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 well and one 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. This has been subsidised by Jack Petchey by £5 so the price is £12. 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: Swimming Bowling Ice Skating …
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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:
Club Championships 2012 – Details Revealed
The 2012 Merton Pisces Club Championships will be on Friday 16th November & Friday 23rd November. You can download the gala programme’s in advance by clicking the links below: Club Championships Gala 1 Programme (Friday 16th November) Club Championships Gala 2 Programme (Friday 23rd November) We look forward to seeing you at the galas.
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!
ASA Club Member Tickets for Paralympics
ASA London Region PARALYMPIC 2012 ticket allocation The ASA London Region is pleased to announce that we have received Paralympic tickets which have been made available for our members. By law, the tickets must be sold at face value only. Neither the ASA nor the Region are adding any administrative or processing charge to the tickets price, nor are …
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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!
The Big Splash BBC Video
Several members of the club participated in a project for the BBC a few months ago. The project has now been completed and released by the BBC, and several members of our club are in it! Click the link below to watch a clip of the BBC Big Splash: The Big Splash Coach Harry was …
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Urgent! – OLYMPIC STADIUM EVENT
All club members and their family’s are invited to this fantastic event: “As a sports club that provides coaching for an Olympic Sport, we’d love to invite you to The Gold Challenge event in the Olympic Stadium. The event in the Olympic Stadium on Sunday 1st April 2012 will feature a number of fundraisers, celebrities and athletes competing in a series …
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Littlehampton Open Meet
Thanks to everyone who attended, 12 swimmers attended the gala and many beat their personal best times. Well done everyone, look out for the next gala. You can view the results of the meet by clicking here.
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 view the photos below: Click here.
Guilford Trip 2011
We had a great day, thanks to everyone who came along – you can view the photo gallery below:
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.
Big Splash Animation Report
Several members of the club attended the BBC’s Big Splash Animation Project for the day. They were all filmed doing various things and the project will be released in the next few months on: -21CC Website -CBBC Website Well done to everyone that attended, they all had great fun and we look forward to working …
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Jack Petchey Award Winners
Two more of our club members have been voted to receive Jack Petchey awards. The first is Youssef: The second is Sumaiya: Well done to both winners, and thanks again to Jack Petchey for making this possibly.
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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