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The third round of this year’s Summer league was held at Trowbridge, against the “usual suspects” namely hosts Melksham, Swindon Dolphins and league leaders Wroughton. And yes, it really was a battle this time, with the team never quite reaching the heights it had in the first two rounds. Wins were hard to come by, although there were some notable swims and lots of effort from newcomers Hannah Falipe, Safiya Mahmood and James McGettigan.... <more>

A very grumpy team manager turned up at the Link Centre, having already made five changes, during the day, to an ever dwindling team list. His humour did not improve when one swimmer failed to turn up, meaning that the under 12 boys would miss out on any points for their relay events. This is such a shame for those that do swim but there was little anyone could do about it. So it was left to a very depleted team to carry the honours on the night and without exception, they all swam magnificently. And boy did it make a difference to see us win the first race of the evening!

It seems such a short time since victory in the final round of the winter league and here we were at the start of another summer league campaign. Having gained promotion to Division 4 last year, Corsham B now face Dolphins C, Melksham and Wroughton, a tough prospect if we are to retain that spot in the league. Unfortunately, Melksham were unable to field a team, so we faced only two teams at Milton Road.

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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.

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.

The second round of this year’s Wilts ASA Winter league saw Corsham B hosting a home gala at the Springfield Leisure Centre. Opponents on the night were Malmesbury, Tigersharks B and Trowbridge C, who provided some tough and sometimes interesting competition. (click on 'read more' below)

Corsham B Round 1 Winter League. It’s always a relief not to have any late drop outs on gala day, particularly with all of the viruses going the rounds at present. And even the horrendous weather was not a deterrent to those hardy souls who make up Corsham’s B team. Having splashed up the motorway to the Link centre in Swindon, the team was ready to pick up the challenge once again, after a stunning series of performances in the Summer league. Opponents on the evening were the “A” teams from Swindon, Westbury and Wootton Bassett, plus Dolphins C and Trowbridge C. Not an easy task then, but that’s what the swimmers train for.

To assist in developing stroke technique the swimming coaches at Corsham ASC would like to take videos of swimmers, both above and under the water. The video recording will only be used during training sessions and once it has served its purpose it will be destroyed.