Club News

Written by Suzanne Smelt With the short course season in full swing, BOK Swimming Club, with swimmers from JP2, JP1, RP, SP and Masters, was well represented at this Level 1 Gala across both the ‘age group’ and ‘open’ events. Motivation to achieve personal bests, develop racing strategies, put into practice skills and technique, and achieve qualifying times for the upcoming English Nationals, was behind many of the success stories of the weekend! Thank-you so much to the coaches and team-managers who supported the swimmers through a marathon of a meet, with two competitions being run simultaneously!  These swimmers reached […]

Written by Suzanne Smelt As part of the qualification procedure for the national events, the next ranked swimmers following the British qualifiers were invited to compete at the Swim England National Summer Meet (August 5-9 2022). All swimmers performed to the best of their ability and were an absolute credit to this club. BOK is hugely proud, that the following swimmers qualified to race in these individual and team relay events: English Nationals Qualifiers Gracie Beaumont 100 back; Maisie Catt MC 50, 100 and 400 free; Luke Clegg 200 free 200 back; Isabel Farmer 100 free; Evie Lambert MC 50 […]

Written by Suzanne Smelt The summer of 2022 was a sizzling summer of swimming as a cohort of BOK swimmers raced against the best in the country at national-level events. These top-ranking athletes earned their invited places to the British Summer Championships (July 22-28 2022) based on rankings from their performances at level 1 meets from March to May 2022. BOK is hugely proud, that the following swimmers qualified to race in these individual and team relay events: British Championships Qualifiers Emily Brook 100 fly; Rory Bryant and Louis Cass 4×100 boys 14-16 years free relay; Astrid Carroll MC 100 […]