CHELSEA & WESTMINSTER + MILLFIELD INTERNATIONAL OPEN MEET REPORT 21st – 23rd OCTOBER 2023 There was an exciting wealth of National and International talent on-show at the Chelsea & Westminster + Millfield International Open meet. Just some of the noteworthy athletes who raced were Jacob Peters, Kieran Bird, Cameron Brooker, Ed Mildred, Matthew Ward, Emily Large, Edward Marcal Whittles, Nick Finch and Jonathan Adam. For most of our swimmers, this meet provided a chance to experience a high level short course meet at the start of the 2023/2024 season. It...

Coach Jan selected for the prestigious Elevate Coaching Programme With over 200 applicants applying, it is with pride that we congratulate coach Jan on her success and recent selection into the UK Coaching Elevate programme. The programme offers opportunities to observe coaches in high-performance environments and to connect and network with other like-minded coaches. Through workshops and webinars, coaches will explore ways to extend their role, their profile and the impact they can have. The club continues to benefit from the experiences Dr Jan Hutchings has bought to the athletes...

South West Regional Summer Championships Report Weekend 3: 13th – 14th May 2023 After our success in the pool in Millfield and Plymouth, the team were up and ready for another weekend of racing. The venue for the last weekend of the Regional Summer Championships took place at Hengrove Leisure Centre’s 50 metre pool in Bristol. As mentioned in our last report, there was so much to look forward to this weekend and we really did finish on a high with so many medals, finalists and personal best swims. The...

Swansea Open Meet Poole Swimming’s Clubs Youth contingent headed west to the Swansea Open Meet to improve long-course racing and push for Summer National Ranking Qualifying Times. It was to be a quick in–and–out meet and for some their first time away, so a bonus opportunity to learn the important independence, self-management, adaptability, and resilience skills needed for stepping into racing at high levels. The group left Poole at 5 pm, were in their hotel rooms by 10 pm, and was up at 6am for Saturday, Day 1 of the...

South West Regional Championships Weekend 1 2023 As the sun shone on a lovely spring morning PSC’s young Regional qualifiers made their way up to Millfield for the start of a busy weekend of racing. Preparations for the first weekend of the Regional Summer Championships had all gone well and our swimmers were primed and ready to go. Saturday – AM Heats The first event of the morning was the Girls 200m Butterfly. Both Grace and Blossom (14 years) swam well to finish in 10th and 13th position overall respectively....

National Arena League B Final On Saturday 4th March the group of swimmers, coaches, and officials attended the National Arena League B Final hosted at the prestigious Cardiff Swimming Pool. The first time the club had qualified for a National Final. With 300 teams across England and Wales and up to 12000 swimmers competing, to make the top 20 clubs was a huge achievement. Poole went into the B Final gala ranked 5th and our small band of mighty supporters had prepared for the occasion brilliantly. Bev, sporting yellow hair,...

National Arena League Class of 2022 Produce Historic Achievements On a day when Harry Kane was aiming for the stars for the English Football Team as they valiantly crashed out of the World Cup, it was by pure determination that Heathside travel and Exclkesior travel bosses convinced drivers to miss the football and take Poole Swimming Club's A and B teams across the river Severn and onto the Newport Sports Centre where each team was pitted in their respective division finals in a historic day at the Western Arena League...

Robbie H: FINA World Cup Indianapolis Robbie H earned his first British Senior Team selection and the opportunity to race against the fastest in the World at the FINA World Cup hosted in Indianapolis in the United States from the 2- 4th of November. During the trip, he would celebrate his 18th Birthday by rubbing shoulders and competing against Olympic Gold Medallists and backstroke legends such as Ryan Murphy, Hunter Armstrong, and Coleman Stweart, The small men's team, including Britain's own most successful swimming Olympian Duncan Scott, flew out and...

South West Winter Championships 2022 Twenty-six swimmers descended on the now familiar venue of Millfield School in Somerset for the South West Winter Championships. The South West Winter Championships consists of two sections: A Junior section for swimmers aged 15 and under A Senior section for swimmers aged 16 and over In order to reach a final and gain a second swim in an event, swimmers must achieve a top 16 spot to qualify for the A Finals (top 8) or B Finals (next 8). The competition line-up included a...

We would like to congratulate the following 3 Swimmers for their Club Record-Breaking Performances at the South West Regional Championships. We are proud of all our swimmers for a fantastic return to this competition. Updated Records Can Be Viewed Here: Poole Swimming Club - Club Records (teamunify.com) Remember, if you would like to claim a CLub Record send an email to [email protected] Your Record Breakers: Jes: 50m Backstroke and Equalling 100m Fly Age Group Record Halle: 50m Breast-stroke, Age Group Record Robbie 50m Backstroke, Senior Club Long Course Record