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Pointscore 1 - March 2026
It was an exciting night last night for ASC as we held our first Pointscore back at Move Altrincham! Back in our spiritual home the Pointscore saw a lot of fast swimming from over 100 members. The vibes were high and there was some brilliant team spirit, exactly what our Club is all about 
Well done to all those swimmers who got promoted and to the Pointscore winners from the last round!
BRONZE WINNERSPenelope H (overall winner)
Hugo M
SILVER WINNERSMikaela J
Matthew G
GOLD WINNERSSophia R
Xander R (overall winner)
Leila B won the swimmers’ lucky dip 
Wendy D received the GOLD CUP
for achieving all of the gold qualification times - well done Wendy this is a fantastic achievement
for achieving all of the gold qualification times - well done Wendy this is a fantastic achievement A few thank yous!
First to Helen who works so hard to make these events happen, and to the Officials team and results desk who are absolutely brilliant and ensure that all of our internal events are licensed.
Thank you to our Team Managers - John, Matt, and Martin who looked after the children so well. To Mollie for manning the main marshalling station and to Beth, Jade, Andy and Dylan for brilliant coaching and marshalling support all evening (and for helping to lock up the building 
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)Thank you to all the parents/carers spectating which provided a great atmosphere.
But mostly a big thank you to our swimmers! We had so many new members who were so brave and stepped into racing so well (like ducks to water 
) to our veteran 9 and 10 year olds who have grown so much in confidence that they are now helping the other swimmers and to our older swimmers who definitely brought the competitive spirit and fun last night. Well done to you all - results are in the Members Area of the website.
) to our veteran 9 and 10 year olds who have grown so much in confidence that they are now helping the other swimmers and to our older swimmers who definitely brought the competitive spirit and fun last night. Well done to you all - results are in the Members Area of the website.
Manchester International Meet - March 2026
What an extravaganza of swimming! Our amazing team of swimmers stepped up and swam some brilliant PBs to make it an excellent day at the Manchester International Meet. Thanks to @wearecomast organisers for all the effort put in to making this meet feel a bit special.
Thanks to Ian, Martin and Gary for being amazing Team Managers as always, and to Max and Jack who were excellent cheerleaders and helped hype the swimmers for their races
Our swimmers swam their hardest. Shout out to Poppy who was ill and Jessica who was injured, plus Hannah and Toby balancing revision and real life super effectively 
Star of the day was Caitlyn who swam a 2 second PB in the 100 Breaststroke for a place in the prestigious Junior Final: to see you so happy was a privilege, well done.
Our swimmers were Hannah (50 Back, 50 Fly, 200 Back), Jessica (50 and 200 Back), Ian (50 Breast), Thomas D (50 Breast; 50 Free, 100 Fly), Caitlyn (50 Back, 100 Free, 100 Breast), Long Him (100 Back, 50 Free) Toby (100 Back, 200 Free), Poppy (200 Back), Sophia (400 Free), Simon (50 Free)
Amazing work gang, great swimming 
Burnley Bobcats Meet - March 2026
What a brilliant weekend of swimming!
A huge thank you to the team at @burnleybobcats for a fantastic meet and for making us so welcome! We’d also like to say thank you to the Referee and Starter teams who did a fantastic job as always but were so helpful to Altrincham SC and our swimmers!
In a meet that involved over 30 of our swimmers from the oldest to the very youngest, we saw 20 medals, and some amazing PB stand out swims! Well done to Alfie, Isaac, Phillip, Beatrice and Otis swimming their first ever external meet, and to cheerleader Clara who came to support the team which was a brilliant thing to see
Shout out to Ian M who got his first ever regional time in 50 Breast with a storming swim, and to Xander who managed 8 huge PBs out of 8 swims after a few disappointments at the end of last year! Well done both.
ASC Swimmer of the Meet has to be Annie C who shone in the 9 year olds with 5 medals and big PBs!
Medals
Long Him
Thomas B
William S
Imogen T
Caitlyn
Annie
Etta
Imogen W
Sophia C
Jessica S
Thomas D
Ian M
We couldn’t run these meets without our amazing Team Managers Matt, Kristina, John, Louisa (and Mollie!) - what a team you were Thank you to our parents who volunteered as Officials and to Jane who was an excellent Starter on Sunday afternoon
Thank you to our parents who volunteered as Officials and to Jane who was an excellent Starter on Sunday afternoon 
North West Masters Regionals - February 2026
Massive well done to Emily and Niamh who both absolutely smashed it today at the NW Masters Regionals their smiles say it all!
their smiles say it all! Emily:
50 Free, Silver
400 Free, Gold
100 Free, Gold
Niamh:
400 Free, (PB) Silver
50 Fly - Silver
Well done to Emily and Niamh we are lucky to have you both still enjoying training and racing so much
Shout out to @otterscarnforth … we look after Niamh whilst she’s at uni
Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Roundup
That’s a wrap for Counties 2026! We have seen 3 great weekends of racing, with lots of great swims and learning opportunities!
Swimming is a tough sport at the best of times but as a small club we’ve had so much to deal with managing pool time over the last few years. Just as we thought things were going to be on the up, St Ambrose shut at the start of November with our top squad losing around 40% of their pool time. There was so much uncertainty in the weeks that followed, and thank you to Move Altrincham who have rallied round to help save our programme which we managed to launch right at the end of January 
We matched our medal total from last year which was great to see with 26 medals in total
Top boy has to be Tom R who has come back from City of Liverpool for Cheshire Counties, with 11 , 1 and 2 plus a myriad of overall awards and top 15 year old boy and 3rd boy overall in the County. Well done Tom
, 1 and 2 plus a myriad of overall awards and top 15 year old boy and 3rd boy overall in the County. Well done Tom Top girl is a real new comer, who always wants to learn, always tries her best and is a really hard worker. She’s lovely to have as part of our team! Etta has only just turned 10 and at her first counties won 11 and 1 Etta was 6th girl over all in the 10-11 age group. Keep up the good work Etta and keep smiling always!
1 and 1 Etta was 6th girl over all in the 10-11 age group. Keep up the good work Etta and keep smiling always!We made 85 top 8 finishes which is fantastic, with a strong PB rate
Our other fantastic medal winners were:
SimonJackSophia ROliviaJessicaLong HimSamHannahTobyRelay (Thomas,Dylan,Jack,Max)Well done to all the swimmers! The hard work continues now with our new programme and lots of gains to be made for the rest of the season
Thanks to our team managers: Gary, Catherine, Emma, Kristina, Jo, Ian and Jacqui and to all our officials who work so hard to get the swimmers in the right place at the right time.
Thanks to all of our coaches who are so invested in getting the best out of the swimmers, and who have adapted so well to the multiple timetable changes. Thanks to Leah and Kate for their dedication to the swimmers, watching every race in detail and dealing with all the nerves!
Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Relays
We had a really fun afternoon at the relays with our teams stepping up against the best in the County!
Firstly, a big shout out to our Open age male Medley relay team of Thomas (Back) Dylan (Breast) Jack (Fly) and Max (Free) who won our one and only medal of the afternoon with a fantastic bronze - there were some fantastic splits in there too!
- there were some fantastic splits in there too!We had a number of top 8 finishes!
6 x 5th places in the open mixed free, 15-16 boys medley, 13-14 boys free, open mixed medley, 15-16 boys free and the boys open age free.
1 x 6th place in the female open age free relay
7 x 7th place in the 15-16 mixed medley, 13-14 mixed medley, 10-12 boys free, 15-16 girls medley, 10-12 girls medley, 15-16 girls free, plus the amazing cannon relay of Sophia R, Emily, Sophia C, Adam, Mollie, Long Him, Tom R & Jack
2 x 8th places 15-16 mixed medley, 13-14 mixed freestyle
Before the relays started we also had Tom R in the Open Male skins; coming 8th (shame it started with breaststroke!) and we saw the overall category results, with Tom R best boy in the 15 years and 3rd overall boy, and Etta 6th overall in the 10-11 girls
Thank you to our amazing Team Managers Jo, Gary, Jacqui and Ian! You absolutely smashed it. Thanks to our Officials too.
Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Final Weekend
We had a fantastic final weekend of Counties with more PBs, finals and medals!
First, a shout out to Seraphina her first ever counties event - and she made a final!
Saturday saw a great day of racing with medals from Tom R , Jack , Sophia , Etta , Jessica , Hannah , Toby with Tom R also getting a in the 200 IM on Sunday morning
, Jack , Sophia , Etta , Jessica , Hannah , Toby with Tom R also getting a in the 200 IM on Sunday morningIn total
Well done team - really great results and effort. Here is the full run down:
100 Free
Tom R FINAL
Tony FINAL PB 8th
Jack FINAL
50 Free
Sophia FINAL PB
Nina 12th PB
Emily FINAL 7th PB
Caitlyn 15th PB
100 IM
Long Him 10th R2
Toby FINAL 8th PB
Jack FINAL 7th
Thomas B 16th PB
400 IM
Imogen 7th
Emily 7th
50 Back
Seraphina FINAL 6th PB
Etta FINAL PB
PBSophia FINAL 6th PB
Jessica FINAL PB
PBSophia 14th
Hannah FINAL PB
PB200 Fly
Tom R PB
PBSam M 5th
200 Free
Sophia 7th PB
Emily 7th
200 Back
Long Him 6th
Tom R PB
PBToby PB
PBHarry 8th
Thomas 8th
200 IM
Long Him 12th
Tom R PB
PBSam 8th
Harry 17th
Thomas 14th PB
Etta 6th PB
Imogen 9th
Hannah 12th
Rosie 10th PB
Thanks to Leah for amazing coaching and to Emma, Gary and Catherine for being great Team Managers. Thanks to all our parents who officiated over this weekend too - it’s much appreciated
Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Second Weekend
Another fantastic weekend of swimming at Cheshire Counties from our swimmers. We had some amazing swims and medals!
We had everything from a 50 freestyle, 1500 freestyle to 400 IM it was a very busy weekend for our swimmers and they really turned up for it!
Well done to Olivia H for competing in her first counties in 200 Butterfly and coming away with a medal
Thank you to the team managers over the weekend Martin, Ian, Gary and to Kristina and Kate for doing all day Sunday
Saturday:
50 Breastroke Final - Dylan
1500 Freestyle - Tomas R
100 Breastroke Final - Caitlyn
50 Freestyle Final - Simon ,Thomas R
,Thomas R 200 Backstroke - Etta
Sunday:
100 Freestyle Final - Sophia R, Emily
100 Butterfly Final - Thomas R, Sam
200 Butterfly - Olivia H
200 Freestyle - Thomas R
100 Breaststroke Final - Sam
400 IM - Long Him , Thomas R , Sam
, Thomas R , Sam 
Sunderland Long Course Meet - January 2026
Well done to Jack & Simon who travelled to Sunderland this weekend for some long course racing. They started the meet well on day one with a 5th for Jack in 50 Fly and 17th for Simon, and a for Simon in the 100 Free and 17th for Jack.
for Simon in the 100 Free and 17th for Jack.Day two saw Jack finishing 10th in the 100m Butterfly and 15th in the 50m Freestyle; Simon was 4th in the 50m Freestyle overall with a new PB of 24.8 LC.
Well done to Jack and Simon for great swims in a hot Sunderland pool inside, and icy cold Sunderland outside! Thanks to Ian for being taxi and TM, and to Lewis for coaching support
Cheshire County Championships 2026 - First Weekend
What a great start for the team at Cheshire Counties this weekend; Our swimmers showed up and produced some great performances!
There were some brilliant PBs and some excellent racing! Well done to Etta, Athena, Sophia C and Joshua racing in their first ever Counties and to Imogen, Toby, Nina, Caitlyn and Athena for setting the tone and training Saturday morning in prep for the meet in the afternoon/evening.
It was a pleasure to watch the racing, and the team spirit was amazing, with everyone looking after each other. The swimmers dealt with what the races threw at them and finished up smiling.
Big love to Sophia and Jessica who battled on despite their racing circumstances on Sunday.
Thank you to Gary, Catherine and Jo for being fantastic Team Managers and to Coach Leah for excellent poolside presence and for bringing the snacks. Even though we were still zombies when we arrived for training at 6pm on Sunday, the snacks definitely helped!
Here are our excellent results:-
Girls 50 Fly
Sophia 11th
Nina 10th (R2)
Imogen 12th
Hannah FINAL 8th
800 Free
Sophia 6th
Emily 5th
Tom R
Toby 6th
Boys 100 Back
Long Him FINAL 7th
Harry 12th
Tom R FINAL
Toby FINAL 6th
Thomas B 10th R2
Girls 50 Breast
Etta 11th
Athena 10th R2
Sophia 12th
Caitlyn 13th
Boys 200 Breast
Long Him 6th
Sam 4th
Thomas 7th
50 Fly
Long Him FINAL 7th PB
Tom R FINAL PB
PBSam 13th
400 Free
Sophia 5th PB
Emily 5th PB
50 Back
Joshua 14th
Max 9th R1
Long Him FINAL 5th PB
Tom R FINAL PB
PBToby FINAL 7th PB
Harry 16th
Thomas B 10th R2
100 Back
Etta FINAL PB
PBSophia C FINAL 6th PB
Sophia R 14th PB
Jessica FINAL 8th
Hannah FINAL 6th PB
400 Free
Tom R
Toby 6th
Well done to all of our amazing team, and to our Officials who help make it happen! See you next week
Cheshire County Qualifiers 2026
WELL DONE TO OUR AMAZING CHESHIRE COUNTY QUALIFIERS!
We are absolutely delighted to see such an extensive list of swimmers who have qualified for Cheshire Counties 2026! It’s fantastic to see a such range of ages and squads represented, with a lot new faces joining the old pros!
It’s a great achievement to qualify for Counties and a lot of hard work has gone into these qualifications. From the hard work in training to chasing the qualification times in the November and December galas it’s been quite a journey for some! There are also those swimmers who did the work but just missed out. We look forward to the meets in the Spring where they will come through stronger
We look forward to the racing starting on the 24 January and finishing with the exciting County Relays on 8th February.
Thanks to all the Coaches for their hard work and support to the swimmers too!
Manchester Area Cross Country League - January 2026
It’s always great to celebrate our swimmers however they excel, and yesterday we saw some of our swimmers out racing at the Manchester Area Cross Country League @manareaxc at Tatton Park.
What a beautiful day it was, on a tough but crisp and frosty course.
I was absolutely delighted to be able to watch Joshua L from Pre Performance take the win in the U11 boys and Jacob R from D1 take 3rd place . Mollie from Performance also did a fantastic job in the U15 girls with a fast run too Joshua had already warmed up at Move Altrincham with a nice 20x100 threshold set at 6am
in the U11 boys and Jacob R from D1 take 3rd place . Mollie from Performance also did a fantastic job in the U15 girls with a fast run too Joshua had already warmed up at Move Altrincham with a nice 20x100 threshold set at 6am If you’ve ever seen the MACCL it’s a high quality field so it’s fantastic to see our swimmers doing so brilliantly. We hope their training in the pool has helped with their cardiovascular development for running!!
Well done everyone - and if I’ve missed anyone who was also running, I’m so sorry and well done
- and if I’ve missed anyone who was also running, I’m so sorry and well done 
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= 18And 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!
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)
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= 27William 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
. 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.
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 groupWell 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.
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
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.
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.
great swimming.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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- 22Sophia 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
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 
New Team Captains - September 2025
Introducing our new captains teamFirstly 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
It was also great to spend time with our FAST Squad friends from Trafford Metro - good luck to Letian for the final this evening 
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!
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 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 yearThere 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!
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
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!
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!!
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!
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!
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 JessicaHannah 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
in the finalOpen 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!
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
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.
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!
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
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.
Contacting Coaches
If you need to contact the Coaches for any reason, please remember to do this via email and not via Coaches' personal mobile phones, on text / WhatsApp etc. Messages should be sent by email to either secretary@altrinchamsc.org.uk or to headcoach@altrinchamsc.org.uk.
Fundraising by Shopping
When shopping online, please consider raising funds for our club via the Easy Fundraising online service. Shopping doesn't cost you a penny more, but as you make purchases online shops make a donation to the club. All you do is register (it's good to click the "Find & Remind" button) and start shopping. Please give it a go and encourage others to do so too – it's effectively free money to benefit the members of our club! Thank you. More information is on the website, or via the link here.
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