Altrincham Swimming Club

Trafford Christmas Cracker - December 2025

We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas time at the fantastic Trafford Borough Christmas Cracker. We saw some outstanding swimming from all the Trafford clubs and the other visitors, which made for a really uplifting day!

Our swimmers absolutely smashed it with PB after PB and 67 (yes 6-7 sorry) medals. It’s a wonderful total and matches our huge medal tally from back in 2021!

Thanks to Coach Leah for great energy and feedback throughout the meet, ALL our Officials of which there were many, our medal desk, raffle and Marshall volunteers and Ian, Kristina, Nick and Jo as our excellent TMs.

Here’s a run down of the medals. Special shout out to Imogen for lots of gold medals and great times this weekend, Evelyn for her first big gala, Etta, Hugo and Ian Z for lots of golds also and Michael W for an incredible comeback swim for 2:00.01 in the 200 Free.

It was so fun to welcome back our 3 retired swimmers Dylan, Max and Michael who came back for some fun racing, with Michael taking the victory in the 100 Free face off (plus the excellent 200), Max victory in the 100 IM and Dylan in the 50 Free. It’s lovely to see them back in the pool!

Sophia R

Poppy P

Max W

Long Him

Xander

Toby

Sophia C

Imogen

Mollie

Hugo

Ian Z

Michael W

Joshua

Etta

Olivia H

Sophia H

Mikaela

Dylan

Max O

Laurie

Evie

Rosie

Ian M

Hannah B

Sophia Hs

Thomas

Bea

Athena

Seraphina

67 medals

= 25

= 24

= 18

And that’s a wrap for galas 2025! Well done everyone and a big MERRY CHRISTMAS

Preston Christmas Cracker - December 2025

What an amazing weekend we had at the Preston Christmas Cracker

There were so many stand out swims (ducks galore) and a brilliant team spirit! Our swimmers were amazing throughout and we even brought home TOP VISITING CLUB

What a team effort!

Thank you to Coach Leah for being fantastic all weekend, there were a lot of races to watch and feedback on but we didn’t miss anyone

Thanks to the Team Managers (you were awesome) - Matt, John, Kristina, Emma, Louisa & Gary

plus our Officials, James, Jacqui, Jayne, Jez & Jonathan (if I missed anyone… I’m so sorry)

We had medals galore and so many PBs and ducks - here’s a round up (the results service is down so again I’m sorry if I missed anything)

67 MEDALS

= 23

= 16

= 27

William S

Jay

Lily

Imogen W

Evie

Long Him

Imogen T

Sophia R

Mollie

Sophia H

Poppy

Etta

Caitlyn

Olivia H

Sam

Jessica

Xander

Toby

Sophia C

Hannah

Mikaela

Beatrice

Ella

Jessica S

Winter Nationals - December 2025

Massive well done to Jack who smashed out a great 50 Fly at Winter Nationals, for 33rd placed Junior in a stacked field! Great attitude and lots to build on. Well done Jack!

And another huge well done to Simon who raced in the 50 Freestyle, finishing 34th Junior with another outstanding time. Well done Simon!

That closes our Winter Nationals campaign and both Jack and Simon had great swims with lots of potential for the rest of the season

. Thanks also to Coach Lewis for being on poolside duty

Arena League Final Round - December 2025

What a fantastic performance from our Arena team in the final round!!! A stunning 5th place - we fought hard and finished strongly!

With lots of swimmers swimming up and being on the younger side of the age groups we were so proud of the team performance in a tough line up!

There were first places from Sophia C in the 10-11 50 Back, Simon H in 16/over 100 Free and the 16/Over 4x50 Free Relay of Dylan F, Max O, Michael W and Simon H - all swimming 25.1 or below for the win

It was last gala for our wonderful team member Erin, who is moving away from swimming to pursue her dodgeball career. Erin is a fantastic athlete, she can turn her hand to anything she wants to and she has been a big asset to ASC. There were lots of tears last night, dodgeball is lucky to have you

Don’t be a stranger Erin and good luck with every thing you do.

Thanks to Team Managers Gary, Ian & Matt, Coach Leah, and to the officials Jacqui, Felicity and Louisa

1. City of Liverpool

2. Northern Celts

3. Wrexham

4. Southport

5. Altrincham

6. Carlisle Aquatics

7. Carnforth Otters

8. Winsford B

Percy Mason Meet - November 2025

Awesome swimming tonight from the team at the Percy Mason meet. Thank you @warriorsofwarrington for a fantastic evening!

PB for Poppy and the

in the B final in the 800 free

4th for Sophia in the 800 free with a new PB time

Toby dominated his heat for a huge PB in the 800 free and 5th in age group

Sam swam a brave race and was rewarded with a big PB and 4th in age group

Isabelle swam a solid and well paced race despite losing her hat part way through! Well held Isabelle

Emily showed some great early season promise with some consistent pacing for 3rd

in age group

Well done everyone, you all deserved your ducks tonight: proud coach. Great attitude and great delivery.

Stockport Metro Open Meet - November 2025

Fantastic showing at Stockport from the team, against some of the fastest swimmers around. We were treated to some excellent racing across the weekend.

Big thumbs up and special mention to Simon for an outstanding effort in the 100 Free, placing 2nd overall in a new PB. Swimming is brutal though with 0.02 separating Simon from the time he wanted for Winter Nationals. Onwards and upwards

Jack had a great swim for 8th in the 17/over with a second fastest ever time in the 100 Free and then Jack was a welcome support to the team this afternoon taking splits and discussing race tactics

Caitlyn is getting back to her best with a great 100 Breast for 5th in the 16 age group and then she smashed her 50 Free PB for 13th place.

Sam swam well for 10th in the 400 Free, with just a few tweaks in pacing around the middle he’d have taken a PB

but solid swimming nonetheless.

Sophia swam brilliantly in the 200 Free consolidating her new PB and getting the process right for 7th, she also swam to a great 7th in the 50 Free

Max swam a great 50 breast winning his heat for a seasons best and 4th in the 16 years age group - hitting his first 25 exactly how he wanted to. (Thanks to Jack for the timekeeping

)

A big thanks to Dylan and Lewis for leading on the Coach support this morning

Sunday kicked off with a little bit of a flat start for Sam in the 400 IM, but after a swim down and a chat with the team he came back for a massive PB in the 50 Fly

That is definitely the way to roll! Love this Sam

Jack stepped up for probably the swim of the day with a life time best in 100 fly and a really well executed race plan. He was 0.1 outside the Winter Nationals time and couldn’t quite match it in the final but it was a fantastic effort, with lots of potential. He sandwiched the heat and final with a great 50 Fly winning the 17 and over age group! Nice morning Jack

Next up was Sophia in the 100 Free with a strong swim for 7th in her age group. She then swam a solid 50 back. Sophia swam the backstroke as a warm up for her 400 free which we were using purely to help her learn the race process… and she smashed out an outstanding PB! Well done Sophia

Jack kicked off with a PB in the 100 IM to get the afternoon session started.

Simon arrived for the afternoon session knowing he had some serious speed, ready for the 50 Free. He delivered with a new PB at 23.81 and a safe Winter Nationals time, also taking the overall win in the 17 and overs

Jack wasn’t far behind in 6th with a new PB time too.

Our last swimmer of the day was Caitlyn, who’d also been volunteering as a marshal in the morning session. She’s always strong in a 50 breast and she did not disappoint, well done Caitlyn

great swimming.

That marked the end of a great weekend of swimming! Back at Alty tonight we were sad to say goodbye to James F who has taken the tough decision to hang up his goggles

after 8 years of swimming with the Club. James is a big part of our history and we wish him all the very best in the future. James has represented ASC at almost every level and we thank him for his loyalty and commitment to ASC

we know you will go far in life

ASC Distance Championships 2025, Session 2 - November 2025

We had another great night at Club Champs last night with the boys 200 fly and breast and the girls 200 back, free, IM and skins

We had a bumper night of Club records, with Wendy in the 17 and over 200 back, Adam H in the 9-10 200 Fly and Dylan in the 17 and over 200 Breast

The Skins were fierce with Bella taking the win in the 14/unders, Mikaela in 2nd and Jessica in 3rd, and in the 15 and overs Sophia stepped up for 3rd place, Emily in 2nd and Rosie won with a fantastic finish in the last 50 Fly! Well done everyone; that was superb and lots of fun!

In other news, Hannah and Daisy swam PBs at BUCS, doing us all proud and Simon was swimming at Nova Centurian; coming 3rd in the both the 50 Free and 100 Free events

Session 1 of 2025 Distance Championships - November 2025

What a return to racing at @move_altrincham for the first night of our Distance Club Champs !

The atmosphere was fantastic, everything worked and the swimmers smashed out some great 200 PBs!

We finished the night with the boys’ skins competition which was very exciting! Qualifiers were 15 & over - Dylan, Sam, Toby, Thomas and Matthew and 14 & under - Long Him, Ian, Felix, Sam and Joshua. The racing was close and tense with Long Him taking the victory in the 14 & under followed by Felix then Ian and in the 15 & over it looked like an easy victory for Coach Dylan. However after a blistering first 25 in the final round Dylan seemed to take a break at the wall, with Sam taking victory and Thomas in 3rd place. Well done to everyone who took part!

As always a huge thank you to Helen and her team, all the parent volunteers who make this happen, to Kristina, Emma and Matt who were brilliant TMs and to the Coaches for their great input too. Also a special thank you to Scott from Move Alty who was literally the most helpful he could have been, what a

We can’t wait for next week now!

Arena League Round 2 - November 2025

I can’t shout loud enough about this team tonight, they were absolutely AWESOME!

Round 2 of Arena League saw more drop outs than we have ever seen as a club; from prior engagements to the dreaded illness and injury. However our amazing team stepped up and swam with heart and soul to take a comfortable 4th place over all!

Thank you to all the swimmers who stepped in, swam up, swam random events and saved the day, we could not be prouder coaches tonight.

ASC you really showed your spirit tonight, WELL DONE, that was pretty difficult but you smashed it!!

SENW Winter Regionals - November 2025

Well done to our fantastic team of swimmers who represented ASC at SENW Winter Regionals this year.

Simon and Jack kicked it off on day 1 in the 100 Free, with Simon qualifying for the A Final and Jack for the B Final. Simon finished 8th in the A Final and Jack joint 7th in the B

Next up was Caitlyn with a strong swim in the 50 Breast for 35th over all

Jack had a great 50 Fly coming 7th in the A Final

Wendy swam a fast 200 Back for 21st place

Wendy’s race was closely followed by Jack up again in the 100 IM, finishing in 17th - 1st reserve for the B Final

The afternoon session started with some excitement with Wendy matching her PB and ending up with a swim off for 1st reserve in the 50 Back

We all love a swim off

Simon made the A Final for 50 Free, finishing in 8th overall, with Jack just missing out on the B Final for 17th

Last up was Caitlyn in the 100 Breast coming 37th in a tough field

Thanks to Ian for being a great Team Manager today.

The second day was another hit - Sam was up first with a great start, owning the fly and the back in his heat of the 400 IM to come 22nd

Next was Jack in the 100 Fly with a solid heat swim which got him into the B Final. Knocking almost a second off his heat time Jack took the win in the B Final

The next race was the 50 Breast for Max who is deciding to make a bit of a comeback. He did a season’s best for 39th with a smile on his face.

Wendy swam a great 100 IM showcasing some great turns and Underwaters, for 25th overall.

Wendy then went onto swim a very solid 100 Back finishing in 18th and 2nd reserve for the B Final.

Well done team you should be very proud of your performances!

A massive thanks to our top cheerleader for the weekend, Michael, who supported the team brilliantly!

Swim Camp - October 2025

Once again our annual Swim Camp was a fantastic success. We had an awesome camp, and had the privilege of taking some wonderful personalities with us. We saw some determined and resilient swimming, alongside some fantastic team spirit.

The swimmers thrived and with all trips like this, they learned a lot.

Thank you to our dedicated team of Team Managers and Coaches, the commitment shown was absolutely outstanding and often goes under the radar.

So the sun sets on this camp, and we look forward to some fast and determined swimming to come

Wigan Best Future Stars - October 2025

A huge well done to Sophia and Poppy who both swam awesome PBs in the 800 and 1500 at the @wiganbest Future Stars Meet last night, with Sophia bagging the

too!

Thanks to Felicity and James and Caitlyn who stepped up to help officiate at the meet too! Getting to Wigan on a Friday night isn’t always straightforward but these meets wouldn’t happen without the dedication of the officials giving up their own time.

Arena League Round 1 - October 2025

A massive well done to our fantastic Arena team who took team spirit to the next level and swam brilliantly in Darwen tonight!

There were loads of PBs across the team from the oldest to the youngest.

It was a tough gig with a couple of debatable DQs in the first couple of races which lost us a lot of points but our blue and yellow

team kept fighting and brought it back for 5th place.

There were stand out swims from Hannah B with a massive 1st place in the 15/u 100 Back, Simon coming 1st in Open 100 Free, and Dylan, Michael W, Max and Simon for smashing a huge win in the Open Male 4 x 50 Freestyle relay. Still got it!

Emily delivered a great 200 IM and 100 Free and Long Him delivered some consistently excellent relay swims stepping up seamlessly to swimming in the older age group.

As a team, you were brilliant; keep up the hard work

Thanks to Gary, Jacqui and Ian for Team Managing, and Felicity and James for officiating. Thanks to our cheerleaders who came to support us

Special mention to Coach Leah who refused to even be photographed a year ago when she joined and today she was all in with the Austen Powers style blue and yellow vibes

Wigan BCM Meet - October 2025

Well done to all our swimmers who raced amazingly at the Wigan gala over the weekend. Lots of pbs, medals and fun!

Thank you to all our officials and team managers for your help!

Well done to all our younger swimmers competing in their first or second gala! And all our 9-10 year olds who achieved everything from a 1-39 second pb you all did so well

Our top swimmer of the meet is Sam with amazing swimming in every race, PB’s and medals over the 2 days

A total of 43 medals

- 8

- 13

- 22

Sophia H

Jessica

Xander

Sam

Olivia H

Hannah

Toby

Etta

Imogen W

Sophia C

Ian

Long Him

Joshua

Simon

Isabelle

Bea

Caitlyn

Ethan

Sophia R

William

Rosie

Trafford Early Bird Meet - September 2025

Well done to all of our swimmers who raced brilliantly at the Trafford Early Bird meet yesterday! There were PBs galore and lots of smiling faces!

Thanks to Coach Dylan and Coach Emily who provided lots of useful feedback for our swimmers. They said they couldn’t pick a stand out as everyone was so good

Thanks to all our officials who worked the gala and to our Team Managers John, Matt and Nick for looking after the swimmers so well!

Here’s a round up of the top 3 places - if I’ve missed anyone please accept my apologies - there were many results to look through!

My calculations say a total of 57 medals

18

16

23

Jay

William

Ethan

Sophia R

Mikaela

Amelia

Hugo

Sophia C

Erin

Abel

Max O

Seraphina

Etta

Long Him

Joe

Jessica S

Isabella

Sophia H

Ian

Jessica Soo

Paisley

Poppy

Athena

Rosie

Well done to the following swimmers who swam in the various 50m finals - Long Him, Xander, Erin, Etta, Jessica Sala, Jessica Soo, Bea, Sophia C, Athena, Hugo, Sophia R, Jay - excellent work!

Inter County Team Selection - September 2025

Well done to Simon on another selection for the Cheshire Inter County team at Ponds Forge on Sunday 5th October. Simon has a long tradition of representing Cheshire at this event, and he will be giving the team his 100%

Well done Simon…. we can’t wait for the chaos of this amazing competition

FAST Squad Early Season Camp - September 2025

Well done to our swimmers who have been working hard at the FAST squad early season camp! This afternoon was open water… and I think some of our team surprised themselves and enjoyed it a lot!

New Team Captains - September 2025

Introducing our new captains team

Firstly a big thank you to our outgoing captains Hannah and Harry, and vice captains Megan and Thomas, thank you for representing our club!

Rosie and Toby are our new Captains and we think that they will do a great job. Rosie joined ASC a couple of years ago, made friends easily and slipped into squad life like she’d always been there so becoming girls captain felt like a natural next step. Toby has grown up through ASC, becoming more and more confident as the years have passed and he’s a fantastic role model for hard work and determination leading to great outcomes.

Mollie and Sam are our vice captains - both swimmers have embraced our Swimmer ABCs from a really young age; they are two of our most reliable team members and consistent trainers. They’ve both represented the club almost weekly since they were 8 and 9 years old, from diddy meets through to Irish Nationals; sticking with the club as little fishes through the covid lock downs and growing in stature and performance year on year.

Jessica and Long Him are our junior captains, in recognition of their hard work. Jessica has been a long time member of the club and with a quiet consistency she is a real team player and popular squad member. She always has a smile and a kind word for her team mates. Long Him is relatively new to ASC but he has 100% embraced our club values and is going from strength to strength. Both swimmers play an important role in our team!

If you see any of our captains around, do make sure you say hello!

Swim England English Nationals - August 2025

Well done to our super star Emily who qualified for two events at this year's Swim England Nationals in Sheffield.

Emily's first event, on Tuesday morning saw her racing hard, coming 24th in the 400IM

It was also great to spend time with our FAST Squad friends from Trafford Metro

- good luck to Letian for the final this evening

Then on Saturday, kudos to Emily for a gutsy, brave, “let’s leave it all in the pool” swim in the 1500 Free. With nothing to lose, Emily took it out hard and decided to see how long she could hold on; this is why we LOVE Emily’s spirit. Leading the race from the start, at one point Emily considered whether she had done a false start as there was no one near her! She powered on and gave her best effort

When asked how she felt post race, Emily’s response is something we all need to remember in this often brutal sport: “I had a lot of fun,”

Well done Emily, you’re a fantastic competitor and team mate and you’ve inspired so many in our great Club! You can enjoy the rest of your summer now!

Cheshire County Masters - July 2025

Well done to Emily who got a County Record last weekend at the Cheshire Masters Champs in the 400 IM! Nice little warm up for her upcoming 400 IM at Nationals on Tuesday!

Emily also had a great 50 Free with a

and another sub 29

Well done Emily!

Irish Nationals - July 2025

Hannah, Sam and Thomas represented Altrincham at the Irish Nationals in Dublin this week.

Sam and Thomas both kicked off their campaigns with the 400IM and 100 Breast, with Hannah starting with the 100 Fly, resulting in a solid start to the meet with 2 x PBs for Sam, 1 x PB for Thomas in 100 Breast and a PB for Hannah. A nice way to acclimatise to the meet and to set the standard!

The second day of the event saw Thomas and Sam have great 200 Breast races with PBs, again, for both swimmers

Day 3 and all of our superstars are racing in the same session! 200 Back for Hannah who came in in 11th place, just shy of her PB, 200 IM for Thomas and 200 IM and 200 Fly for Sam. It was quite a spectacle with the boys next to each other in the heats of the 200 IM and both boys pulled out a fantastic swim and a PB! The ASC battle was won by Thomas by a tiny margin! Then Sam was back in the pool again for the 200 fly, he went out with strong intent and finished just a little outside his PB.

Well done Hannah, Sam and Thomas, and to Emma and Jennie for being an excellent support crew

Meet Coach Lewis - July 2025

Last, but certainly not least, we are delighted to introduce our third new Coach to the ASC team.

Lewis Burras is former 100 Freestyle British Record holder and is a multiple medallist at major championships. He’s got a lot to share with our swimmers and he will be coaching across the squads.

Lewis is excited to be joining the coaching team at ASC, and we are excited to have him on board “Having started swimming at the age of 6, I am now ready to help inspire the next generation of swimmers to achieve their dreams both in and out of the water. From early morning training sessions to competing in World Championship finals, swimming has taught me so much, and I look forward to starting my coaching journey here at Altrincham.”

Please give Lewis a warm welcome when you see him

Meet Coach Charlie - July 2025

Introducing our second new Coach, Charlie Harding who is ready to help drive ASC into next season.

From an elite sporting background, Charlie knows what it takes to make it.

Charlie is an elite triathlete on the British Triathlon World Class Programme and competed at the Paris 2024 Paralympics as guide for a visually impaired athlete.

Charlie is a swim Coach, triathlon Coach and a sport and exercise scientist, and has studied human performance as part of his Sports Science degree at the University of Nottingham. These combined skills will be of huge benefit to our swimmers!

Charlie will be coaching the Performance Squad and AG2 (Competition 2 in the restructure) please make him very welcome if you see him around.

Meet Coach John - July 2025

As we prepare to move into a new era of Altrincham Swimming Club, we are excited to introduce the first new member of our Coaching team, John Patterson. John spent 8 years working in a Performance environment at Oldham Aquatics and we are delighted to have the opportunity to integrate his skills and experience into our team. John coached his first session this evening and he definitely put our home nations national qualifiers through their paces!

You will be seeing John on poolside coaching the Performance squad so please do make him very welcome!

Preston Summer Spectacular - July 2025

Huge well done to the team at the Preston Summer Spectacular - you absolutely smashed it!

With a lot of our more established swimmers absent on the first day, it was time for some of our youngest swimmers to take the limelight! And we saw some brilliant results!

Well done to our medal winners:-

William S

Jessica

Laurie

Well done to youngsters Sienna, Isabelle, Sophia, Hugo, William, Joshua and William in the 9 and 10 year old age groups who all swam big PBs with big smiles on their faces. We hope you will want to swim in lots more galas from now on.

Sunday saw the team fast and motivated, delivering their race plans and supporting each other 💙🙄

Thanks to team managers this weekend Matt (both days), Nick, John, Jacqui and all the Officials who made the gala happen. It was hot but worth it!

Here are Sunday's medal winners:-

Sophia R 🥈🥇

Sophia C 🥉

Poppy 🥉🥉

Jay 🥈

Max 🥉🥉🥈

Nina 🥉

Ella 🥉

William 🥈🥉

Adam 🥉

Long Him 🥇

Sienna 🥇

Hugo 🥈

Ian 🥉

Xander 🥉

That’s a wrap for the 2024/25 season apart from Nationals! Well done to all of the ASC swimmers who have raced this year. Thanks to all the clubs we have raced against. Thank you to @prestonswimmingclub - See you next year!

Swimmer of the Month - June 2025

A huge well done to our nominees for swimmer of the month in June!

Seren in D2 for being a great team player

Mikaela in AG2 for all her hard work and commitment, embodying the Swimmer ABCs

William S in D3 for all of his hard work and great listening

Jay in D3 for his attitude and committing to the Swimmer ABCs

Bea in Performance for a big improvement

Hannah B in Performance for consistency and hard work across the whole year

There can be only one winner this month however and the winner is Joseph A! His hard work and determination have got him a long way in recent years, and recently he was awarded a British Empire Medal for his amazing fundraising and awareness raising activities.

Well done Joseph

Awesome achievement!

Swimmer of the Month - May 2025

We had lots of nominations for our May Swimmer of the Month! There have been some great efforts across the Club!

Sophia - Ducklings - a great start to Club life, fantastic streamlining and always keen to help others in the lane if they need it.

Bella - AG2 - fantastic effort every session, Bella has really pushed her training up a gear which is fantastic to see. Keep up the good work Bella!

Long Him - Youth - Long Him has made huge progress since joining ASC and has already moved up a squad. We are really impressed with all your hard work and you have done some huge PBs!

Wendy - Youth - for managing reduced training, racing and GCSEs fantastically, pulling off some great swims at Regionals this year.

Henry - D1 - for making a great start to Club life and always giving 100%.

Ted - D1 - Ted is always keen to listen and improve and has been working really hard.

Laurie - D3 - for making big improvements on her breaststroke technique.

Jay - D3 - for a great start to racing at the Trafford Spring Meet and for working consistently hard in training.

Toby - Youth - for giving his all when we visited Aquabears and giving 100% on every Vo2 set since.

Emily - Youth - for making English Summer Nationals for 1500 free and 400 IM and continuing to be a fantastic role model for our Club.

There could only be one winner, and the winner is Lewis from AG1. Lewis has been working hard in training and is a great team player within the squad. He had a fantastic meet at the Trafford Spring Meet with a clean sweep of PBs and some great medal performances. Well done Lewis!

Swimmer of the Month - April 2025

Nominations for swimmer of the month APRIL:-

Jeremy in D2 for focusing well on improving his dives and working on his breaststroke.

Clara in D1 for perfecting her tumble turns.

Sophia H in D3 for a formidable effort in the 30 minute 100s test set.

Athena in Youth for her consistent hard work in AG2 which led to the promotion into Youth recently.

Hannah Bir - Youth - for a clean sweep of PBs at the Leeds National Qualifier despite a really busy time at home and working hard for her A Levels.

Jessica S for a great regionals with a 6th place in the 50 Back and a

in the 200 Back with a huge PB that got her very close to a 12 year old summer nationals place.

The winner is Sophia R for her brilliant 2025 Summer Regionals campaign; Sophia had targeted Regionals all year and knew exactly what she wanted to achieve. Sophia did some absolutely outstanding swims, with big PBs in all events, coming 7th in the 400 Free, 4th in the 100 Free, 7th in the 50 Free, 6th in the 800 Free, finishing with a

in the 200 Free

Sheffield No Frills Meet, Day 2 - May 2025

Day 2 of Sheffield No Frills saw Sam, Hannah and Thomas lining up to race. Sam had some good swims in the 200 Breast and 200 IM with 2 LC PBs for

th and

th respectively. Hannah, who is busy with A levels, swam strongly for a

th in 100 Back and

th in the 50 Fly

Thomas swam a great 100 Back for

th place and a LC PB and a solid

th in the 50 Breast!

Well done team, great to see you flying the Alty flag!!

Sheffield No Frills Meet, Day 1 - May 2025

Well done to Sam and Hannah who were representing ASC today at Sheffield No Frills. They came home with 2 x

, a

th and a

th.

Well done team

Regional Development Programme - May 2025

What a great day with the Regional Development Programme at Wigan Life Centre! Coach Kate is sad that it was her last weekend on the programme after 2 consecutive years as a skills coach and then this year as the lead coach. It was fun to work with an inspiring bunch of coaches, and to see how much this particular group of swimmers have thrived since the first camp in October

As ever; Team Alison and Meg were the best

with Team Dan and Team James trying to steal victories in the team comps!

Lucy's Cross-Channel Relay News - May 2025

Lucy R, one of our long standing Coaches and swimmers, has been training hard with her friends for a 6 person channel relay crossing in July. Lucy is raising money for CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young, which is also our Club’s chosen charity - for our 30th anniversary the Club raised £6,000 to pay for a CRY screening session in memory of Chloe Waddell, one of our young and most talented swimmers

Please sponsor Lucy if you can! SPONSOR LUCY HERE! Lucy’s team are also selling swimming hats and stickers to raise more funds.

Lucy's training update - We’re officially two months away from swimming the English Channel! The past few months have been tough – balancing training, cold water acclimatisation, and my dissertation – but I’ve managed to rack up over 90 km of swimming so far! Last Wednesday, we successfully completed our qualifying swim in 15.5°C water. It was tough, requiring us to swim for two hours in the cold while avoiding some gigantic swans. A massive thank you to everyone who has donated already – I’m halfway to reaching my fundraising goal! CRY does incredible work supporting bereaved families and raising awareness about early cardiac deaths. Their efforts have been vital in identifying cardiac abnormalities that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. It’s a charity very close to my heart, as I’ve seen first-hand the amazing impact their work can have. Any donation, big or small, is hugely appreciated. To keep up with our training follow our Instagram @sheswimslikeagirl!

Derby Excel Meet - May 2025

Poppy had an epic day at the @derbyexcelsc National Qualifier flying solo for ASC

She started with an amazing 19 second PB in the 400 Free and swiftly followed it up with a 3 second PB in the 200 IM.

Well done Poppy, fantastic swimming, all your hard work is paying off

Trafford Metro Spring Open Meet - May 2025

What a brilliant day at the @traffordmetroofficial Spring Meet.

We had a big team of more than 30 swimmers and the results sheet shows a huge number of PBs, with swimmers dropping up to 25 seconds on their personal bests! It was awesome!

Thanks to Trafford Metro for a great meet as always and well done to our friends at Flixton who won best visiting Club. We were very proud to be runners up in this category!

We had a huge number of 1st to 6th places and in terms of Bronze, Silver and Gold we won around 50 medals!

Thanks to Jacqui and Ian who were awesome team managers (Ian had also helped at Manchester this morning!) - we can’t thank you enough! Thanks to Jade for Coach duties 🙏🏼 and to Felicity, Louisa and Jayne for officiating (apologies if I’ve missed anyone).

Our top 3 finishers were:

Jay 🥈🥉🥈

Samuel 🥇🥉

Hamish 🥈 🥈🥈

Max 🥉🥇🥉🥉

Lewis 🥈🥉🥈🥈🥉

Matthew 🥉🥉🥉🥉

Etta 🥇🥇🥉🥈

Laurie 🥇🥉

Jessica 🥈

Bea 🥈🥉🥈

William H 🥈🥈

Olivia H 🥇🥇🥇🥈

Long Him 🥉🥇

Seraphina 🥈🥉

Sophia H 🥉🥉🥈

Mahathi 🥉🥇🥉

Ethan 🥈

Sienna 🥉

George 🥉

Isabelle 🥈

Amazing haul gang! If I’ve counted right that is… 10 x 🥇 18 x 🥈 22 x 🥉

🙌🎉🥳

Keep up the good work!

Arena Manchester Open Meet - May 2025

We kicked off the ARENA Manchester Open Meet in style last night with a 12 second PB for Sam in the 800 Free.

We followed that up with a fantastic PB rate today, with all of our swimmers either hitting a new PB or consolidating a recent PB.

A massive well done to all of our brilliant squad who made it a great day -

50 Back:

for Jessica (on PB), on PB for Hannah and a new PB for Bea

50 Fly - Hannah consolidating her PB

100 Back - solid swim for Toby

100 Free - New PBs for both Jessica and Mollie

50 Free - New PB for Toby and Simon was within 0.5 of his best

100 Breast - New PBs for both Ella and Hannah

200 Back

for Jessica with a great swim

200 IM - another big PB for Jessica

Hannah B was in action at @derbyexcelsc - with 2 great swims in the 200 Free and 50 Free. Unfortunately, Thomas B was not well enough to swim. Get well soon Thomas!

It was great to work together with our FAST squad neighbours at Manchester, cheerleading each others swimmers and providing coaching and TM support as a team.

It was also great to have @middlesbroughswimmingclub with us today. It was a pleasure to get to know the swimmers and see them thrive.

Thanks to Catherine and Ian for being awesome TMs as always.

SENW Summer Regionals 2025 Final Weekend - May 2025

What a fantastic end to a brilliant @swimenglandnorthwest Regionals campaign! This (final) weekend was the 15 and over age groups.

We had a great spread of events from the short and sharp 50s through to the 400 IM and every single one of our swimmers smashed out a worthy swim: as Coaches it was great to see the swimmers step up to the big occasion!

Saturday's swims were:-

Open 400 IM -Sam 11th PB, Thomas 10th PB

Open 100 Free -Simon 24th, Coach Ash

in the final

Open 200 Breast -Thomas 14th PB

Female 200 Back -Hannah 15th PB, Wendy 12th

Female 200 IM -Emily 16th PB

Open 50 Free -Simon 14th PB, Coach Ash 3rd into the final (final result tbc)

Female 50 Back -Hannah 9th PB, Wendy 17th PB

Female 200 Free -Emily 13th

Open 100 Back -James 18th

We had an exciting end to the day with a swim off for Hannah in the 50 Back; After a fantastic start and under water, the girls were neck and neck with the Wigan Best swimmer just taking the touch

leaving Hannah with another PB to finish the racing. Well done to both girls!

The Sunday swimmers turned up with their best positive mindsets, knew their race plans and stepped up for some excellent swims!

During what was a long day, their support for each other was unwavering, with everyone contributing to the positive vibe on the poolside. They also were a fantastic support to Coach Kate who was being assessed for her Level 3 course

First up was Emily in the 400 IM who had not been feeling 100% yesterday. In true Emily style she pushed as hard as she could for a very solid 12th.

Next it was Max, who even though he’s given up swimming and has been in the pool 3 times since early October, he had decided he fancied getting back in for a 50 Breast! It was lovely to have him back on the poolside with us and he swam a truly excellent first 35m, just fading in the last 15m for 18th.

Next up was Hannah with another PB in the 50 Fly with a technically really well executed swim for 16th

Thomas had another strong swim in the 200 IM for another PB (3rd of the weekend) and 15th place

Hannah was back in action for the 100 Back, finishing in 14th place with yet another PB swim

Wendy swiftly followed Hannah in the 100 Back with a strong seasons best, qualifying for the open age final. After listening to her feedback, Wendy stepped up to race a close finish with a confident

th in the final

Thomas had a fantastic 100 Breast with another PB, building on the feedback from yesterday for 20th.

In the 400 Free Megan swam with determination and purpose, taking the lead in her heat to set her intentions. In a seasons best swim, Megan finished in 11th place

Also in the 400 Free Emily swam a really well paced swim; particularly as we weren’t sure what she had left in the tank. Coming in on PB and finishing in style; Emily took a well deserved

th place

Thank you to our poolside team this Regionals - you have been amazing!

- Coach Leah you get a gold star

and thanks to Dylan for coming on Sunday

- TMs Gary, Kristina, Ian and Emma - we couldn’t do it without you all! Thank you!

Well done Alty

Smashed it.

Swimmer of the Month - March 2025

Well done to all of our swimmers in March! Our nominations for Swimmer of the Month were:

Imogen from D1 - she’s a very hard worker and she’s always happy to entertain the coaches

Etta from D3 - Etta’s swimming is going from strength to strength and she has a great training ethic to match, quietly working as hard as she can every session

Toby from Youth - in the recent 6 week 20x100 jelly baby case study Toby completed all 6 weeks, all 120 x100 and was by far the most consistent trainer in the group. Well done to James, Dylan, Mollie,Imogen, Poppy, Ella, Jessica and Jessica who also completed all 100s over each of the 6 weeks to a high standard

Our winner for March is Hamish from D3

Hamish had some fantastic swims at the Satellites Last Chance Meet, he even seemed to be surprising himself. His hard work and friendly manner have not gone unnoticed and we look forward to the next opportunity for racing to see how Hamish and the D3 gang have progressed!

Swimmer of the Month - February 2025

We are a little behind on these!

Well done to the following nominees:

Jack from Senior - always turns up to training with a good attitude, never complains and always tries hard

Clara and Ayla in D1- training very well at the moment, always try hard, listen well and making good improvements recently

The very worthy winner is Jichen in D3 for his performances in the Trafford gala - he swam up a group and swam all the butterfly!!

Amazing team work Jichen! And a big well done to all the nominees

Swimmer of the Month - January 2025

Lots of action to report on in January and we took the liberty of scooping in the first week of February so that we could include all the Cheshire Counties reflections!

Here are the nominations and the winners of January Swimmer of the Month

•••••••••

Nominations for Swimmer of the Month

Rosie - Youth - for breakthrough swims in the 200 IM and 200 Breast on the last weekend of Counties. Outstanding swimming

Simon H - Youth - for clocking an awesome 24.01 in the County relays, being an absolute team player and swimming his very best for the team

Sophia R - Youth - for consistently great performances at Counties, finishing 6th Girl overall in the 12 years age group

Tom R - Youth - for winning Top Boy in the 14 years age group at Counties

Laurie S - D3 - for her enthusiasm to “beat the relays’ doing 3 amazing swims in training recently, great to see

Sophia H - D3 for her enthusiasm to “beat the relays’ doing 3 amazing swims in training recently, well done

Joshua L - D2 -for always putting 100% in during training, and fantastic backstroke technique

The winner for January’s Swimmer of the Month is…

Jessica S for doing the treble winning GOLD medals in the 50 Back, 100 Back and 200 Back at Counties. 3 fantastic and breakthrough swims. Awesome work Jessica.

SENW Summer Regionals 2025 Second Weekend - April 2025

What an amazing weekend at Liverpool for the second weekend of the SENW Summer Regionals.

Saturday saw Sophia swam with heart, determination and tenacity, and all of her hard training paid off, in what was a monster programme of events at SENW Summer Regionals.

First up was a 6.5 second PB in the 400 Free for

th place with a pretty much perfectly executed race plan.

Next, Sophia swam an outstanding 2 second PB to qualify 7th for the final in the 100 Free. She managed to improve on this time further to take

th in a nail biting final.

In the heat of the 50 Free, Sophia shaved almost a second off her PB to make the final, coming

th hitting a similar time to the heat at the end of a long day.

Last event before the finals saw Sophia swim a brave and perfectly paced 800 Free finishing in

th with another 5 seconds knocked off her PB, again getting her pacing spot on and executing an excellent race.

Well done Sophia, the coaches were delighted to be able to make this a “two duck” achievement… which is unprecedented

Sunday saw Sophia joined by Jessica and Sophia for another fabulous day of racing

Sophia in the 200 freestyle with a massive PB and a Bronze medal

Jessica in the 200 backstroke with a massive PB and a bronze medal

Fantastic swimming from both girls today

SENW Summer Regionals 2025, First Weekend - April 2025

What a fantastic start to session 1 of North West Regionals - Day one, the boys 14-16 years came 6th in the 4x200 Free relay, with some great team swimming.

Next up was Sophia with a PB in 100 Fly for 15th, with a cracking swim

Nina went a fantastic long course PB for 16th in the 50 Back

Jessica smashed out another PB in the 50 Back to qualify in 2nd for the final this evening

Great swimming everyone!

Day 2 included a lot of team relays and team spirit!

Toby, Thomas and Harry stepped up first for some great swims in the 4 x 100 Free relay coming 15th overall. They were followed by Imogen, Nina, Hannah and Mollie who all PB’d for 18th place.

Our 17 and over girls swam a strong 4 x 200 relay for 5th place showing some great determination. Well done to Emily, Hannah, Rosie and Megan 💪

In the 14-16 4x100 Medley we had Toby on Back, Thomas on Breast and Harry on Free who swam hard for 12th overall.

Hannah (Back), Ella (Breast), Imogen (Fly), and Mollie (Free) were 15th in the 14-16 4 x 100 Girls Medley relay.

Thanks to James from Liverpool for the airhorn… it added a new joy to our cheering 💪

Jessica was flying the flag for the 12 year olds today, swimming the 100 Back. It turned out to be a tough race and Jessica finished 12th overall in a strong field. It wasn’t the race she wanted but we are proud of your the effort. Well done Jessica 💪

Regional Qualifiers - April 2025

Well done to our 13 Regional Qualifiers who will start their campaign this weekend!

Well done to all of you for qualifying and for your hard work to date, we are looking forward to seeing you shine. You’ve put in a good block of work and you are well placed for some fast swims over the next few weeks!

It’s bitter sweet for the squad as there were several of our dedicated swimmers who literally just missed out, and we know how disappointing that can feel when you have worked so hard. But these experiences make us fight harder and we know you will all come back stronger!

Be sure to cheer your team mates on even louder

Pointscore 1 - March 2025

What a fantastic evening of swimming at Gala 1 of Pointscore 2025! We had so many first timers racing and they all absolutely smashed it! It was a pleasure to see them practicing the new skills that they have been learning in their squads. An extra big shout out to the new Ducklings who joined in for the first time

Our older swimmers excelled themselves, with some great races and some excellent team spirit getting their teams ready for the 20-strong canon at the end. Well done to Team Pullbuoy for winning the cannon relay

Thanks as always to Helen who does an amazing job organising these events. Thank you to all the Officials for stepping up and ensuring that these galas are licensed. Thank you to the Team Managers and Coaches who marshalled all the swimmers, especially Kristina and Beth who must have done at least 20,000 steps tonight, each!

It was great to see some of our older swimmers who came back to help manage their teams. It’s nights like this that we can be so proud of

Richmond Dales April Fools Meet - March 2025

Well done to all our swimmers who swam at Richmond Dales this weekend.

Always a challenge swimming in a 50m pool! Well done to our swimmers that swam long course for the first time!

We had a great medal haul

12

18

12

42 in total!

400 IM

Imogen

Mikaela

Imogen

Emily

200 Free

Toby

100 Back

Etta

Jessica

Hannah

50 fly

Etta

Hannah

400 Free

Emily

200 IM

Thomas

50 Breast

Etta

50 Back

Ethan

Toby

Thomas

100 Free

Etta

200 Fly

Imogen

200 Back

Xander

Toby

400 IM

Thomas

200 Free

Emily

100 Back

Toby

James

100 Fly

Sophia H

50 Free

Etta

Seraphina

Sophia

200 Breast

Max

Thomas

800 Free

Sophia

Emily

Megan

200 IM

Sophia

50 Back

Etta

Seraphina

Nina

Hannah

100 Breast

Etta

200 Back

Seraphina

Sophia

Satellites Meet - March 2025

Well done to everyone who swam at the Satellites meet this weekend, there were some great swims!

Thanks to all the Team Managers and Coaches and Officials who contributed to the success 🙌

We had a great medal haul for a small team 💪

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈 🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉

400 Free Sam 🥈 Toby 🥈

200 Butterfly Imogen 🥉

50 Back Toby 🥈

200 Back Poppy 🥇 Hannah 🥇

100 Breast Hamish 🥈

200 Breast Sam 🥈 Thomas 🥇

400 IM Poppy 🥈 Imogen 🥈

200 Back Toby 🥇

100 Back Poppy 🥉 Hannah 🥇

200 IM Thomas 🥈

100 Fly Hannah 🥈

400 Free Poppy 🥉

100 IM Sophia H 🥉 Xander 🥈

50 Fly Hannah 🥈

200 Free Toby 🥇 Lachie 🥇

200 Breast Imogen 🥈 Jessica 🥉 Ella 🥈

50 Back Hannah 🥇

100 Back Max 🥉 Ethan 🥉 Thomas 🥈 Toby 🥉 James 🥈

200 Free Hannah 🥈

100 Free Max 🥈 Toby 🥈

50 Breast Max 🥈 Thomas 🥈

Burnley Bobcats Meet - March 2025

Another great @burnleybobcats meet! Thank you to our friends for hosting such a fun weekend of swimming

Coach Leah was in the driving seat for the weekend, with Coach Beth supporting on Saturday and Coach Kate back on Sunday to count the fly kicks off the wall

Our team manager team did a fantastic job as usual; as did our volunteer Officials. Thank you to everyone as usual for making it happen!

The swimmers put in some great efforts, despite a tricky lead in to the meet. Stand out swims included another big PB for Jessica in the 200 Back, an excellent 200 Breast for Sam, a fantastic 400 IM for Megan, great swims for Etta, and a big PB in the 400 Free for Toby. Mollie and Imogen swam an excellent synchronised 200 Free and Hannah did a big PB in the 100 Fly.

Coach Leah awarded 3 ducks

:

for Xander for huge PBs in every event, great base skills and excellent race analysis

for Thomas B for building on swims yesterday with a suite of PBs today with some really excellent results, including one even his Mum didn’t believe her eyes for in the stands

for Mollie for trusting the Coaches and swimming her 200 Free in a completely different pace strategy despite her doubts and getting her first PB in that event for 12 months

Really proud of all the swimmers - for listening carefully to feedback and executing their race processes better each time!

We will definitely do this meet again and hopefully more of the younger swimmers will be able to join for the weekend events

Trafford Borough League - February 2025

Well done to all our swimmers who swam in the Trafford Borough League! Altrincham came 3rd overall, only 5 points behind 1st

Thank you to our Team Managers, Officials and Coaches for helping today.

Jessica's Treble Gold Success

Well done to one of our youngest racers Jessica, who did the treble winning

GOLD in all 3 backstroke races at Cheshires

50 Back

100 Back

200 Back

And of course there was a

too!

Well done Jessica it was a pleasure to see you race so hard

Cheshire County Championships 2025 - Session 4

Well that marks the end of Weekend 2 of Cheshire Counties and we had a fantastic few days! There were loads of PBs and the swimmers supported each other fantastically well.

There are a couple of special shout outs! The first is to Harry who had a very busy morning with 100 Back, 100 IM and 200 Free; his morning became a bit busier when he got into a swim off for the final of the 100 Back after a brilliant heat swim. Harry raced hard despite the quick turn arounds, just missing out on the win to Oliver from Warriors

. Harry came back hard though to take another PB in the 200 Free to finish the morning

Sophia also deserves a special mention for a fantastic 100 Fly, with a 5 second PB in the heat and a further 3 seconds in the final! She was so unlucky to just miss out on the bronze medal. Amazing swimming though Sophia (again) to add to her raft of final places this champs

Here’s a summary of the team’s results. We are small but we are mighty!

100 Back

Tom FINAL

Harry =8 PB

(swim off)

James FINAL 4th

Thomas FINAL 6th PB

100 Fly

Sophia FINAL 4th PB

Imogen 12th PB

Hannah 9th PB

100 IM

Harry 12th

Thomas 10th PB

400 IM

Poppy 13th PB

Imogen 9th PB

Hannah 9th

Emily

Megan 9th

200 Free

Tom

PB

Harry 8th PB

50 Breast

Harry 13th PB

Thomas 12th

100 Breast

Jessica 14th

Rosie 22nd

100 Fly

Tom

PB

200 Back

Jessica

PB

Sophia 8th PB

Imogen 15th

Hannah 10th PB

Wendy 5th

Megan 7th

400 IM

Tom

Thomas 6th

Finals/Top 8 finishes - 34

7

2

Massive well done everyone

Cheshire County Championships 2025 - Session 3

We got off to a cracking start at Weekend 2 of Cheshire Counties yesterday. We had loads of PB/on PB swims and the processes were great 🙌

Well done to Max and Xander who all competed in their first ever Counties and, despite the nerves, stepped up to the challenge. Well done! 💙💛

Here are the results (sorry if there are any errors)

100 Free

Sophia FINAL 5th PB

Jessica 14th

Mollie 11th PB 🐥

Isabelle 15th

Emily FINAL 5th

Megan 19th

50 Free

Tom R FINAL 🥇PB

Simon FINAL 5th 🐥

50 Back

Jessica FINAL 🥇 PB

Sophia FINAL 8th PB

Poppy 22nd PB

Nina FINAL 🥉PB 🐥

Hannah FINAL 5th PB

Wendy 9th

Hannah Bi 18th

200 Fly

Imogen 10th 🐥

50 Free

Sophia 7th FINAL 5th PB

Nina 12th PB

Mollie 15th

Emily FINAL 6th

Hannah Bi 25th

Eva 27th

50 Back

Max 9th PB

Xander 14th

Tom FINAL 🥇

Harry 18th

James FINAL 5th PB

Thomas B FINAL 8th PB

50 Breast

Sophia 14th PB

Jessica 16th

400 Free

Tom 🥇

Harry 6th PB

Cheshire County Championships 2025 - Session 2

With weekend one of Cheshire Counties complete, the team have put in a good shift with some excellent performances.

Stand out swim of the day has to be Jessica in the girls age 12 100 Back who smashed a huge 4 seconds off her PB to win the event by a country mile!

25 top 8 finishes is a fantastic start to the championships.

Female 50 Fly

Sophia 10th PB

Erin 19th PB

Imogen 11th

Hannah 10th

Wendy *FINAL* 5th

Eva 21st

Male Open 100 Free

Tom R

PB

Harry 16th PB

James 11th PB

Simon *FINAL* 5th

Female 100 Back

Jessica

PB

Sophia *FINAL* 8th PB

Mollie 13th PB

Imogen 16th

Hannah 11th

Wendy *FINAL* 7th

Megan 11th

Male Open 200 Breast

Thomas B 5th

Female 200 Free

Sophia 6th PB

Mollie 14th

Isabelle 7th

Emily

Megan 8th

Rosie 14th

Male Open 100 Breast

Thomas 10th

Female 100 IM

Sophia *FINAL* 6th PB

Imogen 11th

Hannah 12th

Isabelle 14th

Wendy

Rosie 18th

Male Open 50 Fly

Tom R

PB

James 9th PB

Simon 14th

Female 400 Free

Sophia 6th PB

Isabelle 7th

Emily 4th

Megan 5th

Male Open 200 Back

Tom

Toby 7th PB

Harry 9th PB

James 6th PB

This was a solid start, despite the disruption to training we have experienced with our pool situation

Let’s keep up the hard work to build for next weekend

Cheshire County Championships 2025 - First Session

This fabulous five got ASC’s Cheshire Counties off to a flying start! With a new format, the 800 and 1500 events are now long course

so if the nerves aren’t usually high for an 800 or 1500 they were high tonight!

It was the first long course distance race for Toby in the 1500 and for Sophia in the 800, they both absolutely smashed it

with a well deserved

for Toby and a 6th for Sophia in a strong field.

Leading by example, experienced long course distance swimmers Emily and Megan came 5th and 6th with Megan taking an early lead in her heat and racing a long course time that was faster than her short course entry time

True to form, Tom raced tough in the last heat of the 1500, to win his age group

Great start gang, you did yourselves proud. Now eat, drink, stretch, sleep ready to race again tomorrow

Event Calendar

We've updated the meet calendar for the coming year. It's not exhaustive and I'm sure things will change during the year, but it should help to understand which galas are aimed at your swimmer and will hopefully help you plan for these.

You can find a copy of the calendar here

Club Kit

If you need a swimming hat, these are available for £5.50 each for the standard Club hat and we also have some ASC Bullet Hats back in stock (priced at £12.50). If you'd like to order one, please email kit@altrinchamsc.org.uk

All other Club kit can be purchased through The Kit Stop website, or via the link here.

Resource Information

There is a ‘Members Resources’ section of the Members Area on the website and there is already lots of interesting and useful information on there, so please have a look if you haven’t already. Helen I, who is our most senior Official and coordinates our Pointscores, has recently put together some really useful links on the technical rules for each stroke which will help all swimmers to understand the rules better.

Reporting Absence

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