Competition reports

April 16-20 saw some of the biggest names in British swimming, including Adam Peaty, James Guy, Siobhan-Marie O’Connor and Freya Anderson head to Glasgow for the 2019 British Swimming Championships. Joining them this year were Dan Chada, Bryn Couser, Henry Baker and Isabella Renwick, all of whom are associated with Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club. This event […]
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On the weekend of 6/7 April 34 BSSC swimmers took part in the Robin Deal Memorial Meet at Sudbury, Suffolk.  This was a chance for the 9-10-year olds to experience competitive swimming whilst the older swimmers were chasing Regional Qualifying times.  Some of these swimmers are in the pool up to 8 times a week […]
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The weekend of 30/31 March was a busy one, with swimmers in three locations.  Some were taking part in a charity swim (see other article), whilst others were in Luton and Harlow. Nineteen swimmers were in action at the Inspire 50m pool in Luton, competing against the top clubs across Hertfordshire and other local counties.  […]
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Whilst some of our older swimmers were in Edinburgh meeting Adam Peaty (!) on 16/17 March, the rest of the club and a veritable army of volunteers were welcoming swimmers from Hatfield, Brentwood, Newham & UEL, FS Godmanchester, Harpenden, and Chesham to our BSSC Spring Open Meet at Borehamwood. Roughly 250 swimmers took part in […]
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Eleven elite BSSC swimmers flew to Edinburgh (15-17 March) to compete at the Edinburgh International Long Course Swim Meet and swim alongside Team GB athletes and other European superstars. Junior competitors were Nick Botha, Sarah Carroll, Alex Catton, Dan Chada, Bryn Couser, Mehdi El Mansar, Millie Fields, Callum Harold and Jess Penkul, whilst Seniors were […]
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