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Beckenham SC
Main Sponsors
5% discount with the Beckenham SC promotional code BECSC573
Buying from Swim Shop through this link generates funds for the club
Thank you !
Beckenham Swimming Club |
The History of Beckenham Swimming Club Beckenham Swimming Club was founded in 1893 and in 1977 joined with Beckenham Ladies to form what is currently known as Beckenham Swimming Club. Beckenham Swimming Club has a head coach, who along with several of our younger swimmers is on the British Swimming World Class Programme. Beckenham Swimming Club has a proud record of Olympic and International representatives, for example Duncan Goodhew, Zara Long and Margaret Hohmann to name a few. Beckenham Swimming Club has swimmers who have had success in the Commonwealth Games, European Championships and Olympic Games. Beckenham Swimming Club has numerous champions at National and local levels. Beckenham Swimming Club has a membership of around 400 members. Beckenham Swimming Club has a successful Water Polo Section that boasts a strong history of producing England and GB Internationals at all levels. Beckenham Swimming Club has a thriving Masters Section for adults which boast achievements at National level. The history of Beckenham Swimming Club by Prof. J. M. Cameron published in 1993 for the club's centenary year can be viewed on this webpage (below) where it is hoped readers will be inspired by the good that the club has achieved over its 100 year history and look forward to the future with confidence.
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Ladies |
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1936 |
Margaret Restrick (nee WELLINGTON) |
1948 |
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1948 |
1964 |
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1956/60 |
1964 |
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1976 |
1968/72 |
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1976/80 |
1972/76 |
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1980 |
1976 |
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Peter EVANS (Australia) |
1980/84 |
1976 |
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1984 |
1976/80/88 |
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1988 |
1984/88 |
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2008 |
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Beckenham Swimming Club Internationalists
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| O | Margaret BROOKE (nee TOMS) |
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John FOLDER |
(OT) | O/C/WR | |
| O/WR | O/C/WR | ||
Andrew F. WILSON |
C | O/C/WR | |
| A. Wilson Mills | (C) | Jill BARNES |
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Neil DEXTER |
(O)/C | Gillian TREERS |
C |
Ian HICKS |
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| O/C/W | O/C/W | ||
Peter EVANS |
(OA)/C | Judith Sabine (nee LOWE) |
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Nigel CLARK |
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Richard IREDALE |
C | Christina LAM |
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Colin DALE |
Rosanna LAM |
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Christopher AYLING |
WP | Moira Rushton (nee BROWN) |
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Jeremy BIRMINGHAM |
WP | Sally COOKSLEY | |
| Graeme GIBSON | O/C | ||
Duncan GOODHEW, MBE |
O/C | (O)/C | |
| (O) | Kate ARCHER | C | |
| (O)/(C) | Anne DENNY (nee HEFFORD) | ||
| Andrew WOOD | Juliet ARCHER | ||
| Criag MORGAN | Nicola CAMPBELL (nee FIBBENS) | (O)/C | |
| Spencer PRATT | Zara LONG | O/C | |
| Philip OSBORN | C | Nina HERBERT | C |
| Paul MORRIS | Sarah GARRETT | ||
| Paul MARSHALL | O | Angela PENDRICH | |
| Graeme SADLER | Lucy WILLIAMS (nee HILDER) | WP | |
| Frank AUGUST | Nicola Herbert (nee HARWOOD) | WP | |
| Iain CAMPBELL | O/C | Sheila HOLLINGSWORTH | |
Stephen WILLIS |
C | O/C | |
Steve GWYNNE |
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| David STACEY | (O)/C | ||
| Micheal FIBBENS | O/(C) | ||
| Murray BUSWELL | C | ||
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WP - Water Polo |
O - Olympian whilst with BSC/BLSC |
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(O) - Olympian before/after BSC |
OA - Australian Olympian |
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(OT) - Czech Olympian before BSC |
C - Commonwealth Games |
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(C) - Commonwealth Games before/after BSC |
S - Scotland |
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W - Wales |
WR - World Record |
GB Youth/Junior Team Members
David MANNING |
Beth TANTON |
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Nicholas CHAPMAN |
Susan FIELD |
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Kim A. LONGLAND |
Jane HARRISON |
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Phillip P. MANNING |
Frances COULL |
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Mark SHELDON |
Frances BURNHAM |
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Michael CLARK |
Maria SPRING |
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Douglas GOLDER |
Maureen CAMERON |
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Simon DRISCOLL |
Donna DAWES |
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Neil GREYNER |
Louise MAIDENS |
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Russell STAPLETON |
Jackie ELLIOTT |
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Douglas GATLAND |
Lisa GRAHAM |
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Alasdair GREEN |
Elizabeth BURNS |
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Peter CHICK |
Lynda WYATT |
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Philip MARTIN |
Karen BRAZIER |
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Jamie WALKER |
Jane NORTH |
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Terry WEXLER |
Karen AXFORD |
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Lawrence DAVIDSON |
Ellen GANDY | ||
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Documents from Beckenham Swimming Club's past
Thanks to Mr Hollyoak and Colin Kirkwood for these BSC Programmes from just post World War II:
A Splashdown newsletter from the 80's:
The Splash Newsletters courtesy of Anne Denny:
If you do have any interesting documents and photos relating to Beckenham Swimming Club please do send them in to be published on this website.
Biographies of Beckenham SC Olympic swimmers
Full name: Ronald Edwin "Ron" Stedman
1948 Olympic Games - Empire Pool, Wembley, UK.
Full name: Christopher Charles Walkden Christopher Walkden had the following podium finishes at major championships: 3rd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 220 yards Backstroke, 3rd in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 4×110 yards Medley Relay (with Graham Sykes, Graham Symonds, and Neil McKechnie). In the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Walkden competed for England.
Christopher Charles Walkden Christopher Charles Walkden passed away peacefully at home on Thursday 28th July, aged 73. Dearly loved husband of Wendy and father of Tessa, Ian and Roger. Family cremation. A thanksgiving service will be held at Siddington Church on Wednesday 14th September at 3pm. No flowers please. Donations, if desired, to The Prostate Cancer Charity or The British Dyslexia Association c/o Cowley & Son, Triangle House, 62 Victoria Road, Cirencester, GL7 1ES. Tel 01285 653298.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Olympian, Christopher Charles Walkden of Siddington. He moved with his wife Wendy to be nearer his family three years ago having lived in Wrotham near Sevenoaks for 20 years and in Beckenham, Kent for 28 years prior to that. Born in Edinburgh in 1938, Chris moved into the London of the Blitz in 1945. His swimming talent was singled out at the early age of eleven. With Beckenham Swimming Club on the doorstep, he made it to the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. Next came the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958 when he returned home the proud owner of two bronze medals. After a short break, he was persuaded to train for the Rome Olympics in which he raced the 220 yards breaststroke. Chris always gave himself to the world of swimming, passing on the baton to the next generation of swimmers as Beckenham Swimming Club Chief Coach and then Kent County Chief Coach. He became President of Beckenham Swimming Club and eventually President of Kent County Amateur Swimming Association in 1969. In 1978, he was one of the founder members of Beckenham Swimming Club Masters with whom he competed for many years. After national service, he entered the print trade and later set up his own company CW Printing and The Positive Print Group in Borough Green in Kent. He decided to be nearer his factory in 1988 when he bought Cedar House in Wrotham. Of course, the house was fully equipped with an indoor swimming pool! He continued to teach aspiring swimmers from his home for many years. He also had a passion for golf, rugby and cricket. He dived wholeheartedly into village life and took over the reins of numerous village fetes as well as the Wrotham Arts Festival. It was at this time that Chris discovered a natural talent for making pots. When his business closed, he revived the sixteenth-century slip-decorated Wrotham Tyg earthenware. Guests enjoyed browsing his wonderful creations in his pottery when he set up his B&B with Wendy at Cedar House. Now, with just under a year to go to the Olympic opening ceremony, it seems fitting to remember and to celebrate the achievements of all Olympians, both past and present. Chris Walkden will continue to be an inspiration to all who knew him, for his ability to push beyond the barrier of his own expectations (as a dyslexic), and to encourage others to do the same. He was a wonderful role model whose legacy will long outlive him. Last year, Chris celebrated 50 years of marriage to Wendy. He was so happy to have all his family around him: his three children and especially the seven grandchildren. His passing is a great loss; he was much loved and will be missed by many family and friends. |
Retired Olympic Swimmer
History of the Town of Beckenham
Beckenham is a town in the London Borough of Bromley, England. It is located 8.4 miles (13.5 km) south east of Charing Cross. It is referred to as Bacheham in the Domesday Book of 1086. The name appears to derive from Beohha's homestead (Beohhan + ham in Old English) [1]. The River Beck was named after the town. The word Beck also means a stream in Middle English. Many attribute John Cator as being responsible for turning the village of Beckenham into a significant town in the late 1700s - a process that accelerated after his death in 1806 with the arrival of the railway from the 1830s.
The History of Beckenham and photographs of the town can be seen on the excellent Beckenham History Website. where you can stay awhile and enjoy many great pictures that reflect some of Beckenham's past.
History of Swimming
Swimming has been around since prehistoric times, the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. Written references date from 2000 BC. Some of the earliest references include the Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey, the Bible, Beowulf, and other sagas. In 1538, Nikolaus Wynmann, a German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book, The Swimmer or A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming (Der Schwimmer oder ein Zwiegespräch über die Schwimmkunst). Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke. In 1873 John Arthur Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans. Due to a British disregard for splashing, Trudgen employed a scissor kick instead of the front crawl's flutter kick. Swimming was part of the first modern Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. In 1902 Richard Cavill introduced the front crawl to the Western world. In 1908, the world swimming association, Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA), was formed. Butterfly was developed in the 1930s and was at first a variant of breaststroke, until it was accepted as a separate style in 1952.
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