Novice Gala

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Our 11th Annual Novice Gala took place on Sunday 8th March at the Arena Sports Centre…. And what a tight squeeze that was! 45 club swimmers took part, along with 14 from our swim school iSwim. This was the first Novice Gala I had missed as Head Coach, but I have been told how brilliantly everyone swam. Helen Smith did...
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Sussex County Championships 2020

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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

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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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Brighton Dolphins Team Gala

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We were invited to take part in the friendly Brighton Dolphins Team Development Gala on 1st February. A team of 33 very enthusiastic Littlehampton swimmers took part, finishing 5th overall. It was great to see our swimmers put their skills into practice in a gala, with many rising to the challenge of strokes they might not normally choose to race...
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Sussex County Long Distance Championships

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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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January Open Meet Round Up

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We started the New Year with the Crawley Finis Open Meet which saw eight Littlehampton swimmers in action to gain some useful long course race experience pre-county. All finished in the top 6, with Ashton netting 3 Gold medals! Matty won Gold in the 800 free, whilst Ella T won Gold in the 1500 free. The next day was our...
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National Arena League Round 3

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Saturday evening saw a team of 34 represent Littlehampton in our final National Arena League gala of the season – and what a great finish! It was our 3rd home gala too – the first time this has ever happened to us! We hosted the first and last gala, and ran the AOE at the second. So a massive thank...
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Portsmouth Christmas Meet

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25 Littlehampton swimmers headed to the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth for our first long course meet of the season. All enjoyed the meet, especially the ‘hot heats’ which created great excitement. Will Clark and Becky Smith both won bags of celebration chocolates when they won their hot heats, which of course they shared! There were some great PBs, with several...
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National Para Swimming Championships 2019

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Joe Greaves, Marcus Harvey, Georgie Howell and Lewis Jones all made the trip to Manchester Aquatics Centre for the National Para Swimming Championships last weekend. This is one of the key meets on the para swimming calendar and the first long course meet of the season for our swimmers. Joe swam some great PBs, notably in his best freestyle events,...
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