27th November 2009

BAT400 Squad List and Instructions

Thame Swimming Club, in conjunction with Aylesbury District SC and Bourne End SC are holding a 400M Qualification meet, the BAT400 on Sunday 13th December 2009. This event starts at 7pm and is being held at the Handy Cross Swimming Pool in High Wycombe during one of Bourne End SC’s Training Sessions. The aim of this gala is to provide the opportunity for those Thame Swimmers that have the potential to qualify for the Oxfordshire and North Buckinghamshire County 400M Championships on 21st February 2010 at the Stantonbury Campus pool in Milton Keynes.

The events at the BAT400 are as follows:

1. Boys 10&over 400 Free
2. Girls 10&over 400 IM
3. Boys 10&over 400 IM
4. Girls 10&over 400 Free  

The Squad List is as follows:

Alina Aaltonen
Amy Fleming
Amy Haarburger
Eloise Littler
George Finch
Georgia Cahill
Hannah Hawken
James Goetz
Lydia Briars
Rebecca Smith
Grace Gilmore
Holly Revill
Imogen McCalman
May Allen
Phoebe Groves

The swimmers for the BAT400 have been selected mainly from Group 3 & 4 as the swimmers most likely to produce a 400M County or County Consideration time.  If your name is on the list, please confirm your attendance to headcoach@thameswimmingclub.co.uk and make arrangements to be at Handy Cross pool, changed and on poolside for 7pm. There will be NO Group 4 training In Thame on the evening of 13th December.

IF ANY OF YOU ARE QUALIFIED TIMEKEEPERS & CAN OFFICIATE AT THE BAT400, PLEASE LET headcoach@thameswimmingclub.co.uk KNOW.

25th November 2009

City of Milton Keynes L2 Gala 21st -22nd November 2009 Results

The Thame squad was back in competition again on 21st and 22nd November for what was only our 3rd L2 gala and the swimmers delivered some great performances. Girls Squad Captain Georgia Cahill achieved 2 regional qualification times and Imogen McCalman was in the medals with 1 Gold and 2 Bronze medals. In addition the whole squad delivered 19 PBs, 19 County qualification times and 8 County Consideration times, positioning them well for the Oxfordshire and North Buckinghamshire County Championships in March 2010. The squad really put in the effort this weekend and delivered the goods. Club Champs should be a great day!

Click here for the photos.

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19th November 2009

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT DETAILS

Our first ever Club Championships is on Sunday 29th November and will be held at Aqua Vale in Aylesbury. For those of you who haven’t competed there before the address is:

Aqua Vale Swimming & Fitness Centre
Park Street,
Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire,
HP20 1DX
T+ 44 (0)1296 488555

The first session warm up starts at 1pm, please allow time for swimmers to be poolside in time for warm up. We have secured qualified officials to ensure that the swimmers times count should they qualify for entry to the Oxfordshire and North Buckinghamshire County Championships in February and March 2010.

CAR PARKING: Since our championships start at 1pm, the car park will not be empty and won’t be free. You may have to find parking elsewhere in Aylesbury. Please allow time to get from your car to Aqua Vale and also ensure that you’ll be able to get your car out of the car park after 8pm in the evening when the championships have finished. The following link gives info on parking costs and times www.eplanning.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/

LOCKERS: The general public will still be using the fun pools at Aqua Vale. Swimmers are advised to take coins for the lockers at Aqua Vale as in the past simply placing clothes in an unlocked locker has resulted in clothes being thrown on the floor by members of the public. DO NOT leave valuables in your locker.

FOOD & DRINK: Please bring food to keep you going poolside during the event, suggestions for what to bring can be found in the Membership Pack: http://www.thameswimmingclub.co.uk/TSC_Membership_Pack_v3.0-6-6-2009.pdf . There is a coffee area at the pool but this will not be open for the whole period of our championships.

SPECTATORS: It’s only Thame Swimming Club at this event and whilst we’ll be using the first two rows of seats as the marshalling area for the swimmers there will still be plenty of room so bring the whole family to cheer you on and raise the roof with cheers of support. Spectators can enter for £2/head including their programme.

AWARDS: Awards will be presented at the Club Presentation Night on 16th January 2010 at the Spread Eagle in Thame. Swimmers can win awards for a 1st, 2nd or  3rd place in each of the events for each age group – 9 & Under, 10,11,12,13,14,15,16 & Over . In addition we will be presenting the Coach’s awards for the Girl and Boy in each group (1A, 1B, 2,3 & 4) who the coach feels deserves recognition for commitment, attendance and effort during training. We will of course be presenting the Rob Brooks Trophy for the most improved swimmer and the Simon Burnett Award for the most competitive swimmer.

So, see you all at Aqua Vale on Sunday 29th November! 

Download Session 1 (pdf) Download Session 2 (pdf) (please note these have been updated 23/11/09)

19th November 2009

RAFFLE PRIZES For Club Championships

RAFFLE PRIZES: As part of the club championships we are holding a raffle on 29th November. If you can donate any prizes please bring them along on Sunday 22nd November and let either Claire Revill, another committee member or Dave Jones have them. Many thanks for your support.

19th November 2009

Money Raised From Photo CD’s Of Swimmers at the WDSC BC

A big thank you to all those parents who purchased the CD’s produced by Ian Goetz (TSC Chairman) of the Thame swimmers at the WDSC BC Meet on 17th October. As a result, £120 was raised for the club. Many thanks to all of you.  

16th November 09

Sunday 22nd November 2009 the Group 4 7am – 8:30am training session will run as normal and will be taken by Lorna.

16th November 2009

City of Milton Keynes L2 Gala 21st & 22nd November 2009, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes

All swimmers, apart from Imogen McCalman who has 3 EVENT scratchings (100M Free, IM & Back), have been accepted for all their events for the City of Milton Keynes L2 Gala on Saturday 21st November and Sunday 22nd November 2009 at the Stantonbury Pool in Milton Keynes. This is a card event and your cards have been handed to you by Dave. Please see down loads for the programme, scratchings and accepted entries. Warm up times are on the attached programme.

Stantonbury has a FREE car park and a food bar for drinks and lunch. The address of the venue is:          Stantonbury Campus Leisure Centre, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN. Reception: 01908 324466

Photography is usually allowed at the centre IF you sign the book at the signing in desk. Dress appropriately, it can get hot for the spectators. See you all there!

Downloads: Scratch List / Accepted Swimmers / Programme

A regional time was achieved by Girls Squad Captain, Georgia Cahill with County Times achieved by Georgia, Hannah Hawken and Imogen McCalman. Thame swimmers are gaining experience at L2 galas but still came home with medals, Imogen took 2 GOLD medals, Georgia Cahill took 2 BRONZE medals and Boys Squad Capt George Finch took 1 SILVER Medal. Thanks again to Sarah for time keeping at the event.

Thame swimmers return to Stantonbury on 21st – 22nd November for the City of Milton Keynes SC L2 meet, good luck to all those competing! 

8th November 2009

City of Oxford Swimming Club has notified us that they have reduced the number of sessions for their L2 gala in December.

For details of the new sessions and events in those sessions click here.

8th November 2009

Thame Round Table Christmas Collection

Thame Round Table have been in contact to see if we can muster volunteers to help with their Christmas Collections on Santa's Sleigh around Thame and the surrounding area. Some of you volunteered last year and I think would all agree it was great fun. This year’s dates are:

We basically meet up and walk with the sleigh, collecting money for the Round Table. Thame Round Table have been very supportive of Thame Swimming Club, providing money for land training and other equipment. This is our turn to return the favour.

So, if can volunteer, please contact communications@thameswimmingclub.co.uk and let us know the date you can do and we’ll forward that on to Thame Round Table.

Many thanks.

6th November 2009

"The Bills” at the ESSA Boys Team Event 6th November

Thame Swimmers George Finch, Jamie Goetz, Nathaniel Armstrong, Liam Talbott and George Howlett together with our old friends Kieran Evans and Rory House from WDSC made up the boys “Bills” squad for the ESSA Boys Team Event at the Barnett Cophall pool. The squad was entered for the Junior events, covering swimmers from years 7, 8 and 9 and the Intermediate events covering years 10 and 11. The teams competed in the boys 4x50M Freestyle Relay and the 4x50M Medley Relay, putting in some great performances. The Junior teams came 7th and 8th against some very capable teams, largely made up of Year 9 students, from grammar and independent schools across the ESSA Division 10 region. Kieran Evans and Rory House, both Year 9 students at Lord Williams’s School, swam up one age group to form the intermediate squad with George Finch and Jamie Goetz, both Year 10 students. They put in good times and achieved some PBs but were facing some strong competition from some very powerful Year 11 students from the other schools. Mr Brooks did a great job sorting the teams out and driving the minibus down to Barnett.

Liam Talbott was jumping for joy at putting in a 32.16 Second 50M Freestyle on his leg of the Junior 4x50M Freestyle relay, pushing his PB down for the second time in a month. Jamie and George kept chasing each other with Jamie pushing his 50M freesyle PB below 30 seconds for the first time to 29.16 Seconds. Click here for photos.

The “Bills” girls squad will be in action on Friday 20th November for their team event.  

3rd November 2009

Club Championships

Thame Swimming Club Championships will be on Sunday 29th November 2009 at Aqua Vale in Aylesbury between 1pm and 8pm. This is our first club champs and allows all the swimmers to compete for the trophies which will be presented at the club presentation night on 16th January 2010. Only Thame swimmers will be present at this fun and exciting event.

For those swimmers who have never competed in a gala before this is a great way to gain some experience, it’s only our club, all your friends will be there at what could be considered a super time trial.

So, come along, have lots of fun and try and win those trophies!

Please download the letter here, print and return to David Jones (Head Coach) by Sunday 15th November, 2009 Cheques made payable to Thame Swimming Club. 

3rd November 2009

No Land Training 17th Nov

Land Training will be cancelled on November 17th as Dave needs to attend the Oxfordshire & North Bucks county executive meeting in Bicester. Land Training will run on 18th November BUT with a 17:30pm start.

2nd November 2009

TIME TRIALS

There is a time trial on Friday 6th November  7pm – 9pm. Please arrive by 6.45pm to sign in. 

 ALL swimmers should attend, including Group 4.

As a 50M pool the swimmers were gaining Long Course (LC) times and compared to their previous LC times achieved 97% PBs. By the end of the event, Thame had a tally of 34 GOLD, 16 SILVER and 14 BRONZE with 4 Speeding Tickets. Girls Vice Captain, Olivia Hawkes, received the Top Club trophy from Steve Vine, WDSC Chairman. So, with Christmas coming up the club can now hope it receives a Trophy Cabinet for Christmas. Head Coach, David Jones said “ I couldn’t have asked for a better performance from the swimmers, they all put in a maximum effort and really delivered!”.

One thrilling event was the girls 100M Breast stroke. Swum in spearhead formation it had Hannah Hawken, Rebecca Smith and Amy Haarburger in lanes 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Rebecca lead the race from the start with Hannah and Amy pulling in 2nd and 3rd in a perfect spearhead. One golden family were the Briars, Emma, Cheryl and Lydia all received gold medals. The biggest haul of the day went to Boys Vice Captain, Jamie Goetz who took a total of 7 GOLD and 1 SILVER medals.

Our thanks for Susan Hewett for Time Keeping in all 3 sessions – it was a long day for the spectators so Susan must have been very tired at the end. The senior swimmers will be back in action on the 15th November for the Leighton Buzzard L2 meet. Click here for Thame Gazette article.

12th October 2009

Parents Evening

We are holding a parents evening on Sunday 18th October 2009. For parents and guardians of swimmers in Group 1 the meeting will be between 6pm and 7pm at the Thame Leisure Centre. For parents of swimmers in Groups 2, 3 and 4 the meeting will be between 7pm and 8pm. Please come along to hear the latest about the club and to raise any points you may have.

12th October 2009

Maxwell L4 entry cancelled

Thame Swimming Club were planning to enter the Maxwell Level 4 gala on 13th December. This is a first come first served gala and we have heard from Maxwell SC that it has been so popular that it is already full. Hence, please do NOT submit your entry letters for this gala as we will not now be attending. If any entries are received they will be returned to you.

As well as the usual individual events, the gala included 4x50M Medley and 4x50M Freestyle relays for the boys and girls where Thame put in a great performance with both the boys and girls earning GOLD medals. The boys 4x50M Medley relay had us all on the edge of our seats as George Howlett (Backstroke) put Thame into an early lead which just got bigger as Jamie Goetz (Boys Vice Captain on Breaststroke), George Finch (Boys Captain on Butterfly) and Chris Swart extended their lead and took GOLD. Most of the parents and Dave went home hoarse after cheering the team on!

Meanwhile over at Amersham, Karen and Natasha were doing a fine job working the squad for the relays. Our boys squad was reduced to two swimmers due to some unexpected no shows which made their task even harder. The squad was made up of some of our youngest swimmers and they did a great job putting in some great swims.

Thanks to the timekeepers at these events; Elaine Brightling, Greg Smith, Sarah Todd, David Cross and Gail Cox and in particular to coach Lorna Whitehead who stepped up to being a judge at the Amersham novice gala. Well done to Tony Collins for suffering Dave, J, poolside at Abingdon and getting all the swimmers to the marshalling area on time.

Thame are in action again on 17th October for the Wycombe B/C Meet when we are hoping to bring home even more medals! Click here to see the Thame Gazette article.

2nd October 2009

Attention all Thame Swimmers who are Lord Williams’s Students!

Mr Brooks will be holding a time trial on the afternoon of Wednesday 21st October 2009 to select the Boys and Girls squads for the “Bills” to compete at the forthcoming England School Swimming Association (ESSA) team events in November ’09.

So, if you want a chance of swimming for the school, listen out in school notices and turn up to the time trial.

There were many PBs from the squad including County and County Consideration times. George Finch gained the only Thame medals from this gala for his performances in the 100M breast stroke and 50M butterfly. Our time keepers were in action again. Sarah Todd and particularly Ros Hawkes did a fantastic job. The electronic timing and starting all failed on the first morning with the first event having to be started with a starting gun. This was particularly amusing to watch as all the spectators jumped with fright in unison as the race started.

Well done to the squad – our next out as a club is at Abingdon on 3rd October with our novice swimmers at Amersham on the same day. Timekeepers please contact Gail Cox to sign up to support these events.

19th September 2009

Thame Swimmers Compete for “The Bills” !

The England School Swimming Association (ESSA) individual events for Division 10 were held at High Wycombe’s Handy Cross pool on 19th September. Lord Williams’s School was there for the first time with a squad of 4 swimmers. Thame Swimming Club Boys Captain & Vice Captain George Finch and Jamie Goetz with Hannah Hawken and our old friend Charlie Messenger from WDSC. The squad was up against some stiff competition as the age groups are slightly different to the ASA events we are used to. Despite swimming against older swimmers Jamie, George and Hannah managed PBs. The school, squad is known as “The Bills” as you can see from their hats. Mr Brooks was out late again supporting his students who put in some great swims in 100M Breaststroke, Butterfly, Freestyle and Backstroke.

Go to the Gallery for photos.

13th September 2009

Land Training

We have had a few instances of swimmers being dropped off for Land Training by their parents when Dave has not arrived and it is not clear there is another parent staying for the session. To comply with insurance and child protection could ALL parents please make sure that the coach is present and a parent is staying at the session before leaving their swimmer.

Many thanks

13th September 2009

MAXWELL GALA Scratchings!

This isn’t a new flavour pub snack. Maxwell SC have now sent back the entry cards and the details on scratchings for the gala on 26th-27th September 2009. Many swimmers have been scratched from one or more races and unfortunately some have been scratched altogether. This is unfortunately all part of the gala process as although the swimmers qualified against the entry times, when the organiser, in this case Maxwell SC, is over subscribed they raise the entry criteria to fit the number of swimmers to the space and time available for the events. If you have been scratched from a race(s) you will receive your refund as a credit in the next quarterly fees, January 2010.

13th September 2009

Lord Williams’s Swimming Club

To update swimmers who are Lord Williams’s students, the Lord Williams’s Swimming club looks like it will start in Janauary 2010. As ever, the school has a number of GCSE students to get through their course requirements and hence needs the Wednesday afternoon (3-4pm) pool slot for those students. Keep listening out in school notices for details of Lord Williams’s swimming.

5th September 2009

Milton Keynes League Round 3 Amersham Pool, 12th September 2009

Thame Swimming Club will be attending the 3rd round of the MK League at the Amersham Pool on Saturday 12th September (click here for more fixtures). Please check the squad list here and if you have been selected make every effort to attend. If you cannot attend, please let David Jones (Head Coach) know ASAP as he will need to select and inform another swimmer.

5th September 2009

Attention Thame swimmers who are Lord Williams’s Students

Mr Brooks is organising the school swimming team entry for the up-coming England School Swimming Association (ESSA) competitions. The competition dates are:

1. 19th September 2009 Girls and Boys Individual Events – held at Handy Cross Pool, High Wycombe
2. 6th November 2009 BOYS Team event
3. 20th November 2009 GIRLS Team event

Thame Swimming Club has provided Mr Brooks with the names of swimmers who are starting in Year 7 this week, as the school Wednesday PM swimming club probably won’t have started in time for the first ESSA event on 19th September. Mr Brooks is picking the squad, so look out for school notices for an announcement about the events and the school club.

5th September 2009

New Block Arrives!

Over the summer the new portable starting block, that we announced at the AGM in June, arrived. It’s been tested and will be increasingly used in training sessions to work on the swimmers starts. This a great step forward and we should start to see those times improving as you all get used to diving from blocks.

5th September 2009

Attention Group 3: Competitor-Plus and Group 4: County & District Swimmers

The club now has a new cage locker located in the store area at the end of the pool. For those of you in Groups 3 & 4 who do early morning swimming, there are hooks in the locker for you to hang your wet bags on so that you don’t have to carry all your kit around school all day. The locker has a padlock and Dave will lock it up at the end of each session.

The locker is:

• NOT for your drink bottles, wet swimming costumes and towels – these will go mouldy if you don’t take them home to wash and dry them.
• NOT a pool of equipment to use if you forget your training kit. This equipment belongs to other swimmers and they need to find it where they left it.

The locker should hopefully make the early swim logistics a bit easier for all of you as you will only have your towels and costumes to carry to school. For Lord Williams’s students, particularly those new year 7’s, please remember that there is a bus pass facility to get you from the Upper Site to the Lower Site should you need it; download application form.

4th September 2009

Cheryl's Aquazone Article

So, it’s official, David Jones is the best coach ever!

Cheryl Briars wrote the attached article (click here) for Aqua Zone and it has now appeared. Well done Cheryl.

13th July 2009

Simon Burnett

The swimmers were correct – Simon Burnet has been in the area. He is heading off to Luton Airport tonight to meet up with the rest of Team GB following their training camp in Bath since the Scottish Nationals where Simon Qualified for the World Championships in Rome. Tomorrow he flies to Sardinia for the Team GB training camp for the worlds before heading on to Rome for the competition. Thame Swimming Club wishes him well.   

11th July 2009

Bletchley Gala

Saturday 11/07/09 saw Thame swimmers swimming in their last gala of the season, Hosted by Bletchley and District Swimming Club at the Aqua-vale pool in Aylesbury.

Overall this was the most impressive performance from Thame swimmers at a gala to date with swimmers producing 16 county times out of 60 swims.  41 new PB’s (68%), 5 Speeding Tickets, 3 Golds, 4 Silvers, 5 Bronze Medals, and 1 DQ. What is even more remarkable all this was achieved with only 14 swimmers.

Top Thame Girl Amy Haarburger, Top Thame Boy Jamie Goetz. Out of 14 clubs taken part Thame came 9th with 186 points.

Well Done Thame a fantastic performance see you all at training. Click here to read the full report.

4th July 2009

Milton Keynes League

Thame swimmers were in action again in the second round of the Milton Keynes League Division 2 on Saturday 4th July at Leighton Buzzard swimming pool. Unexpected no shows from some swimmers left others having to fill the void. Our boys squad was down to 4 swimmers who put in a titanic effort to race in all the 11 and 12 year old relay races and the individual 11 and 12 year old events. A fantastic effort and well done to Rory, Mateo, Thomas and Will who were shattered at the end of the evening. The girls squad put in some fantastic swims, leaving the competition standing in some cases. The evening culminated in the Cannon Relay where the boys and girls take it in turns to race. Our lack of a 9 year old boy meant out race did not count for points but the squad put in a fantastic performance, coming second. Well done to all, the next round will be on Saturday 12th September. If you are in the selected squad make sure you are there or you’ll be letting the coaches, club and the other members of your team down. 

29th June 2009

Lord Williams’s School Sports Celebration Evening

Lord Williams’s School held their annual Sports Celebration evening on Monday 29th June. The pupils from years 7, 8, 9 and 10 were all honoured for their extra curricular sporting achievement. Lord Williams’s has a swimming team for the first time in 20 years and Thame Swimming Club swimmers for the bulk of that squad with the club working in partnership with the school. Thame swimmers who received achievement certificates tonight included Cheryl Briars, Lydia Briars, Helen Malkin, Rebecca Smith, Rebecca Brightling, Hannah Hawken, Jamie Goetz and boys squad captain George Finch. In addition, our old friends Kieran Evans, Rory House and Charlie Messanger from WDSC received achievement certificates. 

1st July 2009

Blocks Training Cancelled

The special block training session at the Abbey School in High Wycombe has had to be CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances. We had received a lower sign up rate for this session than anticipated which did not justify the cost of the pool hire. In addition, the Abbey school is currently shut to visitors due to unforeseen circumstances and we do not know whether it will be open again in time for the session. We have therefore decided to cancel the session and look to run another session in the early Autumn. In addition, those of you who attended the AGM on 28th June will know we have ordered a portable starting block which should arrive over the summer. This new block should allow Thame Swimming Club to start limited dive training at Thame pool.

As a result of the cancelation of the block training, Land Training will run as normal on 8th July at Lord Williams’s Lower School Sports Hall Conference Room. Updated Land Training calendar (pdf)

1st July 2009

Changes to Land Training in Summer holidays

During the May 2009 Half Term, Land Training was held at the Thame Guide HQ, Southern Road, Thame. Due to the poor turn out that week we have decided to consolidate holiday Land Training and only run it on a Tuesday at Thame Guide HQ. There will be NO half term Land Training from now on. There will be no Land Training during the club summer shut down (last swim Sunday evening 26th July - swimming starts again Sunday evening 9th August).

28th June 2009

TSC's First AGM

The first Thame Swimming Club AGM was held on Sunday 28th June 2009. The committee have now been confirmed in post following a members vote. The Chairman, Treasurer and Head Coaches reports are available on the following links together with the minutes from the AGM. Two exciting new club trophies were announced as well as plans for a club championships later in 2009. New opportunities to communicate with our club patron were also announced. Download the AGM slides (pdf - 3mb). Minutes from AGM (pdf).

28th June 2009

Club Patron Qualifies for World Championships

Simon Burnett, our club patron has qualified for the world championships in Rome, later in 2009, following victories at the Scottish National Championships this weekend. He won the 100M Freestyle in 49.19 seconds and the 50M freestyle in 22.32 seconds. Well done Simon!

14th June 2009

Abingdon Summer Meet - Another great day out for Thame swimming Club, with many swimmers achieving new PB’s and experiencing a competitive gala for the first time.

Boys Captain (George Finch) and Boys Vice Captain (Jamie Goetz) open up the swims for Thame in the 200m Individual Medley with two outstanding swims and personnel Best times, George putting in a 16.85 seconds PB and obtaining a county consideration time along with a speeding ticket. Jamie, with a 13.95 second PB, and taking second place and a silver medal.

Harry Moore again put in another great swim in the 50m Freestyle reaffirming is county time obtained last week. Also in the 50m Freestyle and more PB’s for: - Lauren Collins, Bronte Cozier and Caitlin Woods. It was good to see Bronte in action at her first gala.

Jamie Goetz back in action in the 100m Backstroke coming 4th with a 11.03 second PB and good to see Will Swart back competing and taking gold with a 7.91 second PB. Girls in action and PB’s for Amy Haarburger, Rowan Read, and Gemma Sutton, Emily Malkin taking bronze in her age group, Holly Sutton, Olivia Hawkes taking bronze in her age group and Joanne Hewitt who did an impressive 26.62 second PB.

Thomas Goetz open up the 100m Breast stroke with a 5.63 second PB then came George and Jamie taking a 1 2 respectively both with new PB’s and a county time for George. PB’s  for Holly Revill, Alina Aaltonen, Joanne Hewitt taking gold, with a massive 11.52 second PB.

In the second session the great swims came again from Thomas Goetz, Will Swart and Olivia Hawkes taking bronze in their age groups in the 100m IM.

George Finch took gold, Will Swart silver in the 100m Fly. George also obtained a county time with a 15.22 second PB. PB’s in this event from Will Swart and Amy Haarburger.

Lauren Collins had another PB in the 50m Breast stroke swimming 7.76 faster than previous.
The final event of the day, 100m Freestyle.  George took gold and a county time, Will Swart taking silver, along with Olivia Hawkes and Joanne Hewitt Bronze.

It was good to see some of our junior swimmers competing for the first time, and to see the continued success of Thame Swimming Club, even with the high numbers of DQ’s which were mainly in the younger inexperienced swimmers weaker strokes. 

Well done to all.

Results (pdf)

13th June 2009

Thame Swimming Club took part in the Thame Carnival on Saturday 13th June.

A big thank you to Claire Revill for organising our entry and to all the swimmers and coaches who turned out to walk through Thame.

The weather was fantastic and all had fun ….. although George’s hair turned pink!

Go the the Gallery page to see more photos.

10th June 2009

Lord Williams's School Bus Passes

Thame Swimming Club have been in discussion with the council on the usage of the school busses to allow early morning training swimmers (Groups 3 & 4), who are Year 7, 8 or 9 students at Lord Williams’s School, to get to the Lower School after training. An application form can be downloaded that allows you to apply for a concessionary bus pass: 

• If you already pay for a bus pass to get to Lord Williams’s School, state this on the form – there is no additional charge.
• If you receive a free bus pass to get to Lord Williams’s School, state this on the form – there is no additional charge.
• If you wish to use the bus for 1 day a week to get from Lord Williams’s Upper site to the Lower site (i.e. a Group 3 swimmer) the charge is £11/term
• If you wish to use the bus for 2 days a week to get from Lord Williams’s Upper site to the Lower site (i.e. a Group 4 swimmer) the charge is £22/term 

Swimmers can apply for a pass at any time during the school year as they move up to Groups 3 & 4. However, we have been asked to recommend that swimmers apply for the passes in June 2009 to ensure they are available for the start of the September term at Lord Williams’s School.

23rd April 2009

Following on from Mr Brooks promise at the Thame Swimming Club parents meeting, to provide Bus Passes for the Lord Williams’s Pupils who are on the school lower site, the details have now been sorted out the details with the school.

The pupils finish their early swim training at 07:30am. To get to the Lower Site in time for the 08:30am start of school, Monday - they will catch a mini bus, Tuesday - Mr Brooks will drive them, leaving at 08:00am each training day. See the poster (right) for more details.

This service may be replaced in September by a normal school bus and we will inform the pupils each term.

23rd April 2009

Thame Swimming Club is pleased to announce that our Swim Shop link is now available and parents & swimmers can help the club by shopping through this link. The more you spend the more we earn! Visit our Shop Online to use the link.