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Don't forget that the finals of the Wiltshire Moonraker Winter League will be held on March 27th. The venues for the A and B teams are yet to be announced as they depend on the results of the Galas from last Saturday. 

Team lists are now on the noticeboard so please read and tick/cross as appropriate asap. Locations TBA soon.

Team lists attached.

By Alan McRae (Head Coach). Round 3 of the Winter League again produced some excellent swims from our swimmers. The competition was hard with strong teams from league leaders Trowbridge A and Bradford on Avon. Our younger age group again worked hard in all events although the boys are finding the opposition very tough, the girls however produced some great results winning the medley relay and gaining two 2nds and a 3rd place so well done to Libby, Lucy, Hannah and Ebony.

This is a level 2 Open Meet with tough qualifying times and would suit strong swimmers with ambitions of achieving a district or national qualifying time.  Schedule and Qualifying times are attached.  Please let me (Dave Jones) know of any interest by the 28th March.

The 2010 Salisbury  open is to be held on Sunday 18th April.at the 5 Rivers Leisure Centre.  An excellent 8 lane 25m pool with ample spectator facilities.  The meet features 50 and 100m races only, and would be excellent for younger swimmers to gain gala and competition experience.  Any entries need to be declared by Wednesday 17th March.  An information and entry form is atached.

Corsham swimmers were in action on Sunday in the second weekend of the Wiltshire county championships, with Peter Ammel, Jonathan Brend & Freddie Sherratt swimming the 800m Freestyle in the 50m pool at Bath University. With all of them competiting in the same heat it set up a mini battle between themselves. Peter ended up being the first swimmer home, with Jonathan (who knocked well over half minute off his PB) narrowly beating Freddie.

The largest Masters team (in recent times) to compete at the Wiltshire County Masters returned home from Trowbridge with 19 medals (7 gold, 6 silver and 6 bronze). 

Making their debuts in Masters events were Heather Knight (2S,2B), Michael Edmundson (1G, 2S), Sean Browne (1B) and Ben Bridgeman (1S,2B) - all rising to the challenge and enjoying the more relaxed atmosphere.

Not to be outdone, the 'experienced' swimmers carried on their rich vein of form.

Thanks to all who participated in this years Corsham Open.  I hope you all enjoyed the weekend and got the times you were looking for.  There was some fantastic racing and a great atmosphere, congratulations.  The results are posted.

Corsham swimmers went into action last weekend in the first set of events of the 2010 Wiltshire Championships. First up was Megan Trollope, Corsham’s sole female entry in the girl’s 800m Freestyle at Bath University. Despite the event being held in a long course pool Megan swam excellently to knock a large chunk off her PB and finish fifth in her age group.

It is hoped that most Club members will know that Stephanie Millward, 2008 Beijing paralympian, started her swimming career at Corsham ASC. Since returning from Beijing, she has presented prizes at the 2008 Club Presentation evening and been a regular visitor to Club as a guest coach. Judging by the response from our swimmers, Stephanie has been a real inspiration and we are delighted that she has continued to come back and see us, as her training schedule permits.