Corsham Amateur Swimming Club

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The club will continue to hold the regular training sessions through the school holidays but will be closed over the Easter weekend from Friday 18^th to Monday 21^st April inclusive. Masters will be able to swim on Saturday morning of the 19^th by paying at the Springfield Reception Desk.

Upper Junior & all of Senior Squad are invited to swim on Wednesdays 9^th and 16^th April at the Springfield Centre 7:30pm – 9:00pm. 

Last night saw the climax of the Wiltshire ASA Moonraker Winter League, with the A Team travelling to Trowbridge for the B Final. It had been a long and hard qualifying season, starting off with a difficult trip to Salisbury, and based on the results to date Corsham were seeded third in Lane 2. Some gaps in the team caused by late injuries had meant that there would be a lot of swims for the team, always challenging against 5 other clubs out to win the trophy.

Wednesday March 26^th is a fun Water Polo evening starting at 7:30pm and all length swimmers (TAGS, Juniors, Upper Juniors and Seniors) are invited. Entry is by card and the event is organised by our own AquaForce Young Volunteers.

Come along and have some fun!!!

County Championships - BagCat

 Congratulations to all our BagCat swimmers whose event finished last weekend. Again there were lots of great PB's and a silver for Leo Feasby in the 50m Back. Well done to Mark Edmundson, Alice Chadwick and Leo Feasby who all finished in the top 10 overall for their age groups.
 
 
County Championships - Youth
 Congratulations to all those who competed in this event. There were lots of great PB's and silvers for Nikki Harris (50m Free), Megan Trollope (50m Back) and Craig Harris (200m Fly) and bronzes for Lauren Jones (200m Breast), Megan Trollope (100m and 200m Back) and Craig Harris (200m IM).

Well done to everyone who took part in the One Length Gala tonight. It was great to see such a good turnout, and especially so many TAGS swimmers.

Times are posted here.

Recently, there has been an increase in swimming numbers at our masters sessions and it was nice to see that transfer into increased numbers at the first round of the Wiltshire Masters at Trowbridge last night.  As usual, the events on offer were 50 back, 100 fly, 25 breast and 100 free - with a splattering of relays too.  And, as usual, you don't have to swim all the events (I mean, come on, there's a 100 fly in there!)

County Long Distance 1^st February

Congratulations to Megan Trollope, Alice Chadwick and Jolie Partington who swam in the 800m and Mark Edmundson who swam in the 1500m. They all produced great swims in this tough event at Bath University, Megan taking silver in the 17/18 year age group.

County Sprints 2^nd February

Well done to all 15 swimmers who took part in this event for many of whom it was their first taste of County competition. Isabel Slateford won gold in the 9 year old Fly, Leo Feasby won gold in the 10 year old  Back and Alice Chadwick won silver in the 11 year old Fly. 

The results and times from the club time trials are in the attached  spreadsheet. Some very good swims and new County qualifying times - well done!

Many congratulations to Nikki Harris who has been awarded the Wilts County ASA Girl Swimmer of the Year 2013. So very well deserved.

Her achievements at County and National Level in 2013 are:

National Masters

3 British Long Course Records set in Plymouth. 50 free, 100 free and 50 back. 3 Golds too.

3 Golds at Short Course championships in Sheffield in 50 free, 100 free and 100 back

Wiltshire County Youth

Gold in the 100m Freestyle 19+, competing against swimmers many years younger.

County Masters

7 events, 7 Gold Medals, 7 Records – a perfect achievement

Representing Wiltshire in the Inter County Championships

Nikki is a stalwart of the Corsham ASC Club, helping develop younger swimmers from widths training onwards. She has just achieved her L2 Swim Teaching Award and continues to support swimming at Club, County and National levels. She is unassuming, a pleasure to work with, and supports many swimmers within the Club and County, furthering the development of both Youth and Masters swimming.