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Junior (15 & under) & Senior Champion for 50, 100 & 200 Breaststroke at Dorset County Championships. What an outstanding achievement when she is only swimming in the 14 yr old category. Sadie also broke the club record in the 50 Brs. Great swimming Sadie!!
Well done Niamh - picking up her trophy for Girls 12/13 Years (100 Free) THE GORDON SMART MEMORIAL CUP at Dorset County Championships. Great swimming Niamh.
Dorset County Junior Champion - 50 & 100 Brs Amazing racing in the heats and finals saw Jamie secure the titles at Dorset County Championships 2023. He also took the Bronze Medal in the 200 Brs and broke the club record. A tremendous achievement against some tough competition - well done Jamie!
Guildford L3 Open Meet A trip to Guildford to get some much needed race practice before we head to County Championships next weekend. Many of the swimmers were too fast for their main events which challenged them to race some unfamiliar strokes and distances. This did not put them off and WDSC brought home plenty of medals. Well done to all that attended.
WDSC Level 4 Performance Gala We saw some great swims at our recent L4 performance gala, this was licensed so the times can be used for events away from the club. It was especially pleasing to see some many of our swimmers from the training pool taking part - it's a great way to practice those race skills!! Lots of new times & PBs set. We will be running these events in the future but need to look at the format. PCS1 out of 15 Swims, 15 NTs cleared PCS2...
Five of our team qualified for the South West Winter Championships, this is a tough event to qualify for and the competition is very high. Considering this was only the second time that most of them had raced this season they did an amazing job. Well done to the following Amelia 100 IM/100 Fly/100 Free/50 Fly Sadie 50/100/200 Brs Ben B 200 Back Lauren O 50 Free Anna - 100/200 Fly
Last weekend we attended the Winchester Level 2 Open Meet - 2 very long days but some great results. The team achieved a 74% conversion rate to PBs and we managed to take a few medals as well!! Layla 4 Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze Tabitha 1 Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze Sadie 3 Gold 1 Silver Oscar 1 Bronze Niamh B 1 Bronze Ben B 1 Bronz Layla also broke 4 club records - Amazing & well done!! As normal I didn't get many photo's - sorry to anyone...
Well done Darcie! Darcie has been working with our younger children in the training pool, she has been a quick learner and has been adding value to the sessions by developing our newest swimmers at the club. She has now passed her Assistant Teachers curse with flying colours!
Day 5 - Amelia & Lauren tackled the 50 Fly today. After a great season at the club, Amelia was rewarded with a spot at her first national championships, without the break due to covid I am sure we would seen her here before. She had a great swim and finished in an impressive 13th place. Lauren executed another strong swim finishing 5th and securing another final place being run tonight. Well done to both of you - great performances against a lot of talented swimmers
