Our swimmers rocked it, finishing with an epic canon race! Well done to all of our swimmers, you were amazing! Special mention to Bea for best cheerleading and Lily for best spinning, and I’m pleased to announce that the Preston volunteers announced us the unofficial best dressed club of the meet! It’s the little details that count!
Well done to our awesome canon relay of Jessica, Ian, Mollie, Luca, Scarlett, Brogan, Eva and Max who provided us with great entertainment and perfect screeching opportunities!
Here are the medal winners …. Hannah B 🥉🥉🥈, Luca 🥉🥇🥉🥉, Max 🥈🥈🥈🥈, Scarlett 🥇🥉🥉🥇, Ella 🥉🥉, Jessica 🥇🥇🥈🥇🥉, Imogen 🥉🥈🥈🥈, Toby 🥇🥈, Emily 🥈, Amelie 🥉🥉, Frankie 🥈🥈🥈, Ian 🥉, Brogan 🥈 and Mollie 🥉
The 2023 Swim England National Awards are where members and organisations of the aquatics community are recognised for their commitment and passion for the sports.
This year’s ceremony honoured both those who have excelled and made a significant contribution to the sport but also recognised the very best of the aquatics workforce across the country. A total of 23 awards were presented during the ceremony at Birmingham University’s Great Hall on Saturday 18 November.
It was a huge honour for our Club to be awarded gold and named Swimming Club of the Year by Swim England. An incredible achievement especially with Altrincham Leisure Centre being currently closed for refurbishment and the challenges that has brought.
This Award is a fantastic achievement for our club. It's testimony to the hard work that everyone puts in every day to make our Club a great place to be! Thank you to all the swimmers and their families, the Coaches, the Committee and the Officials who make it possible for the Club to be ambitious and to continuously improve. We are honoured to have been awarded Club of the Year, and we are looking forward to a year long celebration! Kate Offord, ASC Head Coach
It is a privilege to be part of a Club where so many people put so much in, day-in day-out, to bring out the best in each other and make this club such a success. You deserve to be very proud of yourselves, and it is wonderful that it is recognised through this award! Oliver Banks, ASC Chair.
Andy did a great job managing his lane and kept us amused with his serious bombing and his Awards Night speeches will never be forgotten. Jade did an awesome job with her lane, and she’s an excellent wingman for me. She also smashed it out in the gym with Michael G, putting everyone else to shame 
Well done everyone, some great swims from both clubs 
With a fantastic start from our 200 IM swimmers, our team pushed their boundaries against some of the best teams in the NW. Finishing an excellent 6th, we can’t wait for round 2 
The winner this month is Erin M - C1 - "for smashing out an amazing 50 Breast at the Trafford Development gala and growing in confidence
and stepping up to race and great focus in training". Well done Erin! You had lots of votes from the Coaches and it's great to see hard work
being recognised.
Nominations this month were:
Mikaela J - C1 "for always working really hard, listening, great attendance and stepping up to any challenge set and swimming well at the Trafford Development Gala"
Sophia R - Performance "for training ethic and any 11 year old that smashes out a 200 IM long course gets my vote..."
Oliver G - Senior Competition "he puts in the effort and gets on with the sessions without any moaning... also seen him enter more competitions (ABCs)"
Alex RT – C1 - "she's really upped her game in training... she's trying hard and listening to advice to correct her strokes and make her technique better"
Ian M - C1 - "Ian is showing a lot of promise, with great relay split times at the Trafford Development Gala'
James F - Performance "showing the right attitude in training and is training well"
Trafford Borough Development Gala Team - For being truly amazing and taking the win convincingly! Some great skills and speed on show!
Runner Up
Michael G - Performance - "for all round great attitude and performance across all 4 strokes at the Manchester meet"
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The Swimmer of the Month for July goes to Lachie B for his performance at British Nationals. Lachie recorded a best ever result and a great PB in the 200 IM, coming 8th in the final of the 16 years age group. This is an incredible achievement and Lachie is a fantastic role model for our Club. After this week, Lachie is moving on from Altrincham Swimming Club in a fully facilitated and supported move to the City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team (COMAST) to see if he can push his swimming to the next level.
Lachie will remain an Altrincham SC swimmer for life and will be coming back for swim training when he wants to, the Summer Barbecue, Swim Camp and Arena League. We wish Lachie the very best of luck with the move, and we will be cheering you on for the next stage of your swimming journey.
July marks the end of our 2022/2023 swimming season, and Altrincham Swimming Club has had an amazing year. It's fitting therefore that our Swimmer of the Month nominations this month are particularly special. The nominations were:
Bo S & Isabelle D (Performance) & Joseph A (Competition) who raced at the North West & North East Regional Open Water Championships, with Bo and Isabelle winning their first Cheshire County Medals. The swim was non wetsuit on a cold and windy day and Joseph battled the cold (nearly ending up with hypothermia) for an excellent finish and a swim we were all so proud of.
Sophia R, Luca W, Mollie O, Oscar L, Isabelle D, Brogan H, Eva S & Max O for an amazing Cannon Relay at the Richmond Dales Summer Madness Meet in Leeds. This was an incredible team effort with some super fast swimming. It was nail biting stuff and what swimming is all about.
Beatrice (Competition) - 'she's such a happy, smiley girl at training and really trying hard. Also, she's found her brave and is doing great in competitions"
Xander (D3) - he "is really upping his game in training. Working hard on the ABCs. And taking on some big galas in the last few months"
Viyom (Senior) "since he has come back from his exams he has put 100% effort into each session he has done. As well as listening and taking on board advice to improve stroke"
Asser (Performance) "since moving over he has settled in very well with the other swimmers and has a good attitude to training'
andFINALS of the 400m Freestyle (massive PB) and 200m Butterfly
Oscar & Nina 8 medals from 8 races Luca clean sweep of golds Max winning 100 Back overall with a huge margin The 400 Free Cannon relay (pictured) had us all on the edge of our seats! Great racing from all of our swimmers, particularly Eva who had a really tough opponent! Well done Sophia, Luca, Mollie, Oscar, Isabelle, Brogan, Eva & Max WHAT A TEAM! 212017
Erin M - D3 - Consistent effort in training, always coachable and tries her best. Great endurance coming through too! Oliver- D1 - Great effort and attitude in trainingNoah F - D1 - Great swims at RamsbottomSam M - Performance - For his performances in in the 400, 800 and 1500 at the recent Club Champs and the recent improvements he has seen in his swimming overallJessica S - Competition - for her great efforts in the 800 and 1500 at Club ChampsImogen W - Performance - for a strong swim in the 800 at Club ChampsTom S - Performance - Focus, attitude and strong swims at RamsbottomMatilda S - Competition - Focus, attitude and strong swims at RamsbottomAthena - Competition - Focus, attitude and strong swims at RamsbottomHannah B - Performance - For her breakthrough 100 Breast at RamsbottomPoppy P -Performance - for stepping up to the long distance events with a smile - swimming both the 800 and 1500 at Satellites winning medals and getting PBs and then doing it all again at the Distance Club Champs! Great attitude on poolside at galas.Luca W - Performance - For his lovely attitude and charm. He always works hard, he’s a team player and just happens to be a fantastic swimmer - winning Gold in all his events at Preston and getting a Club Record in the 800 Free in the recent Club Champs.
Poppy (11) Oscar (12), Max (13) Oscar (12) Scarlett (13)Oscar (12), Max (13), Joseph (14) Sam (13) Luca (10), Oscar (12), Max (13), Joseph (14), Lachie (15)Scarlett (13)Luca (10), Max (13) Lachie (15) Luca (10), Oscar (12)Scarlett (13) Max (13)Sophia (10) Luca (10), Max (13)
medal and nailed his finish which we had been working hard on. He got another in the 25 breast with a cracking swim, surging through the field with ease.
Massive well done to our Club Captain Lachie who not only finished his GCSE's today but has had confirmation that he's qualified for a grand total of 5 event a British and English Nationals this year. This is outstanding! GB 400 IM, GB 200 IM, English 200 Back, 100 Back and 50 Back. Well done for all your hard work Lachie, everyone at Altrincham Swimming Club is incredibly proud of you.
200 Fly200 Back100 Fly400 Free
The winner this month is Oscar LR from Performance Squad. After major surgery in September, Oscar worked incredibly hard to rehabilitate and then he really pushed on with his swimming showing patience, grit and determination. One of our hardest trainers, Oscar kept his head when times must have been difficult, and he got the work done. His hard work was rewarded by a fantastic 100 Fly at Regionals which earned him a place in the finals. A Regional final is a great achievement at the best of times but after the year he’s had, no one deserved it more than Oscar. Well done and keep up the great work!
There were two nominations this month for Swimmer of the Month - both were extremely strong candidates for the title. Our Runner Up this month was Thomas B, who had a lot of nominations from the Coaching Team. Thomas has really raised his game and his swimming is going from strength to strength with some fantastic performances both in training and when racing. Well done Thomas, your effort and commitment are great to see, and you are really role modelling our Swimmer ABCs. Keep it up and you will go from strength to strength.
1500 Free 800 Free
out, and I’m a very proud coach tonight.Frankie & Hannah - great 100 fly swimsPoppy - big 200 Breast PBMax - tough and disappointing 50 Breast and 200 Breast post Covid but he did it.Sam - fantastic PBs in 200 breast and 100 flyOscar in 100 Fly with Oscar making the final! Long day 12.5 hour day for him, he deserves a medal just for that!Girls 50 Breast - PBs from, Jessica, Mollie, Nina & PoppyBoys 100 Back - great swims from Luca, Toby, Harry, Sam and Rory, big PB from Max to make the final, coming 5th Girls 50 Fly - clean sweep of PBs - Amelie, Frankie, Hannah, Mollie, Nina & ImogenRory smashed a huge effort in the 200 FlyGirls 200 Back - big efforts from Imogen and Hannah, with Poppy suffering a goggle incident but totally smashing it!Joe C & Brogan massive PBs for 100 Breast 
Nina solid swim & Mollie & Frankie lo PBs for 50 Free 
, Joseph A 
, Joe C 
, Thomas B 
, Ryan S , Laurie S , Mikaela J , Jessica S , Hannah B , Alex E , Luca W , Oscar L , Harry B , Rory M , Sophia H , Sophia R , Mollie , Frankie B , Eva S , Emily I , Xander R , Rory K , Nina H , Lewis G , Toby H , Sam M , Imogen W , Charlotte M , Ethan T , Zach C, Jessica Isabella S , Corey M , Poppy P , Ella P , Evie S,Girls 9-12 A Medley Relay -Imogen W, Jessica S, Nina H, Mollie O,Girls 9-12 B Medley Relay -Poppy P, Sophia R, Imogen F,Girls 13+ A Medley Relay -Eva, Hannah B, Frankie, Emily,Boys 9-12 A Medley Relay -Luca W, Joseph A, Oscar L, Harry B,Boys 13+ A Medley Relay -Toby, Thomas, Rory, Ryan,Girls 9-12 A free Relay -Imogen W, Jessica S, Nina H, Mollie O,Girls 9-12 B free Relay -Poppy P, Evie S, Sophia R, Imogen F,Girls 13+ A free Relay -Eva, Hannah B, Frankie, Emily,Boys 9-12 A free Relay -Luca W, Joseph A, Oscar L, Harry B,Boys 13+ A Free Relay -Toby, Thomas B, Rory, Thomas S.
Joseph Adams, Senior Squad. The winner this month has worked incredibly hard to completely revamp his front crawl technique which has taken a lot of effort, focus and determination. All of the Coaches have commented on how brilliant his front crawl has become, it's incredibly smooth and streamlined. Well done Joseph Adams, we love your attitude to trying your best every session and the changes you
have made are not easy to do, "you are a pleasure to coach". A big well done from all of your Coaches, Dan, Andy, Kate and Tess.
Nominations this month were:
Toby Holland, Performance - made the move into Performance squad and has been training really hard. Breakthrough swim at Regionals on Sunday 30 April in the 200 Back. Followed the process perfectly and did a big PB.
Imogen Wright, Performance - has really worked hard with a good attitude in training. Some good PBs at Regionals at the end of April.
Mikaela Jansen, Development 3 - really great consistent training effort and has listened really well and worked on feedback.
Athena Tse, Competition - has worked hard, making a good step up into Competition squad and showed great dedication on Tuesday mornings with the older swimmers.
Scarlett Smith, Performance- For incredible resilience coming back from full knee reconstruction surgery in February, to not only get back to training in record time but having a go at racing Regionals and being in the fastest heats. The number of times Scarlett has had to come back from knee dislocations in the last few years would have put most swimmers off but Scarlett keeps going and is always smiling and looking for ways to improve, Keep going Scarlett, you will do it.
Max Offord, Performance - for making 2 finals on the first weekend at Regionals when, as one of the coaches said "as we all know how hard they are to get! It was great to see an Alty swimmer on that final board at Liverpool". Some great PBs too.
Jessica Soo, Performance - for consistent training effort and role modelling great attitude - "she's a machine who really cares about her swimming"
Well done to the Michaels who were representing ASC at Swansea this weekend at the Level 1 National Qualifying Meet 💙💛
Both boys swam hard, it’s been a long season and we are heading to the end of the National Qualifying Window… both boys have done us proud!
Great swimming champs!
Michael G
8th 50 Back
16th 100 Free
3rd 50 Breast
12th 100 Fly
Michael W
5th 400 Free
6th 100 Free
4th 200 Free
9th 100 Fly
Update on the rest of Regionals this weekend
⭐️Max made 2 finals 50 Back and 200 Back with 2 big PBs
⭐️5 boys made big PBs in the 200 back (Max, Toby, Harry, Sam & Luca) ⭐️PBs for Imogen (200 free, 100 back) Donovan (100 Free), Poppy (100 back, 200 IM) Luca (50 back, 100 free, plus 200 Back) ⭐️ Super resilience from Mollie with a serious goggle incident 🙈😂and some decent swims
I’m really super proud of the team, it was a pleasure to spend the weekend on poolside for your efforts! Well done Team 💙💛💙💛💙
It was a high level meet and our swimmers yet again stepped up to the challenge. It’s great to see them grow in that environment, making connections with their competitors and peers and learning from every race they swim.
Max made 4 finals from 4 races including a 🥈and 4 PBs, Mollie made 2 finals from 3 races with 2 PBs and Lachie made 3 finals with some great swims.
There were some stand-out swims including:
Amelie - 50 Fly
Hannah - 50 Back
Michael G - 50 Free
Adam - 100 Fly
Michael W was solid as always and inspired the team with his great attitude. Joseph swam a lot of races straight out of a bad injury and is making a good comeback, whilst Toby and Sam stepped up for big PBs in this new arena.
A big thanks to City of Leeds Swimming Club for a great meet, to all the parents who supported us, and to Michael who spent so many hours on the poolside 😎
medals and 1 medal, which is unprecedented at our Club. Being able to achieve so much across a broad range of events swimming in the age 16 is a real testimony to the hard work that Lachie has put in to training and racing over the last couple of years. Well done Lachie for an outstanding achievement. 
50 free 100 back50 Fly 100 Fly 100 Free 50 back400 Free 200 Free 400 IM 100 Free
Lachie BLachie B (With exactly the same time in the final as in the heat! What are the chances ) and 1 across the weekend 
The team were in action at the Stockport Metro March National Qualifying Meet at the weekend. This is a high level meet and we were pleased to have more accepted entries than ever before.
The best in the North West were out in force but we raced really hard and had some excellent results. There were no medals as such but placing high at this type of gala is a big achievement. Here are our swimmers placing in the top 3, but all of the swimmers did us proud:
Day 1
200 IM
Lachie 🥈
100 Free
Michael W 🥇
200 Back
Max 🥈
Lachie 🥈
50 Back
Michael G 🥈
400 Free
Michael W 🥇
200 Breast
Max 🥉
50 Free
Mollie 🥉
50 Breast
Michael G 🥉
Day 2
100 Fly
Michael W 🥈
Lachie 🥇
100 Breast
Max 14/U Final (4th)
50 Fly
Michael G 🥉
100 Back
Max 14/u Final (5th)
Ash 15/o Final 🥈
200 Free
Michael W 🥇
50 Free
Michael G 🥉
Well done everyone!
As always, the coaches have nominated a great bunch of swimmers who are all deserving of the title “Swimmer of the Month”
The nominations are:
- ·Ethan S (Performance) –“ for 100% commitment to his 200 Fly on Sunday at Pointscore”
- ·Billy I (Transition) – “For consistent training and hard work, asking for advice on how he can improve and always being willing to have a good go at any challenge we set”
- ·Laurie S (Development 1) – “for a great focus on technique and the hard work is paying off”
- Joseph A (Competition) - “for stepping up his training effort and taking on technical advice with noticable stroke improvements”
- Tom S (Competition) - “seeing him train in the competition squad and from when he moved to ASC, he’s come on massively. His strokes are good, great listener and takes everything on board and he’s doing some good racing too”
- Alan N (Senior) - “he puts 100% into his swimming and has great attitude. He also listens and takes on feedback.”
There is only one winner and this month it is Isabelle D from Performance.
Isabelle trains very hard and very consistently. She has a great attitude, and is a supportive team mate in the lane and at galas. Her swimming is going from strength to strength and she is noticeably taking on feedback and making improvements. She has been a great help in her volunteering role with the younger swimmers, helping at sessions and Pointscore. She’s been fantastic at reassuring the young swimmers when they are unsure.
It should also be noted that she rides her bike to training come rain or shine… even the all the early morning sessions she’s signed up for!!
Well done Isabelle!
An amazing weekend for our team at the Richmond Dales Gala this last weekend, with 63 medals won in total! It's not all about the medals though and there were some tough races and PBs. Thank you to everyone who swam, you did ASC proud.
Medal Winners
Luca 🥈🥇🥇🥇🥇
Sam 🥉🥉🥈🥈
Michael W 🥇🥈🥇🥇
Jessica 🥈🥇🥇🥇🥇
Imogen 🥈🥉🥇
Nina 🥈🥈
Rory 🥉🥇
Michael G 🥈🥉🥇🥉🥇🥇🥈🥇
Wendy 🥉
Oscar 🥉🥈
Max 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥉
Emily 🥉🥈🥇
Harry 🥇🥈🥇🥉
Sophia H 🥈
Lachie 🥇🥇🥈
Poppy 🥈🥈🥇🥈🥇
Hannah Bu 🥉
Mikaela 🥈🥉
Eva 🥉
Total Medals: 63
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20 🥈
13 🥉
There were a lot of nominations for Swimmer of the Month this month! Well done to everyone who was nominated by the coaches, this is a fantastic achievement.
Alex E - Senior: “His determination and perseverance to master the skills has paid off. He is a gem to coach"Tilly B - Transition: “Tilly has been really pushing herself in training and is making great progress, She listens and is very coachable with an easy manner that fits in well with the rest of the squad”Toby H - Competition: "Toby always trains hard, listens, takes on advice and consistently makes the times set"Noah F - D1: “A new member of D1, Noah has been working very hard indeed.”Joshua C - D1: “Joshua works very hard, listens carefully and is a very engaged member of the squad”Harry B - Performance: “Harry consistently works hard in training and has been determined and resilient and is really starting to push on with his swimming”Emily I – Performance: "A great example to the little ones and always a positive and happy attitude in all races, no matter what the result" "Her goal has been a county medal for a number of years and she finally got it!"Nina H – Performance: “New to the club Nina has settled in really well and made lots of new friends. She has swum brilliantly in Counties with 5 PBs from 5 races”Mollie O – Performance: "For those at Counties a lot I feel like Mollie had such a journey. She sat there all day every day and I never once heard her moan. Great highs and some lows but she always brushes herself off and gets back into it. A great shouting supporter when she's not swimming herself"Rory M – Performance: “Great results and effort in the 100 and 200 Fly at Counties”
Please join the Coaches in congratulating the swimmers on a fantastic County Champs where our swimmers stepped up and raced incredibly hard. There were a number of outstanding performances and the coaches noted strong improvements from last year, especially in relation to underwater work and starts. This is a great breakthrough!
It's impossible to mention everyone but rest assured that we are incredibly proud of all of the team.
Medal Winners
Lachie 🥈🥉🥈🥇🥈🥉🥈🥇🥈🥈🥇🥇
Luca 🥈🥈🥉🥉🥈🥈
Max 🥈🥈🥈🥈
Michael W 🥉🥉🥉🥈
Emily 🥉
Michael G 🥉
Relays 🥇🥇
Total Medals
🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇6
🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈🥈15
🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉🥉8
Finals: The following swimmers made a combined total of 63 finals: Mollie, Emily, Luca, Donovan, Michael W, Michael G, Lachie, Scarlett, Wendy, Abbie, Rory, Oscar, Max, Adam, Frankie, Joseph, Harvey, Jessica S.
Personal Bests: Our swimmers excelled themselves with more than 115 event PBs recorded across the weekend, which does not include PBs that took place in the finals after a PB heat time, of which there were many.
Relays: With the return of County Relays our swimmers excelled themselves with 17 teams entered! There was a great atmosphere with the swimmers supporting each other fantastically! Big shout out to the Boys 15/16 Medley and Freestyle Teams who won 2 gold medals 🥇with epic performances! Well done Lachie, Michael W, Michael G, Harvey and Joseph.
Corey M (D1) for consistent hard work and a raft of medals at the Trafford Christmas CrackerJoshua C (D1) who is still relatively new to the club but has stepped up and is getting involved, bringing home lots of medals from the Trafford Christmas CrackerHannah B(i) (Performance) who has shown that hard work and determination pay off if you want your goals enough. She smashed out a County time for the 200 Breast this weekend after a few years of set backs and just missing out. Great attitude Hannah, well done.Well done Frankie! 
Well done to everyone to took part in the first session of the ASC Sprint Championships, lots of great swims with special congratulations to the Club Record Breakers:-
Lachlan B – Boys 15-16 50m Breaststroke
Wendy D – Girls 13-14 100m Backstroke
Emily I – Girls 17 and Over 100m Butterfly and 100m Individual Medley
We've updated the meet calendar for the coming year. It's not exhaustive and I'm sure things will change during the year, but it should help to understand which galas are aimed at your swimmer and will hopefully help you plan for these.
You can find a copy of the calendar here
If you need a swimming hat, these are available for £5.50 each for a normal club hat or we still have a few 30th Anniversary hats left at £7 each. If you'd like to order one, please email here and specify which hat you'd like. All other club kit can be purchased through The Kit Stop website, or via the link here.
There is a ‘Members Resources’ section of the Members Area on the website and there is already lots of interesting and useful information on there, so please have a look if you haven’t already. Helen I, who is our most senior Official and coordinates our Pointscores, has recently put together some really useful links on the technical rules for each stroke which will help all swimmers to understand the rules better.
If you need to contact the coaches, for any reason, please remember to do this via email and not via coaches personal mobile phones, on text / WhatsApp etc. Messages should be sent by email to either secretary@altrinchamsc.org.uk or headcoach@altrinchamsc.org.uk.
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