West Dunbartonshire Amateur Swim Club

This years national team kit has been sponsored by Cast Iron Restoration

We would like to extend our thanks to Liam for sponsoring our National Championship t-shirts this season. Your support has helped create a real sense of pride among our swimmers as they represent the club on the national stage, with an incredible 16 swimmers qualifying for national events.

On Sunday we had some fun in Dumfries in the form of the Mini League A final!
The kids swam their heart out and produced some really fast swims as well as bundles of team spirit ⚡️
A huge well done goes to every swimmer involved in the qualifying rounds and the final!
Big thanks to Susan and the team for organising the team over all 4 race days.
Big thanks to our sponsors for the support this year 🙏

At the end of last week, our team travelled to Aberdeen to compete in the Finals!

The competition kicked off with the relay events, where we had three WD teams racing, alongside Club Captains Ella and Luke representing Argyll & Bute. It was a fantastic evening full of team spirit, great performances, and fast racing.

Friday brought the individual events. In the morning, our 12 & Under swimmers, Summer and Bella, showcased their talents in the 50m events. Bella progressed to the 50m Butterfly Final, where she finished in an impressive 4th place 👏

Later in the day, more of the team joined the action and produced some excellent swims, with several athletes achieving new personal bests. A special mention goes to Lia, who secured a bronze medal in the 200m Backstroke 🥉

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On Sunday, John was in action again. This time at the Olympia in Dundee for some long course racing. John raced in the 50m and 100m breaststroke and the 50m freestyle in preparation for his races up in Aberdeen for the British Masters Championships in a couple of weeks. John finished the meet with 2 silvers and a bronze 👏

Last weekend we held our annual internal event "Quacky Races" 🦆
This is a chance for some of our younger swimmers to have their first taste of racing before the try out an eggsternal meet.
Huge thanks to all those in A+B squad for volunteering at the event. Proceeds from the day help raise funds for our upcoming warm weather camp in October 🌞
Thanks to all parent volunteers and coaches who helped out on the day too, the swimmers had a quacking day!

Today we had our AGM, meaning it is time for Susan to step down as President of the club. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank Susan for all her work over the past 9 years, guiding the club through the good times and the unexpected times like Covid.
From all of us, a huge thank you 💙

On saturday, Masters swimmer John travelled through to glenrothes to compete in the Swim-IT meet. He ended the meet winning gold in the 100m breaststroke, silver in the 100m free, and bronze in the 50 free and 50 breast. Due to this he finished as the top male swimmer in his age group. Well done, John 👏

At the same time as west districts, Club Captain Luke travelled to Derby for some long course racing where he met up with his team mates 🤝🏻
Luke had some great races and managed to pb in his 100 breaststroke 👏

We'd like to thank coach Lee for looking after him during his time there 🫡

Last weekend seen the team race at East Kilbride in the Long course meet.
This was the final chance to place on the rankings for Summer Meet qualification!
We are proud to announce that we have 10 swimmers qualified for the meet in July! This is our largest number of qualifiers since 2019 🤯
A huge well done to all swimmers who swam over the qualifying window and to those who qualified!
A big thanks to Adam from .asc for helping us out on the Sunday along with our TM's Kirsty and Lisa 👏

We were in EK over the weekend as we raced in the EK age group meet. We had some great swims, some learning points, pbs, and some medals to go home with! Big well done to everyone 👏
Thanks to our technical officials for giving up their time to ensure the meet would be accredited!
Thanks to Declan and Susan for coaching over the weekend.