There are optional extra swimming lessons available for competitive swimmers on Sundays for £3.00 on the following dates this year: October – 13/20/27 November – 3/10/17/24 December – 8/15/22
New Club Minibus
We now have a new club minibus! Take a look at the pictures below, click each one to view it full size:
Another Jack Petchey Award Winner
Here are the photos of the next Jack Petchey Award winner taken on Friday: Well done!
Award
Octopus Open Meet Results
Everyone did well at the open meet today, and we won a total of 14 trophies. These were: 4 Gold 7 Silver 3 Bronze Well done to everyone who attended it was a great success, thank you! We are looking forward to attending the Littlehampton meet next Sunday.
PGL 2013 – Photos & Videos
We all had an excellent time at PGL this weekend, here is a large collection of photos and videos from the trip (just click on each one). Click here to view all the photos and videos from the trip.
Littlehampton Open Meet
A few children took part and were very successful. A few medals were won and lots of personal best’s were broken. Well done to everyone that attended.
No Swimming Friday 3rd or Sunday 5th May
Due to the club PGL trip there is no swimming tonight, or on Sunday. We hope everyone has fun!
Jack Petchey Awards
Two more Jack Petchey Awards were given out last nice, well done to both swimmers who won them!
[Important] Easter Swimming Times
The following changes to swimming times are due to the Easter holiday: Tuesday 2nd/9th April – No Swimming at Morden Baths Tuesday 2nd/9th April – No Swimming at Wimbledon College Thursday 4th/11th April – No Swimming at Wimbledon College No swimming on good Friday (29th March). Swimming as usual on Wednesday’s and Friday’s.
Emilia wins the Jack Petchey Award
Emilia has won February’s Jack Petchey award and she received her certificate today: Well done Emilia! The money given to us by this award will be used to help improve the club.
ASA Awards
Here are the ASA Standard times that swimmers should be aiming to achieve: Bronze Silver Gold Platinum Stroke Distance Time Time Time Time I Medley 4x25m 1:58.60 1:43.60 1:34.10 I Medley 4x50m 4:17.20 3:44.60 3:24.10 3:09.50 I Medley 4x100m 9:03.70 7:55.00 7:11.50 6:40.60 Frontcrawl 25m 0:21.00 0:18.30 0:16.70 Frontcrawl 50m 0:47.00 0:41.00 0:37.20 Frontcrawl 100m …
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Club Championships 2012 Photos
The Club Championships were a great success with 3 club records broken and lots of competition. Congratulations to everyone who took part, you should be proud of yourselves. You can view the full photo gallery of the event by clicking here.
Dorking Open Meet
Congratulations to everyone who attended the Dorking Open Meet. Our swimmers did very well and won several medals and broke their personal bests! Merlin (Age 9) won Gold in the 50m freestyle:
Jack Petchey – October Winner
The winner for the October Jack Petchey award has been selected and received his certificate on Friday – Congratulations! The money will be spent to help subsidise the 2012 Guildford Spectrum Trip taking place on December 8th.
Guildford Trip Details – December 8th
This years Guildford Spectrum trip will be on December 9th. The price will be £12 with Jack Petchey is subsidising the trip. Leaflets will be given out to swimmers next week and they will need to be filled in and returned as soon as possible. The day will include: We look forward to seeing everyone …
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Maria wins the Jack Petchey Award
Congratulations to Maria for winning the Jack Petchey award at the club last night. Here’s a photo of everyone congratulating her:
Swimming Lessons Starting
All swimming lessons have now started again, including those at Wimbledon College. We look forward to seeing you again!
Wimbledon College Pool Information
Unfortunately the boilers at Wimbledon College have broken and the pool won’t be back in operation until September. Therefore all lessons at Wimbledon College before September have been cancelled. However all swimming at Morden Baths will continue as usual. Apologies for any inconvenience caused, the issue is out of hands. This post will be updated if any …
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Another two Jack Petchey Winners
Harry won the Jack Petchey award on Tuesday and Kristin on Thursday – well done! Here are some pictures:
Two Successful Open Meets
The last two open meets the club attended were very successful and for some of our members it was their first time ever. Swimmers improved their Personal Bests and some won bronze, silver and gold medals. Well done to everyone who attended!
Merton Pisces at the Olympic Stadium
You can click to view the photos below of us at The Olympic Stadium Gold Challenge event: We all had a great day, it was nice and sunny as well – which made things much better!
Club Championships 2011
We broke several club records this year, as well as many swimmers improving on their personal bests. Well done to everyone who attended. You can see the complete photo albums for all our events through our photos page. You will need to use a password, if you don’t have it already then email Harry@mertonpisces.co.uk
Dorking Open Meet
Congratulations to everyone who attended the Dorking Open Meet. All of our swimmers managed to beat their personal best times, and some awards were gained. Thanks to everyone who attended and made the event possible.
Jack Petchey Award Winners
This year’s award winners attended the Jack Petchey Award ceremony, you can view a photo gallery of the event below: A special thanks to Jack Petchey and everybody that attended the event.
Club Captain Chris Leaves
Chris has had to leave to club as he moves to his University. He was the club captain and has been dedicated to the club for several years, helping out in the teaching pool and various galas/open meets. Here are some pictures of his final session: A big thank you to Chris for all of …
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Jack Wins Jack Petchey
Jack has won the Jack Petchey award and has been awarded £200 to spend on the club. He also received a certificate and pin badge. The winner was decided by the members of the club, who has been voting over the last few weeks. Well done Jack! Click to enlarge the pictures:
Coach Award For Achievement
Head Coach Harry has awarded Megan with the Jack Petchey Award For Achievement. This is because of Megan’s hard work in lessons and great attitude, well done! Here she can be seen with a representative from Jack Petchey who kindly presented Megan the award as well as speaking to previous award winners.
Go-Karting Trip Photos
We are not only great at swimming – it looks like we are good at Go Karting as well! Everyone had a great time at our Go Karting trip, here you can see some photos (Click to enlarge):
Bognor Regis Open Meet
After a fantastic day at Bognor Regis, we managed to win several medals and beat several of our personal bests. A very well done to everyone who attended the event, it was a great success! You can click on the picture to view the full size version:
Haslemere Open Meet Results
All of the swimmers did really well and beat their best personal times, and several awards were won. It was a great event and everybody turned up, well done to all the swimmers which took part!
Cranleigh Open Meet – Results
Well done to all the swimmers who attended the Cranleigh open meet, everyone improved their personal best times. We also one several bronze, silver and gold medals! It was a great day and the club was in good spirits and made sure to cheer on all of our swimmers. Look our for the upcoming Haslemere …
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Jack Petchey
Congratulations, we have just given out another Jack Petchey award! The winner is currently still deciding what to do with the money for our club.
38th Anniversary
Est. 1973 we now celebrate our 38th Anniversary, you can view some old photos from the club at out facebook group here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17104884807
Isle Of Wight 2011?
Several year’s ago we used to have a yearly Isle Of Wight trip which we would visit several theme parks and beaches. With various activity’s and a weeks holiday it was enjoyed by all. Activity’s ranged from cycling, swimming, running, football, table tennis and many days out. We would be interested in running another trip …
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Guildford Trip 2010 Photos
Click here to view the photos for this year’s Guildford trip. We all had great fun and this is another trip that has been part funded by the Jack Petchy award. The Bowling, Ice-skating and swimming all made for a good day out for our club.
Club Championships Photos
The Club Championships 2010 are over, and they were a great success. Everybody improved some of there times and many medals were won. Thank you to everyone who attended! The photos are all available, just click here.
Guildford Trip 2010
On Saturday 27th November 2010, we will be having our annual Guildford trip. Swimmers under 9 must be accompanied by an adult. We will leave Morden Baths at 11:30, and return at roughly 7-7:30pm. Bowling 1-2pm Lunch Ice Skating 2-4pm Swimming 4-6pm The cost will be £16.00 per person, however the Jack Petchy award will be paying …
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Jack Petchey Winners – Award Event
The Merton Pisces Jack Petchey award winners have been invited to a regional award’s event. Each award winner will be presented with a box gold medallion to recognise their achievements.
September 2010 Summary
September 2010 Summary September has seen Merton Pisces have a couple of weekends of excellent competitions. The first in Brighton on Sat 18th and then in Littlehampton on Sunday 26th. Both saw success for the club and competitors in different ways – In Brighton not many medals but lots of personal bests. Littlehampton 4 Gold, 4 Silver, …
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