02/08/2026
Day 6 – English Nationals and Welsh Nationals 🏊♀️
What a way to finish a long, hard week of racing. Huge congratulations to everyone who competed this week—you’ve represented yourselves and the team brilliantly.
A tough double for a trio of our girls, taking on both the 400m Freestyle and 200m IM!
🏊♀️ Gracie
• 400m Free: Well planned and well executed, earning a time drop in the final.
• 200m IM: A solid heat swim, just missing out on a place in the final.
🏊♀️ Autum
• 400m Free: Controlled heat swim followed by an great final, dropping five seconds.
• 200m IM: A great PB in the heats, then stepped up again to go even quicker in the final, narrowly missing out on a medal. What a superb 2 weeks she has had considering injury ruled her out of the last day of British! Tremendous resilience to come back so strong!
🏊♀️ Ellie
• 400m Free: Strong, controlled heat before finding another level in the final to drop more time, just missing out on a medal.
• 200m IM: A strong opening, controlled finish, and a brilliant bronze medal performance. 🥉
🏊♂️ Mason
• 50m Free: A fast and powerful finish to the meet with a speedy 50m freestyle. It’s been a top meet for Mason
🏊♀️ Amy
• 200m IM: Stepped up brilliantly in the final, lowering her time again with a composed race and a strong finish!
🏊♂️ Dylan
50 fly: Another gold medal 🥇 at Welsh Summer nationals in a strong PB
400 free: Battled to bronze in an event he is still learning to race. Dylan is having a superb championships!
This week has been about resilience, learning, backing yourselves, and finding another gear when it mattered most. Every swim added up to a season’s worth of hard work paying off.
What a season it’s been. Everyone should be incredibly proud of what they’ve achieved. Now it’s time for a well-earned rest before the next chapter begins🐺
A special thank you to our incredible coaching team - Rick, Liam, Joel and Jolan who have spent many long hours (often 12 hour days) on poolside over the last 2 weeks away from families but always there to support our swimmers through the good times and the tough times! Thank you also to our team managers for all your support, photos and coffees!