*** Age Groups presentation photo album ***

posted on 8 June 2008

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*** Sussex County Age Groups & Championships ***

posted on 5 April 2008

Worthing had 22 swimmers in individuals at this year's event held at K2, Crawley, with many more joining for the relays. Click here to read more.

*** County Long Distance 1st Session ***

posted on 14 February 2008

K2 Crawley - Sunday 10th February 2008
Girls 800 Metres & Boys 1500 Metres

Six swimmers from Worthing competed in the 1st session of the 2008 Sussex Counties Event.

Karen Chan, Laura Joseph, Amy Quach and Charlotte Barnett all put in impressive performances in the Girls 800 metres picking up good experience swimming in a long course 50 metre pool. 

Alexander Cranford and Chris Luesley both swam in the Boys 1500 metres event, 30 lengths of the 50 metre pool. Both set a time of under 21 minutes in preparation for the clubs 1500 metre event on the 29th March.

Well done to the 6 swimmers involved and good luck to everyone that is swimming in this years counties.
See www.sussexswimming.org for a full list of results.

*** Volunteers' dinner photo album ***

posted on 12 February 2008

The Volunteers' Dinner was held on the 1st February 2008. Please click here for details

*** Championships presentation photo album ***

posted on 26 January 2008

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*** More photo albums ***

posted on 25 January 2008

Please click here for Open Championships photos,  here for Gala Squad Meal photo and here for more Training with Steve Parry photos.

*** Training Session with Steve Parry ***

posted on 19 January 2008

Steve Parry - 2004 Olympic Medallist

Saturday 19th January 2008 - Lancing College 6 - 10 p.m.

Steve Parry won Olympic Bronze at Athens in 2004 for one of the most gruelling events, the 200 metres butterfly. He also has Commonwealth and European medals.

31 swimmers participated in the first training session with Steve, with ages ranging from 7 - 11 years and 33 of our older swimmers took part in the second session.

Steve's sessions focussed on a number of key points including ensuring the swimmers did a thorough warm up, keep positive throughout training and competitions as well as more technical points such as the importance of streamlining during swimming.

Steve had a great ability to keep the interest of the swimmers, with a very vocal session with the younger swimmers, being encouraged to chant and celebrate good performances.

In the transition between the 2 sessions, Steve gave stories about his many years as a swimmer, his determination to win a medal at the Olympics whilst swimming against the mighty Michael Phelps and talked about the day he met the Queen.

Emma Piper (Girls Captain) and Alastair Hardinge (Boys Captain) presented Steve with an engraved salva to thank him for coming to visit us all the way from Manchester (277 miles away)

After signing autograph cards and having his photo taken, many times with the excited swimmers, it was time for Steves return to Manchester.

It was a very successful event and should be great inspiration for the 64 swimmers that were involved. It followed on from the event that we held with James Hickman nearly 2 years ago.

Thanks to Total Swimming for the organisation of the session, to the swimmers that took part in the session and the supporting parents and helpers.

Events such as these need your support to make them successful

Regards

Chris Luesley

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Training Session with Steve Parry

Posted 12 December 2007

Details here

Speedo League Division 1 Promotion

Posted 12 December 2007

Worthing promoted after final round thriller

Open Championships

Posted 27 November 2007

Session 1-3 presentation - Photo Album

South East Region Swimming

Posted 8 November 2007

On 3rd and 4th November 2007, 5 Worthing Swimmers attended the South East Region Swimming competition
held in the 50 metre pool at Crawley. Rachel Piper, Rachel Buckland, Emma Piper, Dominic Cranford and Alastair Hardinge, all had to achieve tough qualifying times to be able to attend this event.

Rachel Piper swam in 3 events - 50 & 100 Freestyle & 50 Backstroke
Rachel Buckland swam in 2 events - 50 & 100 Breaststroke
Emma Piper swam in 1 event - 50 Freestyle
Dominic Cranford swam in 2 events - 50 Freestyle & 50 Fly
Alastair Hardinge swam in 2 events - 50 & 100 Freestyle

Congratulations to all 5 on this achievement, keep up the good work

Regards
Chris Luesley

Alexander Cranford - Team GB

Posted 29 September 2007

World Deaf Swimming Championships
Taipei – 12th – 16th August 2007
Alexander Cranford represented Team GB for Deaf swimming at the World Deaf Swimming Championships held in Taipei. Congratulations to Alexander for this major achievement at just 13 years of age.
All of these swims were in an outdoor 50 metre pool. Alexander achieved a number of National deaf swimming age group records with all of the swims being personal best times .
See w2007.ncpes.edu.tw for full results and information.
Results
Mens 100 Metres Breaststroke 18th 1min 26.97
Mens 100 Metres Backstroke 14th 1min 18.35
Mens 200 Metres Freestyle 24th 2min 26.99
Mens 200 Metres Individual Medley 17th 2min 46.85
Mens 50 Metres Backstroke 20th 35.96 seconds
Mens 100 Metres Freestyle 28th 1min 08.46
Mens 200 Metres Backstroke 10th 2min 52.62

Rother League Round 3

Posted 23 September 2007

Basingstoke Leisure Centre
Round 3 Rother League.
Saturday 22nd September 2007

Worthing put in a strong performance under the guidance of Nic Piper and Phil Jones in their 1st League Gala as Head Coaches. Worthing finished 4th on the evening against tough opposition.

There were a number of good individual performances with a handful of 1st places as well as a number of relay wins.

This result showed the potential of the current gala squad who can now look forward to the Speedo League Galas in October, November and December.

Thankyou to all of those swimmers that made the effort to attend the gala, despite it being up at Basingstoke again.

Regards
Chris Luesley

Brighton Sprint Open Meet

Posted 23 September 2007

Brighton Sprint Open Meet

15th September 2007

WSC swimmers in attendance were Charlotte Barnett, Joe Hazeldine and Alastair Hardinge.

All of the swimmers entered 4 or more races so had a long swimming day.

Joe won 4 of his 5 races in personal best times, Charlotte was 5th in the 50 metres backstroke and Alastair’s best position was 10th which was reflective of his age group being 15 and over, with Alastair being just 15.

Well done to Joe, Charlotte and Alastair for their efforts at this open meet.

Regards
Chris Luesley

Sussex League Gala 3

Posted 23 September 2007

Pavillions in the Park - (Horsham)
Sussex League Round 3.

On Saturday 7th July 2007, Worthing Swimming Club had a gala against Hastings and Atlantis (Horsham)
Having won the 1st 2 rounds of galas, 2nd place was likely to have resulted in promotion back into division 1.
Unfortunately Horsham and Hastings were too strong on the night despite some good swims from our gala squad.
The result secured us 3rd place overall in the Sussex League Division 2 for 2007, with Eastbourne and Atlantis being promoted.
Well done to all of the squad for getting so close to promotion to division 1 and keep working hard towards the final Rother League Gala for 2007 on September 22nd.

Regards
Chris Luesley

Allan's Presentation

Posted 16 September 2007

After 3.5 years of coaching and taking the club to a new height, Allan Tate has stepped down as Head Coach.  To show our appreciation for his leadership and Carole, his wife's hard work; presentations were made on the 15th September 2007 at Lancing poolside by the Boys and Girls caption, Chris Luesley and Zoe Yeandle. Here are the photos of the presentation - Photo Album.

Both Allan and Carole will still be involved with coaching and helping with the running of the club, and offering their invaluable advices. We shall be immensely grateful for their service.

Sea Swim Photo

Posted 30 July 2007

Sea Swim 15 July 2007 - Photo Album.

Worthing Swimming Clubs Annual Sea Swim was held on Sunday 15th July 2007
starting at 1 p.m from Worthing Lido. The mayor of Worthing - Heather
Mercer started the womens race 1st,
with a few minutes gap until the mens race was started. The Ladies swam a
distance of 400 metres west of the lido,
whereas the men swam 800 metres towards the Burlington hotel.

The ladies race was won by Girls Captain Zoe Yeandle in a time of 5 minutes
29 seconds, 24 seconds clear of Rianna Poppeliers in 2nd.
There were 6 competitors in the race including Zoe's mum Nikki Yeandle who
finished 6th in 8 minutes 30.

The mens race was won by Boys Captain Chris Luesley in 7 Minutes 56, with
Stuart Stirling 2nd in 8 Minutes 51.
With a personal best over the same distance of 10 minutes in a pool, the
time of under 8 minutes highlights how significant
the strength of the tide was, especially for those swimmers that chose to
swim further out to sea.

Both races were greatly affected by the strong easterly wind and current
that were both of benefit to the swimmers.
The times in last Years race on the otherhand were significantly affected
by the headwind that caused quite rough conditions.
Although the weather this year has been adverse, the sun managed to shine
for the race and the sea wasn't as cold as you would expect
during such a poor summer.

Congratulations to all the swimmers for taking part and special mention to
John Matthews who won the clubs 1st sea swim 40 years ago in 1967
and managed 5th place in this years race. A fantastic achievement.

Ladies Results
1st Zoe Yeandle 5 Min 29
2nd Rianna Poppeliers 5 Min 53
3rd Elizabeth Fairs 6 Min 07
4th Karen Wardley 6 Min 08
5th Ann Maloney 7 Min 01
6th Nikki Yeandle 8 Min 30

Mens Results
1st Chris Luesley 7 Min 56
2nd Stuart Stirling 8 Min 51
3rd John Coppin 8 Min 58
4th Neale Maloney 9 Min 41
5th John Matthews 9 Min 51
6th Joshua Goldsmith 10 Min 04
7th Allan Goldsmith 10 Min 13


Chris Luesley

Age Group Competition Presentation

Posted 28 April 2007

Presentation evening 28 April 2007 - Photo Album.

Championships Competition Presentation

Posted 21 January 2007

Presentation evening 20 January 2007 - Photo Album.

Bognor Open Long Distance Meet

Posted 23 December 2006

Summary of Bognor Open Long Distance Meet

On Sunday 10th December 2006, 6 Worthing swimmers attended the Bognor long
distance open meet.
Joe Hazeldine, Amy Quach, Alex Milner, Sarah Blacker, Zoe Yeandle and Chris
Luesley all attended the meet.
All of the races were swum over 200 metres for each of the strokes, with
age groups being 9 - 11 years, 12 - 13 years and 14+
With Shiverers and Portsmouth Northsea, being some of the clubs in
attendance and some of the swimmers
being the youngest in their age group, medal opportunities were always
going to be limited.
In the last 2 events of the evening, Chris Luesley finished 2nd in the 14+
Years 200 metres butterfly and Zoe Yeandle
was 3rd in the same event.

Well done to all the swimmers who attended this event and achieved
excellent personal bests.

Chris Luesley
Boys Captain

Speedo League Round 3

Posted 23 December 2006

On Saturday 9th December 2006, Worthing participated in the final
round of the Speedo League Division 2 West league.
Having qualified for the final 6 in 5th place, there was still a good
chance of promotion. However, 3rd place or above would be needed to achieve
this feat.

1st   Tilehurst         219 (Promoted)
2nd   Slough                  217 (Promoted)
3rd   Portsmouth Northsea     171 (Promoted)
4th   Rushmoor Royals B 151
5th   Worthing          148
6th   Cranleigh         140

Worthing finished in 5th place on the night. (See Speedo Website for League
details)
Just 23 points separated Worthing from Portsmouth Northsea who were the 3rd
promoted
team along with the 2 dominant teams of Tilehurst and Slough.
The achievements of Ziggy Tate, Scott Martin and Joel Abbott getting into
the GB junior water Polo squad
meant that they were unavailable for this crucial gala due to training in
Walsall.
With several swimmers swimming out of age and in strokes that may not be
their best,
every effort was made to keep with Portsmouth Northsea.

Not through lack of effort, the weakened mens open team struggled on the
night,
an area in which the promoted Northsea were very strong.

This is the 2nd year running that Worthing have nearly been promoted from
this league.

'3rd time lucky' springs to mind for next year.
Meanwhile, attention turns to the forthcoming Sussex League in March,
where promotion is also hoped for.

Well done to all those that have swum in the squad in all competitions this
year
Keep working hard in training and Worthing will 1 day achieve division 1
status
in both the Speedo and Sussex Leagues.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Chris Luesley
(Boys Captain & Media Secretary)

Speedo League Round 2

Posted 14 November 2006

Speedo League Round 2 held at Reading on 11/11/06

1st   Tilehurst               219
2nd   Portsmouth Northsea           203
3rd   Worthing                185
4th   Reading B               160
5th   Wey Valley              158
6th   Romsey & Totton         119

This was an entertaining evening of swimming with the highlight of the
evening being an outstanding performance
in the girls 6 * 50 metre freestyle relay which resulted in 1st place.
Tilehurst and Portsmouth Northsea proved too strong on the night as
Worthing added 3rd place to the 2nd place
gained in round 1.
This result should now ensure that Worthing are well placed in the top 6 in
Division 2 West ready for
the final gala in December with 3 promotion places up for grabs. Worthing
secured 9 race victories and 9
2nd places on the evening. There was only 1 disqualification which is a
vast improvement from the 6 experienced in the 1st round
and comes as a result of increased practice of those errors in training.
Wey Valley were lucky enough to gain from Worthings disqualifications in
gala 1 where they came 1st.
However, in round 2 they only managed 5th place so Worthing are now placed
above
them in the current league table and this highlights how important it is
not to have any disqualifications during races.

Well done and Thank You to all swimmers, helpers and for the fine support
from parents.

Allan Tate & Chris Luesley

(A Joint Effort)

Cranleigh Open Meet Review

Posted 20 October 2006

On Sunday 8th October 2006, 10 swimmers from WSC attended the Cranleigh Open meet,
held at the Cranleigh pool. Every Worthing swimmer won at least 1 medal in their own age group.
Most notably, Alastair Hardinge won 5 Gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal in his age group.
Joe Hazeldine and Sam Wildman both picked up a speeding ticket for being too fast in their age group
in 200 Metres Butterfly and 200 Metres Backstroke respectively.

In addition to this, most of the swims by the 10 swimmers were in personal best times.
Congratulations to all those involved on the day in winning so many medals.

Chris Luesley
Boys Captain

*** Aspire Channel Swim - Chris Luesley ***

posted on 28 September 2006

On Wednesday 13th September 2006, Chris Luesley, Boys Captain and Swimming Teacher at Worthing Swimming Club attempted to swim the equivalent distance of the English Channel in the Aquarena pool. The challenge involved covering 22 miles which is 1,078 lengths in a day. After a number of refreshment stops and with very achey arms, Chris completed the challenge in 12 hours and 55 minutes which was marked by a round of applause from everyone who was in the Aquarena at the end, swimmers, staff and gym class members. The challenge raised approximately £580 for the Aspire Spinal Charity. Any swimmer who would also like to complete the challenge has until the beginning of December to do so. See www.aspire.org.uk/channelswim for further details.

As a warm up for the Aspire Challenge, Chris Luesley swam in the Annual Portsmouth Pier to Pier sea swim on 10th September 2006. Against a strong high tide, Chris completed the 1.25 mile swim in just over 31 minutes and came 5th in the Mens race. If you are interested in open water swimming, see Chris for more details about entering races next summer. 13 years and older only.

On Saturday 23rd September 2006, Chris Luesley participated in the South East Region Masters competition held at Haslemere pool. Swimming in the 25 – 29 year old category, Chris secured a full set of medals, with 1 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. The Gold came in the 50 metres freestyle and the time will stand as a South East Region record as the event is in its inaugural year after the change from the old Southern Counties region.

There is also a news article on the BritishSwimming.org website.

Rother League Round 3 Gala Review

Posted 28 September 2006

The 3rd and final Rother League gala was held at Hart Leisure Centre at Fleet on Saturday 23rd September 2006. After a fairly long coach journey to the venue, Worthing had a slow start in the pool before moving our way up to 3rd place by the end. This was an encouraging result against all of the teams in our division. Worthing finished all 3 galas in the Rother League in 3rd place which should enable us to retain our position in Division 2 and improve our ranking within the division. The gala was won by Staines who have dominated the division and look likely to gain promotion to division 1.

Congratulations to Alastair Hardinge and Florence Scordoulis who were given the individual awards for Worthing in the Rother League.

The results which have been achieved are due to a great team effort, with some swimmers swimming out of age and having to cover those that have been ill or unable to swim.

The form shown in this league now has to be carried forward to the Speedo League which starts in 3 weeks time (14th October) – Good Luck everyone !!!

Chris Luesley
Boys Captain

Sea Swim

Posted 31 July 2006

Sunday 30th July 2006.
The race was started by the Mayor of Worthing,

5 Ladies and 6 Men from the club took part in this years event. The weather was very sunny, but with a strong wind blowing from the West, the sea condition was quite rough, making it difficult for spectators to actually be able to see the swimmers.

Nathan Hart won the 800 Metres mens race in 10 Mins 40 seconds after leading from the line. Chris Luesley and Stuart Stirling were tied for 2nd place in 10 Minutes 59 seconds. Lawrence King was 4th in 11 Min 13, John Coppin 5th in 12 Min 35 and John Matthews 6th in 13 Min 16.

Jade Tate won the 400 Metres ladies race in 6 Minutes 17 seconds. Zoe Yeandle was 2nd in 6 Min 53 Rianna Poppeliers was 3rd in 7 Min 09 Nichola Gatland was 4th in 7 Min 16 Karen Wardley was 5th in 8 Min 17.

Congratulations to all of the swimmers for braving the rough conditions.

Regards

Chris

Rother League Round 2 News

Posted 19 June 2006

Age Group Competition Presentation

Posted 10 June 2006

Presentation evening 9 June 2006 - Photo Album.

Worthing Inter-Schools Gala

Posted 17 May 2006

The Worthing Inter-Schools Swimming Gala was held on the 17 May 2006 at Worthing Aquarena. Nine schools competed in 17 events. There were 8 individual events and they were won by the following swimmers:

Girls Backstroke - Victoria Edwards of West Park
Boys Backstroke - Jack Durkowski[WSC] of Thomas A Becket
Girls Breaststroke - Amy Windibank[WSC] of Chesswood
Boys Breaststroke - Joe Hazeldine[WSC] of Broadwater
Girls Butterfly - Emily Moore of West Park
Boys Butterfly - Jacques Williams[WSC] of Broadwater
Girls Freestyle - Florence Scordoulis[WSC] of Thomas A Becket
Boys Freestyle - Jack Swift of Thomas A Becket
[WSC - Worthing Swimming Club]

For detail results and team scores, please see the Results section.

New Trophies from the Williams

Posted 28 April 2006

Club Chairman, Peter McCallum was presented with two new trophies for the Club, by Annabelle and Jacques Williams in memory of their late father, who died suddenly last year.

Peter said "it was a wonderful gesture by the family and the excellent trophies will serve as a permanent reminder of the their contribution to the Club"

Chris Luesley - London Marathon - 23 April 2006

Posted 26 April 2006

Chris completed the London Marathon in 3 Hours 59 Mins and 7 seconds.
Running in wet conditions, he kept going throughout, though wanted to quit after only 8 miles.
Thanks to all at Worthing Swimming Club that have supported him in raising money for Macmillan Cancer.

James Hickman Visit - 22 April 2006

Posted 23 April 2006

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Bowling outing - 12 April 2006

Posted 23 April 2006

The Social Committee organised a ten pin bowling session on Wednesday 12th April, the event was a great success and attracted 21 people. Those who attended were:- Karen Chan, Kevin Chan, Alastair Hardinge, Daisy Hazeldine, Jo Hazeldine, James Kilby, Lawrence King, Daniel MacDonald, Louise Maloney, Sam Maloney, Ellie Matthews, Emily Matthews, Hollie Matthews, Robert Osborne, Tara Osborne, Rachel Piper, Oliver Wildman, Samuel Wildman, Annabelle Williams, Jacques Williams and Zoe Yeandle, and. A prize of a bag of sweets was given to the person who scored the most points in each lane. The winners were Sam Wildman, Alastair Hardinge, Lawrence King and Ellie Matthews. Thanks should go to Rowland Gibson and Fanny Chan for organising the event.

Click here for photo album

Sussex County Championships Feb/March 2006

Posted 23 April 2006

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2006 Volunteers Dinner

Posted 24 February 2006

To thank the many volunteers at the Club for all their hard work and commitment, many over a number of years, the Club arranged a meal for them and their guests, at the Ardington Hotel, on Saturday 4th February. A total of 81 people sat down for a wonderful meal and all enjoyed the evening, which gave a great opportunity for all to meet socially away from the poolside.

This successful function will be repeated annually as a way of the Club thanking all those involved in the running of the Club.

If any parent would like to be involved in Club activities, please see Peter McCallum.

2006 Volunteers Dinner Album

Top Sporting Hounour for Louisa

Posted 9 December 2005

Congratulations to Club swimmer Louisa Eames on winning the Disabled Sportswoman award at the BBC South Sports Awards 2005. The glittering event held at Southampton, was filmed for BBC South as well as receiving coverage on BBC Southern Counties Radio and BBC Radio Solent.

The award is reward for all the hard work and commitment Louisa has given to the sport.

Well done Louisa.

Championships Presentation Night

Posted 4 December 2005

The presentation was held at Thomas Beecham Club on Saturday 3rd December 2005.

Here is the Photo Album

Sea Swim

Posted on 23 July 2005

The Annual Sea Swim took place on Sunday 10^th July at 2:45pm. Mayor of Worthing, Nick John, started the race off and presented the prizes afterwards.

The Women’s race was won by Jade Tate for the 2^nd year running in a time of 5:43, the men’s race was won by Chris Luesley in a time of 8:48. The full result is as follows:

Women
1^st        Jade Tate                               5.43
2^nd       Barbara Willett                      8:38
3^rd        Amanda Taylor                      9:43
4^th        Carollyn Williams                  10:34

Men
1^st        Chris Luesley             8:48
2^nd       John Coppin                          8:59
3^rd        Stephen Stacey                     9:36
4^th        Peter Winter                          9:43
5^th        John Matthews                      10:21
6^th        Allan Goldsmith                     10:24
7^th        Andrew Cawdery                  10:51
8^th        John Whiteside                     12:43

Photo Album