Cheddar Kingfishers Swimming Club

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Cheddar Kingfishers We are a Swim England affiliated swimming club in Somerset, for those aged 8 to Masters.

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This weekend we packed up our racesuits and Santa hats and headed to Millfield for the Yeovil District Swimming Club - YDSC Christmas Meet! Some of the highlights of the weekend:
1. Winning the 'Best Dressed' Award in the Dance-Off.
2. Medals - 3 Gold (Annabelle, Amelia R x 2); 5 Silver (Annabel, Lottie, Oli, both Amelias); 6 Bronze (Lottie, Elliot, Zach, Amelia R, Dylan x 2).
3. Lottie qualifying for another event at County Championships.

Without doubt one of the biggest points of the weekend was the Boys/Open 50 Freestyle, the last event of the meet, which saw Jake go sub-29 seconds (28.66) and Masters Swimmer Oli go an amazing sub-26 seconds (25.94)!!

Our thanks to our swimmers; Team Managers Kat, Carl, Holly and Lynsey; and Mark Podbury of Burnham-on-Sea Swimming Club for his ever-generous support if needed. Thanks also to Weston-super-Mare Swimming Club for sharing the balcony with us for the entire weekend.

Next up is County Championships, beginning early in the New Year!

This weekend Cheddar Kingfishers headed to Hengrove for the Bristol Penguins and Keynsham Amateur Swimming Club Autumn Meet. There were some great results all round (now uploaded to TeamUnify), here is the weekend in numbers (I think these are right!):
Number of Swimmers: Over 500
Number of Clubs: 18
Number of Cheddar Kingfishers competing: 21
Number of Points won by Cheddar Kingfishers: 418.5
Number of PBs: 39
Number of Gold Medals: 5 (Elliot, Zach x2, Jake, and Dylan)
Number of Silver Medals: 6 (Annabel, Chloe, Zach x3, and Amelia R)
Number of Bronze Medals: 3 (Amelia R x2 and Jake)
Number of swimmers at first meet: 3 (Isla, Amy and Lucia)
Number of times Jake is planning to swim the 400IM again: 0

Thanks to Team Managers Lynsey, Kat, Carl and Holly for looking after everyone, Mark Podbury at Burnham-on-Sea Swimming Club for assisting with coaching, and the parents who ferried our swimmers to and from the pool. Next stop, Millfield on 14/15 December!

(Thanks to Kat for the photos)

Some great PBs from the 10-14 year olds this morning! Now it's the turn of the 15+, good luck to Jake, Dylan and Zoe!

Good luck to all our swimmers, swimming today in the Somerset ASA 100m IM. Swim fast and have fun.

Just a quick reminder we are holding our AGM tomorrow evening 7.30pm in the cafe at the leisure centre.
We have committee roles available most noticeably the role of treasurer. This role is an executive role and the club can not run without a treasurer. If you or somebody you know would like to discuss any of the committee roles further please either message on here or email: [email protected]

Well done team Cheddar Kingfishers!

Dear all,

Thank you so much to all those who volunteered at the Development Meet this weekend. It was truly a pleasure to meet you all and welcome you to the team, and I hope you enjoyed your experience.

Some stats to share with you:

Including officials, a whopping 96 people volunteered to support our 550 swimmers, who came from far and wide, including London and Nairobi!
Between us we did well over 500 volunteering hours over the two days, plus countless hours from Kelly, Neil and the team in the build up to the meet.
Our best three clubs for volunteering hours per swimmer were:
Gold: Wells Swimming Club 🥇
Silver: Cheddar Kingfishers 🥈
Bronze: Team Bath 🥉

It takes an army of people to run our sport, so thank you once again for signing up!

Club Secretaries/Chairs: do get in touch if you’d like to know how your club members supported the meet.

If you have any suggestions or feedback please let me know, otherwise I hope to work with you again in the coming meets:

The IM and Relay Day - usually very busy and great fun - Sunday 20th October - sign up here:

https://www.swim-meet.com/Availability/?m=3412

The John Bolton - a new distance development meet - 16th and 23rd November - sign up here:

https://www.swim-meet.com/Availability/?m=3413

Please note: That all session and warm up times are subject to change depending on final entry numbers, so always check via your club or on our website for final details.

https://somersetasa.co.uk/

Thank you once again,

Izzy

SASA Volunteer Coordinator
Isabel Blight
[email protected]

Hi everyone, the County Qualifying Times for 2025 have been released and are attached. For new swimmers, the information on the second page should answer a lot of questions you may have.

Swim-Meet Please enter your swimming membership number, tick the "I'm not a robot" box and click "Next" to sign-up for the Somerset ASA Development Meet 2024

Hi everyone
If your swimmer is competing on Sunday PLEASE sign up to help if you can! There is a danger at the moment that the event won't run as there aren't enough people signed up.
The link to volunteer was sent on an email earlier this week.

Swim-Meet Please enter your swimming membership number, tick the "I'm not a robot" box and click "Next" to sign-up for the Somerset ASA Development Meet 2024