Round up of the Surrey Championships 2025

Sally-Anne Hawley

 

 

The Surrey County Championships took place over the weekends of 18th/19th January and 1st/2nd February at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. A total of 36 swimmers from Kingston qualified to compete in 156 events across the entire Championships.

Week 1 kicked off on a high note, with Kingston securing 4 Gold medals. Ruby Odongo won Gold in the 200m Breaststroke, Emmeline Eales took Gold in both the 200m Backstroke and 800m Freestyle, and Oliver Linehan triumphed with Gold in the 50m Butterfly.  Additionally, Kingston earned 1 Silver medal thanks to Oliver Dorey in the 50m Breaststroke and 3 Bronze medals from Emmeline Eales (50m Backstroke), Jessica Wright (200m Breaststroke) and Chloe Hill (800m Freestyle).  A significant number of swimmers also earned finals spots, several finishing just shy of medals, with very creditable 4th places.

Caitlin Trevor got the Multi-Class competition off to a fantastic start, earning an impressive 3 Golds in the 100m Breaststroke, 50m Freestyle, and 200m Individual Medley.

In Week 2, Kingston added even more to the medal tally.  The first event of the day saw Emmeline Eales claiming Gold and Lucia Williams and Chloe Hill earning Bronze in the 1500m Freestyle.  Ruby Odongo followed with another Gold in the 50m Breaststroke, while Jessica Wright and Lucia Williams took Bronze. In the 100m Breaststroke, Oliver Dorey earned Silver and Noah Pool won Bronze. Emmeline Eales continued to shine, securing Silver in the 100m Freestyle. Caitlin Trevor added to her collection with a Gold in the 100m Freestyle Multi-Class competition.

The final day of the competition concluded on a high note, with Emmeline Eales capturing Gold in the 400m Freestyle, Silver in the 50m Butterfly and 100m Backstroke, and Bronze in the 200m Freestyle.  Caitlin Trevor rounded off her Championships with yet another Gold in the 200m Freestyle Multi-Class competition.

In total, Kingston finished 10th in the County for the Open/Men’s & Women’s Combined Medals Table, with an overall medal count of 7 Golds, 5 Silvers, and 9 Bronzes. Additionally, one swimmer finished in first place, and three Kingston swimmers secured top 8 positions in the BAGCATS standings.  BAGCATS is a points-based competition for swimmers aged 10-14, with awards given to those who accumulate the most points across each stroke within their age group.

Emmeline Eales stood out by securing 1st place in the Girls 12 Years age group (having also won this title last year for the Girls 11 Years age group) – a fantastic achievement.  Lucia Williams finished 4th overall in the Girls 14 Years age group, while Maximilian Lowe took 5th in the Boys 10/11 Years category and Oliver Dorey finished 5th in the Boys 13 Years age group.

A full list of our medal winners and finalists from the Championships is provided below. Points are awarded for each placing (1st-8th) in each event, and these points contribute to the club’s overall ranking. When the event scores were tallied, Kingston finished in 5th place out of the 26 competing Surrey clubs.

 

MEDAL
NAME
AGE GROUP
EVENT
GOLD
Ruby Odongo
Girls 10/11 Years
50m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke
Emmeline Eales
Girls 12 Years
400m Freestyle
800m Freestyle
1500m Freestyle
200m Backstroke
Oliver Linehan Boys 16 Years 50m Butterfly
Caitlin Trevor Girls Multi-Class
100m Breaststroke
50m Freestyle
100m Freestyle
200m Freestyle
200m Individual Medley
SILVER
Emmeline Eales
Girls 12 Years
100m Freestyle
100m Backstroke
50m Butterfly
Oliver Dorey
Boys 13 Years
50m Breaststroke
100m Breaststroke
 
BRONZE
 
 
Emmeline Eales
Girls 12 Years
200m Freestyle
50 Backstroke
Lucia Williams
Girls 14 Years
1500m Freestyle
50m Breaststroke
Noah Pool
Boys 15 Years
100m Breaststroke
Jessica Wright
Girls 16 Years
50m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke
Chloe Hill
Girls 16 Years
800m Freestyle
1500m Freestyle
FINALISTS
PLACE NAME AGE GROUP EVENT
4th Place
Max Lowe
Boys 10/11 Years
100m Freestyle
200m Freestyle
200m Breaststroke
200m Individual Medley
4 th Place
Emmeline Eales
Girls 12 Years
100m Butterfly
4th Place
Lilly-Mai Pacheco-Walsh
Girls 13 Years
50m Butterfly
4 th Place
Lucia Williams
Girls 14 Years
200m Freestyle
400m Freestyle
100m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke
200m Individual Medley
4 th Place
Oliver Dorey
Boys 14 Years
100m Freestyle
200m Freestyle
400m Freestyle
400m Individual Medley
4 th Place
Nikolai Marine
Boys 14 Years
50m Freestyle
4 th Place
Oliver Linehan
Boys 16 Years
200m Butterfly
4 th Place
Noah Pool
Boys 16 Years
200m Breaststroke
5 th Place
Emilia Russell
Girls 15 Years
50m Freestyle
1500m Freestyle
5 th Place
Poppy Leon Soon
Girls 15 Years
50m Freestyle
50m Breaststroke
100m Breaststroke
5 th Place
Oliver Dorey
Boys 14 Years
200m Breaststroke
5 th Place
Noah Pool
Boys 16 Years
50m Breaststroke
6 th Place
Emmeline Eales
Girls 12 Years
200m Individual Medley
400m Individual Medley
6 th Place
Isabelle Eastwood
Girls 12 Years
100m Breaststroke
200m Breaststroke
6th Place
Sofia Benavides
Girls 13 Years
200m Breaststroke
6 th Place
Lucia Williams
Girls 14 Years
100m Butterfly
6 th  Place
Emilia Russell
Girls 15 Years
400m Freestyle
6 th Place
Chloe Hill
Girls 16 Years
200m Backstroke
6 th Place
Albie Garner
Boys 16 Years
50m Breaststroke
7 th Place
Isabelle Eastwood
Girls 12 Years
50m Breaststroke
7 th Place
Emmeline Eales
Girls 12 Years
50m Freestyle
7 th Place
Sofia Benavides
Girls 13 Years
100m Breaststroke
7 th Place
Zarina Cecchetti
Girls 13 Years
200m Breaststroke
7 th Place
Oliver Dorey
Boys 13 Years
200m Individual Medley
7 th Place
Lucia Williams
Girls 14 Years
100m Freestyle
7 th Place
Nathan Han
Boys 14 Years
100m Freestyle
200m Freestyle
7 th Place
Chloe Hill
Girls 16 Years
400m Freestyle
7 th Place
Poppy Leon Soon
Girls 16 Years
100m Freestyle
7 th Place
Oliver Linehan
Boys 16 Years
100m Freestyle
8 th Place
Luca Persechino
Boys 12 Years
200m Backstroke
8 th Place
Lilly-Mai Pacheco-Walsh
Girls 13 Years
200m Butterfly
8 th Place
Sofia Benavides
Girls 13 Years
50m Breaststroke
8 th Place
Emilia Russell
Girls 15 Years
200m Freestyle
50m Backstroke
100m Backstroke
200m Backstroke
8 th Place
Poppy Leon Soon
Girls 16 Years
50m Backstroke
8 th Place
Noah Pool
Boys 16 Years
400m Individual Medley

 

A huge well done to all our swimmers.  Keep up all the hard work.