Hounslow Jets Swimming Club

🎓✈️ KEEP FLYING, JETS! ✈️🎓
Hounslow Jets may be a young club, but we’re so proud to see another group of our older members heading off to their next adventures. 💙
These swimmers have truly grown up with the Club — swimming, competing, coaching, supporting teammates and becoming a huge part of the Jets family.
We’ll miss you all SO much… although we’re expecting to see you back in the holidays! 😉💙
A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our 2026 leavers:
📚 Ffion — University of Warwick, English & History (Joint Honours)
🎬 Mia — Arts University Bournemouth, Film Production
🎭 Faith — Millennium Performing Arts, BA Musical Theatre
🏛️ Alex — University of Oxford, Classics
📖 Olivia W — Richmond College, continuing her studies
🏎️ Oli R — Loughborough University, Automotive Engineering
We’re incredibly proud of your achievements and, most of all, the people you’ve become. ❤️
Wherever your next chapter takes you, remember — once a Jet, always a Jet! 💙
Go smash it, guys. The world is waiting… ✨
KEEP FLYING! ✈️💙

We are OPEN but hounslowjets.org website is currently down for maintenance, we are not sure when it will be back up. Please email one of us if you need to contact us and to enquire about trials etc - we are open to new swimmers!
Please email [email protected], [email protected] or [email protected] if you need to contact us/enquire about a trial etc

🎉🎉Fantastic swim for Alfie in the 17y 50 free finals this afternoon. 24.46 saw him finish 4th by just 4/100th of a second. That was his second final of the week at Swim England Summer Nationals 2026 and the last swim of the season for Hounslow Jets - what a way to finish! We are incredibly proud of you Alfie. Thank you to the coaching team and volunteers who help keep the club running and allow swimmers to thrive and reach their potential

As Nationals season kicks off, huge congratulations to our swimmer Alfie Tang who has qualified for Summer Nationals for the second year in a row. He’ll be swimming 50 and 100 free. The photo is of him after competing in Hong Kong Age Group Long Course Division 3 recently - we hope the medals can be added to in Sheffield! Good luck and swim fast Alfie!

It’s not all about the competition! On Saturday, Jets swimmers from all squads took part in a fun session - thanks the use of a achievement award put out the inflatables for an hour and pizza refreshments were available for everyone! There was a lot of fun and glimpses of other aquatics disciplines - water polo and artistic swimming of a sort 😂
It’s not quite the end of the season yet - post about our Nationals qualifier will come soon

Another amazing weekend for Jets across three different events: meet, Open Water Regionals and some Club time trials
Congratulations to everyone, PBs and medals galore for the swimmers again, with huge smiles all round
Special mentions to Sam for his Middlesex 🥈(5km) and Xavier for his 🥉(2km) at the Open Water champs.
And also it was fantastic to see more parents stepping up as Timekeepers for the club event at Chiswick - here’s to more officials in training 📋
Thanks to our coaching team, parents and volunteers across all of the events, your support of our swimmers is invaluable

Our Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Award Winners for January to June 2026 are:

Emilia Priestley for her ongoing hard work and achievements including becoming a Regional medallist at the most recent summer competitions

Natalia Weclewska for her attitude and improvement in training, and for being encouraging, positive and supportive of other team mates

Olivia Rybarova for her positive attitude, improvement and attendance in both swim and land training, and for being a supportive and always friendly team mate

Sam Bolo Vladiuc for his work poolside over the past months, supporting and encouraging younger swimmers.

Congratulations to all of them!

We are incredibly grateful for all of the support and celebration that the Jack Petchey Foundation provide for our young people

As Volunteers’ Week comes to an end, we’d like to thank our volunteers again for all they do
and will continue to recognise and celebrate their contribution throughout the year.
Our Club would not run without all of our volunteers - committee, officials, team managers and everyone - thank you to all of you for helping all of our swimmers reach their potential!

After a couple of glorious weeks, some of our braver swimmers decided this weekend’s grey skies were a great time to get back into the open water season! Though one or two have been in the lakes all winter, 18C was a shock to the system to others. Great to see them all getting into it - here’s to the open water competition season

To all Hounslow Jets members taking on exams, especially GCSEs and A Levels, we want to wish you the very best of luck as you taxi onto the runway for this important exam season. You’ve clocked up the hours, put in the hard yards, and shown real perseverance—now it’s time to trust your preparation and get ready for take‑off. As the saying goes, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” and that courage is something we see from you week in, week out at the pool. With it being Mental Health Awareness Week, we’re especially aware of the turbulence exams can bring, so please remember that myself and our entire coaching team are always on hand if you need to talk about anything at all. While training loads are reduced during this period, we still recommend swimming and exercise as a great way to de‑stress, improve sleep, and give your mind a first‑class break from revision. Keep your eyes on the horizon, stay grounded when needed, and know that the Jets family is behind you as you fly through this season—ready to climb, cruise, and land safely on the other side.

Best Wishes
Steve and the Coaching team!!