Faye Hermon and Thomas Boyt once again represented us at the Regional Championships in the 15+ age category. These took place at Luton on the weekend of 29th April – 1st May 2017. Faye had qualified for each of the 50m races as well as the 100m Freestyle which is more events…
Early on Bank Holiday Monday morning Dad took my Sister and I to the Spa Pavilion to register for the Fun Run. Lovely weather? Not at all – it was cold, windy and threatening rain. Having registered (with Kelly’s help) we then had over an hour to kill before the run. We…
The ASA are promoting a new initiative around the coaching and development of some of Suffolk’s promising swimmers in the 11 year old (on 31/12/2017) age category. Swimmers were selected on the basis of performances in events covering all strokes and distances. Our own Lewis Meadows and Beth Young were both selected…
The Newmarket Masters Gala was our second masters gala of the 2017 season with Felixstowe being represented by Gemma, Adam and myself. The standard was very high with swimmers from 42 different clubs across the eastern region and midlands. Not surprisingly the home team Newmarket was very well represented by…
There were sixteen swimmers from Felixstowe swimming at the Sudbury gala this weekend. For some of us it was last chance for regional times and for others, another chance for next year’s county times. Bethany Crawley swam her first open gala on her 9th Birthday weekend, doing three races and…
On Saturday 25 March 2017, Felixstowe Waves hosted their Annual Novice Gala. There were six teams in total, 2 from Felixstowe, (Blue and White teams), and teams from Hadleigh, Leiston, Lowestoft and Beccles. The children that swam were all between the ages of 8 and 13 and for some it was…
We took a team of swimmers to Lowestoft to compete in the Jeff Case Memorial Gala on Saturday 11th March 2017. We were competing against two teams from Lowestoft and one team each from Beccles and Leiston. The gala was divided into four age groups from those age ten and under right up…
David, Matt and all the coaches were very impressed with the performances of our swimmers at this year’s County Championships. David has written up a detailed report on the event and this is attached here complete with photos. SUFFOLK COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017-report
Wow – what an experience to swim for Team Suffolk in the Suffolk Inter-County Gala held at the UEA Norwich 5.3.2017. Both Myself and Stuart were chosen from Felixstowe, It’s great to be part of a team and not totally focused on yourself. It was a different experience also for…
The County Championships drew to a conclusion on Sunday 26th February. It included the final events (400m Free for both boys and girls) in the morning and the skins and relays in the afternoon. In the morning we were represented by Frankie, Mia Y and Faye in the girls event…
