Swimming

Staff member in charge: Mr Kevin Ayers

Mr Ayers is a full time professional swimming coach who oversees the top scholarship swimmers. Mr Ayers has had swimmers at European Junior level, National Championship level and has coached a number of National Finalists.

Facilities:

• A six lane 25m indoor pool with full changing and showering facilities. A fully equipped gymnasium with top of the range machinery.

Training:

• Our top swimmers have the major benefit of being able to train up to 22 hours per week in a school environment which means finishing at 5:00pm, leaving plenty of time for academic pursuits!

Competitions:

• The School squad competes in Open Competitions, Sussex County, South-East Regional and National Championships.

Achievements 2007/2008 Season:

• The squad were second overall at the Sussex County Championships, winning 29 gold, 23 silver and 14 bronze medals.
• Michael Faber (16) and Alex Jameson (16) competed at the Olympic Trials
• Katherine Horsfall-Turner (10) is overall South-East Regional Champion
• Gold medallists at Regional Level were Katherine Horsfall-Turner (200m Butterfly, 800m Freestyle), Harriet Lambourne (200m Butterfly) and Michael Faber (200m Freestyle).
• Competing at the National Championships 2008 are: Nicholas Ayers, Michael Faber, Alex Jameson, Anthony White, Stephanie Ketley and Harriet Lambourne.