98 swimmers from all Tiers gathered on Sunday 17th December for our annual sprint challenge.  Each swimmer competed over 25m in all 4 strokes, the times were then combined to crown each age group sprint champion.  The 11 and unders were also competing for the ‘beat the record’ plates.  Some of these records go back to 1995, none were bettered this year but our 8, 9 and 10 year olds can target them next year!

The bake sale was a great success as always – well done and thanks to everyone who did their best festive bakes.  We raised £444 for club funds.  The raffle in aid of Social Bite’s Christmas of Kindness raised £84, thanks to everyone who bought a ticket.

Our 2023 sprint champions are:
9 & under – Josephine Rajgopaul and Murray Robertson
10 years – Rosie Maclennan and Rob Cairns
11 years – Aila Oldham and Guy Johnston
12 years – Ella Whike and Thomas Wakulicz
13 years – Lili Mundell and Max Morton
14 years – Isabella Coane and Darragh Oldham
15 plus – Layla Wedderspoon and Jedrezj Przychodzki

We’ve been landed with a last-minute notification of the closure of the pool at Forrester this week. This means that Monday 16th / Wednesday 18th / Friday 20th sessions for Tiers 4 / 5 / 6 & SwiFT have had to be cancelled at short notice as below.

• SwiFT – will join the Masters sessions this week instead:
  • Tuesday 17th – 1945-2100 at Drumbrae
  • Thursday 19th – 1930-2045 at Ainslie Park
  • Sunday 22nd – 1830-1945 at RCP TP also available if desired
• Tier 5 / Tier 6
  • Wednesday 18th – 1730-1830 at AInslie Park
  • Friday 20th – 1945-2100 at Drumbrae
  • Sunday 22nd – 1630-1730 at Drumbrae as normal for Tier 5
• Tier 4
  • Wednesday 18th – 1830-1930 at AInslie Park
  • Friday 20th – 1945-2100 at Drumbrae
  • Sunday 22nd – 1730-1845 at Drumbrae as normal
• Tier 3 – just one change affecting this Tier:
  • Friday 20th – 1715-1800 land / 1815-1945 swim at Drumbrae (moved from the later slot)
• Tier 2 – just one change affecting this Tier:
  • Wednesday 18th – 1800-2000 at RCP instead of the normal Ainslie Park session
• Tier 1 – no schedule changes but cc’ed FYI

All of the above can be found on the revised training schedule which also details some changes for Tiers 1 / 2 / 3 throughout the rest of the month / November / December which are due to competitions; pool availability and coach availability.

A group of swimmers, coaches and volunteers got dressed up for the 2023 Scottish Swimming awards dinner in Glasgow.  We didn’t win club of the year but very proud of the whole club for making it to the top three.  Big thank to everyone who got involved in the filming and panel interviews, and special thanks to Pete Harris for pulling it all together.

It was a great night out, nice to see everyone looking so glamorous.  And had to drag the swimmers off the dance floor in the end!

Our video entry for Scottish Swimming’s club of the year. The winner will be announced on the 23rd of September.  Thanks to everyone involved!

Congratulations to Orla MacInnes on her silver medal in the girls 15-16 years 2km at the Scottish National Open Water Swimming Championships in Lochwinnoch.

Unfortunately, the RCP Teaching Pool is having to close to undergo unplanned essential maintenance w/c 14th August.

Therefore, all lets that normally use that pool are affected:

• Monday 14th – 0600-0730 – Tier 2 / Tier 3 – CANCELLED
• Saturday 19th – 0530-0730 – Tier 2 / Tier 3 – CANCELLED
• Sunday 20th –
  • 1830-1945 – Masters – CANCELLED
  • 1715-1830 – Tier 3 – CANCELLED but moved to:
  • 1730-1930 in LC Pool – Tier 2 / Tier 3 (using 4 lanes)

The training schedule can be found here.

Niamh – for a fantastic all-round attitude, working hard every session, supporting the team and for outstanding competition performances this month!
Keir – for improving beyond all recognition over the last 6 months and making March his month in the competition pool!