Altrincham Swimming Club

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! 💙💛

One of our most successful and longest standing swimmers, Hannah B, will be taking on a new challenge in September and we are so excited for her!

Hannah will be starting school down in Somerset at Millfield on Tuesday, where she can combine her academic studies with her love for swimming. Millfield is a wonderful school in the South West of England where the sporting opportunities for students are outstanding.

Thank you Hannah for your contribution to ASC and everything you’ve brought us. We will miss seeing you every day! We wish you all the very best for a wonderful sixth form at Millfield Swimming 🔴🟢🔵, they are lucky to have you. Don’t be a stranger and we will see you at Swim Camp in October!!!

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!

Here’s a big shout out to anyone getting their GCSE results tomorrow 💪💪

Wishing all the Year 13 the very best of luck for their exam results tomorrow 🙏🏼

A huge well done (and super well deserved) to our wonderful Helen who has been short listed for the Swim England North West SENW Technical Official of the Year. Helen has worked tirelessly for over a decade making meets happen and mentoring other officials, we really hope that she gets the result she deserves at the Awards in Leigh at the start of October 💙💛

We are also very privileged as a club to have been shortlisted for NW Club of the Year, a lot of work goes on behind the scenes to give our swimmers the best that we can possibly offer!

Thank you to everyone who nominated the club and Helen it means a lot 💙💛

Ninja training tonight: our pre performance squad excelled at the ninja themed swim tasks to complete their ninja training.

Well done to every one but particularly Jay for round 1 “a Ninja goes Undetected”, Alice for the most aggressive Ninja Warrior, Annie our Stealthiest Ninja, William and Kenton our “Silent Ninja Fighting Ninja” warriors and Otis our “Total Ninja”

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 🎉🎉 Now it’s time to enjoy a break and the rest of the summer ☀️☀️

Shopping trip ✅
Race prep done ✅
Nando’s eaten ✅

Sophia is ready for her 100 Free in the morning - tune in at 8:30am for the big race 💙💛

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. We can’t wait for the 100 Free on Friday. ASC is very proud of you 💙💛