On Saturday 3rd September 2017, I was invited to swim for Suffolk in the Inter County Championships. It was held at the Luton pool, the same as last year and it’s a really nice pool. There were 6 other clubs: Berkshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, Lincolnshire, Essex & Bedfordshire. I swam two…
Gemma and Adam from the Masters Squad took part in the Mill2Mill swim in the River Stour, starting at Dedham and ending 2.4km later at Flatford Mill. It was a very interesting and scenic open water event (particularly if you like looking at pondweed!) which took the swimmers under bridges,…
I was selected to compete at the ASA East Region Inter-county competition on Sunday 2nd July at Luton Sports Village. There was some fierce competition which made the day all the more exiting. The age groups on the day were 11/12, 13/14 (which I was in), 15/16 and 17+. Also…
For the 10th year the Great East Swim took place at Alton water. This year’s event was held on the 17th June and was the inaugural year for the Great East SwimRun. It was a very hot June day with a water temperature of 19C A number of our swimmers…
Felixstowe were positioned 9th in the Virtual Summer League after the first two rounds which placed us into the B final to take place at Crown Pools on Saturday 1st July 2017. In that final we competed against Newmarket, Deben Yellow, Hadleigh, Halstead, Gt Yarmouth and Lowestoft and Oulton Broad…
I was invited to take part in the Alton Water 250m for schools swim which was on 17th June. We had to do two practice sessions, the first one was at Crown Pools, the second one was at Alton Water – we had to practice swimming in a wet suit…
We had a great weekend at the Developments on 17 & 18 June with about twenty-five swimmers representing Felixstowe over the two days. Many medals were won across the whole team, some swimmers achieved county times and many getting very close. The great thing about the whole weekend was the great team…
Weekend 2 of the Regional Championships took place from the 27th – 29th May 2017 at UEA Norwich. It was the turn of our younger swimmers to compete and three of our girls had qualified. Mia Yates competed in the 50m and 100m Freestyle events, Frankie Tyler competed in the 50m…
I was excited to get picked for the Summer League gala as I have never done it before. I have watched my sister swim in it before but it is more exciting to take part. It took place on Saturday 13th May 2017 at Newmarket. Apart from the Newmarket team, we also raced against West…
Felixstowe Waves masters swimmers Suzanne Adams & Jon Wills ventured out of the county to compete at the Norfolk Masters Open Long Course Gala at the UEA Norwich on Sat 13th May.This was the first time that either of us had competed long course in the excellent 8 lane Bernard…
