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Kent Junior League Final

On Saturday the 19th November, Bromley's juniors competed in the final round of the Kent Junior League. After tying for first place with Dover in the first round, and coming first in the second round, Bromley's hopes for promotion to Division One were high.

Bromley's performance on the night didn't disappoint. Earning a total of 256 points Bromley won the gala by a massive 60 points, with Dover coming second, followed by Dartford, Greenwich Borough Mariners and Saxon Crown. Having won the gala giving them the most overall league points Bromley have earned promotion to division one. This will mean that next year we will be against the five best junior teams in Kent and we will have our work cut out for us!

Congratulations to those swimmers who won their races: Theo Haslam, Alex Cheeseman, Tanglin Ireland, Emma Wade, Lilly Dabin, Michael Eagling, Louisa Knight, Taylor McCarthy, Matt Rogers, Nicole Bambroffe and Natalie French.

There were some excellent swims on the night and 19 personal best performances. Well done to the following swimmers for achieving a PB: Chloe Dobb, Theo Haslam, Alex Cheeseman, Emma Wade, Tanglin Ireland, Hugo Charuy, Matt Rogers, Francesca Powell, Michael Eagling, Lily Wylie, Joe Dobb, Taylor McCarthy, Matthew Ruiz, Louisa Knight, Natalie French, Robert Shorter and Luc Hoolahan.

Special congratulations to the following relay teams for breaking their relay club records:
Girls 13/u Freestyle relay (Chloe Dobb, Louisa Knight, Taylor McCarthy, Natalie French)
Boys 13/u Freestyle relay (Matt Ruiz, Alexander Din, Theo Haslam, Robert Shorter)
Girls 11/u Medley relay (Alex Cheeseman, Phoebe Hampson, Emma Wade, Francesca Powell)
Boys 11/u Medley relay (Felix Haslam, Matt Rogers, Joe Dobb, Michael Eagling)
Girls 11/u Freestyle relay (Francesca Powell, Phoebe Hampson, Emma Wade, Alex Cheeseman)
Boys 11/u Freestyle relay (Michael Eagling, Felix Haslam, Matt Rogers, Joe Dobb)

Well done to the whole team- you are all a part of Bromley history. Thank you to all of our supporters in the balcony and helpers on poolside. Thank you to Nicola Kleist, Ellen Scholes and Richard Knight for coming along to support their younger team mates.

Bromley Swimming Club defied all odds this year and once again broke club history by becoming Division One champions of the National Arena Swimming League. The competition, which is split into three rounds, is as the name suggests a nationwide gala and includes the best swimming clubs across the country. This year Bromley was competing in Division-One-East of the South league.
After being promoted to Division One last year and finishing 6th overall out of the 18 teams in the division, Bromley hoped to once again make the top final. After coming 2nd in round one and then 1st in round two Bromley earned their place in the top final and were placed in joint second position with Chelmsford, Croydon Amphibians and Black Lion. In the last round the top 2 teams of the top final earn promotion, so the competition was high.
It was once again a close run gala, with Bromley in second place at the first announcement, but soon taking the lead and then managing to hold on to the first place position right until the end. This was an outstanding achievement as the teams we were up against would widely be considered our superiors, but it seems our team is going from strength to strength and we are now a premiership team.
Congratulations to the whole team for their excellent efforts and team spirit. There were some truly amazing performances, with PBs and club records being set left, right and centre. Well done to you all.
Bromley will now be facing the very best teams in the whole of the South of England, and we will have to fight to stay up in this league. We have 10 months until the first round- get training!