
National Arena League Round 1
08 Oct 2022
Team Saxon travelled around London to get to Hatfield to compete in the first round of the National Arena League. We were competing against 5 teams we had not met in previous competitions; Bishops Stortford SC, Hoddesdon SC, Harpenden SC, Hertford SC and Hillingdon SC.
The gala ran through the 42 events quite quickly and team Saxon swam consistently in all events. Our swimmers produced some very good swims and PBs keeping us in the top 3 throughout the event and finishing in 2nd place at the end of the night.
Well done swimmers for such an achievement! Congratulations to our 8 first places: Alex Lin in 50 backstroke, Ayotunde Dauda in 100 breaststroke, Harry Gibb in 50 fly and 50 free, Paris Fairhurst 100 backstroke, Orla Renny in 50 Breaststroke, Maisie Van der Ploeg in 100 fly and 100 free.
Thank you to parents who cheered loudly from the gallery and helped in car/bus sharing.
Thanks also to organisers and officials and everyone involved in making this event such as success.
Our young swimmers came a very impressive 2nd in R1 of this year's Kent Junior League and Ella S took gold in the 1500m at LAC
A fantastic opportunity for Alex J this week at the AP Race Breaststroke Clinic — learning from some of the very best in elite performance and race preparation!
Saxon Crown lead the way at the White Horse League after round 1. We managed to squeeze our way past Bexley by 3 points. There were some great swims, pbs, regional times and amazing camaraderie. Keep it up team!
On Friday 14th March over 270 swimmers from twenty-seven of the Borough’s primary schools arrive at Glass Mill Leisure Centre to compete in this year’s Lewisham Primary School Gala. The event was organised by Saxon Crown Swimming Club, supported by Lewisham Council and GLL, who provided pool space and staff free of charge. Photo of Jessica MIllot from Saxon Crown and Kilmorie Year 5. See below for the full report.
Tunde 6th, Kerem 8th and Freya 3rd in the 1500m finals of the last day of the Kents. Well done.
For a few years now Team Saxon made a presence at Kent County competitions. Going from strength to strength even in 2025 it was great to see many more swimmers fast enough to participate in this tough event. And we did not disappoint.40 of our fastest athletes amongst which some new qualifiers competed in 214 events performing incredibly well swimming many pbs and regional times and making 88 top 10 finals in all stroke and distances, achieving 6 bronze, 10 silver and 3 gold medals making us top 8/9(points not updated after 1500 event yet) club in Kent compared to 14th last year. Moreover swimmers showed great determination, team sprint and commeraderie cheering at every event as well as competing at their best.
It is a joy to see so many happy and succesful swimmers wearing the colors of Saxon Crown and making coaches proud!
Go Saxons!
With just one more event to go Saxon Crown are on course to achieving their best medals tally and points scored in the Kents for some time.
Look out for the final scores after the 1500m the final event on 1 March. Well done swimmers!!
What a fantastic second weekend at the Kents for Saxon Crown swimmers winning medals and impressive PBs aplenty. Ruth Allen won Gold and Freya Sheard won Silver in the 13yr 200m butterfly. Well done Swimmers, bring on week 3!!!!
Saxon Crown had a fabulous start to the Kents in the 800m at Crawley. Freya Sheard won bronze and James Sugrue and Kerem shaved seconds off their PBs. Marvelous!!!