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TRAINING SCHEDULE 28 AUGUST – 5 SEPTEMBER

Once again we anticipate a warm week with glorious sunshine. Please see below the training schedule for our squads this coming week. Kindly familiarize yourself with the week’s schedule.

We anticipate warmer weather and envisage complete sessions as we move toward SASC in Pietermaritzburg at the end of September. Our training focus will continue to be on technique, speed work and soft skills for the next few weeks.

The times stated on our schedule are the exact times we anticipate the athlete getting into the water to commence with the training session. We expect the athletes to arrive at the facility at least 15 minutes prior to commencement so that they can assist with removing the lane covers and be ready to begin the session on time.

Please familiarize yourself with times – training slots must be adhered to please.

Training Times: 28 August – 5 September

• Monday – 15:40 17:00
• Tuesday – 15:45 – 16:55 (Nipper/Junior) 16:55 – 18:30 (Senior / Masters)
• Wednesday – 15:40 – 17:00
• Thursday - 15:40 – 16:55 (Nipper/Junior) 16:55 – 18:30 (Senior / Masters)
• Friday – 15:40 - 17:00
• Saturday – 09:00 - 10:30

See you all at the pool

Coach Nev
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This past weekend we participated in the prestigious NTS Senior Short Course Championships at our own pool at AHMP where our intrepid warrior’s locked horns with some of South Africa finest swimmers.

While on the face of things, we had mixed fortunes, the experienced gained will certainly prove to be invaluable as we progress through this season.

Here are the ‘take outs” from the meet.

Regular attendance to training is essential – so too is the application at training. Without it, why bother? Inadequate underwater work, lazy turns and lazy finishes will be punished at this level. These are the fine margins that separate a podium finish against someone who just made up the numbers.

Absorbing and taking note of the soft skills your coaches attempt to install in you at training are the difference between the result you desire and the result you achieve.

With four weeks to go to SASC in Pietermaritzburg we have a clear indication of what needs to be done and where we are on this journey. Trust the PROCESS

Here you can’t “Talk the Talk” - you must “Walk the Walk”

2026 NTS Senior SC Championships

Session 1

50m Butterfly

Greyling van der Linde 17
32nd - 29.44 (+1.32)

100 Freestyle

Nina Ehrich 23
26th – 1:04.05 (+0.94)

Guy Henwood Fox 19
30th – 57.15 PB (-2.22)

Greyling van der Linde 17
34th – 57.82 (+1.82)

Session 2

100 Backstroke
Nina Ehrich 23
12th – 1:11.31 (+0.58)

400 Freestyle
Guy Henwood Fox 19
4th – 4:39.81 PB (-13.33)

50 Freestyle
Greyling van der Linde 17
37th – 26.43 (+0.39)

Session 3

100 Butterfly
Greyling van der Linde 17
17th – 1:05.43 (+2.43)

200 Freestyle
Greyling van der Linde 17
7th – 2:05.63 (+3.78)

Guy Hen wood Fox 19
11th – 2:08.84 PB (-6.56)

100 Individual Medley
Nina Ehrich 23
17th – 1:12.78 PB (-7.77)

So, there we have it. Stellar efforts by all of our Squaddies, under hard training and unrested. That is a positive indicator.

Trust the PROCESS. 🙏🏼😇👍🏼💪🏼 👏🏼

Congratulations guys. Looking forward to seeing you all at the pool for the grind. 💪🏼👍🏼💪🏼👍🏼

*Onward and Upward*

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