Romford Town Swimming Club

established 1900

Welcome to Romford Town Swimming Club

Proudly developing swimmers from Learner, County, District, National through to Masters level

New Club T-Shirts - March Special Offer!

The new Romford Town T-Shirts will be available for sale from Sunday 1st March.

These have been subsidised by Denise Tubbs' Sweetie Stall and as a result any shirts purchased in March will be sold at a reduced price of £14.00.
The full price of £19.00 will be charged from April 1st.

It could be you . . . . . . the RTSC Bonus Ball Competition returns!

On Sunday 1st March Chris Coker will be re-launching the popular RTSC Bonus Ball competition.

This is your chance to win some money whilst helping RTSC to keep your fees down. Watch out for Chris and her helpers during the week and see if you can pick the number that will match the following Saturday's National Lottery Bonus Ball.

Beckenham Open Meet is Oversubscribed

As the Saturday afternoon session (9th May) is being advertised as full, we have decided not to process any entries for this gala. Beckenham SC

Saturday 21st February - Essex League Division 2 - Rochford

A very young and depleted Town team found the going tough, but showed signs of promise for next season

Rochford 268
Braintree 212
Harwich 203
Romford Town 192

Report
League Table

14th and 15th February - Essex Championships 2009 - Waltham Forest

Mixed fortunes for Town swimmers at the second weekend of the 2009 County Age Group Championships.

Report
Results

All of the Action and Presentation photographs are available for viewing and purchase from the official photographer's website (D E Photo). Email us at romfordtownsc@aol.com for the password.

New Video Added

Swim Therapy's latest video "Freestyle Breathing" has been added to our Video page.

Videos

Changes to normal Squad Training Schedule

Please note the following change to our nornal schedule

Sunday 15th February (6pm to 7.30pm) - A and B Squads will train together - Central Park

Essex Championships Block B - Revised Programme and Timings

Due to Block B being generally oversubscribed, changes have been made to the programme and timings.

St Edwards Senior School Pool - Re-opened on Saturday 7th February

All Learn to Swim, Masters and Squad sessions have returned to normal.

Fundraising Night at the Dogs - A Success!

Friday 30th January - Romford Greyhound Stadium

Friday night was a great success with £344 being raised for the club.
RTSC would like to thank Lesley Stamp for organising this event and for her help with previous fundraising activities, social events and our transition to Charity Status. Lesley has now relinquished her role and Jacqui Hall and Chris Coker will be taking the lead in future fundraising and social events.

Taunton Deane Gala Accomodation

For those of you that have not arranged accomodation for the Taunton Deane Gala in April, Taunton Deane SC have kindly made enquiries about the possibility of clubs staying in Taunton School and they will be happy to try and accomodate us.

Taunton School is a private boarding school which TDSC have a very close association with. The club trains in the school pool every day! It is about a 30 - 40 minute leisurely drive to Millfield School (most of TDSC will be travelling to the meet from Taunton).

The school will be able to provide mostly twin rooms. They will also be happy to provide meals and packed lunches as required. There is a fleet of coaches available to transport you to and back from Millfield, if you decide to travel by train (it will take 3 hours from Romford to Taunton, via Paddington). Taunton School's standard brochure is attached. In the brochure, there is a contact name, Ellie Humprey, who will be happy to discuss this with you. Please feel free to contact her directly.

If you are going down on the Friday, they will endeavour to make some pool time available for us to 'loosen up' either at the school or within walking distance (between 6 - 8 in the evening).

Taunton School Brochure

Lost Watch

A reward has been offered for the return of a silver Gents watch mislaid in the changing rooms at Abbs Cross .

Saturday 9th May - Essex Masters Championships 2009 - Blackshots

Details of Essex Masters Championships are now available.

Essex ASA

Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th January - Essex Championships 2009 - Blackshots

Records tumble as Town make a strong start to the 2009 County Age Group Championships.

Results
Report

Changes to normal Squad Training Schedule

Please note the following change to our nornal schedule

Monday 2nd February (5.30am to 7.30am) - A and B Squads will train together - Abbs Cross
Thursday 5th February (5.30am to 7.30am) - A and B Squads will train together - Abbs Cross

The following changes remain in place whilst St Edwards is unavailable:

Monday (5pm to 6.30pm) - C and D Squads will train together - Abbs Cross
Tuesday (5pm to 6pm) - C and D Squads will train together - Abbs Cross
Wednesday (5.30am to 7.15am) - B Squad will train with A Squad - Abbs Cross
Wednesday (5pm to 6.30pm) - C and D Squads will train together - Abbs Cross

If more watertime becomes available we will advise you accordingly

14/15 March - BWF Secondary Age Groups - Entry Details

This gala is a must for all swimmers who have failed to achieve all of their qualifying times for the 2009 Essex County Age Group Championships. Entries to Jo or Debbie by February 2nd.

Details and RTSC Entry Form

Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January - Geneva Open International Meet 2009

This weekend six Romford Town swimmers flew out to Switzerland for Geneva’s International Open meeting. They travelled as members of the recently established Ortis Londinium Swim Squad, made up of Essex swimmers ranked Nationally in the UK top 20, and competed against a number of teams from around Europe. This was the first experience of overseas competition for all of the Town swimmers taking part in this ‘Geneve Natation 1885’ Open Club event and all returned with at least one personal best performance time to their name.

Full Report
Geneve Natation 1885 website

External Sporting Achievements

Romford Town SC is aware that on many occasions it's members compete successfully outside of the RTSC club environment. For their Schools, Essex County, ASA camps, etc.

It is also common for our swimmers to achieve sporting success in other sports, eg Triathlon, Cross Country, Athletics, Football, Rugby, London Youth Games, etc. It is clear that many of these feats are achieved as a product of the high levels of fitness and stamina that have been developed through the training regimes delivered by the swimming club.

RTSC is therefore happy to promote the external achievements of it's members through this website and therefore Parents, Teachers/Coaches, Team-Mates and anyone else for that matter, are invited to email the club with information about any swimmers' successes that you feel are worthy of display on the site.

Please try to keep your item down to a paragraph or two and send to us at romfordtownsc@aol.com. We will endeavour to publish as many relevant stories as is practical.

Stubbers Team Building Weekend - 11th to 13th September 2009

Lesley Ward will shortly begin taking deposits for Stubbers 2009. Lesley is hoping to be able to give each child in year 7 and upwards (as at September 2009) a letter and consent form within the next couple of weeks.

Saturday 10th January - Essex League Division - Runnymede

Romford Town 230
Chelmsford 229
Waltham Forest 173
Phoenix 140
Halstead 134
Runnymede 118

Report
League Table

St Edwards Pool Closure

Unfortunately, we were advised immediately before Christmas that St. Edwards Senior School Pool will be out of use from January in order for the roof to be insulated.

Given the holiday period, this late notice has made it impossible to provide a proper update of the cover we intend to offer from the start of the year for both Learn To Swim and the Squads. A new timetable will be made available to everyone as soon as possible. We are endeavouring to ensure all that use St.Edwards will get ample opportunity to swim.

In the long term this work will be of great benefit to all swimmers as they can learn or train in a warmer environment.

Jack Petchey Achievement Award Winners 2008

January - Sean Houlihan

First 2 National times of the year at the Exeter Open and clean sweep on all four strokes at 1st round of Essex Champs, 2 in event best times.

February - Rachel Welsh

Increased training committment that saw her leap the rankings to take silver at Essex County Champs.

March - Kareina Tubbs

For improved swims at Essex County Champs, reaching finals in her Butterfly events.

April - Jake Harrison

For reaching four finals at District Champs and winning a silver medal which saw him break into the 25 National rankings for his age group.

May - Brock Whiston

For hard work in the training pool that helped her achieve her first ever NQT at Sheffield, before going on to win her age group top girl category.

June - Emma Aston

For achieving 3 top six places at London District Champs. 2nd in 800 Freestyle, 3rd in 400 Freestyle and 4th in 200 Freestyle.

July - Nicola Rees

For her results at the Northampton Open and her help with the Summer Crash Courses and her continued encouragement of the younger swimmers.

August - Daniel Stepton

Continued improvements and his good results at the National Youth Championships.

September - Darren Stevenson

For his work with the younger swimmers and with the Learn to Swim Programme.

October - David Ward

His enthusiasm and committment to training and his continued improvements in competition.

November - Sam Whitehead

For his effort in every training session and his results at the RTSC gala.

December - George Ellis

For his outstanding results at the Guildford Meet.

Well done to all of our dedicated and committed winners

Timekeepers Course - January 2009

There has been an encouraging response from RTSC members for this 'one evening only' Timekeepers course to be held at Central Park. The course is likely to be held in January as soon as sufficient numbers have shown an interest. As a club we always need to provide timekeepers when we compete in league galas and we currently rely on a small dedicated group of qualified officials. The club needs as many qualified helpers as possible to ease the burden on those parents who are having to make themselves available for every competition. Please email us at: romfordtownsc@aol.com for more details or to apply.