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

The Cotswold League is a competition between up to 20 Swimming Clubs who compete in 4 galas each in January, February and March, with finals for everyone held in April. The age groups are 11 years, 13 years, 15 years and Open. The events vary from 25m for the younger swimmers to 100m for the older ones with each Club hosting one of the galas.

6 January – Cinderford hosted the first gala at Monmouth School Sports Club, in a friendly but competitive atmosphere. The final points were Backwell 148, Cheltenham 133, Wells 128 and Cinderford 117. Well done to everyone who swam, you did yourselves and the Club proud.

17 February – Round 2 was hosted by Burnham at Hutton Moor, Weston-Super-Mare, Final results were City of Bristol 124, Brockworth 96, Cinderford 91 and Burnham 79 points. Well done to everyone again who competed for us.

2 March – Round 3 will be hosted by Cwmbran is at Pontypool Active Living Centre. Visiting Clubs are Cinderford were Bristol North. Unfortuately Snow prevented us from participating in this gala.

23 March – Round 4 wil be hosted by Bristol Penguins is at Easton Leisure Centre, Thrissell Street, Easton, BS5 0SW. Doors open 5.45pm. Visiting Clubs are Cinderford, Dursley and Tridents

Good luck to everyone selected for the Galas.

The Club has held a list of Short Course Records since 2010 and Long Course Records since 2021 (post Covid). A lot of long standing Short Course Club Records fell during the year including Billy Harris’s 200m Freestyle which held for 15 years.

Short Course Club Records broken during 2023 are:

10 year old age group: Harriet Purshouse 200m Freestyle (previously held by Hannan Kibble since 2013) and 100m and 200m Backstroke (both previously held by Zea Levy from 2014)

13 year old age group: Thomas Rawlings 200m Freestyle (previously held by Billy Harris since 2008) and 400m Freestyle (previously held by Josh Peck from 2010)

15 year old age group: Chase Lane 200m IM (previously held by Todd Montague from 2012)

Open male age group: Morgan Peck 400m Freestyle (previously held by Todd Montague from 2013) and 100m Butterfly (previously held by Dean Embling since 2013).

Open female age group: Nia Westlake improved on her 100m and 200m Breaststroke records, and her 200m IM and 100m and 200m Butterfly records.

Long course Club Records achieved during 2023 are:

13 year old age group: George Watkins 50m Freestyle, Thomas Rawlings 50m Backstroke and Rae Barnard 100m Breaststroke.

14 year old age group: Ella Plant 200m Backstroke and Toby Page 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly.

15 year old age group: Chase Lane 50m, 100m, and 200m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke, 100m and 200m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly and Martha Day 100m and 400m Freestyle, and 50m, 100m and 200m Backstroke.

Open age group: Chris Hadfield 800m Freestyle, Thomas Cottrell 200m Backstroke , Phoebe Taylor 50m and 200m Backstroke, and 50m Butterfly and Nia Westlake 200m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle, 50m, 100m and 200m Breaststroke and 100m Butterfly.

Well done to our 15/16 year old girls relay team of Imy, Daisy, Millie and Libby after a very early start to be at Hutton Moor for 8.00am warm up and with all the girls competing in the Cotswold League Gala the night before, they put in a valient effort and finished is 9th place in both the Freestyle and Medley Relays.

Well done to all our swimmers at the Soundwell Open Meet at Hutton Moor in Weston-Super-Mare.

You all did so well with plenty of PB’s and many adding to their County qualifying times.

Swimmers achieving Club Records were Harriet Purshousr taking Hannah Kibbles 200m Freestyle record from 2013 and improving on Zea Levys 200m Backstroke record from 2014 by 10 seconds. Thomas Rawlings also improved on his own 200m Freestyle record.