The crazy weather felt by the UK unfortunately interfered with many swimmers' plans to head to South Coast of Wales for the annual Welsh Masters Championships on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March, 2018. This meet is great long-course preparation ahead of the British National Championships in June, and always proves popular with swimmers from around the UK. However, just four Otters (David Adamson, Dontony Gill-Nasadi, Fraser Peh & Simon Williams) managed to catch their trains and make their way over to the 50m national pool in Swansea to shine.
Read MoreClub Records at Bracknell and Swansea
Two competitions were attended by Otter swimmers over the weekend of 3-4 March which resulted in several club records being broken and many medals being won.
Read MoreSouth East Region Long Course Results
The Swim England South East Region Long Course Masters event was held at Crawley over the weekend of 20-21 January. This regular event gives swimmers an opportunity to race in a 50m pool in January and set records in a new age group.
Seven Otter swimmers raced and each brought home medals with a total of 12 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals being won between them. Additionally 5 new club records were set.
Read MoreQMSC returns!
We're delighted to report that that works at the Queen Mother Sports Centre in Victoria have been completed, and we're back to training with all 6-lanes.
Session times on Thursdays and Sundays will return to the normal schedule with all swimmers welcome to attend;
Thursday: 19.30-21.00
Sunday: 17.30-19.00
See you there!
2017 Club Championships Review
The 2017 Club Championship events include the Mile open water in July and nine pool events which were held over three Thursdays in November at the QMSC pool. In total 33 men and 16 women competed in these events.
Read More2017 Handicap Update
With two events remaining of the 2017 handicap the overall handicap winner is yet to be decided. The current rankings are as follows:
1. Hayley Davis, 28 points
2. Chris Delahunt, 21
3= Joana Sandrin Gauer, Robert Mackay, Etienne Cambier, 18
January Training Updates
Q1 Saturday Sessions & QMSC Changes
Read MoreLooking back at Swim England Masters National Championships 2017
It's that time of the year again - GB's most anticipated annual masters meet! Perhaps a little late in the day for a full meet report, but it's not too late to briefly reflect on Otter's fantastic performance at the Swim England Masters National Championships!
Read MoreThe team return to La Santa
This was the 7th year we have been to Club La Santa as an Otter Team, and now as veterans of the training holiday we have come to appreciate all the facilities the complex has to offer and tailor our individual training accordingly. Alongside two training sessions a day the Otters enhanced their training regime with Spinning, TRX and the infamous "Ultimate Abs" classes (who said training was boring?)
Read MoreOtters show off at GLLAM
This year, fellow London-based masters swim team Out To Swim hosted their annual GLLAM meet (Gay & Lesbian London Aquatics Meet) at the fabulous London Aquatics Centre on Saturday, 9th September 2017. Over 300 swimmers across 58 clubs from 15 countries entered, and whilst many Otters were heading out to Club La Santa, Lanzarote, to begin a week-long training camp, 10 swimmers competed at this feel-good meet!
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