| Ben Smith (1988) | Royal Holloway (History) University team, Swim Captain |
| Ross Arnfield | Plymouth (Psychology) University team |
| Amy Harrington (1994) | Southampton ( Medicine) |
We would also love to hear from any other Woking SC Alumni. Please get in touch via the Woking SC Webmaster.
