Bexley Short Course Open 2014

Bexley Short Course Open 2014 4th & 5th January 2014 - Information now available - click here

***AMENDED*** CLUB RECORDS - APRIL 2013 NOW AVAILABLE

Please note that the club records have now been updated for April 2013. These can be found under the NEWS menu item. Just click on Club Records.

AGM - 3rd June 2013 - 7pm - Sidcup Leisure Centre

Details of the AGM and nomination form can now be found under the NEWS > AGM menu item above

Results available for Redbridge Open Meet April 2013

Results for Redbridge April 2013 Meet are now available and can be found under the menu item Events > Open Meets > Results.

Results for the Bexley Long Course Meet are now available. Please use the following link or the through the menu options at the top of this page. If you require a copy of the results these can be provided in PDF, Excel, SDIF and Lenex formats (Club Specific).

Bexley Swimming Club enjoyed a successful Kent County Championships, spread over 13 sessions from February 17th to March 17th.

There were many excellent swims with the vast majority of swims setting personal best times.

Lead by Tiegan Child with four excellent Event Best Times in the 200m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 400m I.M. and the 200m Backstroke. Tiegan also won gold medal in the 200m Butterfly, 100m I.M., 200 I.M., 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke. Not content with that medal haul, Tiegan also won a bronze in the 50m Fly and Bronze in 9/10years girls medley relay with Lauren Samwell, Honor Woods and Ella James and Silver in 9/10years girls freestyle relay with Eve Luhmann, Honor Woods and Ella James. Tiegan also won her age group BAGCATS

Bethan Davies also had a very strong championship with many strong swims and many Personal Best Times winning Gold 50m Backstroke, Silver 200m I.M., Bronze 50m Freestyle, 200m Backstroke and 100m Fly. Bethan was 3rd in her age group BAGCATS

Shannon Dalligan had a very busy and successful championship with 14 swims – all in Personal Best Times and winning Silver in 100m Freestyle and Bronze in the 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle.Shannon was 5th in her age group BAGCATs

A very well done everybody who went to the championships and swam a Personal Best Time, but now we have to focus on our training for the London Regional Championships at Crystal Palace in June.

Peter Bealing
Head Coach

****!! CHAMPIONS !!****

A Bexley Swimming Club team missing several key members, won a hard fought final gala in the 3rd Round on the Arena League at Canterbury, which saw Bexley crowned Division 2 East Champions. After a slow start which saw us in fourth position after the first ten events, we slowly but surely pulled back any deficit and finished well deserved winners. There were some fine swims throughout the evening with special mention to Jess Owen and Bethan Davies for fine Breaststroke swims to Dylan Child, Harry Rennolls, Nathaniel Stratton, Jake Forrest and Joe Doublet for swimming up an age group and to Lucie Rowsell and Lauren Samwell for some fine debut swims. But once again this was a fine overall team performance.

Final Scores 1. Bexley 186 2. Folkestone 168 3. Ashford Town 151 4. Hythe Aqua 134 5. 1066 Swimmers 101

Well done to all team members during this Gala and over the series of these three Arena League Galas. Having won all three galas we finished worthy champions and have now been promoted to Division 1. Finally many thanks for all those who have assisted either behind the scenes or on pool side namely: Phil Davies, Liz Child, Mark Child, Carly McCue, Conor McCue, Simon Scott, Conor Mortimer, Becky Everest and Seun Olusanya Peter Bealing Head Coach

The club coaches have asked parents to remember that children should be watched from the gallery at Sidcup, not from the changing area. The gallery gives the best view of the swimmers and helps younger children to concentrate on their swimming. They also suggest that children use reusable water bottles to reduce the risk of plastic caps getting into the pool and becoming a choking hazard. Many thanks for your help.

Please note that a Guide to Galas for Parents and Swimmers is now available. You can access this from the Squads menu.

Parents and Grandparents spend a great deal of time attending swimming galas supporting the children and the team. By becoming a qualified timekeeper and Judge 1 (J1) you can make attending galas a more worthwhile experience and also get great insights into the swimming skills we are teaching your children.

BSC are looking for Parents/Carers and/or Grandparents to help the children and club by becoming officials. This will also help us to run our own events as licensed meets and enter other meets, as in some cases clubs ask us to provide an official as a condition of allowing us to enter the event.

How hard is it to do? The initial training is attendance of three short sessions, after which you will then have to be mentored whilst working an an official. These could be at meets you were attending anyway.

Does it cost me anything? No. BSC will pay your course fees.

Further information on becoming an official is available from the ASA website officials page.

To register your interest please contact the Secretary or the Chairman

Regards

Secretary on behalf of the BSC Committee