Kingston Royals Swimming Club

During June there are a number of cancellations of sessions.  Please take note of the following dates:

Congratulations to KRSC swimmers who took part at the London Regional Youth Championships on 5 & 6 May 2012 at Crystal Palace.  The event, for swimmers aged 15 and over, saw Kingston Royals swimmers pick up three golds, two silvers and one bronze.  Alex Panayides won golds for the female 17 & over 400m freestyle and 800m freestyle events, while Joe Clark picked up gold in the 15/16 year old age group for the 1500m freestyle.

There will be no National Squad training this coming bank holiday, Monday, 7 May.  National Squad training times around the half term holiday and bank holidays are as follows:

The Surrey County Development meet on 23rd June is now open for entry - closing date for entries is Tuesday, 15 May.  The event will take place at The Guildford Spectrum and all details including eligibility report are available on the Open Meets page.

The KRSC Club Championship Sprint Series will this year take place between June and October with gala dates fixed at 15 and 17 June, 6 and 8 July and 6 October.  Full details are available here or can be found on the club noticeboards at The Malden Centre and Kingfisher.   Please note that the format of the championships has changed from previous years and that entry into the 100m IM and 200m Fly has been restricted due to time constraints.

Congratulations to the 32 KRSC swimmers who have achieved one or more qualifying times for the London Regionals which begin with the Youth events on 5 May while the BAGCAT events kick off on 2 June.  Best of luck to all swimmers taking part.  Qualifiers names are shown below and full details of the events can be found on the Open Meets page.

Results for the Bexley and Haslemere meets on 14/15 April are now available on the Open Meets page.  Well done to all who took part.

The KRSC Theatre Club has secured tickets at a discounted price for three shows at the New Wimbledon Theatre.  This is a chance to see popular shows at a great price as well as raise a bit of money for the swimming club in the process. So if you are interested, use the booking form to nab your places before they all go.

Kingston's Thomas Urry celebrated his Easter weekend in Sheffield where he was competing at Ponds Forge in the British International Disability Championships.   The event was part of the trials for GB swimmers hoping to secure places on the Paralympic team.  And while Thomas just missed out on a place with team GB, he swam PBs in all four events he competed in and finished in ninth place in the 400m freestyle event - S7 classification.  

The Executive Committee has asked a small working party comprising a mix of coaches, parents and exec committee to evaluate whether benefits can be gained by reorganising the club's squads and pool time. The working party is made up of:  Coaching Staff - Di Hargrave (Head Coach), Mark Smith (Coach, Juniors 1, Juniors 2 and Junior Nationals) and Penny Webster (Head of Cadets); Parents - Samantha Thompson and Miranda Seymour (both parents of swimmers in Nationals and Juniors 2 squads); Executive Committee - Tim Boden.