On the 11-12th March two Top Squad swimmers, Harry and Lucy, travelled down to Coventry to compete in the English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) Inter-Divisional Championships where all regions across England compete against each other in a mixture of individual and team relay events. The pair were selected to join the Junior Boys and Junior Girls team for the North East and represent their schools and Darlington ASC.
The weekend was a great success and both swimmers raced brilliantly coming away with 6 medals between them and a new hoodie!
Harry swam in 4 events (200 and 400 freestyle, medley relay and freestyle relay) and came away with 2 silver medals and a new PB in his 400 freestyle.
Lucy competed in 5 events (100 freestyle, 100 and 200 butterfly, medley relay and freestyle relay). Lucy won gold in her 200 butterfly and freestyle relay, silver in the 100 butterfly and a bronze in the medley relay.
The Junior Boys came third overall and the Junior Girls were first! Overall the North East amassed the most points and were champions for the 5th year running!
The DASC AGM will be held on Wednesday 26 April at 7.30pm at the Dolphin Centre. Please Save The Date and think about attending.
The next DASC Committeewill beelected at the AGM on Wed 26 April. All adult members are invited to attend the AGM and can stand for election to the Committee. Please consider helping your club out by getting involved in this way.
A massive well done to all DASC swimmers who qualified and competed at the first weekend of the Northumberland and Durham County Championships, 4-5th Feb.
The pdf below shows the medal table after the first weekend. A huge congratulations to our medal winners Harry Whitfield (5), William Oliver (4) and Lucy Oliver (2), plus our medal winner Josie Johnson swimming under NE Disability.
It was a first time swim for some of our qualifiers to this level of competition: Oliver Appleyard, Tristan Wheeler, Seth Farmer, William Oliver, Emily Robson, Kian Wood and Elodie Guy. Well done swimmers and hope you enjoyed the experience.
Roll on the weekend 2 of the competition on 25th-26th Feb – Good Luck to all swimmers!
While the Dolphin Centre main pool is closed and the temporrary training programme is running, we are not going to have a Tuesday Club Desk, but will try to make some DASC Swim Shop items available for sale as follows:
Darlington ASC hats
Water bottles
Sprint Award Badges
T-bag T-shirts
Debbie Johnson, mother of swimmers in A2 and A1 squad, will usually be in the Dolphin Centre Back Tank on Sundays 4.40-6.20 and can fetch specific items from the Swim Shop locker for you. If you are not able to make that, then please send your ‘order’ to enquiries@darlingtonasc.co.uk stating your swimmer’s name and squad and what you want to buy. Your order will be made up and we will arrange for it to get to you as best we can. You will be given a receipt with your order and you will be invoiced via your Direct Debit at the start of the following month as usual.
Just a reminder that you can find out more about what you can buy and where by clicking on Club Kit menu above.
Attached is the final information ahead of the first weekend of the County Championships including warm up and session times.
Please note in particular the arrangements for the online sale of spectator tickets, which open at 12 noon on Saturday 28th January and are first come, first served.
Children under the age of 10 do not require a ticket.
