Kent County Championships

This year we had one lonely soul competing at the Kent Masters championships but he did us all proud. 

Our new recruit Damian Locascio competed in his age group 50 'fly, 100 IM and 50 free', winning all three events. 

Most notably, Damian took the county record for the 40-44 years 50 'fly in 28.36, smashing the old record of 28.80 which has stood since 1993. 

It would be great to try to get a bigger masters presence there next year! If you know any keen adult swimmers who are looking to train or compete, please point them our way.

Report by David Court (June 2010)

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The Kent County Championships 2010 have come to an end and we have had a very successful year. We got off to an excellent start with the highest number of individual entries in the club’s history, and went on to achieve 75 top 6 finishes garnering 221 points overall, which puts us in the top 10 clubs in Kent.

Congratulations to all medal winners who helped us get those points;
Gina Deave with 16 top 6 finishes (two 1st places, four 2nd places, one 3rd place, two 4th places, six 5th places and one 6th place)
Felicity Hamilton-Cox with 12 top 6 finishes (one 1st place, three 2nd places, two 3rd places, two 5th places, and four 6th places)
Theo Haslam with 10 top 6 finishes (one 1st place, one 2nd place, one 3rd place, three 4th places, three 5th places and one 6th place)
Benedict Kelleher with 5 top 6 finishes (one 1st place, three 2nd places, and one 5th place)
Vicky Ward with 7 top 6 finishes (one 4th place, three 5th places, and three 6th places)
Oliver Lister with 5 top 6 finishes (two 2nd places, one 3rd place, and two 6th places)
Tanglin Ireland with 3 top 6 finishes (one 2nd place, two 4th places)
John Furness with 3 top 6 finishes (one 3rd place and two 4th places)
Emma Wade with 1 top 6 finish (4th place)
James Brinkley with 1 top 6 finish (5th place)
Alex Lister with 1 top 6 finish (5th place
Abbie Regelous with 1 top 6 finish (5th place)
Joe Dobb with 1 top 6 finish (5th place)
Oliver Reynolds with 1 top 6 finish (6th place)
Phoebe Hampson with 1 top 6 finish (6th place)

Unfortunately the points system does not recognise the number of entries, only those who finish in the top six. But I would like to congratulate every swimmer who competed for the effort they have put into their training leading up to the competition and the effort they put into their races. We had many more top 10 finishes and there were some excellent races. Across the weekends we saw 67 personal best swims and eight new individual club records- a brilliant achievement.

We also had our first ever Senior Event Best Performance swim by Gina Deave in the 200m Breaststroke. Gina also retained her title as Open Kent Champion.

Special congratulations go to those swimmers who were competing for the first time at a county level: Phoebe Boanas-Evans, Joe Dobb, Phoebe Hampson, Tanglin Ireland, Richard Knight, Nick Lockwood, Ethan Reeves, Grace Scopes, Tommy Scopes, and Emma Wade. Well done to you for all of your hard work and achievements. Keep up the good work!

Bromley also fared well in the Kent relays setting 12 new relay club records (all relay records will be added to the club website ASAP). We achieved 7 top six finishes overall including:
The girls 15/16 Individual Medley team (4th): Lucy Morgan, Felicity Hamilton-Cox, Holly Barnes, Stephanie Din.
The girls 15/16 Freestyle team (4th): Felicity Hamilton-Cox, Lucy Morgan, Holly Barnes, Stephanie Din.
The boys 13/14 Freestyle team (5th): James Lockwood, Ethan Reeves, Josh Reynolds, Ben Kelleher.
The boys 15/16 Freestyle team (6th): Oliver Lister, Oliver Taylor, James Phillips, John Furness.
The boys 16/u Medley team (5th): Ben Kelleher, Oliver Lister, James Phillips, John Furness.
The boys 16/u Freestyle team (4th): Oliver Lister, John Furness, James Phillips, Ben Kelleher.
The Ladies Open Freestyle team (6th): Gina Deave, Hannah Daley, Holly Barnes, Felicity Hamilton-Cox.

Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to the club’s officials, John Knapman, Kathy Hook and Della Hamilton-Cox, who helped out on poolside.

Report by David Court (March 2010)