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Romford Towns Winter National Qualifiers

Left to right: Amelia Moule, Daniel Gencas, Jess Ayling

 

Romford Town are off to Ponds Forge International Pool Sheffield for the Swim England National Winter Championships.  The event is the biggest English meet of the winter calendar, with some of Britain’s top senior swimmers involved in the short course 25m pool.  All swimmers have to reach a stringent qualifying time in order to compete.

Daniel Gencas 16, has the busiest schedule, competing in 7events: the 50m, 100m, 200m 400m and 1500 freestyle, 50m Butterfly and 400 IM.

Jess Ayling 18, is racing the 50m Breaststroke,

Lewis Clifford-Stephenson 26 (Not pictured), will be sprinting in the 50m Freestyle.

Amelia Moule 16, takes on the longer distance of 800m Freestyle.

 

The young team are hoping to race with the best and set some fast times to end the year on a high.

Harlow Winter County Qualifier 2019_Results & Gala Report

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Harlow Winter County Qualifier 2019

*Results for this meet can be found at the bottom of this page.

Romford Town Swimming Club travelled to the Harlow Penguins Open Meet last weekend.  Forty of their swimmers competed against 290 others from 14 clubs in the region, all hoping to gain Essex County qualifying times for the Championships in January, while trying to win a fair share of the medals on offer too.

The 50m session on Friday began with the breaststroke and first medal winners were . . . . . .

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RTSC & NUEL Long Distance Time Trial 2019_Results & Gala Report

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RTSC & NUEL Long Distance Time Trial 2019

*Results for this meet can be found at the bottom of this page.

Romford town swimmers enjoyed a great weekend of long distance racing at East Ham Leisure Centre.  For many it was their first time at attempting distance swims.  However, that didn’t hold them back as results showed many bests and county qualifying times were achieved.

First it was the 800m or 32 lengths of the pool and debutante Ruthie Eguakhide 10, improved her entry time by. . . . . .

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London Winter Champs 2019_Results & Gala Report

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London Winter Champs 2019

*Results for this meet can be found at the bottom of this page.

RTSC travelled to the iconic pool at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park for the London Regional Winter Swimming Championships.  Here the best swimmers from 40 teams and 32 London boroughs battled over 2 days to become regional Open and Junior Champions.

Town’s swimmers had a superb weekend, and came away with 5 medals, 20 top10 finishes and set many Personal Best Times.

Daniel Gencas 16 and swimming in the Mens Open category for the first time, followed up on his success from the Essex Winter Championships, to win a silver in . . . . . .

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