Dover White Cliffs Open
Faversham Swimming Squad have been competing again !! This time at the Dover White Cliffs Open where there were successful swims and PBs galore !! Alex Ralph managed to PB in each of his three races, the IM, Butterfly and Backstroke. Bella Prizeman entered 8 races and swam a PB in every single one of them.
Alongside 3 PBs in his races, Ethan Sharman swam his way into a second place in the boys 15/16 backstroke and 3 rd places in the IM, Skins and Freestyle.
There were Kent Consideration times for Jessica Perkins in the Girls 3/14 Freestyle, 50m and 100m breaststroke.
It was Grace Gavin and Luke Kennerell’s first open so a massive well done to them on their swims in this lovely pool.
Faversham Swimmers head to Crawley
A group of Faversham Swimming Squad have spent the weekend of the 24 th /25 th September representing their club in Crawley. A group of 7 swimmers made the long journey to the 50m pool. This was the first swim in a 50m pool for Alex Potts, Amber Gavin, Alex Ralph and Ella Richardson and was an excellent opportunity to test their skills at this longer distance. The swimmers were as always a credit to their team and came away with several Personal Bests. There were Kent Consideration Times for Molly Fordyce in the girls 14year breaststroke, Jessica Perkins in the girls 13 years Freestyle, Breaststroke and Backstroke and a Kent Automatic Time in the Girls 13 years Freestyle.
A massive well done to everyone who took part.
Great Swims at Maidstone Development Gala
This weekend saw the Maidstone Summer Development Gala where Faversham Swimming Club attended and had some great swims !
It was the first experience of an open competition for Dylan Potts and Bella Prizeman since they joined the swimming squad and they both had very successful swims with a range of Personal Best times achieved by them both.
There was a club record for Jessica Perkins in the 100m IM where she achieved a 2nd place position.
Tom Blunt and James Kennerell were celebrating 1st position swims with James achieving a time of 1.26.11 in the boys 11/12 years backstroke and Tom with a time of 30.42 in the boys 15+ years butterfly and 27.28 in the boys 15+ Freestyle. A massive well done to them both !
The team representing Faversham were a credit to the club with amazing swims and fantastic team support throughout.
Bubbles in the water and on land
It all begins with an idea.
Faversham swimming club have returned to training !! Thanks to the hard work and dedication of Allen Edwards and the rest of the coaches the club have been able to return to the water.
The children have greatly missed the routines and friendships over lockdown and there was much enjoyment and anticipation at the thought of returning to the pool.
Over lockdown, headcoach Paul Holt has carried out Zoom land training sessions on a weekly basis where the children have been able to maintain a certain level of fitness and see all their friends on camera. These have been great fun and so enjoyed by the squad swimmers that they are continuing to work out in this manner once a week. The synchronised swimming ladies have also carried out their training via Zoom, again a great way to maintain team work and working together.
Swimming is arranged around a strict timetable, with certain evenings allocated to each section and their corresponding bubbles of children. The children are clear about how to maintain their distance and train safely. Synchro coach Rachel Ing said “It was an absolute pleasure to welcome all of our swimmers back to synchro and so nice to see them all after an extended break. We have received some lovely feedback about how much the girls felt safe and enjoyed their first session back.” This sentiment was echoed by head coach of squad Paul Holt who said “It was awesome to see all the children back in the water enjoying themselves and all credit to them for following the guidance for safe training.”
A massive thank you to Faversham Swimming Pool for working with us to facilitate training. It has been a mammoth job to ensure that all sections can train safely and alongside the requirements of the pool. We are looking forward to continuing our training over the coming months.