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 2011    
 October   Skill Success!
Well done to the following swimmers for passing a Skill at Burnham this month:
Skill 1 - Alyssa Basinger, Ellie Farrell, Ella Lindley, Claire Maloney, Hannah Riches, Amy Rothwell, Harriette Smith, Sophie Wulfinghof, Lottie Young
Skill 2 - Charlotte Patrick
Skill 3 - Poppy Gray
     
September   The Senior GB squad trials took place after an intense training camp.  The 2011 squad were joined by selected athletes on the training camp where they started working on new routines, this followed an open trial held over a week.  The athletes were tested in all areas on both land and in the pool.  Royals Katie Skelton and Katie Clark retained their places to become that one step closer to the London 2012 Olympics.  Junior athlete Hannah Green was also successful in joining this squad, having completed her GCSE and competed in the Junior Europeans earlier this year this is a very exciting way for her to finish 2011.  The squad contains 13 athletes and we wish them all especially Katie, Katie and Hannah the best of luck as they strive to secure a place on the Olympic Squad where there are 9 places up for grabs.
     
September   Congratulations to the following swimmers who passed a Skill Level in Portsmouth this month:
Skill 1 - Alice Jones
Skill 2 - Josie Airey and Rafaella Stewart
Skill 3 - Sydney Bautista and Verity Campbell
Skill 4 - Maisie James
     
July    Well done to Jenny Bates for passing Skill 3 and Dara Snead for passing Skill 2 at Aldershot this month
June    Congratulations to Esme Lower for passing Skill 4
May 22nd/23rd  
LEN European Cup was held in Sheffield, it was a great chance for the UK's synchro family to go and see the best in the world compete.  The Royals went up on a coach on the Saturday support the GB Team in the Free Team prelims and finals including fellow club athletes Katie Skelton and Katie Clark.  It was an amazing atmosphere and great to see them in competition.  On the Sunday they also performed in the Combo where the squad won a Bronze medal FANTASTIC.
April 24th   British Championships saw the Royals A-Team compete in all event for the first time.  Hannah Green competed in all seven events.  In her tech and free solo she came an excellent 3rd place behind to senior athletes and top junior, in the tech duet with Kristina Holley and free duet with Charlotte Adams they came a well deserved 4th place showing huge improvements from Nationals Age Groups last December.  In the Combination Team the nine athletes really showed how far they have come in the 15 weeks they had to prepared pulling off an amazing swim to take the silver medal.  In the tech and free teams the squad again showed their maturity sticking to their counts and being the only team not to get any penalties in the tech routine to third.  It was very tight in the top three with the Royals being 3 points clear of the team in 4th.  Well done to all the athletes. 
     
 April   Well done to the following swimmers who passed a skill level this month:
Skill 2 - Kathryn Ansell and Marissa Gray
Skill 4 - Genevieve Randall
     
 March 31st Eight athletes attended a trial at the HPC with Biz Price.  They were the top three athletes in the 12/under and 13/14 sections from National Age Groups last year plus athletes on the Talent Satallite Programme 2011.  Two athletes graduated from the programme leaving spaces for the other six.  Jade Hearmon from the Royals was one of the athletes put through her paces and has now been accepted onto the programme for 2011.  Her training will be monitored by National Coach Lolli Montico and have the opportunity to train with the Senior athletes once a month.  Well Done Jade
     
March   Well done to Josie Airey and Cara Hunt for passing Skill 1
     
 March 6th  
GB Junior trials were held over the weekend and both Royals athletes who attended made into the 10 strong squad training to compete at the Junior Europeans in Serbia at the beginning of July.  Hannah Green and Rhiannon Williams (who recently joined us from Portsmouth) have aready started their training with a week long camp at the High Performance Centre in Aldershot.  Their Head Coach is Leslie Sproule from Canada and assisted by Rushmoor's Louise Woolly and Portsmouth's Helen Morris (previously Reading) both ex-members of the Senior GB Team. 
     
 February 21st
England Talent Development Squad trials were held over the weekend and all three Royals athletes who attended made into the squad.  The squad will now train hard together to compete at two international competitions in the summer under the watchful eye of their Head Coach, Royals Kate Coupar.  Well Done to all who attended. 
     
 February   Skill Level Passes!
Well done to the following swimmers who passed a Skill this month:
Skill 1 - Isbella Clark, Katarina Sage and Dara Snead
Skill 3 - Sophie Ross
     
 2010    
 December  5th National Age Groups was a great success, with many medals brought home by our talented athletes.  On top of that Krissie Holley and Hannah Green have been selected for phase 2 of the Junior Squad 2011 trials and Jade Hearmon, Natalie Saudan, Tianne Buckley and Lucy Farrell have been selected for phase 2 of the Comen Cup Squad 2011 trials thanks to their personal performances in the the figure section.  Well done to all the athletes who competed. 
 November  3rd
British Gas 3 Free Swim promotion video - click to watch and spot the Royal.  Hannah Green appears in the video along with Katie Dawkins (Senior GBR member from Bristol Central) 
 September  
Trials for the Senior GB squad members for the 2010/2011 season took place and Royals Katie Clark and Katie Skelton were reselected and one step closer to 2012.  Other Royals athletes Jazmine Stansbury and Hannah Green just missed out on a spot getting down to the final stages.
 July
ASA Juniors and AASE athlete (Hannah Green, Rebecca Bates & Kristina Holley) go to Spain to train for a week.  The training was in a ski resort to came with new challenges for the athletes to conquer.  The continued their improvement under the watchful eye of the coaches including Royals Kate Coupar.
 May   Senior GB athletes including our Katie Skelton, Katie Clark and Jazmine Stansbury visit the Olympic park where they hope to compete in 2012. 
 May  
Some of our top athletes model in an underwater photoshoot for a local photographer.  See how the photos turned out on our Photos page. 




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