The weekend saw another busy and successful home open meet, with 25 clubs from across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire all competing. 45 Littlehampton swimmers took part, a couple in their first ever open meet. Almost all achieved short course PBs, with several improving their regional qualifying times, and there were plenty of medals to be…
Crawley Spring Open
23 Littlehampton swimmers competed in Crawley last weekend performing many great swims, most achieving new long course PBs. As a Level 1 event swims count in the rankings for the British Summer Championships and Home Nation Summer Nationals, so I have noted who is on the interim rankings. Of course all can change with more…
March Swimmer of the Month
At the end of each month Littlehampton Swimming Club’s Coaching team select one Swimmer of the Month from each of our swimming squads Our March winners were:
South East Regional Para Competiton
Congratulations to both Lewis Jones and Sean O’Sullivan on some great results at the Swim England South East Regional Para Competition in Southampton over the weekend. S9 swimmer Lewis, age 12, is now quite experienced. His 50 fly was especially good – 9 seconds faster than his entry time! There were further good PBs in…
Caleb Wins Gold at Special Olympics World Games!
S14 swimmer Caleb Grace is currently competing in the Special Olympics World Games, representing Great Britain. These are been held in Abu Dhabi, with the swimming being held at the Hamdan Sports complex in Dubai. This morning Caleb swam to Gold in his 200 freestyle in his division! He finished 5th in his 200 individual…
Sussex League Round 1
We were host for the first Sussex League Gala of the season against tough opposition from top placed club at the County Championships Mid Sussex Marlins and third placed club Crawley! Despite this our swimmers put in a fantastic performance with many PBs just a couple of weeks after the counties and no DQs. Our…
February Swimmer of the Month
At the end of each month Littlehampton Swimming Club’s Coaching team select one Swimmer of the Month from each of our swimming squads Our February winners were:
10th Annual Novice Gala
Congratulations to all swimmers who competed in our 10th Annual Novice Gala at the Arena on Sunday. It was lovely to welcome our iSwim members too. As usual, this was a friendly teaching gala with demonstrations before each event. Many of our senior swimmers helped to run the gala: Swimming demos – Will Le Merle…
National Junior Para Swimming Championships
Joe Greaves, Marcus Harvey, Georgie Howell and Lewis Jones all had a successful weekend at the Liverpool Aquatics Centre, with good PBs all round and plenty of medals. Joe won Bronze in the 50 free and Silver in the 200 free in the 14-16yr boys S14 category. He is now regularly getting over 500 British…
Sussex County Championships – Final Weekend
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…
Calling all Senior Swimmers for Novice Gala 2019
Novice Gala Date: Sunday 3rd March 2019, 3-6pm Location: Arena Pool, Bognor Regis We’re calling all swimmers in Scott, Tutton, Peaty and Carlin squads – come and try out some ‘dry side’ roles for the day. Do you want to see more of the timekeepers job? Try your hand at whipping or maybe even announce? Fancy sitting…
Officials Training March 2019
Help the club by signing up as a Timekeeper or Judge 1 – we need more!
Club Kit – Swimzi Orders Open Now!
After a bit of a wait, the Swimzi Club Shop is open for a limited time, until midnight on Wednesday 13th March. There is a range, not only of club T-Shirts and Hoodies but also leggings, Towels and the Swimzi itself! Delivery to the club is a flat rate £2.50 per order (no charge for…
Key Dates for the Diary 2019
First FridayThe first Friday of each month (unless shown otherwise in the Club Diary) will be a chance to meet with Sue, the Committee or a special guest on swimming topics of interest. We’re going to kick off with Sue on Friday 8th March (this is second Friday!) with details on new club awards and…
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Littlehampton Easter Meet
The weekend saw another busy and successful home open meet, with 25 clubs from across Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire all competing. 45 Littlehampton swimmers took part, a couple in their first ever open meet. Almost all achieved short course PBs, with several improving their regional qualifying times, and there were plenty of medals to be…