Some excellent swimming saw our swimmers win 4 gold medals 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals and reach numerous finals at the South Zonal Meet at Millfield in Somerset last weekend. The Zonal Meet attracted a very strong field with many of the fastest swimmers in the South East, London and Western Regions competing and is pitched at a level between regional and national levels although some of the qualifying times were faster than the National qualifying times so merely to qualify was an achievement in itself. Congratulations to all who qualified and well done in particular to the following medalists and finalists:

• Lauren Walton (15/o) 1st 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle

• Luke Gunning (16/u) 1st 200m Butterfly and 3rd 100m Butterfly

• Matt Shead (17/o) 1st 100m Breaststroke

• Michael Gregory (17/o) 2nd 100m Backstroke and 6th 100m Freestyle

• Rebecca Walton (15/o) 3rd 200m Freestyle

• Henry Knight (16/u) 4th 100m Backstroke and 200m backstroke

• Louis Phillips (16/u) 4th 200m freestyle

• Natasha Sinha (15/o) 7th 100m Butterfly 8th 200m Backstroke

• Olivia Handley 15/o) 8th 200m butterfly

Natasha and Sophie Simpson also qualified for 200m Butterfly final but this immediately preceded the Medley Relay (which was an opportunity to qualify for the national championships in July) where they along with Sian Rowe and Lauren finished an excellent 3rd.

Well done also to our other individual qualifiers Sian and Ned Moriarty who were inside or close to their PBs.

 

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After much toing and froing over the venue and date the first round of the White Horse league took place at the Eltham Centre on the evening of Sunday 22nd January with an expanded field of 7 teams. The battle could hardly have been closer and we were just pipped by Sevenoaks and Orpington O’Jays to top spot. Well done to all those who swam.

 

Result of Round 1 on 22nd JAN 2012:

Place Team Gala Points 1 Sevenoaks 299 2 Orpington Ojays 298 3 Beckenham SC 295 4 Southwark 220 5 Erith & District 215 6 White Oak 212 7 Bromley 153

 

Click here for full results of Whitehorse League Gala Round 1

The results from the first set of Kent schools Competitions have now been posted. Well done to

Georgia Harris 3rd 12/14 100m Butterfly

Rebecca Walton 1st 17/18 200m IM

Tim Adelani 2nd 15/16 100m Freestyle

 

Session 1 results 21 January 2012

Session 2 results 21 January 2012

 

Michael gunning, Natasha Sinha and Lauren Walton were part of the London Swimming team which ravelled to the Catalonian Open Swimming Championships held 20 – 22 January at the 10 lane Terressa Pool just outside Barcelona.

The standard of the meet was extremely high with two world record holders and one multiple world champion in attendance and the majority of the Spanish national senior and junior swim squads in action. Add to this the powerful leading French club of Canet 66 and the London team of Youth and senior swimmers had to be swimming fast in the morning heats if they wanted to progress to either the A or B finals in the evening.

The swimmers’ selection was all based on FINA points and so the potential for this team was great and they certainly rose to the occasion – with many swimmers chasing those elusive British Champs/Selection qualifying times.

The team came away with 12 medals; 3 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze. The race of the meet was certainly won by Michael Gunning (Beckenham), who, after being moved up to the final heat of the 400m free, won the event from the outside lane, leading all the way and was rewarded with a new personal best time and a British Champs/Selection Trials qualifying time of 4.00.20.This was good enough to earn Michael the 6th place award in the best male performance . He also picked up third place in the 200m fly (2.04.89) .

The women’s relay team also managed a podium place with silver in the open 4 x 200 freestyle where Lauren Walton was part of the team that recorded a time of 8.28.37.

Michael Gunning (Beckenham) winner of the 400m Freestyle

 

A group of our swimmers attended this Meet which as a level 2 Meet was also of very good quality. A large number of Kent times were achieved as well many PBs and top six places. Medals only went to those in the top 3 in each event so well done to

Lucy Grant (12) 1st 100m Breaststroke 3rd 50m Freestyle

Brooke Pitt (9) 3rd 200m Breaststroke

Ruby Waters (11) 3rd 200m Freestyle

 

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Click here for results of the Beckenham SC Swimmers

 

Well done to all our swimmers who attended this high quality Meet in the 10 lane 50m pool at Sheffield where many swimmers from all over the Country trying to get qualifying times for the forthcoming Olympic trials – such was the clamour for places at this Meet that over 3,000 swims were rejected! Leading performances were from

Luke Gunning (13/14) 1st in Final 100m Butterfly 1st 200m Butterfly 5th 200m Freestyle

Michael Gregory (Open) 1st 50m Backstroke 7th in Final 100m Backstroke

Sian Rowe (13/14) 8th in Final 100m Breaststroke

Michael Gunning (Open) 4th 400m Freestyle 200m Butterfly

Kunmi Ogunfeibo (13/14) 3rd 200m Backstroke

Rebecca Walton (Open) 10th 400m Freestyle

Click here for full results City of Derby Level 1 Long Course 14-15 January 2012.

Another excellent weekend of swimming saw our swimmers achieve excellent results at the City of Canterbury and Dover Lifeguard Icebreaker Open Meet last weekend. Our medalists/finalists were:

GIRLS

Olivia Handley (14/15) 1st 200m Backstroke 200m Butterfly 100m Butterfly 100m Backstroke 3rd 100m Freestyle
Georgia Harris (12/13) 1st 200m Butterfly 400m IM 3rd 400m Freestyle 4th 200m Freestyle
Tamara-Elise Elliott (10/11) 1st 100m Breaststroke 2nd 50m Freestyle
Sabrina Sinha (12/13) 2nd 200m Freestyle 4th 200m Butterfly 200m Breaststroke 5th 200m IM (Sabrina also finished 3rd in the Skins Competition) 400m IM and 100m Freestyle
Sophie Lewis Ward (12/13) 3rd 100m Backstroke 4th 200m Backstroke 6th 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle
Olivia Garvin (10/11) 3rd 200m Breaststroke 6th 100m Breaststroke
Phoebe Goold (14/15) 4th 200m Breaststroke 6th 100m Breaststroke 400m Freestyle
Lucy Grant (12/13) 4th 100m Butterfly 5th 200m Freestyle
Kate Grant (10/11) 4th 200m Freestyle
Megan Shelts (14/15) 5th 400m Freestyle 6th 100m Butterfly 400m IM
Marie Deane (12/13) 5th 400m Freestyle
Regina Chisholm (14/15) 5th 100m Freestyle
Emily McClymont (14/15) 5th 100m Backstroke

BOYS

Harry Ingamells (14/15) 2nd 200m Backstroke
Maclaren Crawford (10/11) 3rd 100m Backstroke 4th 100m Freestyle
Ned Moriarty (14/15) 5th 200m Freestyle

Well done to al swimmers who attended the Meet

Click here for .pdf copy of the results for Saturday Sessions 1 - 3, Sunday Session 4, Session 5 and Session 6. The results have also been added to the official ASA rankings.

Parents please feel free to send us reports yourselves or from your children on any galas you attend so that we can use them in either the Weekly Update or ”Our Club”

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The highlight of this high quality Meet which took place the weekend before Christmas was Kunmi Ogunfeibo achieving a British Championship/Olympic Trial Qualifying Time in the 100m Backstroke. Well done Kunmi!

Well done also to all the swimmers who competed including the following medal winners:

Ruby Waters (11) 3rd 50m Freestyle 400m Freestyle

Natasha Sinha (14) 1st 50m Backstroke 2nd 100m Butterfly 3rd 400m Freestyle 100m Backstroke 200m Freestyle 3rd 200m Backstroke

Lucy Grant (12) 3rd 100m Butterfly 50m Freestyle

Sophie Simpson (15) 2nd 100m Butterfly 100m Backstroke 50m Butterfly

Tamara-Elise Elliott (11) 1st 100m Backstroke 50m Breaststroke 200m IM 100m Freestyle 200m Backstroke 2nd 50m Butterfly

Sian Rowe (14) 2nd 50m Breaststroke

Sophie Lewis Ward (12) 3rd 200m Backstroke

Sabrina Sinha (12) 3rd 200m Freestyle

Luke Gunning (14) 1st 50m Butterfly 2nd 200m Butterfly

Kunmi Ogunfeibo (14) 1st 50m Backstroke 100m Backstroke 2nd 200m Backstroke 50m Freestyle

Ned Moriarty (15) 2nd 200m Breaststroke

 

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There were many fine swims at the final Club Championships Gala last Monday where swimmers competed in the 50m Backstroke and Butterfly and the 400m IM. Well done to all the swimmers who competed particularly those who achieved Event Best Performances.

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Well done to Club Championship Record breakers at Gala 5 of the Club Championships:
• Tamara-Elise Elliott 10/11 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke  11/u 400m IM
• Sophie Simpson 14/15 50m Backstroke
• Kunmi Ogunfeibo 14/15 50m Backstroke
• Rebecca Walton 16/o 400m IM

 

Finally once again a big thank you to Jackie Elliott and Justine Pope who have retired from their roles as Club Championships organisers after 5 years.

 

Our Club Captains Henry Knight, Olivia Handley and Megan Shelts attended the Kent County ASA Annual General Meeting at Sevenoaks last Saturday where they accepted the Winners trophies for the Open and Age Group Girls and Runners Up trophy for the Open Boys points scores on behalf of the Club. They were joined by Emily Grant who was Water Polo Player of the year. Luke Gunning also won the best young swimmer of the Year award but was unable to attend. Our Vice President Kathy Hook is shown presenting the trophies to our club captains in the pictures below.

 

 

 

 

 

Well done to all the swimmers who competed for the A Team at Crawley where we finished a creditable 4th and the B Team at Trinity School Croydon who finished 3rd equal. Many of our swimmers were still recovering illness but everyone swam their hearts out on the night.

For the A Team there wins for Tamara Elise Elliott (11/u Backstroke and Freestyle) Edward Langley (11/u Butterfly) Kunmi Ogunfeibo (15/u Backstroke) Luke Gunning (15/u Butterfly) whilst the B Team saw victories for the 15/u Girls Relay team and the Open Men’s Relay Team.

Premier Division

Place	Team	Points
1	Guildford City A	317
2	Windsor A	258
3	Amersham	253
4	Beckenham A	225
5	Rushmoor Royals	209
6	Bracknell & Wokingham	181
7	City of Oxford	176
8	Sevenoaks A	170

 

Division One East

Place	Team	Points
1	Maidstone	257.5
2	East Grinstead	245
3	Dartford & District	231
4	Beckenham B	231
5	White Oak	169

 

Click here for the results of the Arena League Round 3.

Club senior captains Henry and Olivia accept the prize from Diane Gamble, Chair of Arena South.

 

Despite having to compete with the Cheerleader competition taking place elsewhere in the centre which numbed the senses of the spectators at the very least our swimmers yet again stepped up to the mark at the London region winter Championships held at Crystal Palace last weekend by winning 11 gold 7 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Michael Gunning was our most successful swimmer breaking his own London Region Open 200m Butterfly record and winning gold in the Open 200m and 400m Freestyle and the Open 100m and 200m Butterfly (the 100m Fly win coming minutes after taking 2nd in the Open 400m IM). In the Backstroke events Henry Knight starred with Kunmi Ogunfeibo not far behind. Henry took gold in the Open and Junior 200m race and won gold in the Junior and bronze in the Open 100m event of that discipline. Kunmi took silver in the Junior 100m and finished 4th in the Open 100m Final and 7th in the Open 200m Final. Luke Gunning also went well winning the Junior 100m and 200m Butterfly and placing 2nd in the Open 200m Fly and 3rd in the Open 100m Fly events.

In the Girls events Lauren Walton swam a superb 400m Freestyle at the end of Sunday to take both the Open and Junior titles unfortunately missing her British Championships qualifying Time by no more than a Ό of a second. Lauren also took silver in the Open and Junior 200m freestyle and finished 6th in the 200m IM Final. Sister Rebecca took silver in the Open and Junior 800m Freestyle and bronze in the Open and Junior 400m Freestyle. In addition our female swimmers were well represented elsewhere in the Finals with Natasha Sinha reaching four (6th 100m Backstroke, 7th 200m Backstroke and 8th 100m Butterfly and 400m Freestyle) being the busiest. In other finals Fearn Cook finished 8th in the 200m Backstroke, Olivia Handley 7th in the 200m Butterfly and Sophie Simpson 6th in the 100m Butterfly (Sophie also reached the 200m Butterfly Final but did not compete as she was still suffering from the effects of illness)

Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the weekend.

 

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Some of our younger swimmers were in action at Haslemere when they all swam very well collecting many medals and the following top three places:

Faith Ockwell (10) 1st 400m Freestyle 50m Backstroke 2nd 200m Butterfly 3rd 50m Breaststroke

Grace Ockwell (13) 1st 200m Backstroke 2nd 400m Freestyle 100m Butterfly 3rd 200m Freestyle 50m Backstroke 200m Breaststroke

Katja Biggs (11) 2nd 200m Breaststroke 200m Backstroke

Kelly Rogers (14) 1st 200m IM 200m Breaststroke 2nd 50m Breaststroke 3rd 50m Freestyle

Lauren Braddon (10) 1st 200m Butterfly 200m IM 200m Backstroke

Ruby Waters (11) 1st 100m Breaststroke 200m Butterfly 100m Freestyle 2nd 200m IM

Natasha Hainsworth (12) 2nd 50m Butterfly 50m Backstroke

Henry Maxwell (12) 1st 50m Backstroke 2nd 200m Backstroke

Jamie Regan (11) 1st 50m Backstroke 3rd 200m IM

Oliver Kent (13) 1st 200m Butterfly 2nd 200m Backstroke 3rd 200m Freestyle

Well done swimmers

The medalists from the Meet were:

Boys

15-16 200m IM – Henry Knight 1st; 14 Year Olds 200m Butterfly – Luke Gunning 1st; 17 & Over 200m Butterfly – Michael Gunning 1st; 14 Year Olds 100m Freestyle – Luke Gunning 3rd; 15-16 100m Freestyle – Louis Phillips 3rd; 12 Year Olds 200m Freestyle – Kie Ren Lau 2nd; 14 Year Olds 200m Freestyle – Luke Gunning 2nd; 15-16 200m Freestyle – Louis Phillips 3rd; 17 & Over 200m Freestyle – Michael Gunning 1st; 12 Year Olds 100m Breaststroke - Kie Ren Lau 2nd; 15-16 200m Backstroke – Henry Knight 1st; 15-16 400m IM – Henry Knight 2nd; 14 Year Olds 100m Butterfly – Luke Gunning 1st; 17 & Over 100m Butterfly – Michael Gunning 1st; 14 Year Olds 50m Freestyle – Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st; 12 Year Olds 400m Freestyle – Kie Ren Lau 2nd; 15-16 400m Freestyle – Louis Phillips 3rd; 17 & Over 400m Freestyle – Michael Gunning 1st; 12 Year Olds 200m Breaststroke – Kie Ren Lau 2nd;; 14 Year Olds 100m Backstroke – Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st; 15-16 100m Backstroke – Henry Knight 3rd

 

Girls

14-15 100m Butterfly – Sophie Simpson 2nd; 13 Year Olds 200m Breaststroke – Phoebe Goold 3rd; 14-15 200m Breaststroke – Sian Rowe 3rd; 16 & Over 100m Backstroke – Fearn Cook 2nd; 16 & Over 800m Freestyle – Lauren Walton 1st; 16 & Over 200m IM – Lauren Walton 1st Rebecca Walton 2nd; 14-15 200m Butterfly – Natasha Sinha 3rd; 12 Year Olds 200m Freestyle – Sabrina Sinha 3rd; 16 & Over 200m Freestyle – Lauren Walton 1st ; 13 Year Olds 100m Breaststroke – Phoebe Goold 3rd; 14-15 100m Breaststroke – Sian Rowe 2nd; 14-15 200m Backstroke – Natasha Sinha 1st; 16 & Over 200m Backstroke – Rebecca Walton 1st

 

The medalists included

Girls: 50m Butterfly - Sophia Grammatikopoulos 3rd (10); 50m Breaststroke - April Ockwell (12) 3rd; 50m Backstroke - Faith Ockwell (10) 1st.

Boys: 50m Butterfly – Jamie Regan (11) 1st; 50m Freestyle – Jamie Regan (11) 3rd; 50m Breaststroke – Jamie Regan (11) 3rd; 50m Backstroke- Joseph Kibblewhite (10) 3rd; Henry Maxwell (12) 3rd

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There was more excellent swimming at the fourth edition of the Club Championships last Monday evening. Well done to all the swimmers and in particular to the following for event best performances:

• Rebecca Walton 16/o 200m IM
• Michael Gunning 16/o 200m IM
• Luke Gunning 14/15 200m Butterfly

Once again many thanks to Jackie and Justine and their team of helpers both on and off poolside.

A copy of the results can be obtained by clicking here

 

Our Rising Stars Meet on Sunday at Trinity went extremely well .This was due in no small part to all the hard work put in by Clare Ockwell and Julia Maxwell. Many thanks to Clare and Julia and all those who helped both before and on the day especially Jackie Elliott.

Boys Open 200m Freestyle
09 Yrs Age Group 2 Finlay Maxwell   3 Ronit Nair 4 Ryan Cherian  5 Alfred Waters 6 Lewis Goold
10/11 Yrs Age Group 5 Sammy Woodhead

 

Girls Open 200m Freestyle
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Vaidehi Patel 3 Emily Burbidge 4 Lucy Lewis-Ward 5 Abby Davison 6 Rosie Kelly
10/11 Yrs Age Group 2 Kate Grant 3 Olivia Garvin 5 Katja Biggs
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Phoebe Goold 3 Georgia Harris 5 Sophie Lewis-Ward

 

Boys Open 50m Breaststroke
09 Yrs Age Group 2 Andrew Rowland 3 Ryan Cherian 4 Jude Watson 5 Charles Stamp 6 Ronit Nair
10/11 Yrs Age Group  6 Maclaren Crawford
12/13 Yrs Age Group 6 Kie-Ren Lau

 

Girls Open 50m Breaststroke
09 Yrs Age Group 4 Vaidehi Patel 5 Brooke May Pitt
10/11 Yrs Age Group  1 Olivia Garvin 5 Faith Ockwell
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Phoebe Goold 4 Grace Ockwell 6 Sophie Lewis-Ward
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 2 Kelly Rogers

 

Girls Open 100m Butterfly
11 Yrs Age Group 1 Ruby Waters 3 Jessica Reece

 

Boys Open 50m Backstroke
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Andrew Rowland 2 Finlay Maxwell 3 Charles Stamp 5 Jude Watson 6 Ronit Nair
10/11 Yrs Age Group  3 Sammy Woodhead
12/13 Yrs Age Group 6 Frederick Pearson

 

Girls Open 50m Backstroke

09 Yrs Age Group 1 Vaidehi Patel 6 Lucy Lewis-Ward
10/11 Yrs Age Group 1 Lauren Braddon 3 Faith Ockwell 6 Olivia Garvin
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Grace Ockwell 5 Phoebe Goold
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 2 Zara Edmondson 5 Kelly Rogers

 

Boys Open 100m Breaststroke
12/13 Yrs Age Group  6 Kie-Ren Lau

 

Girls Open 100m Breaststroke
10 Yrs Age Group 1 Faith Ockwell
11 Yrs Age Group 2 Olivia Garvin 3 Ruby Waters
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Phoebe Goold  3 Grace Ockwell 6 Sophie Lewis-Ward
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 2 Kelly Rogers

 

Boys Open 100m IM
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Finlay Maxwell 2 Andrew Rowland 3 Charles Stamp 4 Ronit Nair 5 Ryan Cherian 6 Jude Watson
10/11 Yrs Age Group 5 Marcus Travers
12/13 Yrs Age Group 3 Oliver Kent 4 Frederick Pearson

 

Girls Open 100m IM
09 Yrs Age Group 4 Vaidehi Patel
10/11 Yrs Age Group 2 Olivia Garvin 3 Lauren Braddon 4 Kate Grant
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Phoebe Goold 5 Sophie Lewis-Ward
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 2 Kelly Rogers

 

Boys Open 50m Freestyle
09 Yrs Age Group 2 Finlay Maxwell 3 Andrew Rowland 5 Charles Stamp 6 Oliver Pope
10/11 Yrs Age Group 4 Maclaren Crawford

 

Girls Open 50m Freestyle
09 Yrs Age Group 2 Vaidehi Patel
10/11 Yrs Age Group  4 Kate Grant 6 Kaylee Southward
12/13 Yrs Age Group 2 Grace Ockwell 3 Phoebe Goold
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 3 Zara Edmondson

 

Boys Open 100m Backstroke
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Oliver Kent 4 Kie-Ren Lau

 

Girls Open 100m Backstroke
10 Yrs Age Group 2 Faith Ockwell 3 Katja Biggs
11 Yrs Age Group 1 Ruby Waters 4 Olivia Garvin
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Sophie Lewis-Ward 2 Grace Ockwell

 

Boys Open 50m Butterfly
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Finlay Maxwell 2 Andrew Rowland 3 Charles Stamp 5 Ronit Nair 6 Jude Watson
10/11 Yrs Age Group 5 Maclaren Crawford
12/13 Yrs Age Group 6 Oliver Kent

 

Girls Open 50m Butterfly
09 Yrs Age Group 5 Vaidehi Patel
10/11 Yrs Age Group 6 Kaylee Southward
12/13 Yrs Age Group 3 Phoebe Goold 4 Natasha Hainsworth
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 2 Zara Edmondson

 

Boys Open 100m Freestyle
11 Yrs Age Group 2 Maclaren Crawford

 

Girls Open 100m Freestyle
10 Yrs Age Group 1 Kate Grant 4 Sophia Grammatikopoulos 5 Millie Smith
11 Yrs Age Group 2 Ruby Waters 5 Olivia Garvin
12/13 Yrs Age Group 1 Phoebe Goold 2 Grace Ockwell
14 Yrs/Over Age Group 2 Zara Edmondson

 

A full copy of the results can be obtained by clicking here

 

Congratulations to our Kent Junior League squad who retained the Kent Junior League Division 1 title for an incredible Eighth year in succession!!

Before the night the title could have gone one of any three ways but in extremely exciting circumstances on Saturday night at the Hartsdown Pool Margate and despite lying third at one point on the night the team dug deep and inspired by Coaches Di and Tony achieved a memorable victory. The Kent Junior League is for swimmers between 9 and 13 years.

A special thank you to Angela Coe-Sinha, Fiona Pearson, Catherine Simpson and Lena (Woodhead) Haskins, as parents who acted as officials for BSC on the night and did an exceptionally sterling job, as well as Tony Beckley who drove all the way from Surrey to Margate to support the team and Di Manley who oversees the team selection.

Points table after the third and final round:

Round 3 Result KJL Place Team Gala Points Points 1 Beckenham SC 17 239 2 Sevenoaks 15 230 3 Thanet SC 13 213 4 Orpington Ojays 9 128 5 Black Lion 6 124 6 RTW Monson 3 111

Final positions after Round 3 Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 710 2 Sevenoaks 683 3 Thanet SC 667 4 Black Lion 415 5 Orpington Ojays 408 6 RTW Monson 368

 

 

The A team went to Canterbury to do battle with Rushmoor Royals, Sevenoaks, City of Canterbury and Basingstoke Blue Fins A. A fiercely contested gala ensued with Beckenham taking the honours with a comparatively comfortable victory (after Round 1 where the margin was 1 point) Well done to alls swimmers who were encouraged by excellent vocal support from the Beckenham “supporters’ club”.

A special well done to all those who finished first in their events:- Tamara- Elise Elliott (2), Edward Langley (2), Natasha Sinha, Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Michael Gunning, Ruby Waters, Sophie Simpson, Sammy Woodhead, Boys 9-11 Freestyle and Medley Relay Teams (Edward, Sammy , Maclaren Crawford and Marcus Travers), Girls 15 and under Freestyle and Medley Teams (Sophie, Natasha, Olivia Handley, Molly Haynes and Sian Rowe), Boys 15 and under Freestyle and Medley Teams (Kunmi, Tim Adelani, Luke Gunning, Louis Phillips and Ned Moriarty) – hopefully that is everyone.

The final results were:

Place	Team	Points
1	Beckenham A	190
2	Rushmoor Royals	177
3	Sevenoaks A	162
4	City of Canterbury	110
5	Basingstoke Blue Fins A	106

 

The Beckenham 'A' Team at Canterbury in the Arena League Round 2

 

With this result the A Team have now qualified for the South Area Final on 10th December when they will take on Amersham, Bracknell & Wokingham, City of Oxford, Guildford City, Rushmoor Royals, Sevenoaks and Windsor.

The B Team also were in action at Dover and despite being very thin in numbers of older boys due to injury and illness battled gamely to finish 5th behind Dover Lifeguard, Atlantis Horsham, Orpington OJays, Hastings Seagulls and ahead of White Oak. Well done to all the swimmers and particularly Freddie Suther-Jones who won his breaststroke race and to Harry Ingamells, Kwende Blair-Ford and Jack McDonald who were in and out of the pool what seemed most of the time due to the lack of older boys.

 

Read some of the reports in the Beckenham SC Our Club Newsletter November 2011.

Click here to view or download the results from Session 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bromley Borough Championships 2011.

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Particular congratulations must go to Tim Waters who won all his events in the Men’s 35 and over age group and to Sammy Woodhead who won the ‘Boys’ Endeavour Trophy’, which will be presented to him before one of the remaining Club Championships. Our medalists were as follows:

Girls 09/10 Yrs 25m: 2. Faith Ockwell; 3. Kaylee Southward

Boys 09/10 Yrs 25m Backstroke: 2. Jamie Regan; 3. Andrew Rowland

Girls 13/14 Yrs 100m Backstroke: 3. Georgia Harris

Men’s 35 /Over 50m Backstroke: 1. Timothy Waters

Girls 09/10 Yrs 25m Breaststroke: 2. Faith Ockwell; 3. Kaylee Southward

09/10 Yrs 25m Breaststroke: 2. Jamie Regan; 3. Jude Watson

Girls 13/14 Yrs 100m Breaststroke: 2. Georgia Harris; 3. Phoebe Goold

Men’s 35 /Over 50m Breaststroke: 1. Timothy Waters

Girls 09/10 Yrs 25m Butterfly: 2. Kaylee Southward; 3.Faith Ockwell

Boys 09/10 Yrs 25m Butterfly: 3. Jamie Regan

Girls 13/14 Yrs 100m Butterfly: 1. Georgia Harris

Girls 15 Yrs/Over 100m Butterfly: 1. Zara Edmondson

Men’s 35/Over 50m Butterfly: 1. Timothy Waters

Women’s 35/Over 50m Butterfly: 1. Kiri Mitchell

Girls 09/10 Yrs 25m Freestyle: 2. Kaylee Southward

Boys 09/10 Yrs 25m Freestyle: 2. Jamie Regan

Girls 15 Yrs/Over 100m Freestyle: 1. Zara Edmondson

Men’s 35 Yrs/Over 50m Free: 1. Timothy Waters

Women’s 35 Yrs/Over 50m Free.: 1. Kiri Mitchell

Well done to all swimmers who competed!

 

The Mayor with some of the Beckenham SC swimmers at the Bromley Championships 2011

 

Well done to the swimmers and coaches who took part in the GNSC Open Meet held at the Medway Park Centre in Gillingham.

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Well done to Lauren and Rebecca Walton, Natasha Sinha, Sophie Simpson, Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Luke and Michael Gunning and Louis Phillips who swam in Inter County Championships in Sheffield last Sunday. The Kent team finished 5 equal in Division 1 which is their best ever result.

The best Beckenham swimmers’ results were:

Michael Gunning 4th in the Boys 16/17 years 100m Butterfly

Sophie Simpson 6th in the Girls 14/15 years 100m Butterfly

Natasha Sinha 6th in the Girls 14/15 years 100m Backstroke

Luke Gunning 7th in the Boys 14/15 years 100m Butterfly

Kunmi Ogunfeibo 9th in the Boys 14/15 years 100m Backstroke

Girls 14/15 Medley Relay 2nd featuring Sophie Simpson and Natasha Sinha

Boys 14/15 Medley Relay 7th featuring Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Luke Gunning and Louis Phillips

Boys 16/17 Medley Relay 9th featuring Michael Gunning.

 

Superb swimming and excellent team spirit saw the A Team achieve victory in the First Round Gala at Basingstoke on Saturday. In what was described by many who were there as one of the most exciting and tense team galas they had been to the A Team (much to the delight of Head Coach Tony Beckley) finished 2 points ahead of Windsor A after the lead had changed hands on numerous occasions. The final points were:

Place Team Points 1 Beckenham A 199 2 Windsor A 197 3 Epsom 124 4 Basingstoke Bluefiins A 116 5 Wycombe District 113

 

Whilst it is invidious to single out swimmers for their performances the 11 and under girls won all their individual and team events. The following swimmers/teams won their events.

11 and Under Girls – Tamara-Elise Elliott (50 Back and 50 Free) Olivia Garvin (50 Breast) Ruby Waters (50 Fly) 4 X 50 Freestyle and Medley Relays (Tamara, Ruby, Olivia and Kate Grant).

13 and Under Girls – Phoebe Goold (100 Breast) Georgia Harris (100 Fly) 4 X 50 Freestyle and Medley relays (Phoebe, Georgia, Lucy Grant and Ashley Hamilton.

15 and under Girls – Sian Rowe (100 Breast) 4 X 50 Medley Relay (Natasha Sinha, Sian, Sophie Simpson and Molly Haynes).

Open Ladies – Natasha Sinha (100 Back) Lauren Walton (100 Free) 6 X 50 freestyle Relay (Steffi King, Sophie, Rebecca Walton, Molly, Fearn Cook and Lauren).

15 and under Boys – Kunmi Ogunfeibo (100 Back) Luke Gunning (100 Fly) Harold Pearson (100 Breast) 4 X 50 Freestyle and Medley relays (Kunmi, Luke, Harold and Louis Phillips).

Open Mens – Michael Gregory (200 IM)

 

Meanwhile at Medway Park Gillingham the B Team put in a fighting performance to finish 5th against 5 other Club’s A teams. Well done to Ned Moriarty who won the 15 and under 100m Breaststroke and the Boys 13 and under freestyle relay team who did likewise. The final points were:

Place Team Points 1 Black Lion 208 2 Atlantis 207 3 Crawley 196 4 Beckenham B 147 5 Dartford & District 128

 

Parents please feel free to send us reports yourselves or from your children on any galas you attend so that we can use them in either the Weekly Update or ”Our Club”.

 

Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed at Crawley last Sunday on one of the hottest days of the year. Considering it was so early in the Season the swimmers swam exceptionally well to take home 60 medals - 27 gold, 17 silver and 16 bronze as well as achieving numerous PBs. A particular well done to all the swimmers competing in a 50 metre pool for the first time.

Click here for the full results.The medalists were:

 

EVENT	AGE GROUP	SWIMMER	PLACE
GIRLS
100 Freestyle	13	Ashley Hamilton	2nd
100 Freestyle	14	Molly Haynes	1st
100 Freestyle	14	Natasha Sinha	2nd
100 Backstroke	12	Sabrina Sinha	3rd
100 Backstroke	13	Emily McClymont	3rd
100 Backstroke	14	Sian Rowe	3rd
100 Backstroke	15/o	Sophie Simpson	1st
100 Backstroke	15/o	Olivia Handley	3rd
100 Breaststroke	12	Lucy Grant	1st
100 Butterfly	12	Lucy Grant	1st
100 Butterfly	13	Georgia Harris	1st
100 Butterfly	14	Molly Haynes	2nd
100 Butterfly	14	Sian Rowe	3rd
100 Butterfly	15/o	Olivia Handley	1st
200 Freestyle	10	Kate Grant	1st
200 Freestyle	10	Lauren Braddon	2nd
200 Freestyle	10	Olivia Garvin	3rd
200 Freestyle	11	Tamara-Elise Elliott	1st
200 Freestyle	12	Sabrina Sinha	2nd
200 Freestyle	14	Natasha Sinha	1st
200 Freestyle	14	Molly Haynes	2nd
200 Backstroke	10	Lauren Braddon	1st
200 Backstroke	11	Tamara-Elise Elliott	1st
200 Backstroke	12	Sophie Lewis Ward	2nd
200 Backstroke	13	Emily McClymont	3rd
200 Backstroke	15/o	Sophie Simpson	1st
200 Backstroke	15/o	Olivia Handley	2nd
200 Breaststroke	10	Olivia Garvin	2nd
200 Breaststroke	13	Grace Ockwell	2nd
200 Butterfly	10	Sophia Grammatikopoulos	1st
200 Butterfly	10	Faith Ockwell	3rd
200 Butterfly	12	Sophie Lewis Ward	2nd
200 Butterfly	13	Georgia Harris	1st
200 Butterfly	15/o	Olivia Handley	1st
200 IM	10	Olivia Garvin	1st
200 IM	10	Lauren Braddon	2nd
200 IM	11	Tamara-Elise Elliott	2nd
200 IM	14	Natasha Sinha	1st
200 IM	15/o	Sophie Simpson	1st
BOYS
100 Freestyle	11	Sammy Woodhead	2nd
100 Freestyle	14	Harold Pearson	3rd
100 Freestyle	15/o	Henry Knight	1st
100 Freestyle	15/o	Louis Phillips	3rd
100 Backstroke	15/o	Henry Knight	1st
100 Breaststroke	14	Harold Pearson	1st
100 Butterfly	13	Oliver Kent	3rd
200 Freestyle	10	Freddie Suther-Jones	3rd
200 Freestyle	11	Sammy Woodhead	2nd
200 Freestyle	14	Harold Pearson	1st
200 Freestyle	15/o	Henry Knight	1st
200 Freestyle	15/o	Louis Phillips	2nd
200 Backstroke	10	Joseph Kibblewhite	3rd
200 Backstroke	12	Frederick Pearson	3rd
200 Breaststroke	12	Kie-Ren Lau	1st
200 Breaststroke	12	Frederick Pearson	3rd
200 Breaststroke	14	Harold Pearson	1st
200 Breaststroke	15/o	Henry Knight	1st
200 Butterfly	13	Oliver Kent	2nd
200 IM	12	Stephan Balancy	3rd
200 IM	14	Harold Pearson	1st

 

 

 

Well done to all those who competed in the first Gala of the 2011 Club Championships last Monday and in particular those who were competing in a gala for the first time. The evening saw some excellent swimming with 3 Event Best Performances by Sophie Simpson (14/15) and Lauren Walton (16/o) in the 200 freestyle and Tamara Elise Elliott (11/u)who broke the 100m Backstroke record set in 1980 (Jackie Elliott thinks she swam with the previous record holder!!).

 

Click here to download or view results of Session 1 (.PDF)

 

 

Beckenham Swimming Club was represented admirably by 5 girls at the Greenwich Borough Championships on Saturday 24th September held at the Eltham Centre. In total they won 5 golds, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals, and placed 2 fourths and one 6th. Very impressive for such a small squad.

The swimmers were: Fearn Cook who won the 15/16yr 100m Free, Silver in the 100m Back and came fourth in the 100m Fly; Olivia Handley who won the 15/16 yr 100m Fly, Silver in the 100m Breast, Bronze in the 100m Back and fourth in the 100m Free; Daphne Pratt who won Bronze in the 11 yr 50m Free and came 6th in the 50m Back; Natasha Sinha who won the 13/14 yr 100m Fly, 100m Back and 100m Free, and Bronze in the 100m Breast; Sabrina Sinha who won the 12 Yr 100m Free, Silver in the 100m Fly and 100m Back and Bronze in the 100m Breast.

Thanks go to Harold Pearson for giving up a Saturday evening to be assistant team manager and main cheerleader! Thanks also go to John Handley and Hilary Moore for officiating and to the various parents and grandparents who came to support.

 

Our Team (despite not having those who competed at Brighton to select) put in a very creditable performance to finish 3rd in Round 5 of this League – full results to follow when they become available.

 

 

 

Result of Round 5 on Sept 17th 2011:	White Horse League table after Round 5
Place Team Gala Points 1 Bromley 327 2 Orpington Ojays 307 3 Beckenham SC 255 4 Erith & District 218 5 White Oak 200 6 Saxon Crown 171	Place Team League Points Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 54 1439 2 Bromley 50 1373 3 Beckenham SC 49 1295.5 4 White Oak 39 1016 5 Erith & District 36 1011 6 Saxon Crown 33 878.5

 

 

Well done to those Beckenham SC swimmers who participated in the Ken Deeley Brighton Sprints, results can be found on the Brighton SC website . There were some excellent results including many PBs – the medallists with top 3 finishes in bold were (hopefiully no one has been missed out)

Girls

100 IM Jessica Crawford (9) 5th; Olivia Garvin (10) 4th; Katie Grant (10) 5th; Ruby Waters (11) 3rd; Phoebe Goold (13) 4th

50m Backstroke Vaidehi Patel (9) 2nd; Abby Davison (9) 5th; Olivia Garvin (10) 4th; Faith Ockwell (10) 5th; Grace Ockwell (13) 6th

50m Butterfly Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd; Katie Grant (10) 4th

50m Breaststroke Brooke-May Pitt (9) 4th; Vaidehi Patel (9) 6th; Olivia Garvin (10) 2nd; Ruby Waters (11) 6th; Phoebe Goold (13) 3rd; Kelly Rogers (14) 4th

50m Freestyle Vaidehi Patel (9) 2nd; Katie Grant (10) 1st; Olivia Garvin (10) 3rd; Ruby Waters (11) 2nd; Phoebe Goold (13) 5th.

 

Boys

100 IM Finlay Maxwell (9) 1st; Ronit Nair (9) 4th; Jude Watson (9) 5th; Jamie Regan (10) 6th

50m Butterfly Finlay Maxwell (9) 1st; Oliver Pope (9) 4th; Ronit Nair (9) 5th; Jude Watson (9) 6th; Jamie Regan (10) 6th

50m Backstroke Finlay Maxwell (9) 1st; Ronit Nair (9) 4th; Jude Watson (9) 5th; Joseph Kibblewhite (10) 5th.

50m Breaststroke Jude Watson (9) 3rd; Finlay Maxwell (9) 4th; Ronit Nair (9) 5th; Oliver Pope (9) 6th

50m Freestyle Finlay Maxwell (9) 1st; Oliver Pope (9) 5th; Ronit Nair (9) 6th; Jamie Regan (10) 4th.

The hosts were RTW Monson with the venue at Tunbridge Wells Sports Centre.

 

 

Round 2 Result KJL Place Team Points 1 Sevenoaks 235 2 Beckenham SC 230 3 Thanet SC 226 4 Black Lion 146 4 Orpington Ojays 138 6 RTW Monson 131

Overal positions after Round 2 Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 471 2 Thanet SC 454 3 Sevenoaks 452 4 Black Lion 294 4 Orpington Ojays 279 6 RTW Monson 256

 

 

The National Youth Championships took place in late July in Sheffield It started with the Open Water Swimming. Michael Gunning was in excellent form finishing in 2nd in the Boys race whilst Lauren Walton just missed out on a medal in the Girls race in 4th place and sister Rebecca finished 10th.

In the Pool based sessions the Club’s swimmers were in top form in the butterfly events with both Natasha Sinha and Sophie Simpson swimming excellent PBs with Natasha reaching the semi final in the 200m Butterfly. Later in the week both Sophie and Natasha made significant improvements to their times and reached the semi finals of the 100m Butterfly with Sophie finishing in 12th (which meant she was one of the reserves for the final) and Natasha 15th overall in the 14/15 year age group.

In the freestyle events Lauren and Rebecca Walton competed in a number of events with their best performances in the 800m Freestyle where Lauren was 12th and Rebecca 16thas did Michael Gunning who was placed 7th in the 1500m Freestyle and 19th in the 400m Freestyle.

Well done also to Henry Knight who swam well in his first Nationals and to Rachel Bull in her final year in the Youth Nationals before going to University in the USA as well as a number of the foregoing who also qualified for other events.

Finally the Girls 4 X 100m Freestyle relay team swam well finishing 21st – the team was Fearn Cook, Rebecca Walton, Sophie Simpson and Lauren Walton.

Fuller details of the Championships will appear in the next Newsletter and the full results are available at:

http://www.swimmingresults.org.uk/swimming/results/2011/youth11/index.php

 

PDF versions of the results:

Open Water 2000m

Session1 (.PDF); Session 2 (.PDF); Session 3 (.PDF); Session 4 (.PDF); Session 5 (.PDF); Session 6 (.PDF); Session 7 (.PDF); Session 8 (.PDF)

 

National Youths successful end to the swimming 2010/11 season for Natasha

Natasha Sinha had a great youths as she was swimming out of age in the 14/15 age group. She made the semi- final in the 200 and 100 fly and was reserve semi finalist for the 200 back. She narrowly missed out on the final in the 100 fly. She swam good pbs or was on her times. She is now ranked top 10 in the country in the 100 & 200 fly and 200 back (4th in the 100 fly) and just outside top 10 for the 100 back. As a result of her swims she has been selected as part of the England Talent Youth Development- Level 2 programme. (She has been part of the age group England Talent programme for the past 2 years, but has now made the step up to the youth programme.)

It has been a difficult year for Natasha what with a broken elbow at the beginning of the season and other factors, so we are all thrilled with her performances at the Nationals. We are very grateful to Tony for helping Natasha swim so well with just 3 months of coaching within Beckenham Swimming Club. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the club as a whole: coaches (Specifically Tony and Di), swimmers and parents alike for welcoming Natasha and Sabrina, Natasha's sister, into the club. The transfer has been seamless and both girls are thriving due to everyones support. Natasha is now looking forward to starting training in September and building on her Nationals success.

Angela

Photos from the National Youths 2011 - courtesy of Angela Coesinha.

Following Luke Gunning’s victory in the 200m Butterfly earlier in the week, Luke ‘doubled up’ to take the 13 year old 100m Butterfly crown in a much closer race. Despite turning in second place Luke fought back to overtake his nearest rival and touch first by a tenth of a second.

Meanwhile Kunmi Ogunfeibo also reached his second final of the week in the 200m Backstroke with another excellent heat swim. Kunmi finished 10th in the Final and should be very proud of his achievements during the week.

Finally the Boys Medley relay team where George Chan and Harold Pearson joined Luke and Kunmi finished the fastest London Club with a six second improvement over their qualifying swim in 15th place.

Full results can be found at: http://www.swimmingresults.org.uk/swimming/results/2011/agegroups11/index.php

 

 

GOLD for Gunning at Day 2 of the National Championships!

 

22nd July 2010. Sheffiled:

Day 2 of the National Championships is well and under way and Beckenham Swimmer Luke Gunning seals a GOLD MEDAL in the Final of the 200M Butterfly swam earlier this evening. Luke qualified for the final in the heats this morning ranked in 1st Place, after achieving a phenomenal time of 2.15.50 shaving a tremendous 5 seconds off his personal best, and stood up to the mark in the evening session at the finals! Gunning touched in 2.11.29 making him the TOP BRITISH SWIMMER IN HIS AGE GROUP!! The gold-medal winning performance by Luke was commentated by World Record Holder and Commonwealth Champion Sarah Price who witnessed this stunning performance! Luke Greenbank came 2nd with Matthew Stevenson coming in third.

“I’m really pleased with that,” said Gunning. “Last year I came 4th in this event and to come back this year and to win a gold medal is fantastic!

“I felt really good in the heats this morning so I just wanted to get in and give it my best shot in the final. It was a hard field and I just went out so fast so I was in a good lead but the last 50m hurt so much and I just came back strong and just went for it! It was amazing to hear the applaud at the end and it was a great moment! I’ve got a day off tomorrow and I’ll be back in the water for my 100m Butterfly on Sunday so just looking forward to that now! I have received so many good luck/well done messages and I would like to thank everyone for all the support back home. It means a lot.”

Gunning finished 4th place last year in the 200m Butterfly at the National Championships in 2010, brining home a bronze medal in the 100M Butterfly, his main event that he has still got to swim later this week!

You can catch the action on the British Swimming Website on the LIVE results.

On Day 1 of the competition, Kunmi Ogunfeibo competed in his best event, the 100m Backstroke, were he happily qualified for the final in a cracking time of 1.02.98! His race was the 7th Final of the evening where he finished 8th place in 1.03.46. Kunmi was among the four boys who were competing in the 4X100m Freestyle relay team consisting of Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Harold Pearson, George Chan and Luke Gunning. The Beckenham boys managed to come 27th out off all of the National clubs competing.

Well done boys, and well done for Luke’s Gold medal!!

 

 

Well done to Tim Adelani, Lucy Grant and Tamara-Elise Elliott on winning the top swimmer categories at the London Regional Sprints which were held at Crystal Palace last Sunday. A further well done to all the swimmers and in particular the medallists:

50 m Freestyle Boys (11) Joe Casey 3rd (14) Tim Adelani 2nd Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st (12) Lucy Grant 3rd (13) Regina Chisholm 2nd.

50m Butterfly Boys (14) Tim Adelani 1st Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st (12) Lucy Grant 3rd (14) Sian Rowe 1st.

50m Backstroke Boys (10) Marcus Travers 2nd (11) Joe Casey 3rd (14) Tim Adelani 1st Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st

50m Breaststroke Boys (10) Marcus Travers 1st (14) Harold Pearson 2nd Girls (11) Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (12) Lucy Grant 2nd (14) Sian Rowe 1st.

 

Click here for the full results

 

 

 

 

 

Result of Round 4 on July 16th 2011:	White Horse League table after Round 4
Place Team Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 318 2 Bromley 302 3 Beckenham SC 257 4 Erith & District 238 5 White Oak 208 6 Saxon Crown 195	Place Team League Points Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 43 1132 2 Beckenham SC 39 1040.5 3 Bromley 38 1046 4 White Oak 31 816 5 Erith & District 27 793 6 Saxon Crown 26 707.5

 

The Club took a large contingent (about 35 swimmers) to the popular Haslemere Meet last weekend. This gave those swimmers not going to Nationals something to target before the end of the current year and the swimmers did not disappoint with a stack of PBs and medal placings. Pride of place went to Tamara- Elise Elliott and Molly Haynes both of whom took awards for the best swims in their respective age groups based on FINA points. The medallists were:

Henry Simpson (11) 2nd (50m Freestyle 50m 100m and 200m Butterfly) 3rd (100m 200m and 400m Freestyle 50m Backstroke)

Kie-Ren Lau (12) 1st (50m Breaststroke)

Freddie Pearson (12) 1st (50m and 100m Backstroke) 2nd (50m Breaststroke 50m Freestyle)

Oliver Kent (13) 3rd (200m Backstroke)

Robert Simpson (13) 3rd (50m Butterfly)

Harold Pearson (14) 1st (100m and 200m IM 100m Breaststroke) 2nd (50m Butterfly 50m Breaststroke) 3rd (50m Backstroke 100m Freestyle)

Ned Moriarty (15/0) 2nd (50m Breaststroke) 3rd (200m Butterfly)

Olivia Garvin (10) 1st (50m Breaststroke) 3rd (200m IM 200m Breaststroke)

Katie Grant (10) 2nd (200m Freestyle)

Katja Biggs (10) 3rd (400m Freestyle)

Tamara-Elise Elliott (11) 1st (50m and 100m Backstroke 50m and 100m Freestyle 50m Breaststroke ) 2nd (200m Freestyle 100m IM)

Ruby Waters (11) 1st (200m Butterfly) 2nd (50m and 400m Freestyle)

Lucy Grant (12) 1st (50m Freestyle 50m Butterfly 100m Backstroke) 2nd (50m Backstroke 50m Breaststroke 100m IM 100m Butterfly) 3rd (100m Breaststroke 100m Freestyle)

Ashley Hamilton (12) 2nd (100m Freestyle 400m Freestyle) 3rd (100m Butterfly)

Sophie Lewis Ward (12) 2nd (200m Backstroke) 3rd (50m Backstroke)

Sabrina Sinha (12) 2nd (50m Freestyle) 2nd (200m Freestyle 200m Butterfly) 3rd (400m Freestyle 200m IM 200m Breaststroke)

Regina Chisholm (13) 2nd (100m IM)

Emily McClymont (13) 1st (200m Backstroke) 2nd (400m Freestyle)

Molly Haynes (14) 1st (50m 100m 200m and 400m Freestyle 100m Butterfly) 2nd (100m and 200m IM) 3rd (50m Butterfly)

Kelly Rogers (14) 3rd (100m IM)

Olivia Handley (15/o) 1st (200m Backstroke 100m Butterfly) 2nd (200m Freestyle 100m Breaststroke 100m Backstroke)

 

Click here for a copy (.pdf) of the results.

 

The Club achieved a very convincing win by nearly 60 points in the 3rd round of the White Horse League. The swimmers achieved 25 first places and 13 second places. Well done to all the swimmers and Tony. Also a big thank you to all the club’s members and parents who helped out both on and off poolside as were hosting the gala..

 

 

 

Result of Round 3 on June 25th 2011:	White Horse League table after Round 3
Place Team Gala Points 1 Beckenham SC 247.5 2 Orpington Ojays 190 3 Bromley 173 4 White Oak 130 5 Saxon Crown 122.5 6 Erith & District 121	Place Team League Points Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 37 814 2 Beckenham SC 35 783.5 3 Bromley 33 744 4 White Oak 29 608 5 Saxon Crown 25 512.5 6 Erith & District 24 555

 

The following day many of our younger swimmers attended the Saxon Crown Future Champions gala at Downham. This is always a fun sprint event with heats followed by finals in each event Yet again there were many excellent results – those making the finals were:

10 year old girls Backstroke Olivia Garvin 1st Kate Grant 2nd Butterfly Kate Grant 1st Olivia Garvin 3rd Millie Smith 6th Breaststroke Olivia Garvin 2 Kate Grant 4th Rae Amosu 6th Freestyle Kate Grant 1st Olivia Garvin 2nd.

Kate Grant was awarded top girl in the 10/u age group.

 

10 year old boys Backstroke Joseph Kibblewhite 2nd Freddie Suther-Jones 4th Butterfly Jamie Regan 2nd Breaststroke Freddie Suther-Jones 1st Robert Chan 2nd Free Jamie Regan 3rd Robert Chan 5th.

11 year old boys Butterfly Maclaren Crawford 5th Freestyle Sammy Woodhead 2nd Maclaren Crawford 4th Backstroke Maclaren Crawford 4th

12 year old boys Backstroke Stephan Balancy 2nd Henry Maxwell 3rd Breaststroke Omari Obeng-Patterson 4th Freestyle Henry Maxwell 4th Stephan Balancy 5th Butterfly Stephan Balancy 2nd Omari Obeng-Patterson 4th Joseph Charuy 5th

13 year old boys Freestyle Miles Lugenbuhl 6th

Relays - Mixed 12 year old freestyle 2nd Mixed 10year old freestyle 1st & 5th Mixed 12 year old medley 2nd Mixed 11 year old freestyle 5th and Mixed 10 year old medley 1st & 4th

Future Champs 2011 Full Results.pdf

Future Champs 2011 Relay Results.pdf

 

The Club started its defence of the Kent Junior League Division 1 crown last Saturday and came away with a convincing victory ahead of Thanet and Sevenoaks with many exceptional swims right across the board. Well done to the team and coach Di. The final points score was

 

Round 1 Result KJL Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 253 2 Thanet SC 226 3 Sevenoaks 215 4 Black Lion 146 4 Orpington Ojays 139 6 RTW Monson 123

 

London Region BAGCAT Championships (4/5 June 2011)

Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the first weekend of the London Region BAGCAT Championships at Crystal Palace. Competition is very fierce at this level with all the best swimmers from the London entered. Medallists in bold and finalists (400m and above events are Heat Declared Winner events so top 8 are equivalent of finalists) follow below:

Boys 100 Freestyle 14 Years Louis Phillips 2nd; 11 Years Henry Simpson 5th Edward Langley 6th and Joe Casey 7th 12 Years James Gillie 4th 13 Years Luke Gunning 4th 14 Years Tim Adelani 4th

Boys 200 Backstroke 14 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd 11 Years Joe Casey 7th

Girls 4 X 100 Medley Relay Beckenham A 8th

Boys 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay Beckenham A 3rd

Girls 200m Breaststroke 12 Years Lucy Grant 8th

Boys 200m IM 11 Years Edward Langley 7th Joe Casey 8th 13 Years Luke Gunning 7th 14 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 5th

Boys 400m Freestyle 14 Years Louis Phillips 3rd 11 Years Joe Casey 5th 12 Years James Gillie 5th 13 Years Harold Pearson 7th 14 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 7th

Girls 100m Freestyle 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 5th

Boys 100m Freestyle 13 Years Luke Gunning 1st

Girls 200m Backstroke 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 8th

Boys 4 X 100 Medley Relay Beckenham A 2nd

Girls 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay Beckenham A 5th

Boys 200m Breaststroke 13 Years Harold Pearson 5th

Boys 4 X 200 Freestyle Relay Beckenham A 2nd

 

London Region BAGCAT Championships (11/12/ June 2011)

Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the second weekend of the London Region BAGCAT Championships at Crystal Palace. Medallists in bold and finalists (400m and above events are Heat Declared Winner events so top 8 are equivalent of finalists) follow below:

Boys 200m Butterfly 13 Years Luke Gunning 1st (correction from last week Luke was 1st in the 100m Butterfly not Freestyle).

Girls 100m Backstroke 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd

Boys 100m Breaststroke 13 Years Harold Pearson 2nd

Girls 200m Freestyle 10 Years Kate Grant 8th

Girls 400m IM 10 Years Katja Biggs 7th

Boys 200m Freestyle 12 Years James Gillie 5th 13 Years Luke Gunning 4th Harold Pearson 6th 14 Years Louis Phillips 2nd Kunmi Ogunfeibo 4th Tim Adelani 6th

Boys 400m IM 13 Years Harold Pearson 7th

Boys 100m Backstroke 141 Years Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd Tim Adelani 5th

Boys 400m IM 13 Years Harold Pearson 7th

Girls 100m Breaststroke 11 Years Tamara-Elise Elliott 7th 12 Years Lucy Grant 6th

Girls 10/12 Years 4 X 100 Freestyle Relay 4th Medley Relay 6th

 

 

Full results as they happen will be shown here

 

Well done to all the swimmers who attended this Meet last Sunday achieving fantastic results. The swimmers among the medals were.

Boys

50m Butterfly – Finlay Maxwell (9) 4th

50m Backstroke – Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 1st Finlay Maxwell (9) 2nd Maclaren Crawford (11) 4th Henry Maxwell (12) 6th

100m IM - Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 2nd Finlay Maxwell (9) 5th

50m Breaststroke - Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 3rd Ryan Cherian (9) 5th Finlay Maxwell (9) 6th Tom Gosling (10) 4th Maclaren Crawford (11) 6th Hector Yu (12) 3rd

50m Freestyle - Joseph Kibblewhite (9) 6th Maclaren Crawford (11) 3rd Henry Maxwell (12) 3rd

Girls

50m Freestyle – Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Rae Amosu (9) 2nd Lucy Lewis Ward (9) 5th Katja Biggs (10) 5th

50m Breaststroke - Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Rae Amosu (9) 2nd Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd Jul Huddart-Ouabdesslam 6th Katja Biggs (10) 6th.

50m Backstroke – Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd Lucy Lewis Ward (9) 4th and Rae Amosu (9) 6th Katja Biggs (10) 3rd

100m IM - Lauren Braddon (9) 1st Jessica Crawford (9) 3rd Lucy Lewis Ward (9) 5th Katja Biggs (10) 3rd

The parents of children who competed in The Margate Gala at the weekend are very grateful to Matt Biggs for taking on the role of representing the club coach. He played an absolute storm and was on poolside from 8am to 5.30 pm .He managed the children's behaviour, getting them ready for their races, lining them up, time keeping as well as cheering the children on and encouraging them in each race.

 

Download results here:

Margate Open 2011 Results .pdf (morning)

Margate Open 2011 Results .pdf (Afternoon)

 

Results:

London Distance 800m 15th May 2011.

London Distance 1500m 15th May 2011.

 

 

Well done to all our swimmers who competed at the University of Hertfordshire Pool at Hatfield last weekend. This Meet is one of the best short course meets of the year and always attracts a strong field and sees plenty of very fast swimming including a British Junior Record this year. Our medallists in event order) were Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st 13/14 200 Backstroke; Natasha Sinha 3rd 13/14 100 Butterfly; Lauren Walton 3rd 15/16 400 Freestyle; Luke Gunning 1st 13/14 200 Butterfly; Sophie Simpson 1st 15/16 200 Butterfly; Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd 200 Backstroke; Sophie Simpson 1st 15/16 50 Freestyle.

In addition to the various age groups there were Open finals and the following made their respective finals (again in event order) - Natasha Sinha 4th 100 Butterfly; Lauren Walton 4th 200 Freestyle; Rebecca Walton 8th 200 Freestyle; Luke Gunning 8th 200 Freestyle; Sophie Simpson 1st 200 Butterfly; Kunmi Ogunfeibo 6th 200 Backstroke; Sophie Simpson 6th 50 Freestyle.

The full results can be seen at http://www.cmhcomms.com/cmhresults/hscukcmay2011/

 

Well done swimmers:

Faith Ockwell (Girls 10yr Old) Top Girl 3rd Position 200m IM (2nd), 200m Butterfly (3rd), 200m Backstroke (4th), 200m Breaststroke (4th) 200m Freestyle (5th).

Sophia Grammatikopoulos (Girls 10yr Old) 200m Butterfly (5th).

April Ockwell (Girls 12yr Old) 100m Breaststroke (5th), 200m IM (6th), 100m Butterfly (6th)

Zoe Pope (Girls 13yr Old) 50m Backstroke (1st), 50m Freestyle (2nd), 100m Backstroke (3rd), 100m Butterfly (3rd), 100m Freestyle (3rd). 50m Butterfly (6th).

Finlay Maxwell (Boys 9yr Old) 50m Backstroke (3rd), 50m Freestyle (5th), 50m Butterfly (5th).

Jamie Regan (Boys 10yr Old) 50m Freestyle (1st), 200m Breastroke (2nd), 200m Freestyle (6th).

Laurie Pope (Boys 11yr Old) 50m Backstroke (5th), 100m Butterfly (6th), 100m Backstroke (6th).

Henry Maxwell (Boys 12yr Old) 50m Freestyle (5th), 100m Freestyle (5th), 100m Breastroke (6th).

The swimmers (and parents) would like to thank Claire Ockwell for organising the swimmers poolside on the day.

 

Click here for results:

Session 1 - Events 1 to 18; Session 2 - Events 19 to 36; and Session 3 - Events 37 to 54.

 

Men

9/11 Age Group: Joe Casey 1st 100 Backstroke 2nd 400 freestyle and 50 Backstroke 3rd 200 IM and 100 Freestyle; Henry Simpson 2nd 100 Freestyle 3rd 50 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle; Edward Langley 2nd 50 Breaststroke.

12/13 Age Group: Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st 200 Freestyle 200 IM 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke; Luke Gunning 1st 50 and 100 Butterfly 2nd 50 Freestyle and 200 Butterfly; George Chan 1st 50 Breaststroke.

14/15 Age Group : Henry Knight 1st 400 IM 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke 2nd 200 IM 3rd 200 Freestyle and 200 Breaststroke; Tim Adelani 1st 50 Butterfly and 50 Backstroke 3rd 50 Freestyle; Louis Philips 2nd 200 Freestyle 50 Freestyle 3rd 400 Freestyle 100 freestyle 50 Backstroke and 100 Butterfly; Robert Deane 3rd 50 and 100 Breaststroke

16/o Age Group Michael Gunning 1st 400IM 200 Freestyle 1st 400 Freestyle 1st 200 Butterfly 1st 100 Butterfly

Women

9/11 Age Group: Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st 50 Backstroke 3rd 100 Backstroke 100 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke

12/13 Age Group: Phoebe Goold 2nd; Ashley Hamilton 2nd 50 Freestyle; Emily Wood 3rd 50 Breaststroke;

14/15 Age Group: Sian Rowe 1st 100 Breaststroke 3rd 50 Freestyle; Rebecca Walton 1st 200 Freestyle 2nd 100 and 400 Freestyle and 200 Backstroke 3rd 200 IM; Natasha Sinha 1st 100 and 200 Backstroke 2nd 50 Butterfly 200 Butterfly 3rd 400 Freestyle; Lauren Walton 1st 400 Freestyle 2nd 200 Freestyle and 3rd 200 Backstroke; Sophie Simpson 1st 50 Freestyle 50 Butterfly 200 Butterfly and 100 Butterfly 2nd 200 IM; Fearn Cook 2nd 50 Freestyle; Lani Davies 2nd 200 Breaststroke; Olivia Handley 3rd 100 Butterfly

16/o Age Group: Steffi King 1st 50 and 200 Backstroke 2nd 100 and 200 Freestyle 50 Butterfly 3rd 100 Backstroke; Rachel Bull 2nd 200 IM 50 Backstroke3rd200 Freestyle 50 Breaststroke 50 Butterfly

Full results can be seen at

http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/Results/20110507_Beckenham_International_2011/index.htm

 

Some terrific swimming by our many swimmers resulted in a host of medals, finalists and PBs. The medallists were:

Michael Gunning (17/ov) 1st 1500m freestyle 2nd 200m Butterfly and 3rd 200m Freestyle

Henry Knight (15/16) 2nd 200m Backstroke

Lauren Walton (14/15) 1st 200m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle

Rebecca Walton (14/15) 2nd 200m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle

Natasha Sinha (14/15) 2nd 100m Butterfly 200m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke and 3rd 200m Backstroke

Steffi King (16/ov) 2nd 200m Backstroke and 3rd 50m Backstroke

Sophie Simpson (14/15) 3rd 200m Butterfly and 50m Butterfly

Beckenham A 2nd Women’s 4 X 100m Freestyle Relay and 4 X 200m Freestyle Relay

In addition the foregoing also made a number of other Finals (or in heat declared winner events placed in the top 8) as did Sian Rowe, Olivia Handley and Fearn Cook whilst both women’s relay teams finished in the top 6 in the 4 X 100m Medley Relay as were the B Team in the 4 X 100m Freestyle relay and the Men were just outside the medals in 4th in both the 4 X 100m and 4 X 200m Freestyle relays with one of the youngest teams in both races.

Full results can be found at: http://www.londonswimming-results1.org/asalondon/LYMeet11/webpages/index.htm

A small group of swimmers attended this Level 1 Meet at Portsmouth which stretched from Thursday to Sunday. Well done to all the swimmers on the feats of endurance! And in particular Oliver Kent, Phoebe Goold and Ned Moriarty who reached finals of some of the events they swum.

Click here for a copy of the results, or here to go to the PNSC website.

 

 

 

 

Well done to all the swimmers who competed for the Club at the National League B Final at Ponds Forge on Sunday. We finished a more than creditable 8th against Clubs many of whom are large City Squads. The overall standings were as follows:

 

Place	Team	Gala Points
1	Co Derby	352
2	Warrington W	316
3	Co Salford	309
4	Co Liverpool	299
5	Co Sheffield	290
6	Amersham	258
7	teamipswich	253
8	Beckenham	247
9	Boldmere	229
10	Co Peterboro	196

 

A particular well done to all those who finished in the top three in their events:

1st Boys 13/u Medley Relay

1st Girls 15/u Freestyle Relay

1st Sophie Simpson 15/u 100m Butterfly

1st Craig Gibbons Open 50m Freestyle (Top Male swimmer based on FINA points)

1st Boys 11/u Medley Relay

2nd Joe Casey 11/u 50m Backstroke

2nd Luke Gunning 100m Butterfly

2nd Kunmi Ogunfeibo 13/u Backstroke

3rd Boys 11/u Freestyle Relay

3rd Tamara-Elise Elliott 11/u 50m Freestyle

3rd Kunmi Ogunfeibo 13/u 100m Freestyle

 

Click here for a copy of the results or click here to go to the League websites for more information.

 

The Beckenham Swimming team National Arena Finals 17th April 2011.

And, those great fans and supporters of the Beckenham Swimming Team ....

 

 

Congratulations to all swimmers who attended the above meets on their numerous PBs and excellent times. At the Orpington Meet well done to Millie Smith (2nd 9 yrs 50m Butterfly), Sammy Woodhead (2nd 11 yrs 50m Freestyle and Breaststroke) and Kie Ren Lau (3rd 12 yrs 100m Breaststroke).

Click here for a .PDF copy of the Results.

 

The B Team just missed out on taking first place in the 2nd round of the White Horse League held at Beckenham Spa on the evening of April 2nd, just 8 points behind the winners. Well done to all the swimmers.

 

 

Result of Round 2 on April 2nd:	White Horse League table after Round 2
Place Team Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 318 2 Beckenham SC 310 3 Bromley 276 4 White Oak 239 5 Erith 228 6 Saxon Crown 177	Place Team League Points Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 32 624 2 Beckenham SC 29 571 3 Bromley 29 536 4 White Oak 26 478 5 Erith 23 434 6 Saxon Crown 23 390

 

The finals of the Kent Schools Swimming Association Championships was held last Saturday at Medway Park Gillingham. Congratulations to the following swimmers who each swam in their respective finals with the following results.

Tamara Elise Elliott 1st 50m Backstroke

Joseph Kibblewhite 6th 50m Backstroke

Jamie Regan 6th 50m Freestyle

Kate Grant 5th 50m Freestyle

Tamara’s result means that she has now been selected to swim for Kent Primary Schools against Surrey Primary Schools at Sevenoaks on 13th May.

 

Click here to view the results. A .PDF copy of results below:

Primary School Results Gala 1

Primary School Results Gala 2

Primary Schools Results FINAL 2011

 

Secondary Schools Results Session 1

Secondary Schools Results Session 2

Secondary Schools Results Session 3

Secondary Schools Results Session 4

Secondary Schools Kent vs. Surrey 1st April 2011

 

 

Well done to all swimmers and thanks to the many helpers and the coaches.

Click here for results of session 2. Here are the top three in each event:

 

Event 9 Boys Open 50m Butterfly  
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Finlay Maxwell 2 Hussein Diab 3 Ollie Gosling
10 Yrs Age Group 1 Alex Thompson 2 Findlay Harrison-Phipps 3 Nicholas Shoppee
11 Yrs Age Group 1 Ieuan Chapman 2 Harry Haynes 3 Jacob Church
12 Yrs/Over Age Group 1 Miles Lugenbuhl 2 Omari Obeng-Patterson 3 Sam Parke
Event 10 2 Girls Open 50m Butterfly          
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Rae Amosu 2 Kate Carroll 3 Mia Redfern
10 Yrs Age Group 1 Jessica Reece 2  Sophia Grammatikopoulos 3 Isobel Mcpherson
11 Yrs Age Group 1 Nikita Bagga 2 Rosie Thomas 3 Isabella Sell
12 Yrs/Over Age Group 1 Leila Bernstein 2 Eleanor Ferreira 3 Helen Callister Radcliffe
Event 11 Boys Open 25m Butterfly           
1 Andrew Rowland 2 Ronit Nair 3 Marcus McSpadden
Event 12 Girls Open 25m Freestyle          
1 Millie Speight 2 Rosie Kelly 3 Vaidehi Patel
Event 13 Boys Open 50m Breaststroke          
08 Yrs/Under Age Group 1 Andrew Rowland 2 Jude Watson 3 Oliver Pope
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Ryan Cherian 2 Finlay Maxwell 3 Hussein Diab
10 Yrs Age Group 1 Torrin Williams 2 Tom Gosling 3 Alex Thompson
11 Yrs Age Group 1 Harry Haynes 2 Stefan Peytchev 3 Jacob Church 
12 Yrs/Over Age Group 1 Hector Yu 2 Miles Lugenbuhl 3 Sam Parke
Event 14 Girls Open 50m Breaststroke         
08 Yrs/Under Age Group 1 Vaidehi Patel 2 Emily Burbidge 3 Rosie Kelly
09 Yrs Age Group 1 Rae Amosu 2 Charlotte Ellis-Keeler 3 Millie Smith
10 Yrs Age Group 1 Isobel Mcpherson 2 Morgan Mulholland-Toy 3 Isabella Sell
11 Yrs Age Group 1 Milly Taylor 2 Nikita Bagga 3 Francesca Conroy
12 Yrs/Over Age Group 1 Helen Callister Radcliffe 2 Chloe Smith 3 Peshali Diyasena
Event 15  Boys Open 25m Breaststroke          
1 Alejandro Wood
Event 16 Girls Open 25m Breaststroke          

1 Saffron Wood 2 Emily Donaldson 3 Morgan Yu

 

 

Many Beckenham swimmers represented their Primary schools on Saturday at Gillingham for the first round of the Kent schools primary competition.

Tamara Elliott (Gold squad) won the 50m Back stroke, Kate Grant (Gold squad) was second in the 50m Freestyle, Joseph Kibble white ( silver squad) and Jamie Regan (Gold squad) both took third place in the Backstroke and freestyle events. These swimmers along with Lauren Braddon, 4th freestyle (Gold squad), Tom Gosling 6th breaststroke ( Silver squad) have all been invited back next Saturday to swim in the Final round .All of these swimmers with the exception of Tamara are only in year 5 and therefore have another year in this competition. Other Beckenham swimmers who swam were Faith Ockwell (8th Butterfly), Millie Smith (9th Butterfly), Finlay Maxwell (9th freestyle), Rosie Thomas (9th breaststroke), Nick Shoppee (11th butterfly) Ellen Meehan (14th freestyle) and Ollie Gosling (18th backstroke).

Many of these swimmers will also take part in the final round as their school relay team has qualified in the top 6 teams.

Good luck swimmers!

 

Results on KSSA website

http://kssa.sports.officelive.com/Results.aspx

Well done to all swimmers but especially those who were competing for the first time. It was fantastic to see such a full balcony of spectators cheering and clapping the swimmers.

The gala ran smoothly thanks to the many helpers, some were parents of swimmers competing but a lot of officials and parents turned up to help even though their own children were not swimming.

Thanks also to the coaches for helping to organise the swimmers and the swimmers themselves who all behaved very well on poolside and turned out some great swims.

It was great to have Zara Long (ex Beckenham swimmer) at the Gala who was, and still is, the youngest ever British Swimmer (13!) to swim 200m IM at the Olympics (LA 1984 and then Seoul 1988) and it was great to see her presenting the children with their medals. Thank you Zara.

Linda Deane also gave up her Sunday afternoon to set up the club shop for anyone who needed last minute kit which was greatly appreciated.

 

Julia and Matt

 

Well done to all the swimmers. Click here to view or download the results for Session 1.

102 Gold

70 Silver

76 Bronze

60 Fouth

46 Fifth

34 Sixth

2011 BSC medal tally.

The Kent County Championships 2011

 

Click here for results from the 2011 Kent County Championships.

 

388 medals, well done to all Beckenham SC swimmers!

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to all the Club’s swimmers at the final weekend of the Kent County Championships. The final unofficial total of medals was 102 Gold, 70 Silver, 76 Bronze and a further 140 finalists medals.

Subject to confirmation from the County it appears that the Girls duly took the points trophy for the most points scored by any Club and the Club also took the Combined points title.

Well done to all our swimmers on their numerous personal bests and in particular to the following medallists/finalists.

It has now been confirmed that we finished Top Women’s Team in the Kent County Championship with nearly twice as many points as the second Club and were narrowly pipped to Top Men’s Team by Thanet. In the Combined Team results we finished over 500 points ahead of the field.

Once again congratulations to all the swimmers and particularly Tony, Di and all the other coaches.

 

 

Gala 1 Saturday 12th February

The 2011 Kent County Swimming Championships started in glorious sunshine at Crystal Palace and whilst many were watching England pummel the Italians at rugby 4 of our swimmers took part in the Mens/Boys long distance gala featuring the 1500m freestyle. Michael Gunning won both the Open and Junior (16 and under) events as well as his own age group whilst both Louis Philips and Harold Pearson took silver in the 14 and 13 years age groups respectively.

 

Galas 2 and 3 Sunday 13th February

Well done to all our swimmers on their numerous personal bests and in particular to the following medallists/finalists (in event order):

Ladies Open 4 X 100 Medley Relay 1st in EBP of 4.26.73

Men’s 200 Free Michael Gunning 1st (16) (Jun) 3rd (Open) Henry Knight 3rd (15) 4th (Jun)

Girls 100 Back Sophie Lewis Ward 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 6th (12) Emily McClymont 6th (13)

Ladies 100 Butterfly Sophie Simpson 2nd (14 and Jun) 3rd (Open) Olivia Handley and Rebecca Walton (1st equal) (15) Lauren Walton 4th (15) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) Stephanie King 3rd (17/18)

Men’s 50 Breast Robert Deane 6th (15)

Boys 200 Breast Freddie Suther Jones 2nd (10) Edward Langley 6th (11) Ned Moriarty 5th (14)

Girls 400 free Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Kelly Botero 6th (12) Lani Davies 5th (13)

Ladies 200 Breaststroke Heather Travers 3rd (15) 6th (Junior)

Men’s 100 Backstroke Henry Knight 1st (15) 2nd (Junior) Robert Deane 5th (15) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (Junior)

Boys 100 Butterfly Luke Gunning 1st (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Louis Philips 5th (14)

Ladies Open 100 Individual Medley Rebecca Walton 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open) Sophie Simpson 5th (Junior) 6th (Open)

Girls 200 Butterfly Lauren Braddon 2nd (9) Ruby Waters 2nd (10) Lucy Grant 2nd (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 5th (12)

Boys 50 Freestyle Maclaren Crawford 5th (10) Edward Langley 5th (11) Joe Casey 6th (11) James Gillie 6th (12) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Louis Philips 1st (14) Tim Adelani 2nd (14)

 

Gala 4 Saturday 19th February

Girls Open 800m freestyle Sophie Lewis Ward 3rd (11 Years) Rebecca Walton 3rd (15 and Junior) 4th (Open) Lauren Walton 4th (15 and Junior) 5th (Open).

 

Galas 5 and 6 Sunday  20th February

Ladies 400m Freestyle Sophie Simpson 2nd (14) 6th (Junior), Lauren Walton 1st (15 Junior and Open) Rebecca Walton 3rd (15 and Junior) 4th (Open) Olivia Handley 5th (15) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) and 6th (Open)

Mens 100m Butterfly Michael Gunning 1st (16 and Junior) 3rd (Open)

Girls 200m Freestyle Lauren Braddon 2nd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 4th (10) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Lucy Grant 6th (11)

Boys 50m Breaststroke Ned Moriarty 5th (14)

Ladies 50m Backstroke Sophie Simpson 4th (14) 6th (Junior)  Fearn Cook 1st (15) Olivia Handley 6th (15)  Rachel Bull 1st (17/18) 2nd (Open) Steffi King 2nd (17/18) 3rd (Open)

Boys 200m Freestyle  Edward Langley 5th (11) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Luke Gunning 5th (13) Louis Phillips 1st (14) Tim Adelani 3rd (14)

Ladies 400m Freestyle Relay 1st Open

Mens 200m IM Henry Knight 2nd (15) 4th (Junior) 6th (Open)  Michael Gunning 1st (16 and Junior) 2nd (Open)

Ladies 50m Butterfly Sophie Simpson 1st (14 and Junior) 2nd (Open) Olivia Handley 5th (15) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) 3rd (Open) Steffi King 3rd (17/18)

Boys 100m backstroke Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14)

Mens 50m Freestyle Michael Gunning 3rd (16) 5th (Junior)

Ladies 200m Backstroke Gabrielle Conroy 6th (14) Rebecca Walton 1st (15 and Junior) 2nd (Open)  Fearn Cook 4th (15) Olivia Handley 5th (15)  Steffi King 1st (17/18 and Open) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18)  5th (Open)

Girls 100m Breaststroke Lucy Grant 3rd (11)  Kelly Botero 2nd (12)  Lani Davies 4th (13)

Boys 400m IM Edward Langley 6th (11) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd (13)

 

Galas 7 and 8 Saturday 26th February

Mens 400 Individual Medley Michael Gunning 1st (16 Junior and Open) Henry Knight 1st (15) 2nd (Junior) 3rd (Open) Harold Pearson 6th (Junior)

Girls 50m Butterfly Lauren Braddon 3rd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (10) Ruby Waters 4th (10) Lucy Grant 1st (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11)  Ashley Hamilton 6th (12)

Boys 50m Backstroke James Gillie 5th (12)  Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Harold Pearson 6th (12) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Louis Philips 4th (14)

Ladies 100m Backstroke  Steffi King 1st (17/18 and Open) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) 4th (Open) Sophie Simpson 4th (14) Fearn Cook 3rd (15) Rebecca Walton 4th (15) Olivia Handley 5th (15)

Mens 50m Butterfly Michael Gunning 1st (16 and Junior) 6th (Open)

Girls 100m Freestyle Lucy Grant 1st (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Ashley Hamilton 5th (12)

Boys 200m Butterfly Edward Langley 6th (11) Luke Gunning 1st (13)

Ladies 100m Freestyle Rebecca Walton 1st (15 Junior and Open) Fearn Cook 2nd (15 Junior and Open) Rachel Bull 1st (17/18) 3rd (Open) Sophie Simpson 1st (14) 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open) Steffi King 2nd (17/18)  5th (Open) Lauren Walton 4th (15)

Girls 50m Freestyle  Lauren Braddon 3rd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 3rd (10) Ruby Waters 5th (10) Lucy Grant 1st (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 5th (11)  Ashley Hamilton 3rd (12)

Mens 200m Backstroke Henry Knight 1st (15 and Junior) 2nd (Open) Robert Deane 5th (15) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open)

Boys 100m Freestyle James Gillie 5th (12) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (13) Luke Gunning 4th (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14) Louis Philips 3rd (14)

Ladies 200 Individual Medley Sophie Simpson 3rd (14) 4th (Junior) 6th (Open) Rebecca Walton 1st (15) 3rd (Junior)  5th (Open) Lauren Walton 2nd (15) 5th (Junior) Olivia Handley 4th (15) Alex Sandeman 6th (15) Steffi King 2nd (17/18) 3rd (Open) Rachel Bull 6th (17/18)

Men’s 100m Breaststroke Robert Deane 3rd (15) 5th (Junior) Henry Knight 4th (15) 6th (Junior)

Girls 400m Individual Medley Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (10) Ruby Waters 4th (10) Sophie Lewis Ward 1st (11) Lucy Grant 2nd (11) Kelly Botero 3rd (12).

 

Galas 9 and 10 Sunday  27th February

Ladies 400 Individual Medley Sophie Simpson 1st (14) 3rd (Junior) 6th (Open) Rebecca Walton 1st (15 and junior) 2nd (Open) Lauren Walton 2nd (15 and Junior) 3rd (Open) Olivia Handley 3rd (15) 4th (Junior) Alex Sandeman 5th (15)

Men’s Open 200m breaststroke Henry Knight 2nd (15) 3rd (Junior) 5th (Open) Robert Deane 3rd (15)  4th (Junior) 6th (Open)

Girls 100m Individual Medley Lauren Braddon 2nd (9)  Ruby Waters 3rd (10) Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12)

Ladies 50m Breaststroke Heather Travers 2nd (15) 6th (Junior) Rachel Bull 4th (17/18)

Men’s 100m Individual Medley  Michael Gunning 6th (Open) 3rd (Junior)

Girls 50m Breaststroke Tamara-Elise Elliott 3rd (10) Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Phoebe Goold 6th (13)

Boys 200m Backstroke Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Tim Adelani 1st (14)

Boys 100m Breaststroke Harold Pearson 1st (13) Ned Moriarty 5th (14)

Girls 200m Individual Medley Lauren Braddon 1st (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 3rd (10) Ruby Waters 4th (10) Lucy Grant 3rd (11) Sophie Lewis Ward 5th (11) Kelly Botero 3rd (12) Lani Davies 6th (13)

Ladies 100m Breaststroke Heather Travers 3rd (15) Rachel Bull 5th (17/18)

Men’s 400m Freestyle Henry Knight 1st (15) 2nd (Junior)  4th (Open) Michael Gunning 1st (16 Junior and Open)

Girls 50m Backstroke Lauren Braddon 1st (9) Kaylee Southward 2nd (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 2nd (10) Ruby Waters 6th (10) Lucy Grant 4th (11) Kelly Botero 4th (12) Emily McClymont 3rd (13) Regina Chisholm 5th (13)

Boys 400m freestyle Henry Simpson 4th (11) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 2nd (13) Harold Pearson 4th (13) Louis Philips 2nd (14)

 

Galas 11 and 12 Saturday 5th March

Mens 200m Butterfly Luke Gunning 3rd (Junior and Open)

Girls 200m Breaststroke  Lauren Braddon 2nd (9) Lucy Grant 4th (11) Kelly Botero 2nd (12) Lani Davies 5th (13)

Boys 100m Individual Medley Edward Langley 4th (11) Joe Casey 5th (11) James Gillie 2nd (12) Kunmi Ogunfeibo  1st (13) Harold Pearson 2nd (13) Louis Phillips 3rd (14)

Mens 50m Backstroke Henry Knight 2nd (15) 3rd (Junior)

Ladies 200m Freestyle  Sophie Simpson 3rd (14) 6th (Junior) Leah Casey 6th (14) Rebecca Walton 1st (15) 2nd (Junior) 3rd (Open) Lauren Walton 2nd (15) 4th (Junior) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18)  4th (Open) Steffi King 3rd (17/18)  6th (Open)

Ladies 200m Butterfly Sophie Simpson 1st (14 and Junior) 2nd (Open) Greta Sharp 6th (14) Olivia Handley 2nd (15) 3rd (Junior) 4th (Open)

Boys 200m Individual Medley  Joe Casey 5th (11) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 1st (13) Harold Pearson 3rd (15) Luke Gunning 5th (13)

Mens 100m Freestyle Henry Knight 5th (15)

Ladies 50m  Freestyle Sophie Simpson 2nd (14 Junior and Open) Rachel Bull 2nd (17/18) 4th (Open) Fearn Cook 2nd (15) 6th (Junior)  Alex Sandeman 6th (15) Steffi King 3rd (17/18)

Boys 50m Butterfly Henry Simpson 4th (11) Joe Casey 5th (11) Luke Gunning 1st (13) Kunmi Ogunfeibo 3rd (13) Tim Adelani 2nd (14)

Girls 200m Backstroke Lauren Braddon 1st (9) Tamara-Elise Elliott 4th (10) Sophie Lewis Ward 4th (11) Kelly Botero 5th (12) Lani Davies 5th (13).

 

Galas 13 and 14 Sunday 6th March

Relays

Boys 12/u Medley 5th Freestyle 4th

Boys 13/14 Medley 1st Freestyle 1st

Boys Junior Medley 3rd Freestyle 4th

Girls 12/u Medley 1st Freestyle 1st

Girls 13/14 Medley 3rd Freestyle 3rd

Girls 15/16 Medley 4th Freestyle 1st

Girls Junior Medley 3rd Freestyle 2nd

 

 

 

 

Event Best Performances were achieved during the Championships by the following

Ladies Open 4 X 100 Medley Relay  4.26.73

Boys 13 years 100m Backstroke  Kunmi Ogunfeibo  1.02.30

Ladies 15 years and Junior 200m Backstroke Rebecca Walton 2.18.38

Ladies Open and 17/18 years  200m Backstroke Steffi King  2.17.30

Boys 13 years 50m Backstroke Kunmi Ogunfeibo  28.36

Boys 13 years 200m Backstroke Kunmi Ogunfeibo  2.14.40

 

BAGCAT Results (Top 8 performances)

1st Kunmi Ogunfeibo (13 year old Boys)

2nd Lauren Braddon (9 year old Girls) Lucy Grant (11 year old Girls)

3rd Tamara-Elise Elliott (10 year old Girls) Kelly Botero (12 year old Girls) Louis Phillips (14 year old Boys)

4th Luke Gunning (13 year old Boys)

5th Sophie Lewis Ward (11 year old Girls)

6th Edward Langley (11 year old Boys)

7th Lani Davies (13 year old Girls)

8th Ruby Waters (10 year old Girls)

Congratulations to all the new record holders and the leading swimmers in the BAGCAT awards

 

The Full results can be found at

http://www.kcasa.org.uk/Swimming/ChampionshipResults2011/WebPages/index.htm

 

The 2011 Medals tally can be viewed or downloaded by clicking here

 

The Club were well represented at the Orpington O’Jays Novices Meet last Sunday. All individual races are heats with the top 6 making finals over one length of the 33.33 metre pool at Walnuts Leisure Centre Orpington. Well done to all the swimmers who took part.

Gold medals were won by Sammy Woodhead (3), Joseph Kibblewhite (2), Freddie Suther-Jones, Nikita Bagga, Oliver Stapleton. Hussein Diab and Jessica Crawford.  Silvers went to Ieuan Chapman (2), Sophia Grammatikopoulos 2), Faith Ockwell, Rae Amosu, Joseph Kibblewhite, Oliver Stapleton and Hussein Diab whilst bronze medals went to Ieuan Chapman (2), Hussein Diab (2), Sammy Woodhead, Daphne Pratt, Joseph Kibblewhite, Faith Ockwell, Alen Chow and Nikita Bagga.

Some of the foregoing swimmers also made other finals as did Jessica Reece, Isabella sell, Harry Haynes, Jacob Church, Brooke Pitt, Joseph Harris, Ollie Gosling, Findlay Harrison-Phipp, Cara Russell, Ruby Bonner, Kathryn McSpadden and Charlotte Ellis-Keeler.

In addition the club’s relays teams took gold in both the 12 year old mixed freestyle and medley relays (as well as bronze in the medley relay). The mixed 10 year old teams were also successful – 2nd in the Medley relay and 2nd and 3rd in the Freestyle relay.

Congratulations to the swimmers who attended the English Schools Swimming Association Relay Championships in Stockport last Saturday. Kunmi Ogunfeibo featured in the Whitgift School Croydon team which claimed Second Place in the Junior Boys Medley and Freestyle Relays whilst Henry Knight was in the Trinity School Croydon team who were finalists in the Intermediate Medley Relay. Rebecca and Lauren Walton swam for the Newstead Wood School Orpington team which just missed out on making the finals of both the Medley and Freestyle relays.

Well done to all the swimmers who competed in the ASA Zonal Championships at Crystal Palace on Saturday and Sunday. The swimmers were in excellent form in this highly prestigious meet which attracted some of the best swimmers from London, the South East and South West Regions. Michael Gunning took gold in the Junior 200m and 400m Freestyle with Rebecca Walton finishing first in the Senior 800m Freestyle. Silvers were won by Michael in the Junior 1500m freestyle and Sophie Simpson in the Junior 200m Butterfly whilst Lauren Walton in the 800m Freestyle and Rebecca Walton in the 400m Freestyle took bronze.

In addition we had a number of finalists Olivia Handley 4th (Junior 100m Butterfly) and 7th (200m Junior Butterfly), Sophie Simpson (6th Junior 100m Butterfly and 8th 50m Freestyle) and Henry Knight (7th Junior 200m Backstroke) and Michael Gunning also qualified for the 100m and 200m Butterfly finals but concentrated on his Freestyle finals. Congratulations to all of them and all our other qualifiers :- Lauren Roberts, Luke Gunning, Fearn Cook, Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Tim Adelani and Lani Davies.

For full information and results please follow this link

 

The Club’s B Team took part in the first White Horse League gala at Crook Log, Bexleyheath. This league is a series of galas run during the year, against 5 other teams in Kent. Despite being short of a number of swimmers who were attending the Kent Schools Gala the team put up a creditable performance finishing 3rd.

 

White Horse Results after Round 1:

Place Team Gala Points 1 Orpington Ojays 306 2 Bromley 295 3 Beckenham SC 260 4 White Oak 239 5 Saxon Crown 213 6 Erith 206

 

 

Well done to all the swimmers who attended the Tom Handley Open Meet at the Prince Regent Centre Brighton.  This Meet has been running for 27 years and we have been staunch supporters attending it since its inception.  Congratulations to James Gillie, Lauren Braddon, Kie Ren Kau and Isobel MacPherson who all achieved top 6 places in their events

 

See Brighton website for results.

 

About a dozen of our Top Squad swimmers joined a very strong field for the first major Long Course  Meet of the year at Ponds Forge Sheffield last Saturday and Sunday.  The Meet is a “Preparation Meet” which means that most of the top swimmers in the Country are expected to compete by British Swimming and the swimmers were rubbing shoulders with Olympic champions World Champions and a host of British and Canadian international swimmers as well.  Not surprisingly medals were in scarce supply so particular Congratulations to Kunmi Ogunfeibo (Gold 13 years 50m free and Bronze 13 years 200m Freestyle), Luke Gunning (Silver 13 years 100m Butterfly) and Sophie Simpson (Bronze 50m Butterfly).  Well done also to Michael Gunning who despite the heavy week he had before with the England Talent Development Team also made a number of finals in the 16 and under age group.

 

See Burns website or download results here:

Session 1; Session 2; Session 3; and Session 4.

 

Steffi King Lauren Walton and Rebecca Walton were selected to represent London Region at the CIG Meet hosted by Geneve Natation 1885. The Girls flew the flag for both London Swimming and Beckenham Swimming Club turning in many fine swims and all making several finals. The highlights were Steffi’s Silver in the Senior 100m Backstroke and Bronze in the 200m Backstroke and Rebecca’s Silver in the 400m Freestyle. Well done Girls.

Click here for results

Also click here for the report from London Swimming Organisation

 

With a team of nearly 40 swimmers Beckenham were hoping for a good showing at the annual Icebreaker Open which is hosted by City of Canterbury Swimming and Dover Lifeguards Club and held in Canterbury. The swimmers did not disappoint with a tremendous haul of 21 gold, 19 silver and 10 bronze medals as well numerous finalists and top 6 placings.  In addition many swimmers achieved Kent County Championship qualifying times at the last realistic opportunity to achieve them.

Golds were won by Harold Pearson (5), Olivia Handley (5), Lucy Grant (3), Freddie Pearson (2), Henry Knight (2), Greta Sharp, Molly Haynes, Robert Deane, Henry Simpson and Sophie Lewis Ward.  Silvers by Louis Phillips (4), Harold Pearson (3), Freddie Pearson (2), Molly Haynes (2), Edward Langley (20, Marie Deane, Henry Simpson, Lani Davies, Greta Sharp, Lucy Grant and Robert Deane.  Bronze medals by Sophie Lewis Ward (2), Louis Phillips, Olivia Handley, Regina Chisholm, Lani Davies, Ruby Waters, Greta Sharp, Ashley Hamilton and Tamara-Elise Elliott.  Other finalists/top 6 finishers were Ned Moriarty, Emily Wood, Mark Handley, Megan Shelts, Alex Sandeman, Freddie Suther-Jones, Emily McClymont, April Ockwell, Sophia Grammatikopoulos, Harry Ingamells and Zoe Pope.  (Apologies for any omissions).  In addition Lani Davies and Molly Haynes made the 13 and under Skins competition and Olivia Handley the 14 and over Skins Competition by being in the top 6 of their respective age groups 200m IM.

Well done to all the swimmers over the three days of competition

 

For the results of this meet please click here.

 

Despite the Arctic conditions a small but intrepid band of swimmers made their way to the depths of the Surrey/Hampshire borders on Sunday, some arriving as early as 7 a.m.

The swimmers were rewarded for their effort with a host of medals. Fearn Cook (15 years age group) 4 golds (50m, 100m , 200m and 400m Freestyle), Olivia Handley (14) 3 golds (400m Freestyle, 100m and 200m Butterfly), Sophie Lewis Ward (11) 2 gold (100m Freestyle 200m IM) 1 silver (200 Freestyle) 1 bronze (50m Freestyle) and Zoe Pope (13) 1 gold (50 m Butterfly) and a bronze (50 Backstroke). Well done also to Ned Moriarty, Laurie Pope and Katja Biggs for just getting there and for swimming well to each get a number of top 6 places.

Click here to download or view results

Monday night saw a fantastic final session to this year’s Club Championships. Past BSC president and current President of Kent ASA, Jackie Bedford and her gang of officials kept the gala running smoothly so the swimmers could put in their best swims.   We finished the year with 4 more club championship records. Luke Gunning broke his brother Michael’s record in the 12/13yrs 50m Fly.  Kunmi Ogunfeibo took the 12/13 yr 50m backstroke and also the 400m IM. This took his total number of records this year to 7 (sorry Kunmi, I missed one in my last report!).  Rachel Bull took the record in the 16/ov 400m IM.

12 records were broken this year; well done to all the new record holders.

Thank you to the coaches for watching all the sessions and encouraging their swimmers to enter lots of events. Club Championships are a really good chance to try events you haven’t swum before.

We had help in the coaching team this week with Baby Nicole over from Australia to help with Mum Jo (ex Blue and Club squad coach).  Nicole was watching the swimming all night with her brothers and Grandma Di.  Thank you to all the parents who have helped this year and I hope you picked up your little thank you gift on Monday. If you missed this, we will try to get it to you.

Thank you for the lovely poinsettias we received, most appreciated.

An important reminder to all those swimmers than won an event in any of the sessions. You will be presented with your Trophies on Friday 17th December at the Trophy presentation evening. Thank you to Pat and Laura for organising the engraving of the many Trophies and organisation for Friday, quite a task!

There is also an award for Top Boy and Girl in each age group, so if you think you are in with a chance, you had better be there.

See you all on Friday,

Jackie and Justine

 

Click here to download or view results Gala 5

 

Swimmers at the Club Championships got points for placing in the top 6 of their age group, so the more events they entered, the more points they got. The winners who were each awarded a Trophy at the presentation evening were as follows.

Girls	9/ under	Sophia Grammatikopoulos
	10 years	Ruby Waters
	11 years	Lucy Grant
	12 years	Marie Deane
	13 years	Lani Davies
	14/15 years	Lauren Walton
	16/ over	Rachel Bull
Boys	9/ under	Joseph Kibblewhite
	10 years	Edward Langley
	11 years	Joe Casey
	12 years	Oliver Kent
	13 years	Kunmi Ogunfeibo
	14/15 years	Henry Knight
	16/ over	Michael Gunning

 

South Premier Division Final

The A Team went into the Premier Division Final with high hopes of reaching their third consecutive National Finals day in the Spring. At the halfway stage they were well placed just 6 points behind the leaders Guildford City but unfortunately a strong performance by both Guildford and Amersham in the third block of individual races enabled both those teams to pull away leaving the A Team in a relatively close 3rd position and just out of the places (after the Virtual Gala – explained in an earlier issue) for the National Finals day. The swimmers all swam their hearts out and all in all this was an excellent campaign highlighted by the victories in rounds 1 and 2.

The final result was:

Place Team Points 1 Guildford City 215 2 Amersham 198 3 Beckenham "A" 188 4 Windsor 166 5 Bracknell & Wokingham 162 6 City of Southampton 117

 

South Division 1 East Relegation Decider

Meanwhile at Trinity School Croydon the B Team went into the gala as third seeds but knowing that a final result putting them in the last 3 in the gala would condemn them to relegation. Even White Oak who were top seeds could go down if they finished fourth or below – it was that close. The team were buoyed by both the return of some swimmers who were unavailable for the second round and particularly the sight of David Bennett appearing for the team (David is a former Commonwealth Games swimmer for those who do not know). The team got off to a great start with wins by Leah Casey and David Bennett in the individual medley and when the Boys 9-11 relay team won the freestyle relay we had three victories in the first 4 races. It was impossible to keep this rate of success up but consistent swimming throughout {we did not have a single last place) interspersed with wins in 10/11 Backstroke (Marcus Travers), 15U Backstroke (Leah Casey), Open Butterfly (David Bennett), 13 U Backstroke (Grace Ockwell) and the 13U Girls Freestyle Team and in total 19 2nd and 3rd places meant that the B Team were never far off the lead. When the results were announced the B Team had finished 2nd just 4 points off the leaders Southend – a magnificent performance by all the swimmers.

The final points were as follows:

Place Team Points 1 Southend on Sea 203 2 Beckenham "B" 199 3 White Oak 165 4 Redhill & Reigate 161 5 Erith & District 158 6 1066 Swimmers 131

 

Many thanks to Tony Beckley and Di Manley (the Coaches on poolside at the A and B Galas respectively) and all our parents who officiated and helped out on poolside at both galas.

 

Here is a the link to the News Shopper article about the Club’s success in reaching the National Arena Swimming League Finals for the third year runnning:

 

More national success for Beckenham swimmers

BECKENHAM Swimming Club has reached the national arena league finals for the third year in succession, the premier competition for competitive swimming clubs in England and Wales.

The leading club in Kent and south London will once more represent its league in Sheffield on April 17 to take part in what promises to be a hard-fought gala. Head coach Tony Beckley said: “The swimmers deserve this for their commitment, enthusiasm and hard work. It is a tribute to them.”

The club’s supporters will accompany the club, as Beckenham SC president Kim Shead explained.

“We will be behind them 100 per cent in what will be another great occasion for the club,” he said. With more than 300 members, Beckenham SC members have gained success swimming at club, county, district, national and international levels.

Current Great Britain star Ellen Gandy is a lifetime member of the club. She credits the training and support she received from a very early age at Beckenham as being what led her to be the youngest GB swimmer at the Beijing Olympics and to win Commonwealth medals.

Catering for many ages and talents, the club has a masters section for swimmers aged over 19, as well as a very strong water polo section running men’s, women’s, junior and mini teams.

All the coaches are professional and dedicated to ensure every swimmer reaches their potential.

A small squad of 6 swimmers travelled to Canterbury on Saturday and Sunday. The swimmers achieved plenty of PBs with Olivia Handley taking 4 golds (50m, 100m and 200m Butterfly and 200m Backstroke), silver in the 100m Freestyle and bronze in the 50m Freestyle whilst Greta Sharp took gold in the 400m Freestyle all in the 13/14 age group.

For the full results click here .

 

 

A large squad from the Club went to the Level 1 Meet held by Northampton Swimming Club at the East Midlands International Pool at Corby. This Long Course Meet is one of the Club’s most important meets before Christmas and attracts a top quality field.

The swimmers once again rose to the challenge with many excellent swims. Kunmi Ogunfeibo had an excellent weekend with 4 golds ((13 years) 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle and 400m IM) and silver in the 200m IM. Gold medals were also won by Michael Gunning ((15/16) 100m and 200m Butterfly as well as silver in the 200m, 400m and 1500m Freestyle), Luke Gunning ((13) 100m Butterfly as well silver in the 200m Butterfly) and Harold Pearson ((13) 100m Breaststroke as well silver in the 200m Breaststroke and 400m IM and bronze in the 200m IM).

Other medallists were Lauren Walton ((14/15) silver in the 400m Freestyle and bronze in the 200m and 800m Freestyle (Lauren’s 800m time qualified her for the British Championships next year)), Kelly Botero ((12) 2nd in the 100m Breaststroke), Louis Phillips ((14) 2nd in the 200m Freestyle) and Rachel Bull ((16 and over) 3rd in the 200m IM).

Full results can be found here on the Northampton swimming Club website or downloaded here:

Session 1; Session 2: Session 3; Session 4 and Session 5.

 

Tim Adelani took gold in all 3 events he entered in the 13/14 age group and Fearn Cook won both the events she entered in the 15/16 age group.

Many congratulations to Charlotte Ellis Keeler who also competed in this event and won gold in the 9 year old 50m Backstroke and silver in the 50m Freestyle in the same age group.

For full results click here

 

Despite the sub-Arctic Conditions on poolside our swimmers competed exceptionally well in all the races with many podium finishes as listed below (with apologies for any omissions) and numerous top 6 places and PBs.

9 year Boys Joseph Kibblewhite 1st 50m Backstroke.

10/11 Boys Edward Langley 1st 100m IM and 50m Breaststroke 3rd 100m Backstroke; Freddie Pearson 2nd 100m Backstroke and 3rd 100m IM; Kie Ren Lau 2nd 100m Breaststroke and 3rd 100m Freestyle.

12/13 Boys Oliver Kent 2nd 50m Butterfly; James Gillie 3rd 50m Backstroke; 14/15 Boys Jack MacDonald 3rd 100m Butterfly.

9 year Girls Kate Grant 1st 200m Freestyle, 100m IM and 50m Freestyle 2nd 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly; Katja Biggs 1st 50m Butterfly 2nd 200m Freestyle,100m IM and 50m Freestyle; Isobel MacPherson 2nd 50m Breaststroke; Faith Ockwell 3rd 50m Backstroke; Sophia Grammatikopoulos 3rd 50m Freestyle.

10/11 Girls Sophie Lewis Ward 1st 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle 2nd 50m Backstroke and 100m IM; Lucy Grant 1st 50m Breaststroke 100m Breaststroke and 100m IM 2nd 200m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly 3rd 50m Backstroke; Tamara-Elise Elliott 1st 50m Backstroke 2nd 50m Freestyle and 3rd 100m IM; Natasha Hainsworth 2nd 50m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle; April Ockwell 2nd 50m Breaststroke and 3rd 100m Breaststroke; Ruby Waters 3rd 50m Butterfly.

12/13 Girls Erin O’Hara 1st 50m Butterfly 2nd 50m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle; Zoe Pope 2nd 100m IM

Open Erin O’Hara 2nd 50m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle and 3rd 50m Butterfly; Sophie Lewis 3rd 100m Butterfly.

 

Results can be obtained by clicking here

 

Many thanks to Claire Ockwell for running an excellent meet last Saturday.  This was Claire’s first attempt at promoting a meet and despite the weather conditions inside the pool (rather than outside) did a great job more than ably mentored by Patricia Ogunfeibo.  Also many thanks to all the officials and helpers with particular thanks to referee Diane Gamble who despite not having any swimmers at the Meet helped us all day.  Without her, the meet certainly would not run as smoothly.  Also a big thank you to all the swimmers and the spectators for coping with conditions which were far from ideal but unfortunately completely outside our control.

Claire our Promoter said:

“I would like to take this opportunity to send my gratitude to all the volunteers, that helped to make my first gala that I promoted, run as smoothly as it did. Without your help this meet would not have been possible.

Thank you to John, who organised the officials and timekeepers.

Lastly, a huge thank you to Patricia, who guided me from the outset through to the end.”

 

Another great night of swimming with yet another record broken by Kunmi Ogunfeibo in the boys 13 year 200 metres IM. This was his 4th record of 2010 and broke the record set by M Soo in 1993 (before Kunmi was born). Well done Kunmi.

It was great to see the younger swimmers managing not one but two 100m swims. It is a late night for them but we need to have the 100m IM later in the programme to split the longer 200 IM and Butterfly for the older swimmers. There were a good number of entries in the 200m Butterfly. Well done to all of those attempting it for the first time. There were actually more swimmers in the youngest age groups trying this event than in the older age groups (however in case you thought they had escaped those who did not do it on Club Champs night were required to do so the following night in training!). Yet again, thank you to those Parents that help so as to allow the meet to take place.

On a housekeeping note, I picked up 3 T bags and 2 pairs of goggles at the end which went into the cupboard. Can I also ask that parents / swimmers to pick up their rubbish at the end of the evening as there was a lot left on pool side but more in the spectator Gallery. At 9.30pm, Justine and I want to get home with our children, not be picking up rubbish! The Spa are really good at getting the pool set up for us to start on time, we do not want to leave them with extra work at the end of the day.

Finally, the last session for 2010 is on the 13th December and the events are 50m Back, 50m Fly and 400m IM.

Offers of help to Justine please.

Jackie and Justine

 

Click here to download or view a copy of the results.

Whilst most of the older members of our Top Squad were at Crawley a good number of swimmers from the Club attended the inaugural Gravesend and Northfleet Swimming Club Level 2 Open Meet held at Medway Park Gillingham on Sunday. Swimmers from the Club came away with a good number of medals.

In the 14 year old girls Greta Sharp was 1st in the 100m and 200m Butterfly and 2nd in the 200m Freestyle. In the 13 year old girls Molly Haynes was 1st in the 50m and 100m Freestyle, 3rd in the 200m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly, Emily Wood took gold in the 200m Breaststroke, silver in the 100 m Breaststroke and bronze in the 200m IM whilst Emily McClymont was 2nd in the 200m Backstroke. The 12 year old girls saw Phoebe Goold take first in the 100 Breaststroke, Marie Deane took 2nd in the 200m Breaststroke and was 3rd equal with Ashley Hamilton in the 100m Backstroke as well as 3rd on her own in the 100m Breaststroke. Ashley also took bronze in the 100m Butterfly. Finally in the 10 year old girls Ruby Waters was 2nd in the 50m Butterfly and 3rd in the 50m Breaststroke. All the swimmers took home further medals for 4th, 5th and 6th places.

In the Boys events Ned Moriarty (14) took home bronze in the 200m freestyle and 100 m Breaststroke together with further medals for lower placings whilst Sammy Woodhead (10) also won bronze this time in the 50m Backstroke and Freestyle and Freddie Suther-Jones (10) won medals for 4th and 5th places in 3 of his events.

Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the Level 1 Meet held last Saturday and Sunday at K2 Crawley. There were many excellent swims particularly by some of the younger swimmers who fitted in the Kent Junior League in the middle of the Meet.

Top three placings went to Michael Gunning (1st in 16 and over 200m and 400m and Open 1500m freestyle), Lauren Walton (1st in the Open 800m Freestyle and 2nd in 14/15 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle), Sophie Simpson (14/15 1st in 200m Butterfly and 3rd in 100m Butterfly), Kunmi Ogunfeibo (12/13 1st in 200m Backstroke), Rachel Bull (2nd in 16 and over 400m Freestyle, 3rd in the Open 50m Backstroke),Steffi King (16 and over 2nd in the 200m Backstroke and 3rd in 100m Backstroke) and Rebecca Walton (2nd in the Open 800m Freestyle and 3rd in 14/15 400m Freestyle). Many of the foregoing achieved other top 6 places along with Fearn Cook (14/15 400 Freestyle), Heather Travers (14/15 200m Breaststroke), Olivia Handley (14/15 100m Butterfly), Harold Pearson (12/13 400m Freestyle), Henry Knight (14/15 200m Backstroke) and Luke Gunning (12/13 200m Butterfly).

For Full results click here

A terrifically exciting gala at Sevenoaks Leisure Centre last Saturday night ended with Beckenham winning the gala by some 14.5 points from Thanet and therefore clinching the Kent Junior League Division 1 trophy.

The result was far more convincing than looked likely at many points during the evening as Beckenham and Thanet were neck and neck for large parts of the gala. Well done to all the swimmers and coaches (with particular thanks to Di Manley). The final scores were:

 

Round 3 Result Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 243.5 2 Thanet SC 229 3 Sevenoaks 188.5 4 Orpington Ojays 169 4 Black Lion 118 6 City of Canterbury 92

 

 

In the Premier League the A Team put in another fine performance at Bracknell to come away with a convincing victory last Saturday night. This puts them in the Top Gala in the 3rd round. The team will have to be at their best to get one of the two automatic places in the Finals day in Sheffield in the Spring. The opposition comprises perennial South Division champions Guildford City as well 4 other strong teams in Amersham, Bracknell & Wokingham, Windsor and City of Southampton.

The points results from the gala (adjusted as 5 team gala) were:

Place Team Points 1 Beckenham ‘A’ 228.5 2 Bracknell & Wokingham A 204 3 Staines 169 4 City of Canterbury 142.5 5 Orpington Ojays 123.5

 

The B Team gave another fighting performance and despite finishing sixth go into the relegation gala as 3rd seeds which is quite an effort given the inexperience both in terms of age and amount of training of many of the boys team. Perhaps the most telling statistic was that the B Team did not have a single DQ which says a great for the swimmers commitment and the Coaching. A special mention goes to the Open Relay Team (Ned Moriarty, Jack Myers, Sam Hoiles, Kwende Blair Ford Harry Ingamells and Thomas Hart who is just 12) who were not phased by the opposition towering over them on the blocks. In addition well done to Emily Wood and Leah Casey for 1st places in their individual events.

The final positions were:

Place Team Points 1 Chelmsford 238.5 2 Atlantis Horsham 199.5 3 East Grinstead 185 4 Southend On Sea 149 5 White Oak 141 6 Beckenham B 133

 

 

Well done to all the swimmers who took part in the Kent Development Meet which took place at Medway Park Gillingham last Sunday. In particular congratulations to the following medallists:

Tamara Elise Elliott (10 years) 1st Backstroke, Breaststroke and Freestyle and 2nd Butterfly

Sammy Woodhead (10 years) 3rd Freestyle

James Gillie (11 years) 1st Freestyle and Backstroke and 3rd Breaststroke and Butterfly

Olivia Garvin (10 years) 3rd Breaststroke

Duyen Nguyen (10 years) 2nd Freestyle

Stephan Balancy (11 years) 2nd Butterfly

All races over 50 metres. The full results can be found by clicking here

 

Well done to all the swimmers who competed at the British Gas London Region Winter Championships which took place last weekend at Crook Log Bexleyheath. The competition is fierce as all the top Clubs in the Capital send their best swimmers including a number of senior and junior international swimmers. To achieve the results our swimmers did was fantastic. Particular congratulations go to those who won medals and achieved National Qualifying Times. Here is a list of all medallists and qualifiers for the finals (with apologies for any omissions).

Michael Gunning 1st Open and Junior 400 m 1500m Freestyle 200m Butterfly and 400m IM; 2nd Junior 200m Freestyle.

Lauren Walton 1st Junior and 2nd Open 400m Freestyle 2nd Open and Junior 800m Freestyle Finalist Open 200m Freestyle.

Rebecca Walton 1st Open and Junior 800m Freestyle 2nd Junior and 3rd Open 200m Backstroke 3rd Junior and Finalist Open 400m Finalist Open 200m Freestyle Freestyle Finalist Open 200m IM.

Steffi King 2nd Open 100m Backstroke and 200m Backstroke Finalist Open 200IM and 50m Freestyle.

Sophie Simpson 2nd Junior and 3rd Open 200m Butterfly 2nd Junior and Finalist Open 100m Butterfly

Rachel Bull Finalist Open 100m and 200m Backstroke Open 200m IM Open 100m Butterfly 400m Freestyle

Fearn Cook Finalist Open 200m Backstroke 50m Freestyle

Kunmi Ogunfeibo Finalist Open 100m Backstroke

Henry Knight Finalist Open 400m IM

Womens Open Relay Beckenham A 2nd (Steffi King, Lauren Walton, Fearn Cook and Rebecca Walton) in Freestyle and 3rd (Steffi King, Rebecca Walton, Sophie Simpson and Lauren Walton) in Medley and Beckenham B (Georgia Philips, Olivia Handley, Sophie Simpson and Rachel Bull) 4th in Freestyle and (Leah Casey, Rachel Bull, Olivia Handley and Fearn Cook) 4th in Medley

Full results at http://www.surreyswimming.org/asalondon/LWMeet10/index.htm

 

The third session of the Club Championships went without a hitch last Monday Four new Event Best Performances (EBPs) were set - Kunmi Ogunfeibo in the 200m Backstroke and 400m Freestyle (12/13yrs), Lauren Walton (14/15yrs) in the 400m Freestyle and Henry Knight in the 200m Backstroke (14/15 yrs). It was great to see so many of our younger swimmers enter the 25m Fly and also the longer 200m and even 400m events.

Thanks again to all the officials, especially those who don’t have children swimming and all the parents who make the event possible. On that point, please confirm with Justine if you can help at the next session on 22nd November. I have a wrist watch that was left by the officials table if anyone is missing one? See you all on the 22nd November,

Jackie and Justine

Click here to view or download a .pdf copy of the results.

The Bromley Borough Championships were swum the weekend before last at Beckenham Spa and swimmers from the Club attained numerous medals and personal best performances. The following placed in the top 6 in their age groups:

Girls 09/10 Yrs - Duyen Nguyen (2nd Backstroke and Butterfly 3rd Breaststroke and Freestyle) Olivia Garvin (2nd Breaststroke). Top Six Places in this age group for Kaylee Southward, Faith Ockwell and Jessica Reece.

Boys 09/10 Yrs - Maclaren Crawford (1st Freestyle and Butterfly, 2nd Backstroke and 3rd Breaststroke) Marcus Travers (1st Backstroke and Breaststroke, 2nd Freestyle), Sammy Woodhead (3rd Freestyle). Top Six Places in this age group for Jamie Regan.

Girls 11/12 Yrs - Grace Ockwell (1st Backstroke 3rd Butterfly and Breaststroke) Phoebe Goold (1st Breaststroke 3rd Freestyle). Top Six Places in this age group for Sophie Lewis Ward

Girls 13/14 Yrs - Gabrielle Conroy (1st Breaststroke) Alexandra Sandeman (1st Butterfly, Backstroke and Freestyle 2nd Breaststroke) Regina Chisholm (3rd in all four strokes)

Boys 13/14 Yrs - 100m Freestyle Edward Moriarty (1st Freestyle, Breaststroke and Butterfly 2nd Backstroke) Jack McDonald (1st Backstroke 2nd Freestyle 3rd Butterfly) Top 6 places for Scott Sandeman

Girls 15 Yrs/Over - Lauren Walton (1st Butterfly Freestyle and Breaststroke 2nd Backstroke) Rebecca Walton (1st Backstroke 2nd Butterfly Freestyle and Breaststroke)

Many congratulations to all our swimmers.

 

Click here to download or view a copy of the results.

Top Girls - Lily Snell OOJ

Top Boy - Theo Haslam BROM

Endeavour Girls - Kaylee Southward BEKS

Endeavour Boys - Jamie Regan BEKS

Kaylee Southward Endeavour at Bromley Borough gala in October 2010.

Jamie Regan Endeavour at the Bromley Borough gala in October 2010

 

As reported last week a strong contingent of Beckenham swimmers were selected for Divisions 9 and 11. The event took place at Watford on Friday afternoon and Saturday and there were many fine performances. The following swimmers made the final (or equivalent) of their particular events:- Lauren Walton (7th Girls Open 400m Freestyle and 6th in the Intermediate 200m IM), Kunmi Ogunfeibo (2nd in the Junior 100m Backstroke), Luke Gunning (4th in the Junior 100m Butterfly) and in the Intermediate 100m Butterfly Sophie Simpson (5th) and Rebecca Walton (6th). Well done to all the swimmers who competed at this event.

 

Well done to our 5 swimmers (Luke Gunning, Steffi King, Michael Gunning, Rebecca Walton and Kunmi Ogunfeibo all pictured above) at the ASA National County Team Championships at Ponds Forge Sheffield where they swam for Kent who finished 10th in Division 1 out of the 20 teams in that Division.

 

Again there were many fine swims and PBs. Congratulations to Harold Pearson on an Event Best Performance in the Boys 12/13 years 200 Breaststroke. Many thanks Jackie Elliott and Justine Pope for organising such a smooth event and to all our helpers and officials.

 

Results can be downloaded or viewed by clicking here.

 

In the South Premier Division the A Team travelled to Canterbury last Saturday night and turned in an excellent performance to win the gala convincingly by 45 points with 27 first place finishes. Head Coach Tony Beckley was delighted by the performance which set up the team up well for the sterner challenges ahead in the later rounds. The points were as follows

Place Team Points 1 Beckenham ‘A’ 256 2 City of Southampton 211 3 City of Oxford 175 4 City of Canterbury 160 5 Leatherhead 152 6 Mid Sussex Marlins ‘A’ 87

 

The B Team had the much shorter journey to Trinity School Croydon where up against the A teams of some fairly large Clubs finished in 5th but just two points shy of the fourth placed team. This was a gallant effort by the B Team who were missing a number of swimmers who will hopefully be available in the next round to help the team stay in Division 1. The highlights were wins for Emily Wood in the 13 and under breaststroke and the 13 under Girls Medley Relay Team. The result of the gala was as follows:

Place Team Points 1 Epsom 250 2 Croydon Amphibians 189 3 Elmbridge 185 4 White Oaks 144 5 Beckenham B 142 6 Erith 125

 

Many of our swimmers travelled to K2 in Crawley for Long Course Opportunity Meet last Sunday. There were numerous PBs and plentiful top 6 placings (with medal winning performances in brackets) including James Gillie (3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze), Lauren Roberts (1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze), Kieren Lau (1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze), Emily McClymont (1 gold and 1 bronze), Katja Biggs (1 gold), Ashley Hamilton (1 gold), Kate Grant (2 silver), Phoebe Goold (2 silver), Lani Davies (1 silver and 2 bronze), Molly Haynes (1 silver), Freddie Pearson (1 silver), Zoe Pope (1 silver), Grace Ockwell (1 bronze), Marie Deane (1 bronze), Jamie Regan (1 bronze), Ned Moriarty (1 bronze), Laurie Pope (1 bronze), Faith Ockwell (1 bronze), Emily Grant (1 bronze), Henry Simpson, Robert Deane, Lucy Grant and Regina Chisholm. Well done to all swimmers who attended this Meet and apologies if we have missed anyone out.

Download results here: Session 1; Session 2; and Session 3.

 

Well done to Beckenham SC “B” team who came a creditable second in the White Horse League Final at the Whitgift Centre on Saturday. Outside it was raining, but poolside the spectators gallery was crammed full of supporters in a stifling hot and humid atmosphere. In the pool there were some excellent team and individual swims from Beckenham SC swimmers. It was a close contest between Orpington Ojays and Beckenham SC who were often sparring for first and second places, with the other teams trailing behind. A few points separated the two teams at the halfway point in the gala, but in the end Orpington Ojays put out a stronger team and won. This means Orpington Ojays were the winners of the 2010 White Horse League again this year and that Beckenham SC were runners up.

 

Round 6 - FINAL Result Place Team Points 1 Orpington Ojays 332 2 Beckenham SC 298 3 Bromley SC 262 4 White Oak 260 5 Erith & District 221 6 Saxon Crown 149 7 Eltham Stingrays DNS

League points after Round 6 - FINAL Place Team Points 1 Orpington Ojays 93 2 Beckenham SC 85 3 Bromley SC 81 4 White Oak   5 Erith & District 75 6 Saxon Crown   7 Eltham Stingrays

 

We had a great start to this year’s club Championships on Monday.

As always, it all came together on the night after weeks of organisation and the usual worry. This is due to help from the old regulars ( you know who you are) but also lots of new faces which was great to see. We had our current President, Kim Shead and Deputy President, Helen Schofield on poolside in an official role. Both do not currently have children swimming in the Championships but still gave up their Monday night to help with the smooth running of the championships.

As the meet is licensed by the ASA, we need to have a certain amount of qualified officials, but this means the results will get on the Rankings.

For once, there were no technical hick- ups, but this was helped by being pre warned that the starting equipment would be unavailable and Kathy Hook managed to borrow a starting system from Bromley SC ( hope they knew?)

The most important part of the night of course is the swimming and what a lot of great swims there were. We had our newest members of Blue squad and also White squad taking part in their first races ( even the 200m’s!). Well done to you all!

At the other end of the spectrum, Kunmi Ogunfeibo managed 2 event best performance times in the 12/13yrs 50m Free and 13yrs 100m Back. This was one more than he managed last year, keep it up Kunmi!

Just a reminder, it is only just over a week until the next session on 11th October. Events that night are 50m and 200m Breaststroke and 100m Freestyle. Help will be needed again so please let Justine know if you are free. We also need more raffle prizes so please bring along on the night or leave in the shop on Monday.

Jackie and Justine

Click here to view or download a .pdf copy of the results.

 

Congratulations to all the swimmers who competed at the Ken Deeley Sprint Meet at Brighton last weekend. There were many excellent swims and numerous PBs. In the Girls’ events Tamara-Elise Elliott brought home 4 gold medals, Leah Casey won one gold and 2 silvers and there were bronze medals for Ruby Waters, Phoebe Goold (2) and Olivia Garvin. In the Boys’ events Freddie Suther-Jones got the full collection with one medal of each colour, whilst Joe Casey took two silvers and a bronze and Jamie Regan and James Gillie both won 2 bronzes. Top 6 places were also achieved by Katja Biggs, Alex Sandeman, Lucy Grant, Kate Grant, Lauren Roberts and Kieren Lau. Full results can be found on the Brighton Swimming Club website.

The Ken Deeley 50m Sprint Results Session 1 and Session 2 (.pdf).

Or see the Brighton SC website for more information.

 

After coming a close second in the first round the Beckenham Junior Team were determined to be victorious in round two especially on home ground, the evening began a very close fought competition for first place between Beckenham and Thanet so close that on event 22 we were joint first on 99 points. Beckenham then showed their full strength in depth throughout the squad and then began to slowly move ahead securing a large number of high position finishes right through to the penultimate and ultimate mixed squadron where they finished first to seal the nights victory. The atmosphere was electric, enjoyment was had by all.

A big thank you to all the Beckenham helpers and the volunteer officials who did an outstanding job even though the air conditioning system seemed to be very much lacking on the night.

 

Round 2 Result Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 250 2 Thanet SC 223 3 Black Lion 170 4 Sevenoaks SC 163 4 Orpington Ojays 163 6 Canterbury 126

 

Another magnificent performance by the Club’s B Team in taking round 5 of this League by an eventual margin of 9 points. Well done to all the swimmers

 

 

Round 5 Result Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 333 2 Orpington Ojays 324 3 Bromley SC 250 4 White Oak 242 5 Erith & District 214 6 Saxon Crown 136 7 Eltham Stingrays DNS

Gala & league points after Round 5 Place Team Points 1 Orpington Ojays   2 Beckenham SC   3 White Oak   4 Bromley SC   5 Erith & District   6 Saxon Crown   7 Eltham Stingrays

 

A small but intrepid band of swimmers journeyed to foreign climes (deepest Wales) in early August for this event. Congratulations to Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Harold and Freddie Pearson, Ned Moriarty and Olivia Handley on their fine swims which included a good number of PBs with both Kunmi and Olivia reaching finals and Harold making reserve for two finals.

 

Click here to download a copy of the results.

 

Results can be found on the British Swimming website. Congratulations to the swimmers on their terrific performances on the first two days of completion. In the 13 Years 100m Backstroke Archie Mitchell finished 11th (and was first reserve for the final) and Kunmi Ogunfeibo was a very creditable 15th. Luke Gunning (12) made the finals in both the events he has so far swum finishing an excellent 4th in the 200m Butterfly and 9= in the 100m Freestyle. The 4 X 100m Boys relay team finished 25th out of the 30 entrants.

Donwnload or view printable versions of the results: Session 1; Session 2; Session 3; Session 4; Session 5; Session 6; Session 7; Session 8; Session 9.

A big thank you to Di Manley for looking after all the swimmers at the Bagcats at Pond's Forge this week.

 

Well done to all the swimmers at what is usually (and was no doubt again this year) a well run and fun meet for many swimmers to finish their competitive season. Click here to download or view the results.

 

 

 

Many congratulations to all our swimmers at the London Region Sprints at Crystal Palace last Sunday. Swimmers training with the Club won 10 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze medals, together with a further 29 top 8 places all of which won awards.

Click here to view the results on the London swimming website, or here to download a .pdf copy of the results.

 

 

Congratulations to the “B” team who won the latest gala in the White Horse League swam at the Spa last Saturday. The tone was set by the girls and boys 11 and under relay teams who won the first two events. Beckenham were never headed and with the many excellent swims including no doubt many PBs ran out comfortable winners.

 

Round 4 Result Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 297 2 Orpington Ojays 293 3 Bromley SC 286 4 White Oak 236 5 Erith & District 225 6 Saxon Crown 189 7 Eltham Stingrays DNS

Gala & league points after Round 4 Place Team Points 1 Orpington Ojays 1247 2 Beckenham SC 1064 3 White Oak 970 4 Bromley SC 1005 5 Erith & District 906 6 Saxon Crown 727 7 Eltham Stingrays 384

 

Beckenham Swimming Club swimmers performed well at the Saxon Crown Future Champions open meet in Downham. This well run event, for swimmers age 9 to 13 years, was opening by Lewisham Mayor Sir Steve Bullock and saw Beckenham Swimmers competing against swimmers from Saxon Crown, Leander, Greenwich, Southwark, Bexley and all clubs from over the South East.

 

This was the first time that I had competed in the Saxon Crown Gala and I really enjoyed the day! I was really well looked after by Saxon Crown. I have only started doing open events and found the experience very beneficial. Hopefully I will be competing in many more to come.

 

Duyen

 

 

 

 

Click here for a copy of the individual results (.PDF), individaul results (.XLS) and relay results (.PDF).

 

 

 

Round 3 Result Place Team Points 1 Orpington Ojays 326 2 White Oak 274 3 Bromley SC 258 4 Beckenham SC 246 5 Erith & District 237 6 Saxon Crown 150 7 Eltham Stingrays DNS

Gala & league points after Round 3 Place Team Points 1 Orpington Ojays 954 2 White Oak 734 3 Beckenham SC 767 4 Bromley SC 719 5 Erith & District 681 6 Saxon Crown 538 7 Eltham Stingrays 384

 

A small contigent of Beckenham SC swimmers attended the Margate Open

Click here for a copy of the results.

 

Click here for a copy of the results from the London Regions website

Or click here for a .PDF copy of the results from all sessions.

 

 

 

 

 

A small number of Beckenham Swimmers competed in the 4th Annual Black Lion Open Meet that took place at the Medway Park Leisure Centre on the 22nd/23rd May 2010.

Click here for a copy of the results.

 

London Swimming held their third long distance event on Saturday 15 May, at Crystal Palace. The specialist 1500m and 800m freestyle is an open event and the Region welcomed swimmers from rural Kent, Essex, Surrey and also Sussex as well as swimmers from London clubs. The event gives swimmers another opportunity to gain national qualifying times in a 50m pool over these two distances.

Click here for results of Session 1 Boys/Girls 800m; and Session 2 Boys/Girls 1500m.

 

The London Region Swimming Championships splashed off last weekend with the Youth Championships at Crystal Palace, on Saturday and Sunday. We had some fabulous swimming and congratulations to Steffi King, Rachel Bull, Rebecca Walton, Steph Denny, Georgia Phillips, Fearn Cook, Sophie Simpson, Michael Gunning, Gabriel Dada and Adam Strawford who all made finals. Michael got two firsts and Adam one first. So well done to Tony, Di and the team. Thanks to Gill Gunning, Angela Phillips and Jackie Walton who helped to man the door.

Click here for the results

We came, we saw and we swum our hearts out. Last Sunday morning saw the Beckenham A team and their band of militant supporters descend on Ponds Forge in Sheffield. We were there to battle for glory in the Arena League B Final. It was noisy, it was hot, it was a great atmosphere and a wonderful experience for all involved. We finished in 7th place, a great achievement. Congratulations to Michael Gunning who picked up the male 15 year-old swimmer of the meet award and well done to all of the swimmers, Tony, Di and Sarah the coaches, Tony, Kathy and Catherine our officials, the Gunnings for organising us and the barmy army in the stands.

 

Cup Final			B Final
Place	Club	Pts	Place	Club	Pts
1	Plymouth Leander	422	1	City of Cardiff	318
2	Stockport Metro	336	2	Warrington Warriors	318
3	Millfield	328	3	Team Ipswich	310
4	Camden Swiss Cottage	288	4	Ealing	308
5	Guilford City SC	271	5	Exeter	278
6	Hatfield	270	6	Lincoln Vulcans	267
7	City of Liverpool SC	267	7	Beckenham 'A' SC	264
8	Bournemouth Dolphins	219	8	Haslemere	248
9	City of Peterborough	177	9	City of Derby	238
10	Boldmere	174	10	UEA Norwich	200

 

Click here for printable version of the results.

Some great photos from the National League B final:

 

Kent Primary Schools Finals Saturday 24th April 2010.

The Kent primary schools final took place on Saturday 24th April at Gillingham. Lucy Grant (Gold squad) and Henry Maxwell (Silver squad) , both swimming for Balgowan Primary school reached the final for their event, with Lucy coming 2nd and Henry coming 5th in the 50m freestyle. Clodagh Kelsh (Silver squad) reached the 50 m Breaststroke final coming 5th for Bromley High School. Clodagh, along with Tamara Elliott ( Silver squad) managed a great win in the Medley relay for Bromley High and Francesca Conroy ( Silver squad) helped Oak lodge to a 2nd place in the freestyle relay ahead of the Bromley High girls in 3rd. Natasha Hainsworth (Gold squad) swam in the 50m fly, gaining 11th place overall. Those swimmers in the top 3 places are selected to swim for the Kent schools against Surrey on Friday 30th April, so good luck Lucy and the girls in the relays. Go Kent Go!

Click here for printable (word) version of the results, or go to the KSSA website for more details.

 

 

BEXLEY LONG COURSE OPEN MEET (LICENSE NO. 1LR0192) (Under ASA Laws and ASA Technical Rules) RESULTS from Bexley Swimming Clubs Long Course Open Meet at Crystal Palace on the 10th and 11th April 2010.

The results can be viewed here or from the Bexley SC website.

• EVENT 1 Girls Open 100m Butterfly - here.
• EVENT 2 Boys Open 100m Backstroke - here.
• EVENT 3 Girls Open 200m Breaststroke - here.
• EVENT 4 Boys Open 200m IM - here.
• EVENT 5 Girls Open 50m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 6 Boys Open 400m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 7 Girls Open 400m IM - here.
• EVENT 8 Boys Open 50m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 9 Girls Open 100m Backstroke - here.
• EVENT 10 Boys Open 200m Breaststroke - here.
• EVENT 11 Girls Open 200m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 12 Boys Open 100m Butterfly - here.
• EVENT 13 Girls Open 200m Butterfly - here.
• EVENT 14 Boys Open 200m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 15 Girls Open 100m Breaststroke - here.
• EVENT 16 Boys Open 400m IM - here.
• EVENT 17 Girls Open 200m IM - here.
• EVENT 18 Boys Open 200m Backstroke - here.
• EVENT 19 Girls Open 400m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 20 Boys Open 100m Breaststroke - here.
• EVENT 21 Girls Open 200m Backstroke - here.
• EVENT 22 Boys Open 200m Butterfly - here.
• EVENT 23 Girls Open 100m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 24 Boys Open 100m Freestyle - here.
• EVENT 25 Time Trials - here.

British Gas Swimming Championships (50m) Sheffield 29/03/10 - 03/04/10 - Results from website.

Copy of results can also be downloaded here:

Session 1; Session 2; Session 3; Session 4; Session 5; Session 6; Session 7; Session 8; Session 9; Session 10; Session 11; and Session 12.

 

Another great day which ran very smoothly thanks to all the helpers / parents/coaches. We felt everyone was a little more relaxed as they learnt from last week (the recorders table excluded!)

There were some great swims considering Butterfly is rarely an event that most swimmers look forward to!

Well done swimmers!

 

We also presented Michael Griffin, White squad Coach, with a small gift from the Club as he is Coaching White squad for the last time next week before he leaves the Club.

Good luck and farewell Michael!

 

We had a report from Past President/ proud Grandma, Doreen Summerville  from session 1 which is on the website.
http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/News.html. There are also some Photos taken from last week.

If anyone would like to write a little report, we would love to put it on the web. Any swimmers want to write about their experience and send in any photos of their winnings?

Any proud Parents? Reports or just photos, please send to this e-mail address or direct to web master:

david.grant@beckenhamswimmingclub.com

 

This is the 3rd year that  we have both run these galas and we are getting ready to pass over to new organisers. We have decided to try and get another couple of galas organised in the summer term so if anyone would like to learn more about what is involved with view to helping out with the organisation and planning of the Elementary Galas, please contact us.

Thank you and well done swimmers.

Jackie and Justine

 

Results from the Beckenham SC Elementary Gala 2010 Gala 2 (.pdf)

 

Well done to all swimmers but especially those who were competing for the first time. It was fantastic to see such a full balcony of spectators, cheering  and clapping the swimmers.

The gala ran smoothly thanks to the many helpers, some were parents of swimmers competing but a lot of officials and parents turned up to help even though their own children were not swimming.

Thanks also to the coaches for helping to organise the swimmers and  the swimmers themselves who all behaved very well on pool side and turned out some great swims.

Linda Deane also gave up her Mothering Sunday afternoon to set up the club shop for anyone who needed last minute kit. Thank you Linda.

Next week are the Breaststroke and Butterfly events. Sign in at the same time as today, 1.45pm ready for 2 pm warm up. Thank you for queuing patiently today but as Trinity School has private members using the pool until 2pm, we are not allowed to be in the balcony or on poolside until 2pm.

For more explanation of disqualifying codes, please see the FAQ’s on the website:

http://www.beckenhamswimmingclub.com/FAQ.html

Also see the News page for an article on this event written by Past President Doreen Somerville - please do send in articles, results and photos to be published on the website.

 

Jackie and Justine

Gala organisers

 

Results from the Beckenham SC Elementary Gala 2010 Gala 1 (.pdf)

 

Photos from the Beckenham SC Elementary Gala 2010:

 

128 Gold

80 Silver

64 Bronze

65 Fouth

64 Fifth

35 Sixth

2010 BSC medal tally.

The Kent County Championships 2010

 

Click here for results from the 2010 Kent County Championships.

 

486 medals, well done to all Beckenham SC swimmers!

 

 

 

Photos from the Kent County Championships 2010:

 

First positions were achieved by the following swimmers and teams:

Michael Gunning* (+ County Record 200m Free); Rebecca Walton (100 Fly); Rachel Bull (100m Fly); Harold Pearson (200m Brs); Archie Mitchell (100m Fly); Marlon Gasparotto (100m Fly); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (50m Free); Lauren Walton (400m Free); Michael Gunning (100m Fly); Steffi King (50m Back); Michael Gunning* (200m IM); Rebecca Walton (50m Fly); Kunmi Ogunfeibo* (100m Back); Michael Gunning (50m Free); Steffi king (200m Back); Marlon Gasparotto (400m IM); Lauren Walton* (1500m Free); Michael Gunning* (1500m Free); Archie Mitchell (1500m Free); Lauren Walton* (800m Free); Louis Phillips (800m Free); Marlon Gasparotto (800m Free); Michael Gunning* (+ County Record 800m Free); Michael Gunning (400m IM); Sophie Simpson* (50m Fly); Kunmi Ogunfeibo* (50m Back); Steffi King (100m Back); Michael Gunning (50m Fly); Marlon Gasparotto (200m Fly); Fearn Cook (100m Free); Steffi King (100m Free); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (100m Free); Rebecca Walton (200m IM); Ricky Outhwaite (100m Brs); Rebecca Walton (400m IM); Ricky Outhwaite (200m Brs); Michael Gunning (100m IM); Kunmi Ogunfeibo* (200m Back); Henry Knight (200m Back); Michael Gunning (400m Free); Marlon Gasparotto (400m Free); Michael Gunning (200m Fly); Ricky Othwaite (200m Fly); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (100m IM); Archie Mitchell (100m IM); Lauren Walton (200m Fly); Michael Gunning (100m Free); Fearn Cook (50m Free); Steffi King (50m Free); Steph Denny* (50m Free); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (50m Fly); Archie Mitchell (50m Fly).

 

Mens 400 IM Team; Boys 16 Yrs/Under 4x50 Medley*; Boys 13/14 Yrs 4x50 Freestyle*; Boys 12 Yrs/Under 4 x 50m Free*; Boys 13/14 Yrs 4x50 Medley*; Boys 15/16 Yrs 4x50 Freestyle; Boys 12 Yrs/Under 4x50 Medley*; Ladies 15/16 Yrs 4x50 Free; Ladies 16 Yrs/U 4 x 50m Free; Ladies 16 /Under 4x50 Medley*; Girls 13/14 Yrs 4x50 Free*; Girls 13/14 Yrs 4 x 50 Medley*

 

Second positions were achieved by the following swimmers and teams:

Ricky Outwaite (200m Free); Steffi King (100m Fly); Ricky Outwaite (50m Brs); Heather Travers (200m Brs); Gabriel Dada (100m Back); Lauren Walton (100m IM); Sophie Simpson (200m Fly); Rebecca Walton (400m Free); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (200m Free); Marlon Gasparotto (200m Free); Fearn Cook (50m Back); Rachel Bull (50m Back); Heather Travers (50m Fly); Steffi King (50m Fly); Archie Mitchell (100m Back); Kate Curran (100m Brs); Rebecca Walton (1500m Free); Maisie Mitchell (1500m Free); Maisie Mitchell (800m Free); Lauren Walton (800m Free); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (800m Free); Archie Mitchell (800m Free); Archie Mitchell (50m Back); Fearn Cook (100m Back); Rachel Bull (100m Back); Gabriel Dada (50m fly); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (200m Fly); James Allan (200m Fly); Fearn Cook (100m Free); Gabriel Dada (200m Back); Louis Phillips (100m Free); Lauren Walton (200m IM); Steffi King (200m IM); Lauren Walton (400m IM); Heather Travers (50m Brs); Michael Gunning (100m IM); Harold Pearson (100m Brs); Lucy Grant (200m IM); Sophie Ward (50m Back); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (400m Free); Louis Phillips (400m Free); Gabriel Dada (50m Back); Rebecca Walton (200m Fly); Kunmi Ogunfeibo (200m IM); Marlon Gasparotto (200m IM); Steffi King (50m Free); Marlon Gasparotto (50m Fly); Sophie Lewis Ward (200m Back); Lani Davies (200m Back).

 

Ladies 400 IM Team; Boys 15/16 Yrs 4x50 Medley; Boys 16 Yrs/Under 4x50 Free;

 

 

Third positions were achieved by the following swimmers and teams:

Heather Travers (100m Fly); Marcus Travers (200 Brs); Robert Deane (200m Brs); Lani Davies (400m Free); Michael Gunning (100m Back); Luke Gunning (100m Fly); Steffi King (100m IM); Francesca Hayward (400m Free); Harold Pearson (50m Brs); Sophie Ward (200m Free); Heather Travers (50m Back); Marlon Gasparotto (100m Back); Michael Gunning (50m Free); Joe Casey (400m IM); Harold Pearson (400m IM); Archie Mitchel (400m IM); Kate Curran (1500m Free); Gabriel Dada (1500m Free); Rebecca Walton (800m Free); Jack Brown (400m IM); Jack Brown (50m Fly); Ricky Outwaite (50m fly); Sophie Simpson (100m Free); Harold Pearson (200m Fly); Rebecca Walton (100m Free); Steph Denny (100m Free); Lucy Grant (50m Free); Sophie Simpson (50m Free); Marlon Gasparotto (100m Free); Steffi King (200m IM); Rachel Bull (200m IM); Ricky Outhwaite (100m Brs); Sophie Simpson (400m IM); Ricky Outhwaite (200m Brs); Lucy Grant (100m IM); Lani Davies (100m IM); Lucy Grant (50m Brs); Archie Mitchell (200m Back); Marlon Gasparotto (200m Back); Robert Deane (100m Brs); Lani Davies (200m IM); Harold Pearson (400m Free); Archie Mitchell (400m Free); Jack Brown (200m Fly); Lucy Grant (200m Brs); Lani Davies (200m Brs); Kate Curran (200m Brs); Marlon Gasparotto (100m IM); Rebecca Walton (200m Free); Rachel Bull (200m Free); Sophie Simpson (100m Fly); Heather Travers (200m Fly); Louis Phillips (200m IM); Lauren Walton (50m Free); Luke Gunning (50m Fly);

 

Denotes *Record/Event Best Performance.

 

The BAGCAT winners this year are:

Kunmi Ogunfeibo - 12 Yr Old Boys

 

Click here for an excel copy of the medal winners and results.

 

 

Thirty one swimmers from blue, bronze, silver, gold and club squad attended the Orpington Ojays Novice champs on Sunday 7th of Feb and for many of them it was their first taste of representing the club at an open meet.

The Orpington Novices is a perfect first gala because it is aimed at swimmers who have never won medals at any other open meet plus the races are only over 1 length, so there are no turns to worry about.  It is exciting because there are heats and finals, mixed relays and a medal presentation ceremony which I feel is sadly lacking at most other open meets.

Between them the swimmers managed to win 11 golds, 10 silvers and 10 bronze in their individual races medals plus twenty four 4th, 5th or 6th places in the finals.

We entered two teams in the 10&under relays. The ‘A’ team came 3rd in the medley but were disqualified in the freestyle and the ‘B’ team came 4th in the freestyle but were disqualified in the medley, unfortunately both times for take overs.  Our 11&under and 12&under relay teams both won golds in the medley and freestyle relays.

The swimmers behaviour was very good and it was great to see them in their club kit, all supporting and cheering for their team mates, which is one of the reasons why we want them to stay on poolside until the end of each session.  The other reason being that it is impossible to chase up swimmers to go and report for their races on time if they are sitting with their parents in the balcony.

Well done Beckenham and let’s hope we can top 31 entries next year when the swimmers born in 2001 will be able to enter.

 

A big thank you to Liz Haynes, Matt Biggs and Heather Travers for coming to my rescue on poolside to help organise the swimmers. It was greatly appreciated.

Regards

 

Susie

 

Results Session 1 and Session 2.

 

 

A small contingent of Beckenham Swimmiing Club swimmers swam in the Burns Open Meet.

The results can be downloaded or viewed here:

Results Session 1 (.pdf)

Results Session 2 (.pdf)

Results Session 3 (.pdf)

Results Session 4 (.pdf)

 

A number of swimmers from the Club represented their Schools at the Kent Schools ASA Swimming Championships held at Black Lion Gillingham on the last two Saturdays in January. Congratulations to all of them for their excellent performances and in particular Kate Curran (Junior 100 Breaststroke), Mark Handley (Intermediate 100 Butterfly) and Steffi King (Senior 100 Backstroke) who achieved top 3 placings and therefore selection for the annual Kent Schools match against Surrey Schools in March.

Secondary Schools Results 23/01/2010 and 30/01/2010 Sessions 1 to 4

Go to the KSSA website for more information and results on the KSSA championships which are run annually for pupils from affiliated schools within the Kent region in swimming, diving and lifesaving at both Primary and Secondary schools levels.

 

 

Well done to Beckenham SC swimmers who competed in Round 1 of the White Horse League 2010 competition, Beckenham SC won the first round to get this year's campaign off to a good start.

 

Place	Team	Points
1	Beckenham SC	302
2	Orpington Ojays	297
3	Erith	224
4	Saxon Crown	218
5	White Oak	211
6	Eltham Stingrays	204
7	Bromley SC	181

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The results for the Icebreaker competition Kingsmead Leisure Centre, Canterbury January 8th, 9th & 10th 2010 can be viewed or downloaded here:

Results .pdf format

 

The results for the Tom Handley Open Meet 2009 in Brighton can be viewed or downloaded here:

Results .pdf format

 

 

 

 

Session 5 Report (14th December 2009)

What another great night of swimming with a little festive cheer!

The night went well after a technical hitch with the microphone caused a short delay in the start. Thank you to the Spa staff and Ned (Gold squad swimmer) for helping to get the alternative sound system working.

This delay didn’t affect the swimming  as 5 new Event Best Performances were swum, taking the total of records broken in 2009 to 16 which is even better than the 9 records broken last year. Michael Gunning took another 2 in the 50m fly, breaking his own record and the 400IM. This took his total this year to 6 records. Steph King also broke another 2 records in both the 50m fly and 50m back. This took her total this year to 4 records. Kunmi Ogunfeibo took the 12/13 50m back record even though he is only 12 yrs old and can therefore have another go next year. This took his 2009 record tally to 4. The other 2 records this year went to Edward Langley and Lauren Walton in earlier sessions. WELL DONE TO YOU ALL!  You are a great attribute to the club.

Just to remind swimmers who have come first in any event, the Trophy Presentation will take place next Monday, 21st December at the Spa. Thank you to Liz Haynes for organising  the engraving of the Trophies ( a mammoth task) and Pat Davies who has kindly offered to organise next week’s Presentation. This will enable all the Trophy winners to have their Trophies at home for Christmas. The Presentation will take place from 7pm for swimmers not  swimming at this time. Swimmers in Gold and Top squad will be presented from 8pm as they finish training. We have to be out of the Spa at 9pm. Our president Andrew Forryan will be presenting the Trophies to the winners. Even if you have not won a trophy, I encourage anybody who has the time to come and congratulate the winners and see all the Trophies laid out together, they look magnificent!

If anyone is at the Spa at 5.30pm on the night, help would be appreciated carrying the boxes of Trophies into the Spa.

Lost Property

I have 4 named shirts at home ( I will e mail swimmers separately) and a pair of ladies Floral shorts.

For the last time, thank you to all the parents and officials for their help in all the sessions this year. Justine and I panic for weeks over the organising of these championships, but we need not as it all comes together on the night, thanks to all the help. Roll on 2010!

May we wish you all a Happy Christmas and a successful 2010.........

Jackie and Justine

 

Click here to view or download the results of Session 5 (14th December 2009).

	Is it Santa? No its Laurie (Silver Squad) with his bag of rubbish - thank-you Laurie.

 

 

Beckenham Swimming Club have made it to the B final again!

Well done Beckenham A team!.

 

Click here for a provisional copy of the results.

Photo: Some of the notorious Beckenham SC A team and top coach Tony Beckley in the B final earlier this year.

 

Premier Division Round Three Results (K2 Crawley).

Place	Team	Points
1	Guildford City	238
2	Beckenham A	198
3	Haslemere	196
4	Bracknell & Wokingham A	144
5	Leatherhead	139
6	Windsor	134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Division One East Round Three Results (Beckenham Spa).

Place	Team	Points
1	Braintree & Bocking	185
2	1066 Swimmers	183
3	Redhill & Reigate	180
4	Beckenham B	178
5	White Oak	159
6	Dartford & District	145

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here for the results of the Thanet SC Winter Open Meet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NSC Winter Festival Level 1 Open Meet - 4th, 5th, 6th December 2009, Corby

RESULTS - EVENTS 1 TO 16 .pdf Download

RESULTS - EVENTS 17 TO 30 .pdf Download

TOP BOY AWARD

TOP GIRL AWARD

TOP CLUB AWARD

 

Session 4 Report (23rd November 2009)

 

 

 

Click here to view or download the results of Session 4 (23rd November 2009).

 

A small contigent of Beckenham SC swimmers entered the Bexley Long Distance Open Meet, the results can be viewed here or from the Bexley SC website.

• Session 1 Event 1 - 1500 Freestyle 13 & Under Mixed here.
• Session 1 Event 2 - 200 Backstroke Boys here.
• Session 1 Event 3 - 200 Breaststroke Girls here.
• Session 1 Event 4 - 400 Individual Medley Boys here.
• Session 1 Event 5 - 200 Freestyle Girls here.
• Session 2 Event 6 - 800 Freestyle 14+ Mixed here.
• Session 2 Event 7 - 200 Butterfly Boys here.
• Session 2 Event 8 - 200 Individual Medley Girls here.
• Session 2 Event 9 - 400 Freestyle Boys here.
• Session 3 Event 10 - 1500 Freestyle 14+ here.
• Session 3 Event 11 - 200 Backstroke Girls here.
• Session 3 Event 12 - 200 Breaststroke Boys here.
• Session 3 Event 13 - 400 Individual Medley Girls here.
• Session 3 Event 14 - 200 Freestyle Boys here.
• Session 4 Event 15 - 800 Freestyle Under 13 Mixed here.
• Session 4 Event 16 - 200 Butterfly Girls here.
• Session 4 Event 17 - 200 Individual Medley Boys here.
• Session 4 Event 18 - 400 Freestyle Girls here.

 

 

Beckenham Swimming Club were winners of the Kent Junior League in 2009.

The Junior Kent League is for swimmers aged 9-13 years and there are three rounds. The majority of swimming clubs in Kent compete in this competition and there are currently five divisions. Teams are awarded league points in each round with the top team in division two to five being promoted and the bottom teams in division one to four being relegated each year. Beckenham Swimming Club currently swim in Division One.

 

Round 3 Result Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 241 2 Black Lion SC 200 3 Thanet SC 192 4 Canterbury SC 148 5 Sevenoaks SC 137 6 Royal Tunbridge Wells (RTW) SC 110

Final Points and Positions Place Team Points 1 Beckenham SC 736 2 Black Lion SC 606 3 Thanet SC 563 4 Canterbury SC 506 5 Sevenoaks SC 484 6 Royal Tunbridge Wells (RTW) SC 336

 

Click here for Results of the Kent County ASA Development Meet.

 

 

 

Beckenhan A was victorious in the second round of the National Arena Swimming League

Premier Division Round Two Results (Bracknell Sports and LC).

Place	Team	Points
1	Beckenham A	221
2	Bracknell & Wokingham	201
3	Rushmoor Royals	167
4	Portsmouth Northsea	158
5	Staines	156
6	Black Lion	139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beckenham B did extremely well considering there was a number of swimmers that stepped in at the very last minute and swam their socks off.

Division One East Round Two Results (Pavillions In Park).

Place	Team	Points
1	Orpington Ojays	206
2	Dover Lifeguards	202
3	Atlantis	200.5
4	East Grinstead	196.5
5	Braintree & Bockin	128
6	Beckenham B	113

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another session of the Club Championships went well on 9th November at The Spa in  Beckenham.

Five more club championship records were broken with Michael Gunning securing another 2 to add to his list. He took the 14/15 yrs 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle, Stephanie King added the 16/ov 200m backstroke to her records this year, Lauren Walton  broke the 400m freestyle record  in the 14/15 age group and Kunmi Ogunfeibo added the 12/13yrs 200m Backstroke to his record tally this year.

WELL DONE to all of you!

A lot of 8 and 9 year olds had their first taste of butterfly in the 25m race whereas the older swimmers swam 100m fly. The evening finished with the 200m backstroke and 400m freestyle.

Once again a big thank you for all the officials who help even though they have no children swimming and all the parents who make the night run smoothly. Thanks also to the coaches who are there on hand to watch and speak to after your race, especially if younger swimmers are DQ’d and want to discuss this with their coach.

A few parents stay late clearing up the poolside area of various drinks bottles that are left and on leaving, it was noticed that a member of the Spa staff was busy clearing up several cups from the spectator gallery. Please take your own rubbish home or put it in the bin!

The next championship is on 23rd November and the events are 100m Breaststroke, 200m IM (10/ov), 100m IM ( 9/un) and 200m butterfly. Be prepared that the younger swimmers have a later night for this session as their 100m IM is the 3rd event. This is because the older swimmers need a break between the 200m Im and 200mfly.

Prizes for the raffle will still be gratefully received on the night or before to Sue Stevens, Chloe who swim in Gold squads’ mum.

Look forward to seeing you all on the 23rd!

Jackie and Justine

Club Championship organisers.

 

Click here to view or download the results of Session 3 (9th November 2009).

 

Click here for results of the London Regional Winter Championships 2009.

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to download the results of The London Borough of Bromley Individual Swimming Championships held at the Beckenham Spa on 1st November 2009.

 

Well done to Orla Ingram of Beckenham SC for winning the Top Girl overall award.

Session 2 Report (12th October 2009)

Please find attached the results from Last night’s Club Championships.

We had another great evening of swimming with 2 new records coming from Edward Langley in the 9 years and under 50 m breaststroke, breaking the 2002 record and yet another from Michael Gunning in the 14/15yrs 100m Freestyle who broke the 21 year record held by Peter Chick. Well done boys!

Thank you again to all those who helped on the night to make the event possible, especially those officials who return year after year even though they have no children competing.

Liz Haynes managed to give out the wonderful new style medals and pin badges which just arrived in time for yesterday. Thank you Liz.

The evening ran smoothly with only a small delay in results being printed. This was in part due to swimmers not signing in on time so please can I reiterate the importance of getting to the Spa in time for this. We try to accommodate late swimmers if possible but it can then hold up the proceedings.

I had one small, un named  T bag  and a black British Championship hat left at the end if anyone has lost them?

Session 3 of the Club Championships is  after half term on the 9th November so we hope the swimmers  have a great break from school but not from training! Top squad will be away at a training camp over half term, so we expect great results on the 9th! The events are 25m Fly ( 9/u only), 100m Fly ( 10/ov only), 200m Back and 400 Free.

Thank you,

Jackie and Justine

Club Championship organisers

 

Click here to view or download the results of Session 2 (12th October 2009).

 

The first round of the newly sponsored league kicked off with Beckenham A and B setting off in different directions for what proved to be a tough first round.

Premier Division Round One Results (Gala 2: Herons Centre, Haslemere).

Place	Team	Points
1	Haslemere	231.5
2	Amersham	230
3	Portsmouth Northsea	186.5
4	Beckenham A	185
5	City of Oxford	124
6	Reading	89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beckenham A team gained a highly creditable 4th place overall, only 1.5 points off third place.

 

Division One East Round One Results (Gala 2: Braintree Swimming Centre).

Place	Team	Points
1	Chelmsford	221
2	Epsom District	209
3	Woking	193
4	Braintree & Bocking	162
5	Southend On Sea	132
6	Beckenham B	125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Beckenham B team mostly travelled by coach and arrived in good time at a leisure centre in Braintree...unfortunately this was the one without a pool. After some consternation, the coach arrived at the correct venue and met up with those who had travelled by car....

Beckenham SC should have an extra motto, “never say die” as look out round 2 for both A & B teams with swimmers back from illness/absence and ‘champing at the block’, both teams will be looking to improve. Thanks to coaches, officials, supportive and vocal parents, and most importantly, the swimmers.

See the National Arena Website for futher information.

Orpington Ojays were the winners of the 2009 White Horse League,

Beckenham SC were runners up. Better luck next year.

Click here to download/view the points table (.XLS) of results for Rounds 1 through 6.

 

Click here to download the results of the final Round 6.

Click here to download the results of Round 5.

 

 

Session 1 Report (28th September 2009)

A great start to this years Club Championships took place on Monday 28th September at The Spa. After a short delay caused by everything technical that could go wrong, going wrong, we got the warm up and the races running smoothly with thanks to all the Coaches, Officials and  parent helpers (especially our IT team of David Grant and Shaun Gunning who managed to get the computer to talk to the printer!).

We had a great evening of swimming, from the younger swimmers swimming in their first race, to  3 national squad swimmers breaking  Club records. These were Steph King  who broke  the 1987 100m 16/over 100m Backstroke record, Kunmi Ogunfeibo broke the 1992  12 year 100m Backstroke  record and Michael Gunning broke the 1994 14/15 year 200m Freestyle record. Swimmers who came in the top 6 in each race will be able to pick up their medals / awards at the next Club Championships. Well done to everyone!

Don’t forget the next session is on 12th October and will also require help to run. The events that night will be 50m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle and 200m Breaststroke. If you can help and have not offered, please contact Justine Pope, justinepope@yahoo.co.uk

If you have any raffle prizes, please bring them along and give to the raffle table on the night.

Thank you,

Jackie and Justine

Club Championship organisers.

 

Click here to view or download the results of Session 1 (28th September 2009).

 

A small contigent of Beckenham SC swimmers attended the Maxwell Swim Club - Autumn Open Meet. Attached are the results which can be viewed or downloaded in .pdf format:

Session 1, Session 2, Session 3 and Session 4.

Photos from the event and other information are available from the Maxwell SC website.

 

Click here to go to the website for the results of the Ken Deely 50m Sprints in Brighton.

Or download/view the results in .xls format here.

 

 

 

Round 2 of the Kent Junior League and Beckenham SC won again.

 

 

 

Place	Team	Points
1	Beckenham SC	233
2	Black Lion SC	201
3	Thanet SC	201
4	Canterbury SC	186
5	Sevenoaks SC	171
6	Royal Tunbridge Wells (RTW) SC	124

 

A goodly contingent of swimmers from a number of BSC’s squads descended upon Swansea for the Welsh Summer Nationals meet. Building on the success of last year’s trip to Wales, once again prepped by Patricia Ogunfeibo, whose unerring attention to detail ensured our entries got in, and help regarding University accommodation from John Handley, enabled us to be part of what turned out to be an extremely successful meet for the Club.

For a full report see the Newsletter for September 2009.

Download or view a copy of the full results here.

 

Read the September 2009 Newsletter for the reports from some of the Beckenham SC swimmers who swam in this event.

Click here for the results service for this event from the ASA website.

Or download /view the .pdf copies which have been archived here:

Session 1, Session 2, Session 3, Session 4, Session 5, Session 6, Session 7, Session 8, Session 9, Session 10, Session 11, Session 12, Session 13, Session 14, Session 15, Session 16 and Session 17.

 

Click Here to go to the official website for the 13th FINA world championships in Rome.

 

Well done to the Beckenham squad of around 30 swimmers competing, and everyone involved at Crystal Palace on Sunday in the London Region Sprint event. There were 10 golds, 6 silvers and 9 bronzes in the individual races.

Well done to the following medallists: Gabriel Dada, Louis Phillips, Dolly Myers, Kunmi Ogunfeibo, Luke Gunning, Regina Chisholm, Maisie Mitchell, Hannah Vigors, Sophie Simpson, Heather Travers, Archie Mitchell, Kirsty Shelts, Fred Pearson, Sophie Lewis Ward, Harold Pearson and George Chan.

Click here for results.

 

Well done to those Beckenham swimmers who took part in the Haslemere Open Meet at the Herons Leisure Centre, Haslemere Licensed at Level 3.

Results can be downloaded or viewed by clicking here.

For more information about Haslemere Open Meets visit their website.

 

 

Last weekend, 4th July, Beckenham swimmers joined with some from Bromley and Orpington to make up the London Borough of Bromley team for this years London Youth Games.

The Bromley Squad won 3 individual medals, Steph Denny - gold 50m Freestyle, Rachel Bull - silver 50m Backstroke and Heather Travers - bronze junior 50m Breaststroke.

Our Junior relay teams won gold in the junior boys medley and silver in the fresstyle. The junior girls won 2 bronze medals for their relays. Our senior girls won their freestyle relay and came 2nd in the medley.

Overall in the swimming the girls team retained their trophy for another year. The boys meanwhile improved on last year and came in a very good 2nd.

Bromley finished 3rd in the overall points. Results can be found on www.londonyouthgames.org.uk

Well done to Beckenham swimmers who took part. Steph Denny, Steffi King, Rachel Bull, Lauren and Rebecca Walton, Heather Travers, Henry Knight, Robert Deane, Michael Gunning.

Anne Denny

 

Photos show the Junior and Senior Teams and the Senior Girls collecting the trophy.

 

 

 

4 Beckenham Girls, Emily, Ashley, Phoebe and Marie won Bronze Medals between them for their Freestyle and Medley Relays at the London Mini Youth Games held at Crystal Palace on 2nd July. The fifth Team Member was Georgia from Orpington Ojays.

The team including Tom, Thomas, Archie and Luke did brilliantly coming 4th overall

 

Another hot day at Trinity College this weekend for the second and final session of the annual Beckenham Swimming Club Elementary Galas for the club's up and coming young swimmers.

Well done to all the swimmers involved, especially if it was your first opportunity to experience competitive swimming, the enthusiasm shown by the swimmers was excellent.

Many thanks to all the parents, coaches, officials and volunteers who gave their time to help run both sessions of this well organised event.

You can view or download a copy of the results here:

Results Session 1 - 21st June 2009.

Results Session 2 - 28th June 2009.

 

Well done to all those swimmers that took part in the first round of the Kent Junior League down in Margate. Looking to once again retain the title for 2009, the team got off to a flying start in round one, with a 50 point victory over their county rivals. Runners up in this round were Black Lion SC, followed by last year's third placed finishers Sevenoaks. This sets the team up nicely for round two later this year.

 

Place	Team	Points
1	Beckenham SC	262
2	Black Lion SC	205
3	Sevenoaks SC	176
4	Canterbury SC	172
5	Thanet SC	170
6	Royal Tunbridge Wells (RTW) SC	114

 

A big congratulations to the squad of 25-30 swimmers, who returned for the 'second leg' of competition last weekend, in the London Region age group competition at Crystal Palace.

It was the boys chance to shine during the competition, with Marlon Gasparotto adding 2 Golds (200m fly & 400m IM) to his 4 medal haul on the first weekend. Kunmi Ogunfeibo grabbed a silver medal in the 100m Back, and Louis Phillips secured a bronze in the 200m Free. Relay strength displayed again when the boys 10/12 yrs 200m Med Team achieved a very creditable bronze medal.

On the girls side, the Walton twins were once again trading places in podium positions. Stroke for stroke in both long distance freestyle events, the 1500m saw Lauren get the silver with Rebecca the bronze, only for the roles to reverse in the 800m with Rebecca the silver and Lauren the bronze. Lauren then stormed to gold in the 200m freestyle in a very impressive 2:09.21. Well done girls!

There were many other great swims, personal bests, and finalists and check out full results from Crystal Palace.