Altrincham Swimming Club

Trafford Early Bird Gala - September 2026

We had a cracking start to the season with an amazing 68 medals made up of 20 gold, 18 silver and 30 bronze medals! What a team! We had lots of pbs from a fantastic young team of swimmers

Thank you to the Team Managers - Matt, Ranya, Zhoran, Emma and Jo for working so hard at a busy gala and to Coaches Beth and Max for watching every race carefully to provide each swimmer with feedback.

Coaches’ Swimmers of the Day were : Hamish, Seren and Hugo

Here’s the medal breakdown:

100m Individual Medley

Alfie

Hugo

William S

Joshua

Ian Z

Long Him

100m Butterfly

Annie

Olivia W

Mikaela

Evie S

50m Butterfly

Alfie

Hugo

William S

Ian Z

Long Him

50m Breaststroke

Annie

Caitlyn

Alfie

Ted

Ian Z

50m Freestyle

Annie

Caitlyn

100m Backstroke

Henry

William S

Ted

Joshua

Ian Z

Sophia H

100m Freestyle

Henry

Hugo

Joshua

Ian Z

100m Individual Medley

Etta

Caitlyn

100m Butterfly

Hugo

Adam

Otis

Ian Z

50m Backstroke

Scarlett

Etta

Ellan

Nina

Caitlyn

Alfie

Henry

William S

Hugo

Ian Z

Long Him

50m Butterfly

Scarlett

Sophia H

Mollie

Evie

50m Freestyle

Alfie

Hugo

Adam

Ian Z

100m Breaststroke

Etta

Olivia W

Poppy

Bea

Caitlyn

Henry

Ted

Adam

Ian Z

Thomas

100m Freestyle

Caitlyn

50m Breaststroke Finals

Thomas 3rd

Annie 3rd

Ian M 5th

Seren 5th

Alice 6th

Caitlyn 8th

50m Backstroke Finals

Etta 1st

Nina 2nd

Adam 3rd

Hugo 4th

William S 6th

Long Him 6th

Sophia H 6th

Ellan 6th

Darcey Excels at The British Triathlon Senior Super Series

We are so proud of our squad member Darceywho has had another fantastic day of racing. This time she was in Bala for the Grand Final of the British Triathlon Senior Super Series. The British Triathlon Senior Super Series is an elite level competition for Senior and U23 athletes within the British Triathlon pathway.

Whilst Darcey is still in the Junior age group, she managed to bag 2nd female in the Senior age group, missing the win by only 3 seconds!

This is a phenomenal achievement and we are so proud that we have played a small part in supporting Darcey’s success over the last 12 months. We are glad that your swim has gone from strength to strength!

Tonight was Darcey’s last session with us before she heads to university to continue her pursuit of triathlon success and further her academic studies. We wish her all the very best

National for Sophia - July 2026

What an absolutely brilliant morning of swimming from Sophia! Stepping up to your first Nationals is pretty daunting and the nerves are always high, but Sophia was calm and composed, had a good warm up and approached the race with positivity and maturity.

From an outside lane, Sophia raced hard to finish 5th in the heat, 12th 13 year old and 29th overall in the competitive 13/14 girls age group.

Brilliant racing Sophia and a really good swim. ASC is very proud of you

A fantastic swim for Sophia in the 100 Free this morning, pretty much bang on PB and second fastest swim she’s ever done; despite the nerves and the 3 days away from home! 14th 13 year old and 31st overall; what an absolutely fantastic achievement.

We are all so proud of how Sophia controlled the nerves and stepped up on the biggest stage, representing herself and her Club with absolute class.

A big thanks to Sophia’s support team for keeping the vibes so high and for keeping it very relaxed

Team Sophia you were awesome

Joshua and Xander at Triathlon North West at the Inter Regionals Championships

It’s been a triathlon-tastic weekend for some of our swimmers!

Seasoned athlete Joshua The Pocket Rocket was selected to represent the North West at the Inter Regionals Championships at Mallory Park this weekend. The IRCs are a key event in the triathlon calendar and it’s a big achievement to be selected. The event is where the top junior regional teams from across the UK compete against each other.

On Saturday Joshua was due to compete in the triathlon- but due to blue green algae blooms the swim was cancelled and the event became a duathlon (run-bike-run). Whilst some athletes were happy about this - being a strong swimmer and having done A LOT of swimming this year Joshua was understandably a bit disappointed! Despite this; Joshua put in an excellent performance coming 2nd place in the B final

. On Sunday, in part 2 of the event Joshua came a fantastic 12th out of 52 of the best Tri Star 2 age athletes in England

Well done Joshua!

It didn’t end there!

Joshua was back racing today, Bank Holiday Monday, joined by Xander at the Manchester Triathlon Club Junior Triathlon at Hough End Leisure Centre. This was a pool swim; bike on the field, and then a run for the finish!

Joshua raced really hard for a close 2nd in the Tri Star 2 category and Xander (in his first ever triathlon) came 3rd in the Tri Star 3 category. It was a fantastic event and great to see such impressive performances from our team members!

Both boys also won spot prizes, Joshua for determination and Xander for sportsmanship.

It’s great to see their spirit showing through!

Well done both, and see you at training tomorrow!

Double Silver for Joseph - August 2026

It’s double silver

so far for Joseph at the Special Olympics GB Champs with one event to go!

Joseph won silver in the 50 Breast earlier today and he’s just followed it up with another silver in the 25 Breast!!

Fantastic swimming Joseph

Enjoy the 50 Free coming up!

Richmond Dales Summer Meet - July 2026

What a way to round off our club racing season!

Our swimmers produced another fantastic day of racing at the Richmond Dales Summer Meet, finishing the competition with an outstanding 47 medals:

14 Gold

18 Silver

15 Bronze (list in comments)

We also gave out a number of ducks

to recognise swims that deserve a special mention for outstanding performances, courage and improvement.

Bella – 200 Freestyle

Isabelle W – 200 Freestyle

Olivia W – 200 IM

Idris – PBs in every one of his 50m events

Toby – 50 Butterfly

Xander – 50 Freestyle (a brilliant swim that deserved special recognition!)

A huge thank you to Coaches Leah and John, who supported the swimmers so brilliantly throughout the weekend. Thank you also to all of our dedicated officials, whose hard work makes competitions like this possible, and to our fantastic team managers, John and Matt, for keeping everything running smoothly and looking after the team so well.

This was our final team gala of the 2025/26 season, and what a way to finish.

The resilience this group has shown over the past year has been exceptional. Despite the frustrations of pool closures and losing valuable training time at the start of the season, our swimmers never stopped working, never stopped believing and have finished the year stronger than ever. They should all be incredibly proud of what they have achieved. We have no doubt that resilience and determination will continue to pay off as we move into next season.

There’s just one more meet before the summer break. We can’t wait to see Sophia represent Altrincham SC at the English Summer National Championships after working so hard to earn her place. Everyone at the club will be cheering her on.

Well done, Team ASC – now it’s time for a well-earned rest before we come back ready for another exciting season.

Niamh Qualifies for Triathlon European Age Group Championships - July 2026

Massive well done to Squad Member Niamh who has been working so hard all year to get back from injury and smash her triathlon goals. On Sunday she raced in the Sprint Tri at Ripon Triathlon Festival which was a European Age Group Qualifier. Niamh won her age group which means she has qualified for European Age Group Champs next year

Well done Niamh, we are so happy for you!

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I had a strong race setting pbs in both the swim and run for this season.

I set of fast in the swim managing to escape the washing machine. The bike was a twisty and hilly course which I enjoyed a lot and finally on the run I gave it my all.

Thank you to everyone who helps and supports me through my triathlon career and I’m greatful to be getting back to full fitness post injury.

Off to euros we go!

Preston Summer Spectacular - July 2026

A brilliant weekend of racing for Altrincham Swimming Club at the Preston Summer Spectacular, with the team collecting 20 medals alongside lots of PBs and excellent performances.

The swimmers also enjoyed wearing the medals from the Warrington meet last weekend, which arrived today - so these feature in a lot of photos too!

Gold

* Olivia – 200 Butterfly

* Etta – 50 Backstroke

* Etta – 50 Breaststroke

* Long Him – 50 Backstroke

* Long Him – 100 Backstroke

* Long Him – 200 Backstroke

* Alfie – 100 IM

Silver

* Xander – 400 Freestyle

* Ian – 50 Butterfly

* Hannah – 50 Backstroke

* Ian – 200 Breaststroke

* Ian – 50 Breaststroke

* Alfie – 100 Breaststroke

* Etta – 200 IM

Bronze

* Etta – 200 Backstroke

* Etta – 100 Breaststroke

* Jessica – 200 Backstroke

* Lily – 400 IM

* William Smith – 200 Backstroke

* Long Him – 100 IM

Stand-out swims

There were some fantastic swims throughout the meet, with special mentions for:

Xander and Poppy - who both produced excellent performances in the 400 Freestyle.

Long Him - who completed an outstanding backstroke treble, winning gold in the 50m, 100m and 200m events.

Alfie - with a brilliant gold-medal performance in the 100 IM.

Etta - whose superb 50 Breaststroke earned her gold and contributed to an excellent four-medal weekend.

A huge well done to every swimmer who raced and represented Altrincham so brilliantly, also to the parents who volunteered as officials, the Coaches, and Team Managers, Louisa, Matt and Kristina.

A big thanks to @prestonswimmingclub for another great meet!

Sophia R is Swimmer of the Quarter - July 2026

WELL DONE TO SOPHIA R WHO HAS BEEN VOTED SWIMMER OF THE QUARTER

Sophia put together a fantastic National Qualifying Campaign, despite being injured during Counties and during part of the preparation period for the window. Sophia is driven to succeed and she stepped up time and time again to better her times and placings on the Nationals list. She’s qualified for both 200 and 100 Free. She continued with her great work ethic through May and June, always relentless in training and giving 100%. She’s also managed to balance some school plays and exams too! Well done Sophia; you are definitely a worthy winner this quarter and the club is 100% you for your big races at the end of July

Well done to our other swimmers who received nominations, your hard work has not gone unnoticed!

Etta - for consistent hard work in training (even the hard sets don’t faze her), willingness to learn and fast swimming at meets - Etta also brings the fun and the best slick back pony tails. Well done Etta

Ian - for excellent and consistent attendance and effort, and for really making some big improvements across IM, free and breaststroke. Great stuff Ian!

Poppy - for excellent attendance and cracking grit and determination in the recent open water regionals 3k swim, we loved watching you. Well done!

Caitlyn - for an absolutely brilliant national window - Caitlyn chipped away at her best times to stay on the qualifying list until the very last moment. She swam with strength, determination and purpose, she made us all very proud. It’s bitter sweet to miss the final list by such a tiny margin, but you delivered some excellent performances. You rock Caitlyn!

Ian Z - this boy never gets tired and powers through 15 races a meet, winning gold in most of the events. Ian has fantastic spirit and focus and his recent improvements are an absolute pleasure to see. Well done Ian.

Annie - at still only 9 years old, Annie’s racing determination is outstanding. Not only is she fast, she’s really taking on race feedback and coaching points to improve every day. Well done Annie, keep shining.

Warriors of Warrington Grand Prix - July 2026

We’ve had a great weekend at the Warriors of Warrington Grand Prix; Saturday brought home 30 medals and a lot of PBs. It was so nice to see Thomas back racing after GCSEs (and special kudos to making it there with a smile after prom too!), Mollie coming out of retirement for a sub 30 sec 50 Free, Poppy recovering well from her 3k open water last week despite still having her race number 59 imprinted in her sun tan, plus the highlight was Ian Z absolutely dominating the meet with 7 out of 7 gold medals!

Altrincham SC Medal Winners

200m Individual Medley

Ian Zeng

Long Him

100m Freestyle

Ian Zeng

Xander

100m Breaststroke

Annie C.

Mikaela

Poppy

200m Backstroke

Ian Zeng

Joshua

50m Butterfly

Annie

Imogen

50m Backstroke

Ian Zeng

Long Him

Xander

Joshua

Ethan

200m Butterfly

Ian Zeng

50m Breaststroke

Ian Zeng

Hisoka

Thomas

Joshua

Long Him

50m Freestyle

Annie

Mikaela

200m Breaststroke

Ian Zeng

Thomas

Hisoka

100m Backstroke

Annie

Sienna

Poppy

Ducks Awarded

Joshua

Long Him

Olivia W

Poppy

A massive well done to all of our swimmers on Sunday with 40 medals won and some AWESOME performances! This brings our total to an incredible 70 medals for the weekend!

Today, Hisoka broke 27 seconds for the first time in the 50m Freestyle which is a brilliant milestone, and it was fab to see Imogen produce a really well paced 200 Fly for a long-awaited PB. Sophia also did her first 200 Fly for a while with a fantastic new PB time.

Ian Z was shining again, topping the medal table, closely followed by little sister Annie.

Sunday Medal Winners

100m Individual Medley

Ian Zeng

Long Him

Xander

Adam

200m Individual Medley

Annie

Etta

Imogen

100m Butterfly

Long Him

Thomas D

100m Freestyle

Imogen T

Sophia

Seraphina

100m Breaststroke

Ian Zeng

Hisoka

Jay

Adam

Max

200m Backstroke

Annie

Etta

Imogen T

50m Butterfly

Hisoka

Max

Long Him

Thomas D

50m Backstroke

Annie

Etta

Imogen T

200m Butterfly

Sophia

Imogen W

200m Freestyle

Ian Zeng

Hisoka

50m Breaststroke

Annie

Imogen T

Ella

Jessica

50m Freestyle

Ian Zeng

Hisoka

Max

200m Breaststroke

Annie

Ella

100m Backstroke

Long Him

Ian Zeng

Xander

Hugo

Max

Top Performers (medal tally)

Ian Zeng –

11 Gold,

2 Silver (13 medals)

Annie –

6 Gold,

3 Silver (9 medals)

Long Him –

4 Gold,

3 Bronze (7 medals)

Hisoka –

2 Gold,

3 Silver,

1 Bronze (6 medals)

Thank you to all who officiated - Jacqui, Crystal, Felicity, Jayne, Jez and Jonathon (if I’ve left anyone out I’m so sorry I don’t have a list or a good memory)

Thank you to our Team Managers - James, Kate, Kristina, Emma, John, Matt and Jo (again I hope I didn’t forget anyone) - you did a fantastic job looking after the swimmers, they were a happy bunch.

Lastly, a huge heartfelt thank you to Warriors of Warrington for a fantastic meet and making us all so welcome

See you next year!

Top Attendees - June 2026

As you know we’ve been monitoring attendance carefully over the last few months. Our Swimmer ABCs celebrate the importance of a cohesive squad who are well conditioned, well behaved, have great team spirit, and race competitively.

Our top 3 attendees for June are 🥁
Poppy 96.4%
Sophia R 85.7%
Ian M 78.6%

Well done, this is really good!
Overall attendance is also up from an average attendance of 35% in May to an average attendance of 39% in June: this equates to broadly one more session per swimmer.

If all swimmers can aim for a minimum of 4 sessions per week, we really will start to make progress.

Well done everyone, thanks for all the effort in training too. This has really improved a lot 💙💛

Ramsbottom Summer Splash - June 2026

Fantastic day 1 at Ramsbottom

Medals:

Overall total

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Gold: 8

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Silver: 10

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Bronze: 5

Total medals: 23

* Ian Z – Silver – 200 Fly

* Annie – Gold – 200 Back

* Sophia H – Silver – 200 Back

* Alfie – Gold – 100 Brst

* Ian Z – Silver – 100 Brst

* Hisoka – Silver – 100 Brst

* Annie – Silver – 50 Fly

* Hisoka – Silver – 50 Free

* Alfie – Gold – 50 Free

* William H – Bronze – 200 Back

* Ian Z – Silver – 200 Back

* Mikaela – Bronze – 200 Fly

* Imogen W – Gold – 200 Fly

* Ian Z – Gold – 100 IM

* Alfie – Gold – 100 IM

* Ian M – Silver – 100 IM

* Annie – Gold – 100 Brst

* Etta – Gold – 100 Brst

* Seren – Bronze – 100 Brst

* Mikaela – Bronze – 100 Brst

* Etta – Bronze – 50 Fr

* Ian Z – Silver – 50 Fly

* Hisoka – Silver – 50 Fly

Special mentions to all finalists yesterday:

Boys 50 Free Final

* Alfie – 1st

* Hisoka – 2nd

* Ian Z – 4th

* Ian M – 6th

Girls 50 Fly Final

* Annie – 2nd

* Evelyn – 4th

Boys 50 Fly Final

* William S – 6th

* Ian Z – 2nd

* Otis – 6th

* Ian M – 4th

* Hisoka – 2nd

Girls 50 Free Final

* Etta – 3rd

* Evelyn – 6th

* Mikaela – 5th

Another fantastic day 2 at Ramsbottom today

Total medals awarded: 27

Gold: 10

Silver: 9

Bronze: 8

Medal Results

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Annie – 200 Free

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Etta – 200 Free

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Seraphina – 200 Free

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Ted – 200 Breast

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Ian Z – 200 Breast

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Ian M – 200 Breast

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Joe C – 200 Breast

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Annie – 100 Back

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Etta – 100 Back

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Seraphina – 100 Back

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Sophia C – 100 Back

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Hugo – 100 Back

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Ian Z – 100 Back

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Caitlyn – 100 Fly

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Hugo – 100 Fly

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Ian Z – 50 Breast

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Annie – 50 Breast

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Sereen – 50 Breast

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Sophia C – 50 Breast

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Caitlyn – 50 Back

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Henry – 50 Back

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Hugo – 100 Back

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Ian Z – 100 Back

Special mention to all today’s finalists:

Girls 50 Breast Final

* Annie – 1st

* Sereen – 3rd

* Seraphina – 1st

* Sophia C – 2nd

* Sophia H – 5th

* Isabelle W – 4th

* Caitlyn – 1st

Boys 50 Back Final

* Henry – 2nd

* Hugo – 2nd

* William – 4th

* Ian Z – 1st

* Kenton – 5th

Girls 50 Back

* Annie – 1st

* Seraphina – 3rd

* Sophia C – 2nd

* Sophia H – 4th

* Nina – 1st

* Caitlyn – 5th

* Bella – 5th

Boys 50 Breast

* Henry – 1st

* Hugo – 5th

* William S – 6th

* Ian Z – 2nd

* Kenton – 4th

* Ian M – 3rd

* Hisoka – 1st

* Joe C – 5th

A MASSIVE WELL DONE TO ALL SWIMMERS THIS WEEKEND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AMAZING SWIMS

Poppy at SENW Open Water Regionals - June 2026

An outstanding performance from Poppy today at the SENW Open Water Regional Championships!

In a stacked field, Poppy is officially 11th 14 year old in the North West and 6th in Cheshire County

She swam a well paced 3k, starting steady, getting into a rhythm and building through for a strong finish. It was a privilege to watch you race Poppy, well done

It’s definitely whet our appetite for some more open water over the summer months!

Well done Poppy, rest up and enjoy the weekend

Joshua Selected for Triathlon England North West Region - June 2026

A HUGE well done to everyone’s favourite @rocketboyracer Joshua, who has been selected to compete for Triathlon England North West Region at the 2026 Inter Regional Championships (IRC) at Mallory Park on the 29th and 30th of August.

The Inter Regional Championships (IRCs) are the premier national triathlon championship event in the UK for youth athletes in the TriStar 2 (TS2) and TriStar 3 (TS3) age groups. The selection process is tough, and I know how hard Joshua has worked to make the selection times, particularly in swimming. He’s been relentless in the pool despite often being tired from the multisport training… but that’s the name of the game!

Being great at 3 disciplines is hard work and makes triathlon a tough sport to truly excel in, and Joshua is certainly doing his best to put his name on the map.

We can’t wait to see how you do Joshua. You should be so proud of all your achievements this year. It’s a privilege to see you thrive

Stockport Metro AP Meet - June 2026

We had a brilliant DAY 1 at the Stockport Metro AP Race meet! We are always made to feel so welcome at this pool and we thank Stockport for putting on a fantastic meet

All of our swimmers swam really well and operated as a great team. We are currently sitting 4th in the medal table behind much bigger clubs which shows how well our swimmers have performed!

We need a huge shout out to our medley relay team, who, with an average age of 14.25 they were swimming against a fast team from Stockport and a team from City of Manchester which included Commonwealth Games and World Champs swimmers: as Caitlyn said - they were “actual adults”

Our team of Xander, Caitlyn, Ian and Mikaela DID NOT GET LAPPED, and looked the part in the fast heat! Well done team!

Well done to all of our amazing swimmers! Here are the medal lists:

400 IM: Sophia C

Mikaela

Poppy

200 IM: Ian Z

Long Him

100 Fly: Annie

Etta

100 Free: Ian Z

100 Breast: Etta

Caitlyn

200 Back: Ian Z

Xander

50 Back: Otis

Ian Z

Long Him

100 IM: Annie

Etta

400 Free: Ian Z

Félix

100 Back: Annie

Etta

Sophia C

200 Free: Annie

200 Fly: Ian X

50 Free: Annie

Etta

50 Breast: Ian Z

Ian M

4 x 50 Medley Relay:

Day 2 and super proud of the team again today. There were PBs galore and a lovely team spirit. Our youngest swimmers absolutely excelled and I’m so proud of how far they have all come. Special mention to 9 year old Annie who was 4th in the overall swimmers’ medal table! Impressive!

Ted celebrated his 10th birthday

today and brought us all donuts

We hope you had a fab day Ted!

Thank you to everyone who has helped this weekend, it was a long one but definitely worth it! Thanks to Coach Leah for top support yesterday and the excellent Matt and John who were brilliant team managers today

Our relay team was back swimming against Jamie Ingram and his team from COMAST and another fast Stockport team. Again they did not get lapped and it even brought Mollie out of retirement. Well done to Mollie, Xander, Caitlyn and Hisoka for the

Kate’s swimmer of the meet was Ian Z for relentless determination, taking on feedback and doing the most PBs.

We finished 4 best club in the medal table which is a great result, and here are our Sunday medallists

200 IM: Annie

Etta

100 Fly: William S

Hugo

100 Free: Annie

100 Breast: William S

Ian Z

Hisoka

200 Back: Annie

Etta

Sienna

50 Fly: Hugo

Otis

50 Back: Annie

Etta

100 IM: William S

Ian Z

200 Breast: Annie

200 Free: Ted

Ian Z

Adam

Hisoka

200 Fly: Sophia H

Lily

50 Free: Ian Z

50 Breast: Annie

Caitlyn

200 Free Relay: Mollie, Xander, Caitlyn, Hisoka

Well done everyone, and a big thanks again to our friends at Stockport Metro for a great meet, we will be back next year

(if invited

)

National Qualifier - June 2026

We were delighted to award Sophia her special Altrincham Swimming Club Nationals Duck tonight! It is no ordinary duck, it was a fully engraved duck trophy!

Well done Sophia, you’ve worked so hard for your success this year, go smash that 100 and 200 Free!

ASC Sprint Championships - May/June 2026

Well done to all of our swimmers at Club Champs

Congratulations to the Club Record Breakers - Jasper R in the Male/Open 8 and Under 100m Breaststroke, Emily Iin the 17 & Over 100m Individual Medley, and Caitlyn R in the 15/16 years 100m Breaststroke.

The leaderboard for best performances is also on the website but here’s a heads up of the winners!

Girls leaders

Mikaela J in first place with 8 golds

Joint second with Emily I and Caitlyn R both with 7 golds each

Third place Sophia R with 6 golds

Boys leaders

Joint first place Ian Z and Hugo M with 6 golds each

Three-way tie for second place with Hisoka O, Jasper R and Lewis G with 4 golds each

Four-way tie for third with Ismaeel B, Max W, Joe C and Jay R all with 3 golds each

Well done all! Great swimming.

Thanks to Helen, all the officials, team managers and the coaching team for their hard work.

Top Attendees - May 2026

We’ve been refocusing on attendance over the last few months in the top 2 squads and we are delighted to announce our top attendees for May!

Well done to Ian in Performance squad and Joshua in Competition 2 for attending the most sessions in May! This is great to see and keep up the great work!

Top 3 mentions…

Performance

1. Ian M

2. Sophia R

3. Poppy P

Competition 2

1. Joshua L

2. Adam H

=3. Sophia C

=3. Sophia H

Our Swimmer ABCs are the cornerstone of our club values, with attendance being a real focus: good attendance aids swimmer improvements and builds squad culture and team spirit

Liz Runs First Half Marathon for Charity - May 2026

A massive good luck to Jasmine’s mum Liz who is running her first half marathon today in support of a great cause. Here’s a message from Jasmine explaining a bit more about it:

Hello, I’m raising money for Little Green Sock, the baby and children’s clothing bank where I volunteer every week that helps local families who are struggling and in need. To support this My mum is running her first ever half marathon on 31st May at the Great Manchester run and I am asking for donations, thank you if you can help

Jasmine xx

Ps my mum helped me to write this message xx

Here’s the link to donate if you can: https://littlegreensock.enthuse.com/pf/liz-stagg

Darcey Makes Waves in the Triathlon World - May 2026

Llanelli May 2026 - Round 2 of the British Triathlon Super Series

We are so proud of club member Darcey who is truly making waves in the triathlon world and her hard work is paying off!

Darcey had an incredible result a couple of weeks ago finishing as the 6th junior

She was fastest out of the water

finishing in the top few including the seniors and she also did the 2nd fastest junior run split. With a little bit of fine tuning on the bike and transitions, Darcey is seriously one to watch for the future!

Well done Darcey! Keep shining

Pointscore 2 - May 2026

We have had a brilliant night at Pointscore on Sunday; as always, our team pull together to make it a success whatever happens!

With only 4 lanes rather than 5 we had to remove the warm up and finish later, and Helen had to rearrange the whole programme! She did this with out a fuss! Hurdle one beaten!

Hurdle 2 arrived in the form of a broken battery, so the starting system, Dolphin Timing and strobe were all compromised. Again; no fuss, Helen and our Officials team went to plan B and the gala went smoothly! Extra thanks to Club Captain Rosie and (former Club Captain) Isabelle for collecting all the manual times even though they were racing

You will be pleased to hear that the rest of the night ran smoothly!

The swimmers kicked off with a 50 Fly for our bronze group - where our youngest swimmers swam their most challenging event. Of course there were some DQs but EVERYBODY completed their race which is AWESOME.

Our new House T-shirts were superb, a big thank you to @the.kitstop and Martin for sorting!

Group Moves from the last Pointscore:

Moves from bronze to silver : Amelia (Paddles) and Noah (Fins)

Moved from silver to gold : Chloe (pullbuoy) Bella (Kickboard) Mikaela (Paddles)

Awards from the last Pointscore:

Bronze Winner - Orlaith M / Ted M

Silver Winner - Mikaela (overall winner) / Sam H

Gold Winner - Ian M (overall winner)

Penelope H won the Swimmers Draw

2026 Club Records :

Etta : 400 IM / 400 Free / 800 Free Age 9-10

Jay : 400 IM Age 9-10

Wendy : 50 Back / 100 Fly AGE 17/o

Emily : 50 Free /400 IM Age 17/o

Darcy : 800 Free Age 17/o

A big thank you to Helen for organising and her amazing group of Officials plus Ian and Gary on results. Thanks to the Coaches (always) and lifeguards (Michael and Max) and to the Team Managers - John, Matt and Martin who were awesome; plus thank you to Mollie for doing all the main marshalling, plus Eva at the racing end with the swimmers.

Most importantly, thank you to our amazing 108 swimmers who took part; it was a pleasure to watch you swim, the future for Altrincham SC is bright

Imogen Awarded Trafford Gala's Top Girl - May 2026

It was an absolute pleasure to present Imogen T with her “Top Girl” trophy from the Trafford Metro meet at the weekend!

She certainly is a “Top Girl”

Sophia Qualifies for Nationals - May 2026

We are delighted to be able to congratulate Sophia R who has qualified for the Swim England National Summer Meet at Ponds Forge at the end of July in the 100 and 200 Free

Well done Sophia

Mikaela Achieves the Performance Squad Highest Attendance! - May 2026

We’ve been tracking attendance carefully since our new timetable started in February and we are delighted to announce that Mikaela has the highest attendance in Performance Squad (and work ethic to match); She is also really starting to see the fruits of her labour

Sophia is our Swimmer of the Quarter - May 2026

Sophia was voted Swimmer of the Quarter (Jan-Feb-March) due to the progress she has made and the obstacles she has overcome. Sophia raced in her first ever Counties and Regionals whilst also learning to use the strobe, dealing with different circumstances, different requirements and different Referees; She kept very cool and composed even when the strobe didn’t work a few times, coming out with some great swims!

Well done Sophia!

Trafford Spring Meet - May 2026

We had an epic Sunday at the @trafford_metro Spring Meet yesterday!

39 young Alty swimmers- excited and nervous no doubt - and nearly as many Coaches and Team Managers (probably excited and nervous too!)

The racing was great with our swimmers recording PB after PB with lots of smiling faces all round. Our efforts were outstanding and we ended the day with 94 TOP 6 FINISHES! Wow!

We also won around 14

, 15

, and 22

medals - a whopping 51 in total!

I’ll have a go at mentioning the

medallists and any errors I apologise for in advance!

50 Breast: Joshua

Imogen

Sophia C

Mikaela

Jessica

Caitlyn

Bea

50 Fly: Ethan

Imogen

Sophia C

100 Free: Alfie

Jay

Max

Ethan

Imogen

Mikaela

Caitlyn

100 Back: Jay

Abel

Max

Joshua

Ethan

Matthew

Imogen

Seraphina

Caitlyn

100 IM: Alfie

Imogen

Sophia C

Caitlyn

50 Back: Max

Ethan

Imogen

Caitlyn

100 Breast: Lewis

Imogen

Ayla

Evelyn

Sophia C

Laurie

Caitlyn

50 Free: Otis

Max

Imogen

Ayla

Seraphina

Caitlyn

100 Fly: Ethan

Matthew

Sophia C

Evie

A big thank you to everyone who officiated across the day - we couldn’t do it without you! And thanks to our brilliant Team Managers - Jo, Kate, Louisa, Mollie, Ian (yes he managed to be at both meets!), and Jacqui, and to our awesome Coaches Beth and Jade

WELL DONE TO IMOGEN T FOR WINNING TOP GIRL AND CAITLYN WHO WAS 3RD GIRL OVERALL: AWESOME

Sophia Smashes it at Derby XL - May 2026

Sophia has had a pretty wild time through the 2026 National Window… she’s dropped an incredible 7 seconds on her 200 Free since her heat swim at SENW Regionals at the end of March.

Sophia had a huge swim today at Derby XL for a

and a time 2.5 seconds faster than Leeds 3 weeks ago.

Sophia has shown guts, bravery, resilience and humility throughout this key part of the season, and whatever happens tomorrow Sophia, please know you have smashed it

Manchester Open Meet - May 2026

We kicked off the busiest weekend of the year so far with some fantastic swims. In the girls 50 Back, we saw PBs from Poppy and Caitlyn with Sophia C (6th), Mikaela and Jessica putting up a good fight! Ian Z brought us a

and a PB in the 50 Breast , with Ian M in 11th and Hisoka in 5th with another great PB. Sophia swam a PB in the 50 Fly followed by another PB from Poppy in the 100 Free. We had a small army of boys in the 50 Free with big PBs from Ian Z, Ian M, and Max with Hisoka and Jack both swimming pretty much on PB. We finished the morning with an outstanding 100 Breaststroke by Caitlyn who surpassed her top class swim from Regionals last week. Saturday afternoon saw PBs for Sophia C and Poppy in the 200 IM and a 5th for Sophia in the 200 Back

A big shout out to Xander for being an excellent team player; turning up with a sliced finger after spending all last night in A&E and being the best supporter we could have asked for! Thanks to Louisa and Ian for team managing and to James for officiating.

Day 2 kicked off with a PB from Ian Z for 5th and a strong swim from Long Him in the 50 Back. Jack made a great comeback in the 50 Fly for 5th, with Hisoka and Long Him putting in decent times. Ian Z PB’d again for 4th in the 100 Free, then Long Him did not quite hit his entry time but nailed the planned race process. Hisoka and Max posted PBs. Our 100 Breast boys, Ian M and Hisoka both did fantastic PBs showing off some great breaststroke! The afternoon saw Long Him on PB in the 200 Back and 200 IM and Thomas D swam a great 200 Fly! Sophia was back for a final 200 Free of the window - not quite as fast as yesterday but still faster than a couple of weeks ago for a bronze medal

Thank you to TMs Ian and Gary and to Coach Leah for looking after the team so well.

Well done everyone, you’ve been a pleasure to coach this weekend.

Ted - GBR Series Leader Ski Racing - May 2026

As part of our Club’s vision to foster growth, excellence and lifelong achievement, we also like to celebrate when our swimmers excel in other sports!

Outside of swimming, Ted in D3 is also a ski racer. Last weekend, he took part in the Copper Horse Indoor GBR Series 1 & 2 — a national slalom race hosted by Snowsport England, Snowsport Scotland, and Snowsport Wales at The Snow Centre in Manchester. Despite this being Ted’s first entry into a national race, he won gold in both events and is currently the U12 GBR Series leader.

This is absolutely OUTSTANDING! And we are so proud of you Ted, and all the hard work you have been doing.

Well done from everyone at ASC

Final Weekend of SENW Regionals - May 2026

Last weekend of Regionals

Some brilliant PBs this weekend and some amazing finals, well done to all the swimmers this weekend!

Finals:

Emily 200 Breaststroke

Thomas D 200 Butterfly

Second Weekend of SENW Regionals - April 2026

Wow, what a weekend

We kicked off with Sophia in the 50 Free with a PB and qualifying 6th for the finals; Long Him and Toby both swam PBs in the 50 back for 17th and 9th (R1); Caitlyn swam a great 50 Breast for 11th in a PB time. Gary and Kate were happy to showcase the new Altrincham SC flag

Followed by a brilliant afternoon of relays and finals

Sophia swam a fabulous 50 Free final, going sub 30 secs again, just getting touched out in 8th but it was anybody's in a tough final! Well done Sophia; what a great Regional campaign, coming back from injury and showing your determination

We had so much fun with the relays!

We kicked off with the boys over 17 4 x 100 freestyle relay, where Altrincham found themselves in the fastest heat

. Dylan got us off to a great start; Thomas put in a great swim; Max put some power down.

Our over 17 girls absolutely smashed it with Caitlyn; Rosie, Hannah and Emily laying down some fast times for 6th in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay, and then in a real display of team work they worked together (in a reworked format!) for 7th in the medley relay

with Caitlyn on back, Rosie on breast, Niamh on fly and Emily on free.

I really couldn’t be prouder of the 17 and overs, a few years ago having swimmers of this age and calibre still swimming in the club was only a pipe dream

Sunday brought another fantastic day by ASC courtesy of SENW Regionals!

Sophia C swam an excellent PB in the 50 Back for 19th, with Jessica and Hannah (PB) both qualifying for the finals. In gutsy swims, Jessica finished in an excellent 8th and Hannah finished in a breakthrough 6th place with a technically excellent swim

which is testament to her hard work and focus over the last couple of years.

Sophia R smashed out a huge PB in the 50 Fly for 14th overall

Yet again the relays proved to be a lot of fun!

Sam, Long Him, Harry and Toby were up first in the 4 x 100 free relay. They fought hard for a fantastic 19th place in the 14-16 age group

The end of the weekend saw the 14-16 year old girls Medley relay.

The girls were in the first heat and swam a gutsy swim for each other for an excellent 15th place. Hannah led them out with a strong backstroke leg, Poppy did a fantastic job on the breaststroke , handing over to Imogen who did a big PB for a great fly leg. Mollie swam with courage to hold position on the free for a great overall race for the girls!

The boys followed this up with a very strong backstroke leg from Toby, Long Him battled hard against some fast breaststrokers before handing over to Sam for the fly. Sam dug deep with a great swim in and handed over to Harry for a strong finish. The boys finished in 18th

I must say a huge thank you to Ian and Gary who were Team Managers: it was a really long weekend but your positive energy was invaluable. Thank you to Kristina for team managing the relays this afternoon too.

Shout out to the Officials including Caitlyn who was on the Officials team today after all her swims yesterday.

Well done Team Alty - we’ve still got it!

Kristina Smashes the Manchester Marathon - April 2026

Massive well done to our inspiring Coach Kristina who smashed it at Manchester Marathon on Sunday

A marathon is never easy but Kristina really did have a few years of obstacles to overcome including a meniscus tear. She did the rehab and built the running back up for an absolutely outstanding result this weekend

Pointscore Houses Cannon Relay - April 2026

Thank you to everyone who made it to the cannon relay last night despite all the road closures - it was a lot of fun!!!

Thanks to Helen for her leadership, to John and Matt (and Max and Emily) who looked after the teams and to the lane Officials for making it happen!

Here are the all important results

1st Fins

2nd Pullbuoy

3rd Paddles

4th Kickboard

Well done to ALL the swimmers, I had the benefit of being able to watch and i was impressed with each and every one of you!

First Weekend of SENW Regionals - March 2026

We were so proud of the team today, completing the first weekend of SENW Regionals 2026 with style!

Long Him kicked us off with a big PB in the 100 Back for 17th in age group.

Sophia R swam a super PB in the 400 Free for 8th in age group.

Sophia C swam a huge 11 second 200 Back PB for 14th place in her age group, battling hard for a really well executed swim.

Sophia R fought hard in the 100 Free heats with a PB to qualify for the final. She swam even harder in the final for yet another PB and

th place - brutally close to 3rd!

Long Him swam a really solid 400 IM for a PB with lots of really positive learnings.

Not only did the team swim well; they were a pleasure to be around; providing friendship and team spirit to each other and keeping us all amused with their many stories.

A big thank you also to Gary for being a great team manager and to all the organisers and officials

Sophia's a Winner at Sandwell! - April 2026

Massive well done to Sophia with a big PB in the 100 Free and a GOLD medal at the Sandwell Aquatics centre!

Outstanding swimming

City of Leeds National Qualifier - April 2026

Amazing effort from all our swimmers at Leeds

Special mention to Sophia for her awesome 200 freestyle PB and bronze medal

And great job to William for his duck and first time swimming in a 50 meter pool

Pointscore 1 - March 2026

It was an exciting night last night for ASC as we held our first Pointscore back at Move Altrincham! Back in our spiritual home the Pointscore saw a lot of fast swimming from over 100 members. The vibes were high and there was some brilliant team spirit, exactly what our Club is all about

Well done to all those swimmers who got promoted and to the Pointscore winners from the last round!

BRONZE WINNERS

Penelope H (overall winner)

Hugo M

SILVER WINNERS

Mikaela J

Matthew G

GOLD WINNERS

Sophia R

Xander R (overall winner)

Leila B won the swimmers’ lucky dip

Wendy D received the GOLD CUP

for achieving all of the gold qualification times - well done Wendy this is a fantastic achievement

A few thank yous!

First to Helen who works so hard to make these events happen, and to the Officials team and results desk who are absolutely brilliant and ensure that all of our internal events are licensed.

Thank you to our Team Managers - John, Matt, and Martin who looked after the children so well. To Mollie for manning the main marshalling station and to Beth, Jade, Andy and Dylan for brilliant coaching and marshalling support all evening (and for helping to lock up the building

)

Thank you to all the parents/carers spectating which provided a great atmosphere.

But mostly a big thank you to our swimmers! We had so many new members who were so brave and stepped into racing so well (like ducks to water

) to our veteran 9 and 10 year olds who have grown so much in confidence that they are now helping the other swimmers

and to our older swimmers who definitely brought the competitive spirit and fun last night. Well done to you all - results are in the Members Area of the website.

If any parents fancy becoming an Official or a Team Manager please do get in touch

Manchester International Meet - March 2026

What an extravaganza of swimming! Our amazing team of swimmers stepped up and swam some brilliant PBs to make it an excellent day at the Manchester International Meet. Thanks to @wearecomast organisers for all the effort put in to making this meet feel a bit special.

Thanks to Ian, Martin and Gary for being amazing Team Managers as always, and to Max and Jack who were excellent cheerleaders and helped hype the swimmers for their races

Our swimmers swam their hardest. Shout out to Poppy who was ill and Jessica who was injured, plus Hannah and Toby balancing revision and real life super effectively

Star of the day was Caitlyn who swam a 2 second PB in the 100 Breaststroke for a place in the prestigious Junior Final: to see you so happy was a privilege, well done.

Our swimmers were Hannah (50 Back, 50 Fly, 200 Back), Jessica (50 and 200 Back), Ian (50 Breast), Thomas D (50 Breast; 50 Free, 100 Fly), Caitlyn (50 Back, 100 Free, 100 Breast), Long Him (100 Back, 50 Free) Toby (100 Back, 200 Free), Poppy (200 Back), Sophia (400 Free)

Amazing work gang, great swimming

Regional Qualifiers - March 2026

Well done to all of our swimmers who qualified for and entered the SENW Summer Regionals this year! We look forward to seeing you representing ASC with pride over the next 2 months

Burnley Bobcats Meet - March 2026

What a brilliant weekend of swimming!

A huge thank you to the team at @burnleybobcats for a fantastic meet and for making us so welcome! We’d also like to say thank you to the Referee and Starter teams who did a fantastic job as always but were so helpful to Altrincham SC and our swimmers!

In a meet that involved over 30 of our swimmers from the oldest to the very youngest, we saw 20 medals, and some amazing PB stand out swims! Well done to Alfie, Isaac, Phillip, Beatrice and Otis swimming their first ever external meet, and to cheerleader Clara who came to support the team which was a brilliant thing to see

Shout out to Ian M who got his first ever regional time in 50 Breast with a storming swim, and to Xander who managed 8 huge PBs out of 8 swims after a few disappointments at the end of last year! Well done both.

ASC Swimmer of the Meet has to be Annie C who shone in the 9 year olds with 5 medals and big PBs!

Medals

Long Him

Thomas B

William S

Imogen T

Caitlyn

Annie

Etta

Imogen W

Sophia C

Jessica S

Thomas D

Ian M

We couldn’t run these meets without our amazing Team Managers Matt, Kristina, John, Louisa (and Mollie!) - what a team you were

Thank you to our parents who volunteered as Officials and to Jane who was an excellent Starter on Sunday afternoon

North West Masters Regionals - February 2026

Massive well done to Emily and Niamh who both absolutely smashed it today at the NW Masters Regionals

their smiles say it all!

Emily:

50 Free, Silver

400 Free, Gold

100 Free, Gold

Niamh:

400 Free, (PB) Silver

50 Fly - Silver

Well done to Emily and Niamh we are lucky to have you both still enjoying training and racing so much

Shout out to @otterscarnforth … we look after Niamh whilst she’s at uni

Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Roundup

That’s a wrap for Counties 2026! We have seen 3 great weekends of racing, with lots of great swims and learning opportunities!

Swimming is a tough sport at the best of times but as a small club we’ve had so much to deal with managing pool time over the last few years. Just as we thought things were going to be on the up, St Ambrose shut at the start of November with our top squad losing around 40% of their pool time. There was so much uncertainty in the weeks that followed, and thank you to Move Altrincham who have rallied round to help save our programme which we managed to launch right at the end of January

We matched our medal total from last year which was great to see with 26 medals in total

Top girl is a real new comer, who always wants to learn, always tries her best and is a really hard worker. She’s lovely to have as part of our team! Etta has only just turned 10 and at her first counties won 1

1

and 1

Etta was 6th girl over all in the 10-11 age group. Keep up the good work Etta and keep smiling always!

We made 85 top 8 finishes which is fantastic, with a strong PB rate

Our other fantastic medal winners were:

Jack

Sophia R

Olivia

Jessica

Long Him

Sam

Hannah

Toby

Relay (Thomas,Dylan,Jack,Max)

Well done to all the swimmers! The hard work continues now with our new programme and lots of gains to be made for the rest of the season

Thanks to our team managers: Gary, Catherine, Emma, Kristina, Jo, Ian and Jacqui and to all our officials who work so hard to get the swimmers in the right place at the right time.

Thanks to all of our coaches who are so invested in getting the best out of the swimmers, and who have adapted so well to the multiple timetable changes. Thanks to Leah and Kate for their dedication to the swimmers, watching every race in detail and dealing with all the nerves!

Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Relays

We had a really fun afternoon at the relays with our teams stepping up against the best in the County!

Firstly, a big shout out to our Open age male Medley relay team of Thomas (Back) Dylan (Breast) Jack (Fly) and Max (Free) who won our one and only medal of the afternoon with a fantastic bronze

- there were some fantastic splits in there too!

We had a number of top 8 finishes!

6 x 5th places in the open mixed free, 15-16 boys medley, 13-14 boys free, open mixed medley, 15-16 boys free and the boys open age free.

1 x 6th place in the female open age free relay

7 x 7th place in the 15-16 mixed medley, 13-14 mixed medley, 10-12 boys free, 15-16 girls medley, 10-12 girls medley, 15-16 girls free, plus the amazing cannon relay of Sophia R, Emily, Sophia C, Adam, Mollie, Long Him, Tom & Jack

2 x 8th places 15-16 mixed medley, 13-14 mixed freestyle

Before the relays started we saw the overall category results, with Etta 6th overall in the 10-11 girls

Thank you to our amazing Team Managers Jo, Gary, Jacqui and Ian! You absolutely smashed it. Thanks to our Officials too.

Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Final Weekend

We had a fantastic final weekend of Counties with more PBs, finals and medals!

First, a shout out to Seraphina her first ever counties event - and she made a final!

Saturday saw a great day of racing with medals from Jack

, Sophia

, Etta

, Jessica

, Hannah

, Toby

In total

Well done team - really great results and effort. Here is the full run down:

100 Free

Toby FINAL PB 8th

Jack FINAL

50 Free

Sophia FINAL PB

Nina 12th PB

Emily FINAL 7th PB

Caitlyn 15th PB

100 IM

Long Him 10th R2

Toby FINAL 8th PB

Jack FINAL 7th

Thomas B 16th PB

400 IM

Imogen 7th

Emily 7th

50 Back

Seraphina FINAL 6th PB

Etta FINAL

PB

Sophia FINAL 6th PB

Jessica FINAL

PB

Sophia 14th

Hannah FINAL

PB

200 Fly

Sam M 5th

200 Free

Sophia 7th PB

Emily 7th

200 Back

Long Him 6th

Toby

PB

Harry 8th

Thomas 8th

200 IM

Long Him 12th

Sam 8th

Harry 17th

Thomas 14th PB

Etta 6th PB

Imogen 9th

Hannah 12th

Rosie 10th PB

Thanks to Leah for amazing coaching and to Emma, Gary and Catherine for being great Team Managers. Thanks to all our parents who officiated over this weekend too - it’s much appreciated

Cheshire County Championships 2026 - Second Weekend

Another fantastic weekend of swimming at Cheshire Counties from our swimmers. We had some amazing swims and medals!

We had everything from a 50 freestyle, 1500 freestyle to 400 IM it was a very busy weekend for our swimmers and they really turned up for it!

Well done to Olivia H for competing in her first counties in 200 Butterfly and coming away with a medal

Thank you to the team managers over the weekend Martin, Ian, Gary and to Kristina and Kate for doing all day Sunday

Saturday:

50 Breastroke Final - Dylan

1500 Freestyle - Tomas R

100 Breastroke Final - Caitlyn

50 Freestyle Final - Thomas R

200 Backstroke - Etta

Sunday:

100 Freestyle Final - Sophia R, Emily

100 Butterfly Final - Thomas R, Sam

200 Butterfly - Olivia H

200 Freestyle - Thomas R

100 Breaststroke Final - Sam

400 IM - Long Him

, Thomas R

, Sam

Sunderland Long Course Meet - January 2026

Well done to Jack who travelled to Sunderland this weekend for some long course racing. He started the meet well on day one with a 5th in 50 Fly and 17th in the 100 Free.

Day two saw Jack finishing 10th in the 100m Butterfly and 15th in the 50m Freestyle.

Well done to Jack for great swims in a hot Sunderland pool inside, and icy cold Sunderland outside! Thanks to Lewis for coaching support

Cheshire County Championships 2026 - First Weekend

What a great start for the team at Cheshire Counties this weekend; Our swimmers showed up and produced some great performances!

There were some brilliant PBs and some excellent racing! Well done to Etta, Sophia C and Joshua racing in their first ever Counties and to Imogen, Toby, Nina and Caitlyn for setting the tone and training Saturday morning in prep for the meet in the afternoon/evening.

It was a pleasure to watch the racing, and the team spirit was amazing, with everyone looking after each other. The swimmers dealt with what the races threw at them and finished up smiling.

Big love to Sophia and Jessica who battled on despite their racing circumstances on Sunday.

Thank you to Gary, Catherine and Jo for being fantastic Team Managers and to Coach Leah for excellent poolside presence and for bringing the snacks. Even though we were still zombies when we arrived for training at 6pm on Sunday, the snacks definitely helped!

Here are our excellent results:-

Girls 50 Fly

Sophia 11th

Nina 10th (R2)

Imogen 12th

Hannah FINAL 8th

800 Free

Sophia 6th

Emily 5th

Toby 6th

Boys 100 Back

Long Him FINAL 7th

Harry 12th

Toby FINAL 6th

Thomas B 10th R2

Girls 50 Breast

Etta 11th

Sophia 12th

Caitlyn 13th

Boys 200 Breast

Long Him 6th

Sam 4th

Thomas 7th

100 IM

Hannah B 10th R2 #ñ

Hannah Bi 12th PB

Caitlyn 16th

50 Fly

Long Him FINAL 7th PB

Sam 13th

400 Free

Sophia 5th PB

Emily 5th PB

50 Back

Joshua 14th

Max 9th R1

Long Him FINAL 5th PB

Toby FINAL 7th PB

Harry 16th

Thomas B 10th R2

100 Back

Etta FINAL

PB

Sophia C FINAL 6th PB

Sophia R 14th PB

Jessica FINAL 8th

Hannah FINAL 6th PB

400 Free

Toby 6th

Well done to all of our amazing team, and to our Officials who help make it happen! See you next week

Cheshire County Qualifiers 2026

WELL DONE TO OUR AMAZING CHESHIRE COUNTY QUALIFIERS!

We are absolutely delighted to see such an extensive list of swimmers who have qualified for Cheshire Counties 2026! It’s fantastic to see a such range of ages and squads represented, with a lot new faces joining the old pros!

It’s a great achievement to qualify for Counties and a lot of hard work has gone into these qualifications. From the hard work in training to chasing the qualification times in the November and December galas it’s been quite a journey for some! There are also those swimmers who did the work but just missed out. We look forward to the meets in the Spring where they will come through stronger

We look forward to the racing starting on the 24 January and finishing with the exciting County Relays on 8th February.

Thanks to all the Coaches for their hard work and support to the swimmers too!

Manchester Area Cross Country League - January 2026

It’s always great to celebrate our swimmers however they excel, and yesterday we saw some of our swimmers out racing at the Manchester Area Cross Country League @manareaxc at Tatton Park.

What a beautiful day it was, on a tough but crisp and frosty course.

I was absolutely delighted to be able to watch Joshua L from Pre Performance take the win

in the U11 boys and Jacob R from D1 take 3rd place

. Mollie from Performance also did a fantastic job in the U15 girls with a fast run too

Joshua had already warmed up at Move Altrincham with a nice 20x100 threshold set at 6am

If you’ve ever seen the MACCL it’s a high quality field so it’s fantastic to see our swimmers doing so brilliantly. We hope their training in the pool has helped with their cardiovascular development for running!!

Well done everyone

- and if I’ve missed anyone who was also running, I’m so sorry and well done

Trafford Christmas Cracker - December 2025

We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas time at the fantastic Trafford Borough Christmas Cracker. We saw some outstanding swimming from all the Trafford clubs and the other visitors, which made for a really uplifting day!

Our swimmers absolutely smashed it with PB after PB and 67 (yes 6-7 sorry) medals. It’s a wonderful total and matches our huge medal tally from back in 2021!

Thanks to Coach Leah for great energy and feedback throughout the meet, ALL our Officials of which there were many, our medal desk, raffle and Marshall volunteers and Ian, Kristina, Nick and Jo as our excellent TMs.

Here’s a run down of the medals. Special shout out to Imogen for lots of gold medals and great times this weekend, Evelyn for her first big gala, Etta, Hugo and Ian Z for lots of golds also and Michael W for an incredible comeback swim for 2:00.01 in the 200 Free.

It was so fun to welcome back our 3 retired swimmers Dylan, Max and Michael who came back for some fun racing, with Michael taking the victory in the 100 Free face off (plus the excellent 200), Max victory in the 100 IM and Dylan in the 50 Free. It’s lovely to see them back in the pool!

Sophia R

Poppy P

Max W

Long Him

Xander

Toby

Sophia C

Imogen

Mollie

Hugo

Ian Z

Michael W

Joshua

Etta

Olivia H

Sophia H

Mikaela

Dylan

Max O

Laurie

Evie

Rosie

Ian M

Hannah B

Sophia Hs

Thomas

Bea

Seraphina

67 medals

= 25

= 24

= 18

And that’s a wrap for galas 2025! Well done everyone and a big MERRY CHRISTMAS

Preston Christmas Cracker - December 2025

What an amazing weekend we had at the Preston Christmas Cracker

There were so many stand out swims (ducks galore) and a brilliant team spirit! Our swimmers were amazing throughout and we even brought home TOP VISITING CLUB

What a team effort!

Thank you to Coach Leah for being fantastic all weekend, there were a lot of races to watch and feedback on but we didn’t miss anyone

Thanks to the Team Managers (you were awesome) - Matt, John, Kristina, Emma, Louisa & Gary

plus our Officials, James, Jacqui, Jayne, Jez & Jonathan (if I missed anyone… I’m so sorry)

We had medals galore and so many PBs and ducks - here’s a round up (the results service is down so again I’m sorry if I missed anything)

67 MEDALS

= 23

= 16

= 27

William S

Jay

Lily

Imogen W

Evie

Long Him

Imogen T

Sophia R

Mollie

Sophia H

Poppy

Etta

Caitlyn

Olivia H

Sam

Jessica

Xander

Toby

Sophia C

Hannah

Mikaela

Beatrice

Ella

Jessica S

Winter Nationals - December 2025

Massive well done to Jack who smashed out a great 50 Fly at Winter Nationals, for 33rd placed Junior in a stacked field! Great attitude and lots to build on. Well done Jack!

That closes our Winter Nationals campaign with Jack having had great swims with lots of potential for the rest of the season

. Thanks also to Coach Lewis for being on poolside duty

Arena League Final Round - December 2025

What a fantastic performance from our Arena team in the final round!!! A stunning 5th place - we fought hard and finished strongly!

With lots of swimmers swimming up and being on the younger side of the age groups we were so proud of the team performance in a tough line up!

There were first places from Sophia C in the 10-11 50 Back, and the 16/Over 4x50 Free Relay of Dylan F, Max O, and Michael W and - all swimming 25.1 or below for the win

It was last gala for our wonderful team member Erin, who is moving away from swimming to pursue her dodgeball career. Erin is a fantastic athlete, she can turn her hand to anything she wants to and she has been a big asset to ASC. There were lots of tears last night, dodgeball is lucky to have you

Don’t be a stranger Erin and good luck with every thing you do.

Thanks to Team Managers Gary, Ian & Matt, Coach Leah, and to the officials Jacqui, Felicity and Louisa

1. City of Liverpool

2. Northern Celts

3. Wrexham

4. Southport

5. Altrincham

6. Carlisle Aquatics

7. Carnforth Otters

8. Winsford B

Percy Mason Meet - November 2025

Awesome swimming tonight from the team at the Percy Mason meet. Thank you @warriorsofwarrington for a fantastic evening!

PB for Poppy and the

in the B final in the 800 free

4th for Sophia in the 800 free with a new PB time

Toby dominated his heat for a huge PB in the 800 free and 5th in age group

Sam swam a brave race and was rewarded with a big PB and 4th in age group

Isabelle swam a solid and well paced race despite losing her hat part way through! Well held Isabelle

Emily showed some great early season promise with some consistent pacing for 3rd

in age group

Well done everyone, you all deserved your ducks tonight: proud coach. Great attitude and great delivery.

Stockport Metro Open Meet - November 2025

Fantastic showing at Stockport from the team, against some of the fastest swimmers around. We were treated to some excellent racing across the weekend.

Jack had a great swim for 8th in the 17/over with a second fastest ever time in the 100 Free and then Jack was a welcome support to the team this afternoon taking splits and discussing race tactics

Caitlyn is getting back to her best with a great 100 Breast for 5th in the 16 age group and then she smashed her 50 Free PB for 13th place.

Sam swam well for 10th in the 400 Free, with just a few tweaks in pacing around the middle he’d have taken a PB

but solid swimming nonetheless.

Sophia swam brilliantly in the 200 Free consolidating her new PB and getting the process right for 7th, she also swam to a great 7th in the 50 Free

Max swam a great 50 breast winning his heat for a seasons best and 4th in the 16 years age group - hitting his first 25 exactly how he wanted to. (Thanks to Jack for the timekeeping

)

A big thanks to Dylan and Lewis for leading on the Coach support this morning

Sunday kicked off with a little bit of a flat start for Sam in the 400 IM, but after a swim down and a chat with the team he came back for a massive PB in the 50 Fly

That is definitely the way to roll! Love this Sam

Jack stepped up for probably the swim of the day with a life time best in 100 fly and a really well executed race plan. He was 0.1 outside the Winter Nationals time and couldn’t quite match it in the final but it was a fantastic effort, with lots of potential. He sandwiched the heat and final with a great 50 Fly winning the 17 and over age group! Nice morning Jack

Next up was Sophia in the 100 Free with a strong swim for 7th in her age group. She then swam a solid 50 back. Sophia swam the backstroke as a warm up for her 400 free which we were using purely to help her learn the race process… and she smashed out an outstanding PB! Well done Sophia

Jack kicked off with a PB in the 100 IM to get the afternoon session started.

Our last swimmer of the day was Caitlyn, who’d also been volunteering as a marshal in the morning session. She’s always strong in a 50 breast and she did not disappoint, well done Caitlyn

great swimming.

ASC Distance Championships 2025, Session 2 - November 2025

We had another great night at Club Champs last night with the boys 200 fly and breast and the girls 200 back, free, IM and skins

We had a bumper night of Club records, with Wendy in the 17 and over 200 back, Adam H in the 9-10 200 Fly and Dylan in the 17 and over 200 Breast

The Skins were fierce with Bella taking the win in the 14/unders, Mikaela in 2nd and Jessica in 3rd, and in the 15 and overs Sophia stepped up for 3rd place, Emily in 2nd and Rosie won with a fantastic finish in the last 50 Fly! Well done everyone; that was superb and lots of fun!

In other news, Hannah and Daisy swam PBs at BUCS, doing us all proud.

Session 1 of 2025 Distance Championships - November 2025

What a return to racing at @move_altrincham for the first night of our Distance Club Champs !

The atmosphere was fantastic, everything worked and the swimmers smashed out some great 200 PBs!

We finished the night with the boys’ skins competition which was very exciting! Qualifiers were 15 & over - Dylan, Sam, Toby, Thomas and Matthew and 14 & under - Long Him, Ian, Felix, Sam and Joshua. The racing was close and tense with Long Him taking the victory in the 14 & under followed by Felix then Ian and in the 15 & over it looked like an easy victory for Coach Dylan. However after a blistering first 25 in the final round Dylan seemed to take a break at the wall, with Sam taking victory and Thomas in 3rd place. Well done to everyone who took part!

As always a huge thank you to Helen and her team, all the parent volunteers who make this happen, to Kristina, Emma and Matt who were brilliant TMs and to the Coaches for their great input too. Also a special thank you to Scott from Move Alty who was literally the most helpful he could have been, what a

We can’t wait for next week now!

Arena League Round 2 - November 2025

I can’t shout loud enough about this team tonight, they were absolutely AWESOME!

Round 2 of Arena League saw more drop outs than we have ever seen as a club; from prior engagements to the dreaded illness and injury. However our amazing team stepped up and swam with heart and soul to take a comfortable 4th place over all!

Thank you to all the swimmers who stepped in, swam up, swam random events and saved the day, we could not be prouder coaches tonight.

ASC you really showed your spirit tonight, WELL DONE, that was pretty difficult but you smashed it!!

SENW Winter Regionals - November 2025

Well done to our fantastic team of swimmers who represented ASC at SENW Winter Regionals this year.

Jack kicked it off on day 1 in the 100 Free, qualifying for the B Final. Jack finished joint 7th in the B

Next up was Caitlyn with a strong swim in the 50 Breast for 35th over all

Jack had a great 50 Fly coming 7th in the A Final

Wendy swam a fast 200 Back for 21st place

Wendy’s race was closely followed by Jack up again in the 100 IM, finishing in 17th - 1st reserve for the B Final

The afternoon session started with some excitement with Wendy matching her PB and ending up with a swim off for 1st reserve in the 50 Back

We all love a swim off

In the 50 Free Jack just missed out on the B Final for 17th

Last up was Caitlyn in the 100 Breast coming 37th in a tough field

The second day was another hit - Sam was up first with a great start, owning the fly and the back in his heat of the 400 IM to come 22nd

Next was Jack in the 100 Fly with a solid heat swim which got him into the B Final. Knocking almost a second off his heat time Jack took the win in the B Final

The next race was the 50 Breast for Max who is deciding to make a bit of a comeback. He did a season’s best for 39th with a smile on his face.

Wendy swam a great 100 IM showcasing some great turns and Underwaters, for 25th overall.

Wendy then went onto swim a very solid 100 Back finishing in 18th and 2nd reserve for the B Final.

Well done team you should be very proud of your performances!

A massive thanks to our top cheerleader for the weekend, Michael, who supported the team brilliantly!

Swim Camp - October 2025

Once again our annual Swim Camp was a fantastic success. We had an awesome camp, and had the privilege of taking some wonderful personalities with us. We saw some determined and resilient swimming, alongside some fantastic team spirit.

The swimmers thrived and with all trips like this, they learned a lot.

Thank you to our dedicated team of Team Managers and Coaches, the commitment shown was absolutely outstanding and often goes under the radar.

So the sun sets on this camp, and we look forward to some fast and determined swimming to come

Wigan Best Future Stars - October 2025

A huge well done to Sophia and Poppy who both swam awesome PBs in the 800 and 1500 at the @wiganbest Future Stars Meet last night, with Sophia bagging the

too!

Thanks to Felicity and James and Caitlyn who stepped up to help officiate at the meet too! Getting to Wigan on a Friday night isn’t always straightforward but these meets wouldn’t happen without the dedication of the officials giving up their own time.

Arena League Round 1 - October 2025

A massive well done to our fantastic Arena team who took team spirit to the next level and swam brilliantly in Darwen tonight!

There were loads of PBs across the team from the oldest to the youngest.

It was a tough gig with a couple of debatable DQs in the first couple of races which lost us a lot of points but our blue and yellow

team kept fighting and brought it back for 5th place.

There were stand out swims from Hannah B with a massive 1st place in the 15/u 100 Back, and Dylan, Michael W, and Max for smashing a huge win in the Open Male 4 x 50 Freestyle relay. Still got it!

Emily delivered a great 200 IM and 100 Free and Long Him delivered some consistently excellent relay swims stepping up seamlessly to swimming in the older age group.

As a team, you were brilliant; keep up the hard work

Thanks to Gary, Jacqui and Ian for Team Managing, and Felicity and James for officiating. Thanks to our cheerleaders who came to support us

Special mention to Coach Leah who refused to even be photographed a year ago when she joined and today she was all in with the Austen Powers style blue and yellow vibes

Wigan BCM Meet - October 2025

Well done to all our swimmers who raced amazingly at the Wigan gala over the weekend. Lots of pbs, medals and fun!

Thank you to all our officials and team managers for your help!

Well done to all our younger swimmers competing in their first or second gala! And all our 9-10 year olds who achieved everything from a 1-39 second pb you all did so well

Our top swimmer of the meet is Sam with amazing swimming in every race, PB’s and medals over the 2 days

A total of 43 medals

- 8

- 13

- 22

Sophia H

Jessica

Xander

Sam

Olivia H

Hannah

Toby

Etta

Imogen W

Sophia C

Ian

Long Him

Joshua

Isabelle

Bea

Caitlyn

Ethan

Sophia R

William

Rosie

Event Calendar

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

Club Kit

If you need a swimming hat, these are available for £5.50 each for the standard Club hat and we also have some ASC Bullet Hats back in stock (priced at £12.50). If you'd like to order one, please email kit@altrinchamsc.org.uk

All other Club kit can be purchased through The Kit Stop website, or via the link here.

Resource Information

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.

Reporting Absence

There is no need to report any absence from training sessions. The only exception to this is if the absence is anticipated to be prolonged (more than a couple of weeks).

Contacting Coaches

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 to headcoach@altrinchamsc.org.uk.

Club Contact

For any queries or questions, please email secretary@altrinchamsc.org.uk

Fundraising by Shopping

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