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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!

On Saturday 12th November, Bromley's Arena League team arrived at Crook Log to compete in the second of the three rounds of the league. Having come second in the first round Bromley was in with a fighting chance of making the A final in the third round should they come second or higher in the second round. However, with tough competition from Chelmsford who beat Bromley's team last year by a long way and Crawley who were only demoted from the premier league last year, as well as Elmbridge Phoenix, Dartford and Maidstone, it was always going to be a battle.

It was a very close run and exciting gala, with the teams regularly changing positions. But Bromley soon took a firm hold of first position and held on to it with both hands throughout the gala, managing to win overall by just one point.

Final scores were as follows:
Bromley - 201
Chelmsford- 200
Elmbridge- 196
Crawley- 190
Maidstone- 133
Dartford- 128

Well done to the whole team for a brilliant result. Coming first will guarantee Bromley a place in the A-final for the last round.

Congratulations to those swimmers who achieved a top 3 finish: Ben Kelleher, Theo Haslam, Gabby Conroy, Louisa Knight, Matthew Rogers, Oliver Lister, Holly Wylie, Joe Erb, Vicky Ward, Tanglin Ireland, Sean Perfect, Felix Haslam and Alex Cheeseman.

Well done to those swimmers who achieved a personal best time: Tanglin Ireland, Ben Kelleher, Chloe Dobb, Matthew Rogers and Gabby Conroy.

Special congratulations to the Girls 9-11 Medley Relay for breaking their relay club record: Alex Cheeseman, Emma Wade, Lilly Dabin, Francesca Powell. As well as the 13/u girls who broke their own medley relay club record by a mighty 0.07 seconds: Louisa Knight, Taylor McCarthy, Chloe Dobb and Natalie French.

Thank you to all of our helpers and supporters for being there, you really make a difference. Special thanks to Henri Shorter, Heather Perfect, Nicola Kleist, Georgi Ward and Lily Wylie for coming along to cheer on the team and thank you to our Uni swimmers Oliver Lister and Sean Perfect for coming back from university to be part of the team.

David Court

On Saturday 9th October Bromley competed in the first of three rounds of the National Arena Swimming League. Having been promoted to division one after winning the title of undefeated champions of division two last year, we were facing much tougher competition with two of the top 10 in Kent teams and one of the best teams from Essex, and we were unsure what to expect.

It was a very close-run gala with some exciting races but we managed to maintain a second place position from start to finish. The team performed brilliantly with 11 first place finishes, five second place finishes and 10 third place finishes out of 50 events. We also had 17 personal best performances, one new club record and four new relay club records.

Well done to everyone who competed and to those who put so much effort into supporting their team mates.

Special congratulations to those who achieved individual first place finishes: Theo Haslam, Tanglin Ireland, Ben Kelleher and James Brinkley.

Congratulations also go to our relay teams- it just goes to show how important every member of a relay team is as 6 of our 11 first places came from relays. Our new relay club records go to: Boys' 15/u Medley team and Freestyle team (Ben Kelleher, Ethan Reeves, Matthew Brown, Richard Knight), Girls' 13/u Medley team (VIcky Ward, Ellen Scholes, Chloe Dobb, Isobel Vowles), and the Men's Squadron (James Brinkley, Oliver Lister, John Furness, Sean Perfect, Oliver Reynolds, Richard Knight).

Well done to those of you who achieved pbs: Oliver Reynolds, Phoebe Hampson, Tanglin Ireland, Ellen Scholes, Nicola Kleist, Natalie French, Vicky Ward, Heather Perfect, Robert Shorter, Chloe Dobb, Henrietta Shorter, Ben Kelleher, Oliver Lister (+ Club record), Gabby Eastment and Ethan Reeves.

Thank you to everyone who came along to support. We look forward to seeing you all at round 2 in November.

David Court

Kent Junior League Round II

The second round of the Kent Junior League took place on the 10th of September, and the team and its many supporters travelled down to Dover to try and win the gala outright (having tied for first position in the first round).

A slightly depleted Bromley team (after a broken leg and other unforeseen circumstances) took on Dover, GBM, Dartford and Saxon Crown, and they led from start to finish and won the gala overall with an impressive 32 point lead over the second place team.

The performance was massively improved from round I and there were some truly excellent races. The gala saw 21 personal best swims and 22 first place finishes.

The vast majority of swimmers achieved a top 3 finish so well done to the whole team. First places came from: Alex Cheeseman, Emma Wade, Matthew Rogers, Lilly Dabin, Michael Eagling, Louisa Knight, Joe Dobb, Charlotte Doyle, Felix Haslam, Nicole Bambroffe, Theo Haslam and Robert Shorter.

Congratulations to those of you who achieved a personal best time: Alex Cheeseman, Joe Dobb, Matthew Rogers, Lilly Dabin, Hugo Charuy, Phoebe Hampson, Francesca Powell, Michael Eagling, Lily Wylie, Charlotte Doyle, Luc Hoolahan, Taylor McCarthy, Matthew Ruiz, Robert Shorter and Katherine Taylor.

The final round will take place on the 19th November. If we win the next round we will be promoted to Division One- a first in Bromley's 100+ year history.

David Court

Chris Bassi Trophy Gala

On Saturday 24th September Bromley competed in the Chris Bassi Trophy Gala at Tunbridge Wells. The team faced tough competition once again in the form of Orpington Ojays, RTW Monson, Sevenoaks and Gravesend and Northleet.

Bromley rose to the challenge and achieved a win by eight points, with Orpington in second place and Monson in third.

The team did brilliantly, and the majority of swimmers achieved a top 3 finish. First place finishes were earned by Benedict Kelleher, Felix Haslam, Theo Haslam, Holly Wylie and Matthew Rogers.

Special congratulations to those of you who did a personal best performance: Holly Wylie, Ben Kelleher, Alex Cheeseman, Felix Haslam, Joe Erb, Lilly Dabin, Robert Shorter, Theo Haslam, Phoebe Hampson, Chloe Dobb and Sean Perfect.

We also had two club records broken, well done to Holly Wylie for taking the club record for the 100m IM, and to the Girls' 9-11 4x50m Medley Relay team (Alex Cheeseman, Phoebe Hampson, Lilly Dabin, Charlotte Doyle) for breaking their own relay club record.

This was a tough gala with a great result. We will be facing Orpington and Monson again at the first round of Arena League, it will be interesting to see if we can have a repeat performance.

David Court

The performance was massively improved from round I and there were some truly excellent races. The gala saw 21 personal best swims and 22 first place finishes.

The final round will take place on the 19th November. If we win the next round we will be promoted to Division One- a first in Bromley's 100+ year history.

David Court

Thanet Open Meet and Kent Masters

On Saturday 9th July 13 Bromley swimmers took part in the Thanet Separated Medley Open Meet.

This open meet requires that swimmers compete in either 50m or 100m on all four strokes, after which the points scored are added together to find the 6 finalists in each age group. The finalists then go on to compete in either a 100m or 200m IM for the final.

In the 10 years age group Stephanie Taylor swam PBs in the 50m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly coming 10th and 12th respectively. Tanglin Ireland came 1st in 50m Freestyle (PB) and 50m Breaststroke, 2nd in the 50m Backstroke and 3rd in the 50m Butterfly. Felix Haslam came 1st in the 50m Backstroke (PB), 2nd in the 50m Freestyle, 4th in the 50m Butterfly and 12th in the 50m Breaststroke. Michael Eagling came 5th in the 50m Breaststroke (PB) and 6th in the 50m Freestyle.

In the 11 years age group Joe Dobb came 10th in both the 100m Butterfly (PB) and the 100m Backstroke, 13th in the 100m Freestyle and 14th in the 100m Breaststroke. Matthew Rogers came 2nd in the 100m Breaststroke (PB), 7th in the 100m Freestyle (PB), 8th in the 100m Backstroke (PB) and 11th in the 100m Butterfly.

In the 12 years age group Chloe Dobb came 3rd in the 100m Freestyle, 5th in the 100m Breaststroke (PB) and 100m Butterfly and 7th in the 100m Backstroke. Taylor McCarthy came 1st in the 100m Freestyle (PB), 2nd in the 100m Breaststroke and 5th in the 100m Backstroke (PB).

In the 13 years age group Ellen Scholes came 2nd in the 100m Breaststroke (PB), 5th in the 100m Freestyle (PB), 7th in the 100m Butterfly and 9th in the 100m Backstroke (PB). Alex Din came 5th in the 100m Freestyle (PB), 6th in 100m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke (PB) and 7th in the 100m Backstroke. Theo Haslam came 1st in the 100m Butterfly, 2nd in the 100m Freestyle (PB), and 3rd in the 100m Backstroke and 100m Breaststroke.

In the 14 years age group Matthew Eagling came 10th in the 100m Breaststroke and 11th in the 100m Freestyle achieving PBs in both swims.

In the 16 years age group Henri Shorter came 7th in the 100m Breaststroke, 8th in the 100m Backstroke and 9th in the 100m Freestyle.

Special congratulations to those swimmers who qualified for the final:
Tanglin Ireland- 1st in the 100 IM final (PB)
Felix Haslam- 5th in the 100 IM final (PB)
Chloe Dobb- 4th in the 200 IM final (PB)
Taylor McCarthy- 5th in the 200 IM final (PB)
Ellen Scholes- 5th in the 200 IM final (PB)
Theo Haslam- 3rd in the 200 IM final (PB)
Alex Din- 6th in the 200 IM final (PB)

Meanwhile in another part of town 4 swimmers took part in the Kent Masters. In the Men’s 40-44 years age group were Iain Jameson and Damien Locascio, in the Women’s 18-24 years age group was Hailey Pearcey and in the Women’s 25-29 years age group was Emily Bone.
Iain came 1st in the 100m Butterfly, 3rd in the 100m IM and 4th in the 50m Freestyle. Damien competed in the 50m Butterfly, 50m Freestyle and 100m IM and came 1st in all three events. Hailey came 1st in the 100m Butterfly and 100m Freestyle and came 2nd in the 100m Breaststroke and in the 50m Butterfly. Emily came 1st in the 100m Breaststroke and the 50m Breaststroke.

Well done to all four swimmers for competing and hopefully improving our Kent Masters ranking from last year. The rankings will be available on the Kent County website soon.

David Court

Saturday 18th June saw our Junior swimmers compete in the first round of the Kent Junior League. Having been promoted to division 2 after our undefeated performance last year we were against much tougher teams and unsure what to expect, but some stirling performances and great team effort secured us joint first-place with Dover (despite a terrible 7 disqualifications!)

Well done to those of you who achieved one (or more) of the 19 personal best swims: Felix Haslam, Emma Wade, Tanglin Ireland, Lily Rayner, Hugo Charuy, Matthew Rogers, Alex Cheeseman, Alex Din, Natalie French, Charlotte Doyle, Taylor McCarthy, Theo Haslam, Louisa Knight, Nicole Bambroffe and Robert Shorter.

Special congratulations also to those of you with a top 3 finish: Felix Haslam, Emma Wade, Tanglin Ireland, Lily Rayner, Phoebe Hampson, Matthew Rogers, Alex Cheeseman, Alex Din, Natalie French, Robert Shorter, Charlotte Doyle, Theo Haslam, Joe Dobb, Louisa Knight, Nicole Bambroffe and Chloe Dobb.

It was a close-run and very exciting gala. Thank you to all our supporters, both parents and older/younger swimmers who came along and to the parents who helped us poolside.

The next round of Kent Junior League will be on the 10th September. Let's see if we can beat Dover outright next time.

David Court

On 25th June Bromley took part in round 3 of the Whitehorse League. There were 6 personal best swims throughout the evening and 28 top 3 finishes. We finished the gala with 173 points, meaning we are currently 3rd in the league with 744 points, 39.5 points behind Beckenham.

Congratulations to those of you who achieved a PB: Theo Haslam, Nicola Kleist, Joe Erb, Lilly Dabin, Lilly Rayner and Louisa Knight.

Well done also to those of you with a top 3 finish: Alex Cheeseman, Joe Dobb, Taylor McCarthy, Theo Haslam, Joe Erb, James Brinkley, Lilly Dabin, Felix Haslam, Louisa Knight, Alex Din, Emma Wade, Chloe Dobb, Emily Bone, John Furness and Matthew Rogers.

The fourth round of this league will be held in July.

David Court

On Father's day this year 34 of Bromley's younger swimmers competed in the Saxon Crown Future champions meet- an open meet designed to introduce younger swimmers to individual competition. It was great to have so many swimmers competing and the day was a great success with many great individual performances which resulted in Bromley winning the overall Top Club trophy.

There were too many swimmers to mention all individual performances but well done to you all, particularly those swimmers from the cygnets squads: Alex Mason, Amelia Peacock, Amy Jeffreys, Annabelle Underdown, Ava Goldson, Charlotte Doyle, Eddie Ashworth, Emily Arnold, George Ledger-Humphreys, Hugo Charuy, Jasmine Duncan, Lily Pearce, Lily Rayner, Sarah Kleist, Thomas Olive and Yuktha Prabu.

Special congratulations to those of you who made finals in your events: Alex Din, Alex Mason, Ava Goldson, Cameron Butler, Chloe Dobb, Eddie Ashworth, Ellen Scholes, Felix Haslam, Francesca Powell, George Adam, Isobel Vowles, Jasmine Duncan, Joe Dobb, Lily Dabin, Louisa Knight, Matthew Rogers, Nicole Bambroffe and Phoebe Hampson.

Remember to keep an eye out for more open meets/competitions that you might be able to enter soon.

David Court

Hello Swimmers,

Joann reminded me about the Dartford District gala and told me that some of our relay records were broken there, so I've adjusted them. The 4x25 relay records tend to stand for a long time because we don't do them very often so well done to the boy's 13/u 4x25 freestyle team, the girl's 15/u 4x25 freestyle team and the men's 4x25 freestyle team.

Dave

Hello swimmers,

I forgot to check which relay records were broken at the KJL on Saturday.

Congratulations, we took the girl's 13/u 4x50, the girl's 11/u 4x25 Medley and freestyle, and the Boy's 4x25 freestyle relay records. One or two of those have stood for quite a few years so it's nice to get another old record updated.

Good work team, let's try and improve on those times before the end of the year and set some more long standing records.

Dave

15 Bromley swimmers spent the weekend of 28th/29th May at Crystal Palace to take part in the Beacon Open. It was a successful weekend with 27 personal best swims and 12 top 8 finishes. For many of our younger swimmers it was their first long course competition, whilst others did events they have never swum long course before which was good to see.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for achieving a long course PB at this competition: Alex Din, Phoebe Hampson, Ellen Scholes, Louisa Knight, Vicky Ward, Tanglin Ireland, Michael Eagling, Robert Shorter, RIchard Knight, Danielle Capocci and Joe Erb.

Well done also to those of you who came top 8 in your age group: Alex Din (7th 400 Free), Phoebe Hampson (6th 200 Br/s, 5th 100 Br/s), Ellen Scholes (5th 200 Br/s, 4th 100 Br/s, 8th 200 IM), Louisa Knight (5th 200 Back), Tanglin Ireland (4th 400 Free, 8th 50 Free), Michael Eagling (5th 100 Free), Theo Haslam (2nd 100 Fly), and Joe Erb (6th 200 Back).

David Court

On the 2nd April Bromley competed in the second round of the Whitehorse League. We gave a strong performance with 16 personal best swims and 28 top-three finishes leading us to a third place finish overall in the gala. With 571 league points we are currently in second position in the league behind Orpington Ojays.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for achieving a personal best: Alex Cheeseman, Joe Dobb, Taylor McCarthy, Robert Shorter, Matthew Knight, Lilly Dabin, Heather Perfect, George Carter, Chloe Dobb, Theo Haslam, Nicola Kleist, Cameron Butler and Ellen Scholes.

Well done also to those of you who achieved a top 3 finish in your individual event: Alex Cheeseman, Joe Dobb, Taylor McCarthy, Emily Bone, James Brinkley, Felix Haslam, Theo Haslam, Felicity Hamilton-Cox, Oliver Reynolds, Phoebe Hampson, Matthew Rogers, Chloe Dobb, Michael Eagling, Robert Shorter and Ben Kelleher.

Round 3 will be held in June.

David Court

On the 16th/17th April, 21 Bromley swimmers turned out for the Orpington Open. It was great to see so many of our swimmers there and our boosted team did brilliantly coming 4th out of all the teams that took part.

We also had lots of great individual performances. Well done to all swimmers who earned a top 6 position:

Vicky Ward (1st 400 IM, 2nd 100 Free, 4th 100 Fly), Cameron Butler (2nd 400 Free), Alex Din (3rd 400 Free, 3rd 100 Back, 6th 50 Free, 4th 100 Free, 3rd 200 Back), Theo Haslam (1st 200 Breast', 1st 100 Breast', 2nd 50 Free, 1st 100 Free, 1st 100 Fly), Ellen Scholes (3rd 200 Breast', 3rd 100 Breast'), Hailey Pearcey (5th 100 Fly), Richard Knight (5th 100 Fly), Robert Shorter (5th 100 Free), Lilly Dabin (4th 50 Fly, 6th 100 IM, 6th 50 Back), Joe Dobb (4th 50 Back, 5th 50 Free, 3rd 50 Fly), Tanglin Ireland (2nd 50 Back, 2nd 50 Fly, 3rd 50 Free), Felix Haslam (2nd 50 Breast', 4th 50 Free, 4th 50 Fly, 5th 50 Back), Chloe Dobb (1st 100 Free, 6th 200 Free), Emily Bone (2nd 100 Breast', 3rd 100 Fly), Michael Eagling (4th 50 Breast', 6th 50 Fly).

Well done also to those of you who achieved a personal best time: Vicky Ward, Cameron Butler, Alex Din, Theo Haslam, Georgie Ward, Ellen Scholes, Richard Knight, Henri Shorter, Nicola Kleist, Heather Perfect, Robert Shorter, Lilly Dabin, Phoebe Hampson, Joe Dobb, Tanglin Ireland, Felix Haslam, and Chloe Dobb.

It would be great to go there with an even bigger team next year and try to win the Top Club award.

Over the May Bank holiday weekend Bromley swimmers travelled to Crystal Palace to compete in the London Youth Championships (regional championships for girls 13+ and boys 14+). Unfortunately despite having at least 9 qualifiers our team was plagued with injury/illness/laziness and so only 4 swimmers competed.

Felicity Hamilton-Cox swam in the 200 Breaststroke and the 50 Breaststroke. She made both finals and swam a PB in the 200m where she came 3rd and took 2nd place in the 50m.

Benedict Kelleher competed in the 200 Back and made the final of the 50m Back where he swam a PB and came 6th.

James Brinkley swam in the 100 Back and the 50 free in which he came 5th.

Vicky Ward swam the most events, competing in the 200 IM, 200 Free, 50 Free, 200 Back, all of which were PB swims, as well as 100 Back, and 50 Back.

Well done to all four swimmers for representing their club at this level. Let's hope next year we manage to put on more of a show.

The weekend of the 7th/8th May saw 20 swimmers compete at Crystal Palace in the Beckenham Open meet. This is a long course meet.

Congratulations to those swimmers who achieved a top 8 finish:

Ellen Scholes (5th 50 Breast'), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (1st 100 Breast', 2nd 50 Breast'), Vicky Ward (4th 200 Free, 1st 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free, 4th 50 Back), Emily Bone (4th 50 Fly, 4th 50 Breast'), Theo Haslam (5th 50 Free, 3rd 50 Fly, 4th 100 Fly), James Brinkley (1st 50 Free), and Matthew Rogers (6th 200 Breast').

Well done also to those swimmers who achieved a longcourse PB: Ellen Scholes, Taylor McCarthy, Felicity Hamilton-Cox, Joe Dobb, Alex Din, Vicky Ward, Chloe Dobb, Georgie Ward, Emma Cape, Theo Haslam, Felix Haslam, Cameron Butler, James Brinkley, Jade Hewitt, Robert Shorter, Natalie French, Tanglin Ireland, Matthew Rogers.

Special congratulations go to James Brinkley who achieved his national qualifying time in the 50m Freestyle in a time of 24.69, Matthew Rogers who achieved his London qualifying time for 200 Breaststroke which also automatically qualifies him for the 100 Breaststroke, Taylor McCarthy and Natalie French who achieved their London qualifying times for the 100 Freestyle, and Chloe Dobb who achieved her London qualifying time for the 200 Freestyle.

Congratulations to James Brinkley for achieving his National Qualifying time for the second year running. James will be travelling up to Sheffield in July to compete against the best swimmers in the country.

Last weekend 12 of the younger members of our club travelled to Gillingham for the Black Lion Open meet. It was a very enjoyable weekend with some excellent swims.

Every single swimmer achieved a personal best time. Well done to Joe Dobb, Tanglin Ireland, Chloe Dobb, Katherine Taylor, Phoebe Hampson, Ellen Scholes, Michael Eagling, Louisa Knight, Matthew Rogers, Lilly Dabin, Felix Haslam, and Theo Haslam.

Congratulations also to the following swimmers for coming top-6 in their age-group: Joe Dobb (1st 200 fly, 50 back, 100 back, 2nd 200 Free), Tanglin Ireland (2nd 200 Fly), Chloe Dobb (3rd 200 IM), Ellen Scholes (5th 50 breaststroke), Michael Eagling (5th 200 Free), Louisa Knight (2nd 100 back), Felix Haslam (1st 50 Free, 200 IM), Theo Haslam (1st 50 Free, 100 Fly, 2nd 200 IM).

Great results everyone. Well done.

David Court

The weekend of the 6th/7th March saw the final weekend of the 2011 County Championships. Once again our swimmers gave some excellent performances earning Bromley a further 64 points, as well as achieving another 14 PBs and setting 5 new club records.

This weekend our point scorers were:

Ben Kelleher who came 1st in his age-group 50 Backstroke and went on to the Open final where he came 2nd in the Junior age-group and 5th in the Open age-group in a personal best swim. Ben also competed in the 100 Freestyle where he came 3rd in his age-group and 4th in the Junior age group.

Theo Haslam came 1st in both the 100 IM and the 50 Butterfly and 4th in the 200 IM. All three swims were personal best times.

James Brinkley came 3rd in his age-group 50 Backstroke and also made it into the final coming 4th in the Open age-group where he swam both a personal best and set a new club record. James also swum the 100 Freestyle where he came 5th in his age-group.

Matthew Rogers came 3rd in both his age-group 100 IM and his age-group 50 Butterfly. Both swims were considerable personal bests.

Felicity Hamilton-Cox came 5th in her age-group 200 Freestyle and 6th in her age-group 50 Freestyle.

Felix Haslam came 6th in his age-group 50 Butterfly in a personal best time.

Vicky Ward also came 6th in her age-group 200 Backstroke in a seven-second pb.

Bromley also fared well in the relays with points coming from:

The Boys 16/u Medley relay who came 6th. The team consisting of Ben Kelleher, James Lockwood, James Phillips and Richard Knight also set a new club record.

The Boys 15/16 Medley relay (Ben Kelleher, Alex Lister, Richard Knight, James Lockwood) came 5th in the final and the 15/16 Freestyle relay (Richard Knight, Ben Kelleher, James Philips, Alex Lister) came 6th in the final and set a new club record.

The Girls 12/u Medley (Louisa Knight, Taylor McCarthy, Natalie French, Chloe Dobb) relay set a new club record and the 12/u Freestyle relay (Chloe Dobb, Taylor McCarthy, Louisa Knight, Natalie French) also set a new club record as well as coming 5th in the final.

Congratulations also to those who achieved PBs this weekend including those above as well as Phoebe Hampson who swum an 8 second PB in the 200 Breaststroke, Tanglin Ireland in the 100 IM, Oliver Dovey in the 50 Backstroke, and Joe Dobb in the 50 Fly.

Well done to everyone who represented Bromley this weekend including those above as well as all the members of the 12/u, 13/14, 15/16 and 16/u boys and girls relays many of whom swam in consecutive races and only just missed on out making the finals.

I'm very proud of everyone who achieved a Kent time this year. I believe we earned even more points than last year making this our most successful Kent Championships to date.

A full summary of the Kent Championships including our overall score, our Kent placing, the percentage of PB swims, highest individual point scorers and other data will be included in the Easter Newsletter.

David Court

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Kent Championships Gala 4

On Sunday 20th February the second weekend of the Kent Championships got underway. This weekend saw 14 personal best swims and Bromley earned another 42 points to add to their championship campaign.

Congratulations to those who achieved a top six finish and so earned their team points:

Theo Haslam achieved a first place in his age group 50 Breaststroke in a personal best time as well as coming second in his age group 100 Backstroke and third in his age group 200 Freestyle also in in a PB.

Two further third places were achieved by Ben Kelleher in the 200 IM (in which he also achieved a 6th place in the Junior age group) and the 50 Freestyle both of which were personal bests.

Fourth places were achieved by Matthew Rogers in the 50 Breaststroke and Felicity Hamilton-Cox in the 50 Backstroke.

The Men's 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay team consisting of James Brinkley, Ben Kelleher, Oliver Reynolds and Sean Perfect also came fourth breaking the old club record by almost six seconds.

James Brinkley came 5th in his age group 100 Butterfly in a personal best time, as well as in the 50 Freestyle. He also made the Men's Open final for the 50 Freestyle coming 6th overall.

Joe Dobb also achieved a 5th place in the 200 Freestyle in a personal best time and Felicity Hamilton-Cox also came 5th in her age group 50 Butterfly.

Special congratulations to those who achieved a PB, including those above as well as Vicky Ward who achieved a personal best in the 200 Freestyle, and Richard Knight, James Lockwood, Nick Lockwood, Alex Lister and Oliver Lister who all achieved a PB in the 50 Freestyle.

Well done also to John Furness and Oliver Reynolds who swam in the 50 Freestyle and Holly Barnes who swam in the 50 Backstroke and 50 Butterfly.

David Court (February 2011)

Kent Championships Gala 2

Saturday 12th February saw a very successful opening weekend to the 2011 Kent Championships. With nine personal best swims, one new club record and a total of 59 points amassed from 17 events, Bromley swimmers came out fighting.

Special congratulations to those swimmers with a top six finish who earned their team points:

James Brinkley made his first Kent final in the 100 Backstroke, coming 5th in the open age-group and 3rd in the 17/18 age-group. He also achieved a 5th place in his age-group 200 Freestyle and just missed out on the top six in the 50 breaststroke, where he came 7th. James swam PBs in all three events.

Oliver Lister earned his place again in the Open 50 Breaststroke final, having swum a PB in the heat and coming 1st in his age-group. He came fourth in the Open age-group.

Ben Kelleher just missed out on 6th place in the 50 Breaststroke in a PB time. He also competed in the 100 Backstroke where he came 2nd in his age-group. Unfortunately he was unavailable for the Open final which would have secured his 3rd place in the Junior age-group as well as gaining him points in the Open age-group.

Theo Haslam earned a 3rd place in the 200 Breaststroke, and was crowned county champion for the 100 Butterfly and 50 Freestyle. He performed PBs in both the Breaststroke and the Freestyle.

Matthew Rogers came 3rd in the 200 Breaststroke, swimming an excellent 8 second PB. He also competed in the 50m Freestyle.

Felicity Hamilton-Cox competed in the 100 IM as well as the 200 Breaststroke in which she came 1st in her age-group and 3rd in the open age-group.

The Men's Open Medley team broke Bromley SC history by finishing in second place. The team, comprising of Ben Kelleher, Oliver Lister, Sean Perfect and James Brinkley, also broke the club record, making them the fastest Men's Open Medley team in Bromley's history. Well done men.

Congratulations to all of those who achieved a personal best, including those of you who are mentioned above as well as: Victoria Ward who swam a 3 second PB in the 100 Backstroke, Holly Barnes in the 100 Fly and Chloe Dobb, whose personal best in the 400 Free was also a London Regional qualifying time.

Finally, well done to James Lockwood and John Furness who also represented the club in the 50 Breaststroke.

A great weekend for all our swimmers, you did yourselves and Bromley proud. Let's keep it up for the rest of the championships.

David Court (February 2011)

Brighton Open Meet Report

On the weekend of 14th/15th January, several Bromley swimmers travelled down to Brighton to compete in the Brighton Open.

It is always useful to enter a competition at around this time to 'blow out the cobwebs', get some good race practice before Kent's, and for some of our swimmers it was their last opportunity to achieve a County Championship qualifying time.

Every single swimmer who competed achieved a personal best time.

Alex Din competed in 100 Free (PB), 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Back (PB) and 200 IM (PB).

Chloe Dobb competed in 100 Free (PB), 100 Back (PB) and 200 IM where she achieved a four second personal best time.

Felicity Hamilton-Cox swam a 2 second PB in the 200 Breaststroke coming 1st and also competed in the 100 Free.

Tanglin Ireland competed in the 200 IM where he swam a 7 second PB and also achieved his Kent qualifying time.

Heather Perfect swam in the 100 Free, 100 Fly and 50 Free where she achieved a PB.

Ethan Reeves swam a PB in both the 100 Free and 50 Free and also competed in the 100 Br/s.

Ellen Scholes competed in 100 Breaststroke and swam a 2 second PB in the 200 IM.

Georgina Ward achieved a PB in all three of her events; 50 Free, 200 Free (where she swam a 9 second PB) and 200 Breaststroke (which was a 16 second PB).

Vicky Ward competed in the 100 Free where she took 4th place, 100 Back, 200 Free, 200 IM and 50 Free where she swam a PB and also came 4th which automatically qualified her for the Skins event.

The Skins event involves the 6 fastest 50 freestylers racing over 5 lots of 50 metres freestyle every 90 seconds. After each 50 metres the slowest swimmer of the 6 competing is 'knocked out of the competition'. The Skins event is a very exciting and difficult event for which the swimmers need to be very skilled. Vicky did excellently coming 5th overall, with both 50s being very close to her PB.

It was a very enjoyable weekend and it was great to see our swimmers doing so well at this time of year. Well done to everyone who swam.

As you can see Open meets are a great way to swim events you don't normally enter and to keep your times up-to-date. Please look out for
emails/information on the notice board about Open meets that you may be eligible to compete in.

David Court (February 2011)

Whitehorse League

Saturday the 21st January saw the first round of six galas that make up the Whitehorse League. Bromley faced Orpington Ojays, Beckenham, Saxon Crown, Erith and District and White Oak, with a team that included new team members from our younger age groups.

There were several excellent performances and the team looked the strongest it has ever done at a Whitehorse gala. Special congratulations to those of you who achieved PB swims: Joe Dobb, Theo Haslam, Matthew Knight, Lilly Dabin, Alexander Din, George Carter, Alex Cheeseman and Ellen Scholes. Also well done to the Men's Open Medley Relay team (Ben Kelleher, Oliver Lister, James Brinkley and Richard Knight) for breaking the relay club record.

Overall Bromley came second by just 11 points, an excellent start to the league. Well done to everyone who competed and let's keep up the hard work in training for the next round which will take place on 2nd April.

David Court (February 2011)

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Yet another great performance in the final round of the Octopus league saw us finish 3rd on the night, with a fantastic 21 PBs.

Overall we finished the 2010 league in 3rd place, just 2 points behind this year's winner. Well done to every swimmer that competed in the league this year, in all 6 rounds we finished in the top 3.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for winning their individual event or breaking the time limit; Lily Rayner (25m Freestyle), Aaron McClean (25m Freestyle), Eddie Ashworth (25m Backstroke), Lucy Sidey (50m Breaststroke), Christian Timms (25m Backstroke), Amy Jeffreys (25m Breaststroke), Jo Lucas (25m Breaststroke), Oliver Dovey (50m Backstroke), Eleanor Trew (25m Freestyle) and Joshua Reynolds (50m Breaststroke).

Well done also to all those swimmers that achieved a PB; Lily Rayner, Aaron McClean, Georgina Piper, Eddie Ashworth, Lucy Sidey, Matthew Ruiz, Chloe Stephens, Emily Norris, Jo Lucas, Christian Timms, Katie Lockwood, Laura Potts, George Carter, Amy Jeffreys, Emma Cape, Abigail Pettyfer, James McGruer, Eleanor Trew, Robert Sidey, Matthew Knight and Emma Potts.

With such good performance we can look forward to 2011.

Report by Steve Reynolds (December 2010)

On 11th December Bromley’s Arena league team travelled to Medway Park to compete in the final round of the league. Having made the top-six gala Bromley faced very tough competition from some big teams: Epsom District, Thanet, Croydon Amphibians, Chelmsford and Atlantis.

Despite this Bromley managed some excellent performances, with 13 1st-3rd places and five personal best swims.

Although the other teams proved too strong for us on the night, it was an excellent chance to see what we’re up against and what we need to aim for to improve our position next year. And in this case sixth place in Division one (out of a total of 18 teams) was something to be proud of, as it’s highest position Bromley Swimming Club has ever achieved.

Special congratulations to those of you who achieved a personal best time: Felicity Hamilton-Cox, Phoebe Hampson, Tanglin Ireland, Emma Wade and Matthew Rogers.

Thank you to all our supporters and to those swimmers who have attended any or all of the three rounds just to cheer on your teammates. You’re all very much appreciated and the team wouldn’t do as well without you. For this round in particular thank you to Lucy Morgan, Megan Barnes and Louisa Knight.

Well done to all our team members, I hope you enjoyed being part of this record breaking team and are set to work hard and do it all again but better in 2011.

Club	Gala Points Gala 1	League Points Gala 1	Gala Points Gala 2	League Points Gala 2	Gala Points Gala 3	League Points Gala 3	League Bonus Points	Total Gala Points	Total League Points	League Position
Epsom	250	6	225	6	214	12	24	689	48	1
Thanet	231	6	226.5	6	192	10	24	649.5	46	2
Chelmsford	231	6	238.5	6	176	6	24	645.5	42	3
Croydon Amphibians	189	5	215	5	178	8	24	582	42	4
Atlantis	198	5	199.5	5	174	4	24	571.5	38	5
Bromley	185	5	176	4	112	2	24	473	35	6
RTW Monson	170	4	170	3	191	12	12	531	31	7
Black Lion A	168	3	178	5	188	10	12	534	30	8
Elmbridge Phoenix	185	4	156	2	183	8	12	524	26	9
Hastings	167.5	3	184	4	171	6	12	522.5	25	10
East Grinstead	179.5	4	185	4	148	2	12	512.5	22	11
Dover	159.5	2	162.5	3	163	4	12	485	21	12
Southend	128	1	149	3	203	12	0	480	16	13
White Oaks	144	3	141	2	165	8	0	450	13	14

David Court

On Saturday 20th November Bromley's junior swimmers took centre stage in the final round of the Kent Junior League 2010.

Having won the previous two rounds Bromley SC was in a strong position and looked set for promotion should they manage to repeat their previous performances, and they didn't disappoint.

With 15 first place finishes, 16 second place finishes and 7 third place finishes out of 51 events Bromley led the way convincingly from start to end. Gaining 234 gala points, Bromley finished the league with a total of 661 gala points (our closest rival being Maidstone with 557) and we achieved a full house of 18 league points after winning all three rounds meaning promotion to division two next year.

Well done to all swimmers who were part of this very special promotional team. Your team spirit was excellent throughout the rounds and there were some great swims. You thoroughly deserve this victory.

Special congratulations to those of you who achieved a personal best on the night: Vicky Ward, Theo Haslam, Emma Wade, Michael Eagling, Taylor McCarthy, Ellie Quinn, Robert Shorter, Chloe Dobb, Matthew Ruiz, Natalie French, Louisa Knight, Grace Scopes, Alexander Din and Felix Haslam.

Hats off to all of the 11/u relay teams who took the whole set of 4x25m records:

Ellie Quinn, Emma Wade, Natalie French and Alexandra Cheeseman took the 4x25m Medley record by over a second.
Natalie French, Francesca Powell, Ellie Quinn, and Alexandra Cheeseman took the 4x25m Freestyle record by just under a second.

Robert Shorter, Matthew Rogers, Isaac Korro and George Adam took the 4x25m Medley record by almost four seconds!
George Adam, Isaac Korro, Michael Eagling and Robert Shorter then took the 4x25m Freestyle record by over 2 seconds.

Many thanks go to our club captains and members of top squad who attended to support the junior swimmers: Holly Barnes, Richard Knight, Henri Shorter and Megan Barnes, and to all the support from the balcony.

Photos of the evening are available on our website gallery.

David Court

Arena League: Round II

Bromley SC took part in the second round of the National Arena league on Saturday 13th November at Tunbridge Wells. Again we faced tough competition including two of the very best teams in Kent (Black Lion and RTW Monson) as well as Epsom (one of the best teams from Surrey), Elmbridge Phoenix, and 1066.

There are three rounds to the Arena league. The results of the first two rounds dictate what happens in the third round. In the first two rounds each team acquires not only gala points to decide the rankings of the gala, but league points, i.e. if you win a gala you get six league points, if you come 6th in a gala you win 1 league point. The third round of the league is split into three galas, the promotional gala (where the top two teams are promoted to the above division), the demotion gala (where the bottom two teams are demoted) and the middle gala. The promotional gala consists of the top 6 teams in the division, i.e. the teams who acquire the most league points in the first two rounds.

You may remember that, having only just been promoted to division one, Bromley gained an excellent second place in the first round in October, winning 5 league points. We therefore knew we were in with a long shot of getting into the promotional gala, depending on our performance in the second round.

Round two got off to an excellent start with two new relay club records for the 15/u Boys Freestyle relay and the Men's Open Medley relay. Natalie French swam excellently and broke two Junior Girls' club records in the 50 'fly and the 50 free'. And to finish it all off the 15/u Boys and Men's Open team broke the Medley relay and Freestyle squadron records respectively. Very well done to Ben Kelleher, Ethan Reeves, Matthew Brown, Richard Knight, James Brinkley, Oliver Lister, John Furness, Sean Perfect, Oliver Reynolds and of course Natalie.

There were also 13 personal best performances; well done to Phoebe Hampson, Robert Shorter, Ben Kelleher, Natalie French, Tanglin Ireland, Emma Wade, Chloe Dobb, Theo Haslam, Matthew Knight and Gabby Eastment.

It was an extremely close run gala, with the three and sometimes even four middle teams battling it out furiously for 2nd place. At the end of the gala we came 3rd, missing out on 2nd place by just two points. However in coming third after a very respectable performance, we totaled 9 league points overall which was enough to get us through to the promotional gala and makes us one of the top 6 teams in division one. This is the highest position Bromley has achieved in as long as anyone can remember and means we'll be competing against some truly great teams in the final round.

Well done to everyone who competed, you all swam admirably, supported your teammates excellently and did your club proud.

Thank you also to those who attended purely to cheer, and to our support from the balcony. The more people we have behind us, the further we'll go.

David Court

On the 3rd of October four Bromley swimmers competed in the White Oak Open and achieved some excellent results. Felix Haslam competed in the 50 butterfly, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, coming first in the butterfly and freestyle, joint first in the backstroke and second place in the breaststroke. Felix also swam PBs in three of his four events, a great achievement. Louisa Knight achieved a very credible 3rd place in the 100m Butterfly. Matthew Knight competed in the 100m Freestyle and finished in sixth place with a personal best time. Finally Richard Knight competed in the 100m Freestyle and the 100m IM achieving a second and third place respectively.

Well done to all four swimmers for doing so well this early on in the season.

David Court

Well done to everyone who competed and to those who put so much effort into supporting their team mates.

Special congratulations to those who achieved individual first place finishes: Theo Haslam, Tanglin Ireland, Ben Kelleher and James Brinkley.

Thank you to everyone who came along to support. We look forward to seeing you all at round 2 in November.

Report by David Court (October 2010)

Bromley took part in the second of three rounds of the Kent Junior League. Having won the first round we hoped to perform equally well as if we win all three rounds we will be guaranteed promotion to division one.

Some exciting relays and excellent individual performances gave us 16 1st place finishes, 11 2nd place finishes and 11 3rd place finishes out of 49 events, which was enough to secure first position overall by over 20 points. After the first two rounds we are 49 points ahead of the second place position, currently held by White Oak. The final round will take place in November, when we will again face White Oak, Maidstone, Margate, Edenbridge, and Ashford.

Particular congratulations go to those who achieved a first place in their individual event: Grace Scopes, Matthew Rogers, Isobel Vowles, Alex Din, Theo Haslam and Vicky Ward. Well done also to those swimmers who achieved a personal best time: Michael Eagling, Chloe Dobb, Robert Shorter, Jade Hewitt, Joel Woodward, Ellen Scholes, Rachel Peares, Matthew Rogers, Isobel Vowles, Alex Din.

Thank you to all swimmers for your excellent team spirit and the effort you put into these galas. Let’s keep up the good work.

A report has been sent to the News Shopper, and although they cannot guarantee us anything in print they have said we will appear on their website, so keep your eyes peeled.

Well done everyone.

Report by David Court (October 2010)

Yet another great performance in round 4 of the Octopus league saw us finish 2nd on the night, with a fantastic 14 PBs.

That is our 4th top 3 finish in the league this year. We remain in 2nd place overall, just 1 point behind the league leaders - Cheam.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for winning their individual event or breaking the time limit; Lucy Marchant (25m Backstroke), Emma Potts (50m Butterfly), Georgina Piper (25m Breaststroke), Eddie
Ashworth (25m Breaststroke), Grace Onder (25m Breaststroke), Chloe Stephens (50m Backstroke), Jade Hewitt (50m Backstroke) and Richard Knight (50m Breaststroke).

Well done to everyone who competed on the night.

Report by Steve Reynolds (July 2010)

Six swimmers took part in the Thanet Open on the 10th July. It was a separated medley event where all swimmers were required to swim either 50m (for the 10 & unders) or 100m (for the over 10s) of each stroke. The aggregate scores were then counted and the top 6 swimmers in each age group went through to the final where they had to swim either 100m or 200m IM.

Well done to all six swimmers, Tanglin Ireland, Robert Shorter, Alex Din, Vicky Ward, Nicola Kleist and Henrietta Shorter for braving all four strokes. Every swimmer achieved at least one significant PB so it was worth the effort.

Tanglin Ireland came first in all four of his 50m swims and went through to the final to win the 100m IM. Robert Shorter came 4th in his freestyle and breaststroke and 5th in his backstroke, and completed a 200m IM coming 5th in the final. Alex Din achieved three 3rd places and a 4th and came 4th overall in the 200m IM final. Nicola Kleist, competing in her first ever open meet, did very well coming 6th in the 200m IM final in a personal best time and Henri Shorter went through to the 200m IM final and achieved 5th place.

A very successful weekend for you all and very enjoyable for me to see you swimming strokes you might not normally swim. Well done to you all.

Report by David Court (July 2010)

London Sprints took place on the 11th July at Crystal Palace. This was a level 3 open giving swimmers a chance to race all four strokes over 50m. Bromley was represented by 10 swimmers in 26 events achieving a 73% PB rate and with 77% of swims being a top 8 finish.

Congratulations to those of you with a top 8 finish: Theo Haslam (2nd 50m Fly, 2nd 50m Breast’, 4th 50m Back’, 5th 50m Free’), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (1st 50m Breast’, 3rd 50m Back’, 7th 50m Free’, 8th 50m ‘Fly), Vicky Ward (3rd 50m Back’, 7th 50m Free’, 8th 50m ‘Fly, 8th 50m Breast’), James Brinkley (2nd 50m ‘Fly, 2nd 50m Back’, 8th 50m Breast’), Oliver Reynolds (3rd 50m Back’, 5th 50m Breast’, 5th 50m Fly), Oliver Lister (3rd 50m Breast’) and Abbie Regelous (4th 50m Breast’).

Well done also to those of you who swam PBs: Richard Knight, Oliver Lister, Oliver Reynolds, Chloe Dobb, Louisa Knight, Vicky Ward, Theo Haslam, Felicity Hamilton-Cox and James Brinkley.

I hope you all enjoyed the competition and were pleased with your end of season swims.

Report by David Court (July 2010)

The London British Age Group Categories took place on the first and second weekend of June at Crystal Palace and this year Bromley had 3 swimmers competing.

The weekends saw Ethan Reeves competing in his first regional competition, a major achievement that shows a vast improvement in his times over the past year. Ethan is a perfect example of what you can achieve if you have the determination and put in the effort in training. He competed in the 100m Free and achieved a time of 1.02.9, smashing his entry time by nearly a second, and narrowly missing the personal best time he set the previous week at Beckenham Open.

Theo Haslam also competed with great success, swimming in seven events over the course of the competition: 100m & 200m Butterfly, 200m Backstroke, 100m & 200m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle and 200m IM. Theo achieved PBs in 6 of these 7 events (again just missing the personal best time he set the previous week in the 100m Breaststroke at Beckenham Open), and also made the final in both the 100m and 200m Butterfly coming third and eighth respectively.

Vicky Ward was our sole representative from the junior girls and competed to a high standard in three events: 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke and 200m IM achieving a personal best time in her 100m Freestyle.

Overall a successful weekend for our swimmers; all three of them show our younger swimmers what can be achieved. It would be great to see more of our junior swimmers meeting the qualifying times for the regional championships. For those of you with Kent times, this is the next step up so talk to your coach about how you can achieve these qualification times. Well done again to Ethan, Theo and Vicky.

Report by David Court (July 2010)

JUNE 2010 - Black Lion, Whitehorse, Masters & Kent Junior League

This year we had one lonely soul competing at the Kent Masters championships but he did us all proud.

Our new recruit Damian Locascio competed in his age group 50 'fly, 100 IM and 50 free', winning all three events.

Most notably, Damian took the county record for the 40-44 years 50 'fly in 28.36, smashing the old record of 28.80 which has stood since 1993.

It would be great to try to get a bigger masters presence there next year! If you know any keen adult swimmers who are looking to train or compete, please point them our way.

Report by David Court (June 2010)

On Saturday evening we turned in our best performance of the year in this league, still coming third but only missing the top spot by 11 points. It was a very close gala.

Well done to the large number of you who performed pbs on the night under hideously hot circumstances: Ellen Scholes, Theo Haslam, Nicola Kleist, Richard Knight, Natalie French, Tanglin Ireland, Alex Din, Heather Perfect, Chloe Dobb, Henri Shorter, Cameron Butler, Gabby Eastment, and Gina Deave.

A special congratulations to Oliver Lister and James Brinkley who both lowered their own club records after having spent a long day competing up at Crystal Palace and still turning out for the team in the evening. Well done chaps.

Report by David Court (June 2010)

Kent Junior League

Bromley got off to an excellent start at this year's Kent Junior League by winning the first of three rounds beating Maidstone, White Oak, Margate, Edenbridge and Ashford.

It was a very exciting gala with some excellent swims and really good team spirit from you all. Overall we won 17 races and achieved 19 personal best performances.

Well done to those of you who won your individual races: Theo Haslam (12/u 100 'Fly, 13/u 100 Breast', 13/u 100 'Fly), Alex Din (12/u 100 Back', 12/u 100 Free'), Natalie French (11/u 50 Back'), Grace Scopes (10 yrs 50 Breast'), Matthew Rogers (10 yrs 50 Breast'), Chloe Dobb (12/u 100 Free').

Well done also to those relay teams who got us those all important first places: Boys 9/10 yrs Medley relay, Girls 12/u Medley relay, Boys 12/u Medley relay, Girls 12/u Freestyle relay, Boys 12/u Freestyle relay, Boys 9/10 yrs Freestyle relay, Boys 13/u Medley relay.

A big congratulations to those of you who achieved PBs: Ellie Quinn, Isaac Korro, Emily Norris, Tanglin Ireland, Taylor McCarthy, Jade Hewitt, Alex Dinn, Chloe Dobb, Natalie French, Vicky Ward, Cameron Butler, Grace Scopes, Theo Haslam. It's brilliant to see so many of you improving your times.

If we can maintain this level of performance at the next gala we will really be in with a chance for promotion in the league. But let's remember that the teams will be fighting back next round- keep working hard in training and make sure I'm not writing the same things on your feedback sheets next time! A very well done to all of you, you did your team proud.

Report by David Court (June 2010)

Black Lion Open Meet

On the 22nd/23rd May Bromley Swimming Club took part in the Black Lion Open Meet. This was a level 2 open meet and an excellent opportunity for some of our younger and less experienced swimmers to get some race practice as well as for our older swimmers who missed out on competing in the London Regional Championships or Beckenham open meet in the preceding weeks. 18 swimmers from Bromley competed in 48 events with a very respectable 54% of those swims being PBs.

It was good to see so many of the younger swimmers taking part and trying new events. Well done to all of our young swimmers; Joe Dobb, Michael Eagling, Phoebe Hampson, Felix Haslam and Joel Woodward.

PB achievers were: Alex Din, Cameron Butler, Chloe Dobb, Ellen Scholes, Felix Haslam, Jade Hewitt, Joe Dobb, Katie Lockwood, Michael Eagling, Nick Lockwood, Phoebe Hampson and Theo Haslam.

Those swimmers with a top 6 finish were: Alex Din (3rd 400 Free’), Chloe Dobb (6th 400 Free’), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (3rd 100 Breast’), Phoebe Hampson (5th 200 Breast’), Theo Haslam (3rd 50 Back’, 2nd 100 Breast’, 5th 100 Back’, 2nd 50 Breast’, 4th 50 Fly’, 5th 50 Free’).

Well done again to everyone who took part.

Report by David Court (June 2010)

MAY 2010 – London Youth Champs & Beckenham Open

Beckenham Open 2010

The weekend of 9th/10th May saw another very successful competition at Crystal Palace. 18 swimmers represented Bromley SC in 56 events. Of these swims 82% were long course personal best times, and we achieved a top 6 finish in almost a quarter of them.

Beckenham open meet is a Level 1 open- the highest level of competition you can get to in an open meet format. This means it attracts top swimmers, many of whom attend in the hopes of achieving their national times, so Bromley faced some very tough competition.

Congratulations to all PB achievers, and special congratulations to those of you who were swimming in a long-course pool for the first time either this weekend or last weekend at the London Regional Championships. Many swimmers achieved a PB in every race they swum: a very good effort from you all. PBs were achieved by:
Robert Shorter (50 Breast’, 50 Back’, 100 Free’, 200 Free’, 200 IM), Theo Haslam (50 & 100 Fly’, 50 & 100 Back’, 50, 100 & 200 Breast’, 50 & 100 Free’), Alex Din (50, 100 & 200 Back’, 50 & 100 Free’), Cameron Butler (50 Fly’, 50 Free’), Ethan Reeves (50 Breast’, 50 Back’, 50 & 100 Free’), Richard Knight (50 Fly’, 100 Back’, 50 & 100 Free’).
Chloe Dobb (50 Free’), Louisa Knight (50 Free’), Taylor McCarthy (50 Free’, 50 Breast’, 100 Back’, 200 IM), Jade Hewitt (50 Free’, 50 Back’, 50 Breast’, 100 Back’), Gabby Eastment (50 Breast’), Henri Shorter (50 Free’, 50 Fly’, 200 Free’), Holly Barnes (50 Free’), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (50 Fly’), Hailey Pearcey (50 Breast’), Emily Bone (50 Breast’).

Top-6 finishes were achieved by Theo Haslam (2nd in 50 Breast’, 100 Breast’ and 50 Fly’, 3rd in 100 Fly’, 4th in 50 Back’ and 100 Free’, 5th in 50 Free’), Ethan Reeves (4th in 50 Breast’), Oliver Lister (6th in 100 Breast’), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (1st in 100 Breast’), Abbie Regelous (5th in 50 Breast’) and Emily Bone (1st 50 Breast, 4th 50 Fly’).

Well done to everyone who swum, I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. The full results can be found on Beckenham SC’s website or by clicking ::here::

Report by David Court (May 2010)

London Youth Championships

This year’s London Youth Championships were our most successful to date with our highest number of entrants (9 swimmers) competing in our highest number of entries (24 races). 67% of our swimmers made finals in their events- an excellent result that ensured Bromley SC really made an impression.

Well done to all finalists; Benedict Kelleher(50m Backstroke & 200m Backstroke), Oliver Reynolds (50m Backstroke and 1st reserve for 100m Backstroke), James Brinkley (50m Backstroke), Gina Deave (50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke, 50m Fly), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (50m & 100m Breaststroke), Emily Bone (50m & 100m Breaststroke and 1st reserve for 50m Butterfly). The London Youth Championships only award medals to the top three in each final but Bromley managed to walk away with three 3rd places (Ben 50 Back’, Oliver 50 Back’ and Felicity 50 Breaststroke) and one 2nd place (Gina 50 Breaststroke).

Every single swimmer who competed this weekend achieved a long-course personal best time: Gina Deave (50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke), Felicity Hamilton-Cox (50m Breaststroke), Emily Bone (50m Breaststroke), Abbie Regelous (50m Breaststroke), James Brinkley (50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke), Oliver Reynolds (50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle), Ben Kelleher (50m, 100m & 200m Backstroke, 50m Freestyle), Oliver Lister (100m Breaststroke & 50m Freestyle), Alex Lister(50m Breaststroke).

Underlying these excellent results is the fact that these swimmers all qualified for the Regionals; an achievement in itself. I hope over the years that more swimmers will get to this level; it is a very enjoyable weekend with top class performances from the biggest and most elite teams in London. Bromley SC is a much smaller club than the major players at the London’s and the fact that our swimmers still managed to make such a big impact is a testament to their hard work and dedication. Well done to everyone who competed, keep up the good work.

Report by David Court (May 2010)

For the full results (when available), click on the "competitions" tab.

Orpington Open 2010 & Crawley Open 2010

Orpington Open took place on 17/18th April and Bromley SC came away with 40 personal best swims and 24 top 6 places, a brilliant result.

Congratulations to all PB achievers:
Alex Din (200 back', 100 free', 50 free', 200 free', 100 back',) Chloe Dobb (50 free', 50 'fly) Ellen Scholes (200 breast', 50 free') Emily Bone (100 back') Felix Haslam (50 'fly) Georgie Ward (50 breast') Henri Shorter (100 free', 50 free') Isaac Korro (50 'fly, 50 back', 50 breast', 50 free') Jade Hewitt (50 free', 100 back') Joe Dobb (50 free', 50 back', 50 'fly) Louisa Knight (50 free') Nick Lockwood (100 free') Ollie Lister (200 breast'- also a new club record) Rebecca Ireland (50 free') Richard Knight (100 back', 50 free', 200 free') Robert Shorter (50 free', 50 breast', 50 back') Tanglin Ireland (50 breast') Taylor McCarthy (50 free', 50 'fly, 50 breast') Theo Haslam (50 breast', 50 'fly) Vicky Ward (400 free')

Equally well done to those of you who achieved a top 6 placing:
Abbie Regelous (5th 100 Breast’)
Alex Din (6th 100 Back’, 5th 200 Free’)
Ben Kelleher (2nd 200 Back’)
Chloe Dobb (5th 50 ‘Fly)
Emily Bone (1st 50 Free’, 3rd 100 Back’)
Felix Haslam (6th 50 ‘Fly)
Hailey Pearcy (1st 200 ‘Fly, 4th 200 IM)
Isaac Korro (6th 50 Free’, 4th 50 ‘Fly, 3rd 50 Breast’)
Joe Dobb (6th 50 Back’, 2nd 50 ‘Fly)
Oliver Lister (1st 100 Breast’, 1st 50 Breast)
Richard Knight (4th 100 Back)
Tanglin Ireland (1st 50 Breast’)
Taylor McCarthy (5th 50 Breast’, 4th 50 Back’)
Theo Haslam (1st 50 ‘Fly, 1st 50 Breast’)
Vicky Ward (3rd 100 Free’)

Well done to everyone who attended. It was great to see so many of you there, and especially to see so many of the younger swimmers showing an interest in competing; it’s what we do the training for and you did yourselves proud.

Full results can be found here:

Crawley Open Meet (Long-course) also took place this weekend and we had three swimmers competing. Both Felicity Hamilton-Cox and Gina Deave achieved Long Course PBs, Felicity in the 100m Breaststroke and Gina in the 200m Breaststroke.

Special congratulations go to James Brinkley for achieving his National Qualifying Time for 50m Freestyle. James is the first swimmer I have coached to this standard so I am particularly proud of him and he will go on to compete at Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield later this year against some of the best athletes in the country.

Overall a very successful weekend, well done everyone.

David Court

APRIL 2010 – Opens & Galas

The club had a very good weekend at Opens in Crawley and Gillingham. The most notable performances were:
James Brinkley - 50m freestyle - 25.25 - National qualifying time. This is my first swimmer to achieve this standard so well done James - a particularly special swim.
Oliver Lister - 200m breaststroke - 2.39.94 - broke the club record by over 5.5 seconds

Theo Haslam - 50m butterfly - 32.64 - places him in the top 10 in the country for his age group, 50m breaststroke - 38.99 - places him 12th in the country for his age group.
Congratulations to Vicky Ward - currently ranked number 1 in Kent for 50m freestyle long course!
Well done to everyone who competed in these Opens and all those swimmers who achieved a PB (according to my records).
Report by David Court (April 2010)

We had a great round 2 in both the Whitehorse and Octopus leagues, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectfully, with a fantastic 33 PBs over the two galas. Special congratulations to James Brinkley who broke the 50m freestyle Club Record. For all the gala result, click on the "competitions" tab.

Report by Steve Reynolds (April 2010)

MARCH 2010 - Bernard Belton Trophy Gala

We had some great swims in the Bernard Belton Trophy gala, hosted by Saxon Crown. It was a very close gala, with the league positions changing repeatedly all evening. We eventually finished in 3rd place, with a fantastic 24 PBs.

Congratulations to the following swimmers for winning their individual event; Felix Haslam (50m Fly), Victoria Ward (100m Free), Hailey Pearcey (100m Fly) and Grace Scopes (50m Breast).

Well done to all those swimmers that achieved a PB; Emma Wade, Felix Haslam, Rachel Peares, Joshua Reynolds, Hailey Pearcey, Richard Knight, Emily Norris, Joel Woodward, Georgina Ward, Robert Shorter, William Simmons, Emma Potts, Oliver Dovey, Grace Scopes, Harry Paterson, Aaron Stephens, Chloe Stephens, Nicola Kleist, Matthew Ruiz, Katie Lockwood, Matthew Knight, Luke Gentle and Katie Woolsey.

Thank you to all the swimmers that represented Bromley and to Marcus for team managing.

Report by Steve Reynolds (March 2010)

Bernard Belton Trophy Gala Results - PDF

FEBRUARY 2010 - Kent Championships

Congratulations, we are now one of the top ten clubs in Kent, the results from 2009 are also here for comparison.

2010

Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

2009

Position
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11

Beckenham
Thanet
Black Lion
Canterbury
GBM
Sevenoaks
Orpington
RTW
Monson
Bromley

Beckenham
Black Lion
Canterbury
Thanet
GBM
Sevenoaks
Orpington
Bexley
Whiteoak
Dover
Bromley

Boys
739
374
384
348
189
323
307
171
32
106

Boys
561.5
496.5
342.5
326
268
326
247.5
183
217.5
108
35

Girls
791
680
237
210.5
314
149
133
236
316
115

Girls
1062
307.5
318.5
333
250
153.5
180.5
96.5
13
120
177

Total
1530
1054
621
558.5
503
472
440
407
348
221

Total
1623.5
804
661
659
518
479.5
428
279.5
230.5
228
212

JANUARY 2010 – Galas

We had a great start to this years Octopus league, finishing 3rd in the first gala of 2010 with a fantastic 25 PBs.

DECEMBER 2009 - WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

Another great team performance in the final play-off round of the National Arena League South saw Bromley Swimming Club win the Division Two East title with maximum points.

It was a very exciting and close gala, which saw Bromley in second place after the opening 10 events. With a string of great swims in the middle section, Bromley clawed their way to first place by the end of the individual events.

However, RTW Monson closed the gap during the relays and with two events to go, they were back in front by one point. Bromley’s ladies’ open team then bought the scores level by winning the 6x50m freestyle relay in a club record time. So it all came down to the final event and Bromley’s men’s open team didn't disappoint, leading from start to finish, claiming victory by a single point. Bromley enjoyed 14 individual and relay wins, 38 top three finishes and 14 personal bests, of which three were new club records.

The Bromley squad celebrate their triumph!