May

Masters Successful First Day at Europeans

Sharon Burchell suffering from ligament damage in her knee wouldn't let that get in her way and finished an incredible 4th in the 50m Breaststroke. 

Crawley Swimming Club Masters take on Europe!!

Crawley Masters are tapering their training sessions, packing their GB kit and are mentally preparing themselves ahead of the upcoming European Championships 2016 at London’s iconic Olympic Park next week. With 28,000 entrants from all over Europe taking part, it promises to be an exciting and awe inspiring experience for all swimmers.

The four Crawley ladies, and current National relay medal winners, Sharon Crowhurst, Linda Hooker, Meryl Alexander and Lisa Mickel are a formidable team taking part in the 200-239 combined age group in the 4 x 50 Freestyle and 4 x 50 Medley Relays.  

Individually, they also want to achieve great things.

Linda will take part in the 50m Breast, seeded  27^th, 100m Breast, seeded  13^th and 200 Breast, seeded  6^th. She has trained very hard this year and is hoping to reap the rewards for her hard work.

Sharon will be returning to the Europeans having collected a Silver medal in the 50m Breaststroke in her age group and a fourth place in the 100m Breaststroke previously. She is now seeded joint third in the 40-44 age group 50m, but has struggled with injury this year so would be happy to take a top ten place next week.  

Meryl Alexander is the Butterfly Queen and is seeded 5^th in her 50m individual event for her age group 65-69 . She will also be taking part in the 50m Freestyle and is seeded 10^th .

Lisa will be competing in the age group 40-44 and will swim 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle, seeded 22^nd  in both, and 200m Freestyle, seeded 31^st. This is an opportunity for her to get some new PB’s following her total hip replacement two years ago.

We also have Valerie McLaren, another lady representing Crawley Masters. Valerie will be swimming in the 65-69 age group and is seeded 14^th in both the 200m Freestyle 400m Freestyle.

Crawley SC would like to wish you all the very best of luck but most of all, have an amazing time!

Great results from 15/overs at South East Regional Champs

Great Results at The South East Region Youth Championships: 
What a Great Weekend at the SER Championships. The Crawley Swimmers dared to dream, had faith & believed in themselves and came away with 13 PB's, 
3 Silvers from Abby Jackson in the 100, 200 Butterfly, 800 Freestyle and a Bronze in the 50 Butterfly, Breaking the County Record in both the U/16 & Open Age Groups in the 100 Butterfly. 
Georgina Gratton won Bronze in both the 50 & 100 Backstroke 
Eleanor Morris won Bronze in the 200 IM whilst Breaking the County Record in the Open Age Group. 7 medals in total 5 more than last year. 
We competed in 12 Finals, and our swimmers finished in the TOP 10 in 27 Events. WOW!!!!! 
Well Done to ALL the swimmers who swam giving their best for our club: Isabella Berlin, Zoe Cawsey, Georgina Gratton, Charlie Hopkins, George Hopkins, Abby Jackson, Eleanor Morris, Sam Murray, Alex Sypher, Joseph Wollard, Harrison Peel, Lily Turner, Alice Renshaw & Freya Hopkins - Full Results can be found on the SER web Site.