Club Championships 2023 (3rd Jun 2023)

Start time: 18:00

Location: Dover Leisure Centre

Host: Dover

Club Championships are Licensed so times can be used for entering County Championships. Dates are as follows:

Saturday 3 June & Sunday 4 June – 4SE231195
Friday 9 June – 4SE231196
Sunday 9 July – 4SE231197
Friday 14 July – 4SE231198

Swimmers are expected to enter as many events as possible and your coaches have given guidance for eaxh squad in the attached details.

Weekend 1

Head Coach John Vinson has said how impressed he was with the number of PB's being achieved - he could see this was being driven by the healthy competition between team mates. So thank you to all the swimmers for making it such a great weekend and also for being so welcoming to our friends from White Cliffs Swim Club who were joining us for their first ever club championships.

Thank you to our friends from other eXcel clubs who helped run our session on Sarturday., and a specila thanks to Malcolm Keysell and Lee Mullins. To all the volunteers who stepped up, whether you are a first timer or a seasoned pro, thank you so much for giving up your time to help this gala run smoothly. These galas mean so much to the swimmers and just would not be able to go ahead without the hard work and dedication from all of our volunteers - you are all a big part of the Awesome in Team Awesome! If you are still on the fence as to whether to volunteer, here is a quote from a first time volunteer this weekend:

"Timekeeping was a challenge at first, but it was definitely more enjoyable than sitting in the stands and I would be more than happy to volunteer again and even move forward with training as an official".

So, why not give it a try, you have not really got anything to lose and you never know, you may actually really enjoy it whilst making a massive positive impact on the lives of some really amazing kids. I know many of you will see Rob Nichols running round like a headless chicken at galas, and he does tell me " It can be stressful at times, but on the whole it is actually good fun and the reward of seeing how much the swimmers enjoy it is definitely worth it"

Moving back to the gala itself; we were lucky to have had Damien Pearce poolside over the weekend capturing some amazing photos of all of our swimmers in action. These are a massive step up from the usual iPhone photos many of us snap when we have a spare minute so thank you very much to Damien and I hope he will be back at other galas for more of the same. Damien has kindly agreed for me to share his email so if anyone would like high-res copies of any of the photos then please contact him directly at D.Pearce87@hotmail.com.