"STAY AND SUCCEED,LEAVE AND PERISH!"

The 7th Speedo League final at Pond's Forge,Sheffield took place this weekend and a SUPERB effort was made by both swimmers,and supporters, alike.
Ranked 5th at the start, Leatherhead's speedo team did us all proud by coming 3rd out of 10 clubs-some of whom fielded current International swimmers.
As Sue Philpot commented,"City of Liverpool have over 1000 members,Ealing 900 so, for LSC with it's 260 swimming members, this is a fantastic achievement"
Our own Olympian,Matt Kidd did a splendid job in the final event in the men's squadron,holding off David Davies(GB) of Cardiff City in the last leg to finish first! This magnificent squad - Simon Churchman,Chris Ashton,Will Philpot,Stuart McCrea,David Ashton and Matt have not been beaten in the last two years so we had high expectations and they did not let us down.
However every member of the team played their part by earning valuable points wherever they finished-many achieving PB's in the process. In fact,as Sue Philpot pointed out -had we competed in the "A" final we would have beaten some of those clubs too! A great effort all round!
Thanks must go to Ron and Sue Philpot and Mel Davies who looked after the squad over the weekend plus all the "backroom Staff" who helped with funding all the equipment and arrangements.
As for the supporters...parents,siblings,family and friends were an absolute credit to the club. All entered into the spirit of the pirate themed event and made it a memorable day for everyone by winning the coveted "Best Supporters" title. Check out the photographic evidence!!! (see link)
LSC Pirate Support Crew (also Speedo Parents Warm up )
CONGRATULATIONS LSC!

SPEEDO FINAL

This weekend a team of LSC swimmers will travel to Pond's Forge,Sheffield to represent the South-East at the Speedo B Final on Sunday.
This is the result of their successful swims at the three premiership galas in Oct/Nov/Dec- an absolutely fantastic achievement- and we wish them all the very best of luck.
If you want to "watch " the drama unfold there is a live weblink to the whole event....
Speedo B final LIVE

Our younger swimmers will be flying the flag at Haslemere's level 3 gala,also on Sunday,so we wish them the best of luck too!

GO LSC GO!

Good Luck goes to Linda Dymore-Brown too (Laura Ann's mum) who will be running the London Marathon!

Some Recent LSC NQT's

NQT's (National Qualifying Times) Achieved at the 2007 Surrey Champs

Saturday 10th Feb Chris Ashton 200m Freestyle 1.55.83
Saturday 24th Feb David Ashton 50m Freestyle 24.44
Sunday 25th Feb Charlotte Robertson 1500m Freestyle 17.36.90
Saturday 3rd March David Andrews 100m Breast 1.11.79
Sunday 4th March Charlotte Robertson 400m Freestyle 4.27.68
Sunday 4th March Chris Ashton 400m IM 4.36.90

Also on 18th March in the 800m Event : Nicola Cooke took gold in the 11 year age group in a National Qualifying Time (NQT) of 10.25.49, whilst Charlotte Robertson (14) won gold in another NQT of 9:15.83.

CONGRATULATIONS!
These Swimmers will now represent LSC at this year's National Championships
NB There are even more to come from the Crawley Meet ...

LSC President's Daughter in BUSA Final

A bit late I know but...
follow the link below and check out the 200m Backstroke womens final in session 4!
Also a terrific result for Katie Wyld in the 200m Free also in Sesh 4
http://www.swimnortheast.org.uk/results/2007/bulc07/webpages/index.htm