Well done everyone at the Gloucester City Open Meet the swimmers, poolside staff and officials.

We had great results throughout the weekend, 45 personal best times and 9 new times achieved by the swimmers. It was a weekend of sisterly gains, in the 400m IM Ella took gold and Grace silver, in the 100m Backstroke both Beatrice and Harriet achieved silver medals and in the 200m Butterfly Molly took the gold and Libby a bronze.

Gold Medals for: Flora 50m Back, 50m Free and 100m Free; Thomas 50m Breast and 100m Breast; Morgan 200m Fly; Chase 50m Fly; Molly 200m Fly; Imy 100m Breast and Ella 400m IM

Silver Medals for: Chase 50m Free, 200m IM and 100m Fly; Morgan 400m Free and 200m IM; Harriet 100m Back and 200m Back; Grace P 200m Back and 400m IM; Flora 50m Fly; Josh 50m Back; Imy 100m Back and Beatrice 100m Back

Bronze Medals for: Thomas 50m Fly, 100m Free and 200m Free and 400m Free; Chase 100m Free and 100m Breast; Jade 400m IM; Imy 200m Back; Libby 200m Fly; Ella 200m IM and Morgan 100m Back

We are all proud of Phoebe who has qualified for the Swim England National Championships to be held in Ponds Forge International Swimming Pool in Sheffield in August – Congratulations Phoebe

Congratulations to Charlotte competing in her first Masters Meet and achieving a gold and silver medal for her 400m and 200m freestyle. All your team mates are very proud of you.

What a great Open Meet for all our swimmers with Tewkesbury, Brockworth & Dursley Swimming Clubs on Sunday 23 June at Leisure@Cheltenham.

We had over 77 improved times, 8 new times and plenty of happy faces from the swimmers and families at this event. Well done to Jessi, Lola and George R who were competing in their first Open Meet.

3 gold medals were won by Chase and 2 by 8 year old George R who swam in the 10 year and under category. Silver medals were won by Daisy (2), Flora, Imy, George W, Millie and Chase and bronze medals by Thomas R (3), Daisy (3), Josh (2), Jade, Flora and Chase.

All the swimmers showed great ability and all were a credit to the Club – well done everyone. Also thank you to all our poolside staff, officials and helpers who many the event possible.

Incredible swimming by all 35 of our swimmers in the Open Meet at GL1. We had some younger swimmers taking part in their first competition at this Level including Connie, Tiajauana, Betsie, Jack, Connie, Kita, Bethany, Beatrice, Ada, Megan and Alex and we hope they enjoyed the experience.

The team amassed a large amount of medals, 9 x Golds, 18 x Silver and 14 x Bronze for Nia, Chase, Lilly-Ann, Penelope, Morgan, Imy, Flora, Libby, Molly, Lottie W, Kita, Harry, Beatrice, Thomas R, Florence and Bethany.

Well done and PB’s also went to Katy, LIly F, Freya, Ella, Grace W, Grace P, Daisy, Amelia, Jasmine, Lucy, Thomas H, Harry and Josh.

A very enjoyable Meet for all the swimmers, well done everyone.

Daisy Stuart-Gunter is the Club Captain for 2024. She has been a member of our Swimming Club for nearly 10 years having joined the Teaching group in 2014 with Stage 5 and is now one of our top County swimmers. She can be seen helping on poolside on Mondays and at most competitions either as a competitor or helping the poolside team and supporting the swimmers.

Sunday 21 July             Closed on Sundays only for Summer

Sunday 8 September  Back to Normal 8.30 – 11.15am

The final gala in this series was the relay only gala on Sunday 14 July at GL1 in Gloucester, with no 11 and 14 year old boys available and only Thomas able to swim in the 13 year old boys and Katy our only girl over 12 years old, we went with a very depleated but determined team.

At short notice we called in Oliver and 8 year old Noah to help the 10 year and under boys out and they did themselves proud as did all 22 of our swimmers competing. Also in the team were Kyriee, Lilly-Ann, Penelope, Yona, Flora, Freya, Florence, Harriet, Grace W, Betsie, Bethany and Jessi and Thomas H, Max, Alex J, Jack, Gilad and George R – well done all of you.

This was the final event before the Summer Holidays, the results are on our noticeboard at the pool.

Well Done to Nia, Phoebe, Grace C, Daisy, Millie, Imy, Grace P, Morgan, Chase, Toby, Thomas, George, Will, Florence, Flora, Harriet – brilliant swimming at the Gloucester County Championships at Hengrove in Bristol. Plenty of great swims for our swimmers with the more experienced swimmers and some new young ones making Finals.

Finals for Nia in the 50m and 100m Fly, 50m and100m Breast and 50m Backstroke and medals in the Championship final 200m Breaststroke, 200m IM and 400m IM., Finals for Phoebe in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke and for Imy in the 100m Backstroke with Chase finaling in the 50m Breaststroke and Morgan in the 50m Butterfly. 11 year old Florence qualified for Finals in the 50m Freestyle and 50m and 100m Backstroke and 11 year old Harriet qualified for Finals in the 50m Backstroke and the 100m Backstroke where she achieved the 3rd place medal

If your child has achieved Stage 5 or above and are thinking what to do next – why not come for a free session to see whether a Swimming Club is for you.

Sessions are available for Stage 5 – Stage 8 on Mondays 6.00 – 6.40pm and Friday 6.00 – 6.30pm.

There are places available for stronger swimmers within our squads where they have the opportunity to compete and also we have a dedicated Masters section for over 18’s 

Please email coach@cinderfordsc.com for more information