Event News

On Wednesday 14th July, Wilts ASA held their annual 1500m open water race.  It has proved more popular every year and this year saw some 120+ entrants.

Conditions were not as good as the week before with the winds making the long back straight a little choppy and the setting sun making it difficult to 'sight' the markers.

Shula Scotford took part in the 750m race (for 11 year olds) and did herself proud in her first effort at open water racing.

Once again, thanks to everyone for their help tonight.  Well done to all the swimmers, another great evenings racing.  Hope you all enjoyed it. The results are available in the members area <click here>. Also thanks to those people who let me know beforehand that they wouldn't be able to swim.  It really helps with the organization and racing.  Still a few that didn't let me know, hence the empty lanes.

The Happy Few reassembled on the night of Saturday July 10th for the second round of the Wiltshire Summer League at the Springfield. This was a different team in terms of swimmers (quite a few changes due to some swimmers now being in the B Team or unavailable which necessitated some late night phone calls on the Friday - thanks Julia) but the same team in terms of spirit and support for one another. The referee started the event by instructing everyone to be hushed at the start of each race but to cheer loudly thereafter - the crowd needed no second bidding. Click "read more" for the full story.

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>

This season's first county open water event took place tonight (7th July 2010) and consisted of 4 laps of a 750m course at Lake 32 in the Cotswolds.

23 swimmers in total with only 2 representatives from Corsham - Paul Bacon and Stuart Gibbs (both Masters).  The conditions were almost perfect.
Both swimmers improved on their times from last year with Paul winning gold in the Over 40 category for the second year running.  Stuart took bronze in the under 40s.

Here are the results of this evenings club sprints.  Well done to all swimmers, some superb races and times.  Also available in the club members area.

On Sunday morning last at 7:00am (yes, really that early and it did feel like it after the Gala the previous night) a crack team of volunteers set up the refreshments stall on the Springfield ready for the annual Triathlon. This has been covered in the Club News and it is an event that the Club attends every year as the stall raises vital funds for the swimmers. Click "read more" for the full story and photos.

On Saturday 19th June a team from the Club travelled to Marlborough to compete in the second of the recent series of Friendly Galas. This had been organised following the Corsham Friendly in April which our fellow clubs enjoyed so much that they requested further events, giving many swimmers new opportunities to swim competitively for the Club.

Round 2 of the Wiltshire County Masters took place at the Link Centre on 5th June and despite their numbers being down on the last round, Corsham Masters fought hard and had fun.  4 events on the night - 100 back, 50 fly, 25 free and 100 breast.  Only four of us there, so person by person....

The Club Sprints will take place on the 27th June & 11th July.  For those who don't know, this is an club event where all strokes are swum over 50m (except u/10 fly which is 25m).  Positions are given for each age group on a Heat Declared basis, i.e. all age groups are mixed up and heats seeded according to entry time.  Then the positions in each age group are determined by the times swum at the gala.  More info and an entry form are attached.