Sussex County Championships 2020

LSC Headcoach
A massive congratulations to all our swimmers on a great Championships. Here are some highlights: Holly excitingly won a swim off in the 50 breast for a place in the final!   Will Le Merle won his first Senior County Championship Medal in the 100m backstroke Ella Thornburg won Junior Championship Gold in both the 50 and 100 fly with fantastic finishes in...
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Sussex County Relay Championships

LSC Headcoach
Congratulations to all our swimmers on a great competition. Everyone was fantastic! We finished 9th overall, about where we expected this year, especially as we did not have a full complement of individual teams with several being away on holiday. This was the first time I have not been able to field a boys junior championship team! Special congratulations to...
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Sussex County Long Distance Championships

LSC Headcoach
This years’ county championships opened at the end of January with Ella Thornburg & Matty Smith in the 800m freestyle event. Ella swam just outside her LC PB finishing in 8th place, whilst Matty smashed his PB by 17 seconds, finishing in 6th place. Last weekend Ella swam again, this time in the 1500m, winning Gold. Her 800 split was...
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Sussex Winter County Competition

LSC Headcoach
What a fantastic weekend our swimmers had! There were many great short course PBs, around 71% of swims which is great at this point in the season. Some were huge, the biggest being from Sammy Smith in the 200 breast with a 16 second PB!  As a club we finished 12th overall. Congratulations to Ella Thornburg on winning the 13...
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Sussex County Championships – Final Weekend

LSC Headcoach
We had an amazing final weekend at the Sussex County Championships, which saw 12 year old Ella Thornburg win Junior Championship (15yrs/under) Bronze in the 50 fly, whilst 9 year old Ashton Netherwood set a new county record as the youngest ever swimmer to make a county final (in the current format – official from Brian Smith!)! In fact, twice...
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Sussex County Championships

LSC Headcoach
Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed in the Sussex County Championships this weekend! We had many great results with 13 finals swum, some regional times and club records; plus long course PBs, medals and rosettes! Our top performer was Ashton Netherwood who beat his short course PBs and gained a club record in every event he swam! Ashton...
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Sussex County Long Distance

LSC Headcoach
Our long distance swimmers have got this years counties off to a great start with two bronze medals, one silver and 3 rosettes! The first weekend saw William Le Merle, Ella Napier and Ella Thornburg compete in the 1500m event. Will looked in complete control with his race. It was well paced, holding nice long strokes throughout. A good 8...
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County Relays 2019

LSC Headcoach
That was fantastic day of swimming yesterday. We saw good improvements at all levels and amazing team support. As a club we finished 7th overall, with four teams claiming Bronze medals – a very pleasing result. Congratulations to our Bronze medallists: Girls 12-13yrs 4×50 medley – Ella Napier, Becky Smith, Ella Thornburg, Kitty Hogg Mens Open Championship – 4×100 medley...
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