New
training times for 2008
From 1st January 2008 the squad structure and training times will
be changed. Junior Top Squad will become the new Gold Squad and Club
Squad and Senior Top Squad will be merged and called Club Squad. All
squads below these will remain the same. Click
here to view the new training schedule.
Paul
Chatley Relay Gala Congratulations to all who swam in the
Paul Chatley Relay Gala at Dartford. It was an excellent example
of good team work that resulted in White Oak retaining the shield
for the second year.
Again well done to all that swam.
Club Championships
The final Club Championship gala of the year will be held on Wednesday
5th December at White Oak Leisure Centre. All club members should
be entering the races in their age group and from Bonze squad upwards
swimmers should consider swimming the Open races. Enteries should
be made through Debbie Harvey in the cafeteria on Wednesday evening.
The last date for entry is Wednesday 28th November.
White Oak Open Meet 2007
Congratulations to all the swimmers that swam at the White Oak Open
Meet. Click link to view the results. Many thanks to all the officals
and helpers.
Sevenoaks Sprint Gala
Congratulations to everyone who took part in this gala, where we finnished
1st with numerous personal best times being achieved. See gala
results for more details.
Royal Tunbridge Wells Gala Well
done to everybody who took part in this gala, the final positions
were as follow:
1st Royal Tunbridge Wells, 2nd Sevenoaks, 3rd East Grinstead, 4th
WhiteDarts.
Millenium League Gala - Maidstone 14th
July
This was a good competetive gala with lots of tension to the end,
the result was as follows 1st - Maidstone 182 pts, 2nd - Larkfield
191pts, 3rd - Eltham 217pts, 4th - Greenwich 221pts, 5th - White Oak
224pts & 6th - Dartford 225pts.
Conratulations to everybody who took part in this gala. Although we
came 5th, there were many excellent swims with Georgina Cornwell,
Daniel Blatchford, Omid Hakimazari, Rhianne Turrell, Robbie Sims,
Kane Boorman, Ben Connor, Lauren MacDonald, Georgia Elliott, James
Cornwell, Natasha Warr, Luke Baxter, Jessica Smith, Michael Turrell,
Millie Bach, James Bach, Chelsey Bell, & Rosie Harvey sharing
26 Personal Bests between them.
Well done to Alex Reeve, Kirsty Britton (first Gala), Shelby Morris
Zammit & Ahmed Hakimazari (Acorns) who all swam superbly, Keep
up the good work.
Thank you to Graham Mayes and Barry Nunn who have officiated at these
events throughout the year as well as all the parents who have helped
with team selecting, on poolside or those who have turned out to support
the children. Without these people we cannot compete in these galas.
The final league positions:
1st |
Larkfield |
29pts |
2nd |
Maidstone |
28pts |
3rd |
Dartford |
27pts |
4th |
White Oak |
16pts |
5th |
Eltham Stingrays |
14pts |
6th |
Greenwich |
12pts |
I hope that you have all enjoyed these galas and look forward to seeing
you all when the next series starts after the summer holidays.
What an Achievment! On Saturday
23rd of June, the girls of Joydens Wood School swimming team (Katie
Lobley, Nancy Mawhood, Lauren MacDonald (White Oak) and Miren Elphick
(Dartford) swam in theFinals of the Primary School National Swimming
Championships, in Sheffield. They competed in Mixed Stroke Relay,
in which there were 4 heats. The top 16 schools were entered into
the finals on the day, whichwere then split down to 8 teams for
the A final & 8 teams for the B final. The girls made it easily
into the 8 teams in the A final and swam like they had never swum
before. At the end of the race, the team came 5th which is a remarkable
accomplishment considering the number of schools that were taking
part. This means that they are the 5th fastest team for the mixed
stroke relay nationally with a final time of 1.08.26 - splits Nancy
17.99, Katie 20.11, Miren 15.71& Lauren 14.45.
Congratulations to the team for all of the achievments they have made
over the last few months. Also a big thank you to the parents and
family that have supported these girls on this fantastic journey.
Dave Lobley - Team Manager
Fight
to save Dartford College Pool
Local papers have published the story of how campaigners are fighting
to save Dartford College swimming pool. Click
here to read the full report. Thanks to all those who signed the
petition. The Dartford MP Dr Howard Stoate has writen to all the signitories,
saying:
"I am pleased to be able to tell you that Sport England
has agreed, following my intervention, to contribute a third of the
money for the refurbishment work that is needed to keep the pool open.
This is excellent news as I am sure you will agree, and I am delighted
to have been able to play a part in helping to secure this money.
The challenge now is to find other agencies that are willing to provide
the remaining two-thirds of the money needed for the pool's refurbishment.
I will be writing therefore to Dartford Borough Council and Kent County
Council, which are the primary providers of sport and leisure services
in the Dartford area, to press them make a contribution to the work
given the vital importance of the pool to the local community.
I will write to you again as soon as I have any more news. "
Kent County Championships
Congratulations to all those swimmers that swam in the 2007 County
Championships over the last few weekends. It was good to see so many
young White Oak and Dartford swimmers there. Click
here to the results of all the White Oak swimmers or
here for the full results on the KCASA web site.
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