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Swim England Winter National Championships 14th-16th Dec

The Swim England Winter National Championships at Pond Forge, Sheffield, took place between 14th-16th December and we were proudly represented by Harrison, Abs & Ida. It‘s a short-course event and has just the open age category and so to just qualify is an amazing achievement.

Abs swam 5 events, made 3 finals and achieved 1 PB. Harrison swam 7 events and achieved 5 PBs whilst Ida swam 4 events in total. Supported by Head Coach Nigel, it was a great experience for all three, competing against some of the best swimmers in the country. Congratulations!

By |2024-03-29T00:07:55+00:00January 1st, 2024|Uncategorised|

Arena League – Round 3 – December 9th 2023

With Flitwick narrowly missing out on the divisional finals, by just 1 point, it was up to the team, in the final round, to ensure a top 10 position. As always at this time of year – there are illnesses and other Xmas related activities, so the team called up some fresh faces (some with very little notice) and headed north to Tamworth, home of the Snowdome.

Second place on the night and that top ten position secured. And what a performance was put in. Not only by those that have attended all three rounds but all the new swimmers as well. There were swimmers swimming up age groups, swimmers swimming multiple races and swimmers swimming not their preferred stroke. The McDonalds at the traditional stop at Watford Gap was well & truly deserved.

With the final round complete it’s time to say thank you to the Coaches – Louise & Nigel, Team Managers Ali & Angela and the various officials that helped out (Ref) Louise Mackie, Neil, Michelle, Nikola, Claire, Tash & Phillipa. Big additional thank you to Ali for organising us all. Roll on next year!

By |2024-03-29T00:07:55+00:00December 10th, 2023|Uncategorised|

Dolphins win Visiting Club Trophy at the Biggleswade Xmas Cracker

The traditional final gala before Xmas and Counties & the short trip to the east of the county and the Biggleswade Xmas Cracker! As always it’s a great event with a fabulous atmosphere & an excellent start to the festive period. Flitwick took a massive 74 swimmers, across the 4 sessions – one of our biggest ever teams at an open gala. We not only had a great meet but we WON the visiting club trophy. Well done Dolphins!

By |2024-03-29T00:07:55+00:00December 10th, 2023|Uncategorised|

Liz Woolner breaks even more Masters records

Like a boxer aiming to unify their division and win all the belts, so Liz made it a clean sweep in her age group of all the short & long course butterfly 50 & 100m British records at the first AP Masters meet at Moorways in Derby on Saturday 25th November.

It’s unknown if it was the sight of Adam Peaty, the record breaking swimming of Anna Hopkin or just her champion mindset that inspired Liz but after a personal journey of 2 years Liz absolutely smashed the 50 FLY in a time of 30.92 seconds. Wowzers! What an Achievement. Well done Liz!

By |2024-03-29T00:07:55+00:00December 10th, 2023|Uncategorised|

Flitwick Dolphins wins Bronze Award for National Club of the Year

Ian Murray (Chair), Adam Cassell (Treasurer) and Marian Murray (Membership Secretary) travelled up to the Great Hall at Birmingham University on Saturday 18th November, to attend the Swim England National Awards Ceremony for 2023. Hosted by Michael Gunning and Leon Taylor it was a really great occasion. There was a wonderful supportive atmosphere in the hall, as the nominations were announced and the winners went up for awards. Flitwick Dolphins was one of eight finalists in the Club of the Year Awards. To come away with the Bronze Award at this national event in recognition of the positive work the club is doing was tremendous. A big thank you to everyone who has helped the club along its journey over the last year which led to us receiving this award.

By |2024-03-29T00:07:55+00:00November 18th, 2023|Uncategorised|

East Region Short Course Winter Championships 2023 (Nov 3rd-5th)

The first weekend in November was the home to the East Region Short Course Winter Championships and Flitwick took a team of 7 swimmers to the event. Even to qualify is a massive achievement as there is no age category and just the one qualifying time for all ages. So well done to all the swimmers that made it to the starting gun for both individual and the relay events.
Two 2nd place podium finishes were achieved by Harrison in the 200m Fly and Ida in the 200IM multi-classication event. Personal Bests were achieved by Harrison, Yasmine, Lily, Daniel & Ida. Well done all and thanks to coach Nigel and team manager Ali for motivating & looking after the team over the weekend.

By |2024-03-29T00:07:55+00:00November 10th, 2023|Uncategorised|

Club Captain’s Foodbank Appeal Oct 2023

Launched with great fanfare via their amazing social media video – the Club Captain’s launched an appeal for foodbank donations throughout the month of October. Packages & parcels, on training nights, were dutifully handed in by our great membership and, last week, all the donation’s were delivered to Preen who are a community based company in Biggleswade.

Below is a photo of Joe and Mary who manages Preen taking delivery. On behalf of the captains, Joe stated “ A big thank you to everyone who donated to the food bank, people have been very generous. Preen were very grateful. “

If you would like to know more about Preen then please check them out on their fb page: https://www.facebook.com/PreenCIC

By |2024-03-29T00:07:56+00:00November 8th, 2023|Uncategorised|

Flitwick Dolphins’ Open – 21st/22nd October 2023

For the 14th year it is time for the Flitwick Open and a big welcome to our visiting clubs – Biggleswade, Bletchley, Harpenden, Northampton, Putteridge & Saffron Waldon to the Saxon Pool, Bigglewade for a weekend of fantastic gala swimming.

Good luck to all the swimmers, whether you win, get a PB or achieve that time you are aiming for or not…. we hope you enjoy the competition. Also – massive thank you to all the Coaches, Team Managers, Officials and Volunteers that go into making these galas and actual thing and enable everyone to have a great time! Have fun, swim fast.

Doors open at 12.30pm with Warm-up starting at 1pm and Racing underway at 2pm. Live results can be found at: http://flitwickresults.atwebpages.com

By |2024-03-29T00:07:56+00:00October 21st, 2023|Uncategorised|

Arena League – Round 1 – 14th October 2023

This year’s National Arena League kicked off on Saturday 14th October at West Bromwich Leisure Centre with a strong 3rd place finish. Our Division 2 (of 3) competitors were Halesowen, Boldmere B, Repton B, Nuneaton & Northgate with Nuneaton (1st) and Repton (2nd) coming ahead of the Dolphins after being promoted from Div 3, last year.

The great thing about league racing is that it is not all down to the individual or winning a race. We had the lowest number of 1st places (well done – Harrison, Lily F and the U11 Female Medley team) but the highest number of 2nd and 3rd places combined. Great strength in breadth and depth. Well done Dolphins – onto Round2 – where we will be hosting at Leamington Spa on the 11th November.

As is custom, Club Captain Guido announced swimmer(s) of the gala in the McDonalds at Watford Gap. Lochy & Molly were the worthy winners for their amazing swimming and the support that they gave to the team.

By |2024-03-29T00:07:56+00:00October 21st, 2023|Uncategorised|

East Region Club of the Year

Flitwick Dolphins has been selected by Swim England East Region as the Regional Swimming Club of the Year winner within the Sport Club of the Year category. This is a fantastic achievement for the club and recognises the work that is put in by the coaches and volunteers of the club to provide coaching for a diverse range of swimmers. Having just held Club Championships it was wonderful to see so many of our members competing, ranging from our newest members who just joined us in August and September, through to our Masters’ swimmers, with many years of experience. With a large number of swimmers achieving county qualifying times as well as PBs it was highly successful. We shall be celebrating the successes achieved at our Presentation Evening in January.

By |2024-03-29T00:07:56+00:00October 7th, 2023|Uncategorised|
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