Welcome to Loughborough Town Swimming Club - Competitive swimming in Charnwood
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ProSwimwear (added 1st June)
Loughborough Town have teamed up with ProSwimwear to bring you a wide range of quality swimwear and accessories. For every purchase made the club receives 10% cash back to support our fund raising efforts. You also receive a discount which increases with the amount you spend. Click below to go to our dedicated link.
Diddys in the final and Masters come up trumps (added 24th May)
Well done to the Diddy Team on reaching the final of the Leicester Diddy League on 22nd June at Braunstone. Swimmers and coaches - keep up the good work!
Also well done to the following Loughborough Town Masters swimmers who contributed to the Leicestershire Masters team victory in the East Midlands Intercounty Gala in Louth - Ann-Marie Harrison, Elaine Seager, Mick Commons, Fiona Conway, and Ian and Bryony Wilkes.
Training update (updated 24th May)
Remember to check this page before attending a session as there is variation in who swims when and where. Any changes to this timetable will be listed in the space below.
June here
Medals haul for Loughborough Town Masters and a grand day out for Diddys (added 29th April)
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quad of Masters swimmers from Loughborough Town Swimming Club saw great success at the Midland Masters Championships at Leamington Spa this weekend brininghome a haul of 16 medals. The medals came from Bryony Wilkes silver (50m free) bronze (100m free, 100m IM, 200m IM, 400m IM), Elaine Seager gold (400m free, 200m free, 200 IM, 100m fly, 200m fly) bronze (100 free), Ian Wilkes gold (50 fly, 100m fly) silver (50m free) bronze (100m free 100m IM). Anne-Marie Harrison and Fiona Conway joined Elaine and Bryony to finish fourth in the women’s medley and freestyle relay.
At the other end of the age scale, the club's 11 years and under "Diddy” swimmers were taking part in a Novice gala hosted by Leicester Neptune Swimming Club at De Montfort University. The event gave many of the swimmers their first taste of competition, finishing a very respectable fourth overall. Individual first places went to Isabelle Massarella (25m backstroke), George Larke (25m backstroke and 25m freestyle), Khyle Limmage (25m freestyle) and the boys freestyle relay team (Khyle Limmage, Thomas Fletcher, Ben Buttress and Ciaran Reynolds). Jaya Patel, Lexi McLoughlin, Ciaran Reynolds and Freyja Wilkins came home with speeding tickets.
Diddy team in action (added 22/4/13)
The Diddy Team were in action at Braunstone last weekend in the first round of Leicester League and delivered a very creditable 2ndplace overall. For many swimmers this was their first gala and it was great to see the progress made through their hard work and that of the coaches paying off. There were many personal best and there were first places for the following swimmer Abbie Ruddle, Alex Soler-Canto, William Bell, Olivia Morrison, Esmae Bakewell and Sandy Jarvis. There were also first places in the 12u girls freestyle relay (Esmae Bakewell, Mia Larke Olivia Morrison and Peta Jarvis, and the boys 10u freestyle and medley relays (Alex Soler-Canto, Sandy Jarvis, Khyle Limmage and Ciaran Reynolds).
City of Leicester open meet
Many of the Clubs’ top performers were also competing this weekend at the City of Leicester open meet. Over the weekend there were great swims across the board with a number of medallists, and even more finalists and personal bests. Results are available here - www.cityofleicesterswimmingclub.com/. Swimmers taking part were Megan Morrison, Alex Soler-Canto, Sandy Jarvis, Sam Hill, Olivia Morrison, Eleanor Capell, Mia Larke, William Bell, Jack Melia, Adam Wilkes, James Teagle, Abbie Ruddle, Bradley Capell and Elliot Ives.
Special mention goes Sandy and Alex in gaining their first Midlands District qualifying times in the 100m and 200m in backstroke(ASC) and butterfly (SJ).
International Children’s’ Games
Due to her stunning performances in 2012 and 2013 Megan Morrison has been selected to represent Leicester at the 47th International Children’s Games being held this summer in Canada. Well done Megan! 2013 Membership renewal (added 11/2/13)
Wanted: Two lead coaches (added 22/4/13)
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The Championships will be held over the weekends of the 23/24 February at Loughborough University, 2/3 March at Loughborough University and 16/17 March at Braunstone.
Loughborough Town individual entries are available here and you can review and print off the Programmes for each day here.
General information such as warm up times and entry charges is available here. Please read through this and note that spectator entry is on a first come first served basis and you are requested to limit this to one person per swimmer.
Volunteers, particularly those with previous gala experience, are needed to assist on the poolside at each session. Please contact fiona.conway@ltsc.org.uk with the sessions you are available for.
Annual membership fees are now due. You can do this using the Membership email template if you use Microsoft Outlook and pay by direct transfer or you can use the Membership pdf if you pay by cheque or by direct transfer.
Please ensure fees are paid by Sunday 10th March.
If you do not intended renewing your membership please let me know in writing steve.conway@ltsc.org.uk.
Last Updated 11 June 2013
