Corsham Amateur Swimming Club

The Wiltshire County Championships kick off this Sunday 29^th January with the long distance races being held at Bath University. Megan Trollope, Libby Harris, Kerry Milton & Charlotte Stubbs will be competing in the 800m Freestyle and Stuart Gibbs will be aiming to show the youngsters that age is no barrier to a competitive and hard working swimmer in the 1500m Freestyle! We all wish them good luck in the competition.

All results are attached for day 2, including the overall awards.  Note that no adjustment for speeding tickets has been made to the overall.  Congratulations to all competitors.  We hope you all enjoyed the event.

Hope you all enjoyed the day.  Session 1 & 2 results are posted.

Please note that there will be no widths, junior or senior squad training on Sunday 22^nd January due the the Open Meet.

Each year at Easter the Wiltshire County ASA run a 5-day taining course taking swimmers from across the county. This is an excellent training environment run by top coaches and provides sessions in the pool, theory, gym work and outdoor activities. The deadline for completed forms with payment is February 20^th. 

This has proven very popular with our swimmers, many of whom return year after year as there is great camaraderie and they learn and develop as well as making new friends from other clubs who they then meet at Galas. 

The locations and start times for the Galas on Saturday 14^th January are

A Team - The Link, Swindon (Doors Open 6:30pm)

B Team - Devizes (Doors Open 6:30pm)

As we look forward to the imminent arrival of 2012, it is worth casting our eyes back over the events of 2011, the achievements and the challenges.

It is the time of year when we begin looking at who may have achieved qualifying times for the 2012 Wiltshire County Championships, so I thought that it might be worth providing a brief overview of the Championships for those who might be unfamiliar with the format. 

Firstly there are 4 sets of events as follows:

Congratulations to Melissa Birkett, Charlotte Stubbs & Jonathan Brend who were in action at the South West Regional Short Course Championships over the weekend. Competition was fierce, but all 3 swam well, Mel's best swim was a 20th place in the Senior Championship for the 100m Fly, Charlotte's was a 6th place in the Junior Championship for the 400m IM and Jonathan's an 8th place in the Junior Championship for the 200m Breaststroke.

Corsham were the hosts for the first round of this years winter league with guests Swindon Dolphins A and B, plus Marlborough Penguins.  In short, it was very good and I hope the swimmers all enjoyed it as much as I.  As a team, we were competitive across all age groups and enjoyed several fine overall wins.  No small achievement against the Dolphins A team.  Whilst the wins are very satisfying, I found the battling display from other races equally pleasing.