News & Media

May 31st

Lewis Dunford Gets Swim England Coaching Call Up !

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Congratulations to National Age Group Lead Coach Lewis Dunford who has been appointed Head Coach on the National Development Programme (formerly Phase 1) The programme will take place on 15th September 2018 – Wycombe Leisure Centre 20th October 2018– Surrey Sport Guildford 11th November 2018 – Wycombe Leisure Centre Swimmers will be selected following the […]

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May 27th

Richard Garfield & Steve Wadey 20 Years Leading the Club !

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Congratulations to Chief Coach Richard Garfield & Academy Lead Coach Steve Wadey who are both celebrating their 20 year anniversary with Guildford City. The Club has come so far from those early days. In 1998 Guildford City was ranked 10th in the Surrey County Championships, mired in the second division of the Speedo League (later […]

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May 26th

Dan Donovan Swim England Call Up !

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Congratulations to Dan Donovan & his Coaches Lewis Dunford & Jo Tierney for Dan’s selection to the Swim England Talent International Open Water Swimming Festival in Mallorca Spain. Dan will compete in the Colonia Classic in the 5k event over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Good luck Dan !

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May 20th

NEW LEAD COACH FOR INTER SQUAD

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We are delighted to announce that George Kalinov will be taking over as the lead coach of Inter Squad from September 2018.  George has been coaching in Guildford’s Academy since he joined the Club in 2016 working alongside various lead coaches. George has been swimming since the age of seven and has won many national […]

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May 20th

Lee Spindlow Swim England Appointment

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Congratulations to High Performance Squad Lead Coach Lee Spindlow who has been appointed Head Coach of the Swim England National Event Camp to be held at Sheffield 17th – 20th December 2018. The camp will consist of 7 events 100/200 Fly 100/200 Back 100/200 Breast and 200 IM and will have 45 swimmers with a […]

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May 16th

City Youngsters Success @ Regional Champs

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The first of two South East Regional Age Group Championship weekends took place on 12th and 13th May 2018 at K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley. This event was a great opportunity for Guildford City Swimming Club’s younger completitive swimmers to test their skills against the best in the South East. The first events to take place […]

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May 10th

City Tops Youth & Senior Regional Championships

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Regional Championship racing commenced, on the Friday evening of a hot and sunny bank holiday weekend. Both Guildford City Swimming Club and University of Surrey’s youth and older age group swimmers competed at Wycombe, with unprecedented success, in what was to become the most successful championship weekend Guildford City have ever had, claiming 49 medals […]

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Apr 25th

Matt Smart Selected as Squad Coach for South East Region Training Camp

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Fresh from his appointment as Guildford City Regional Squad Lead Coach, Matt Smart  has been called up by the South East Region and will be coaching the best 12 year old swimmers in the South East at three camps later in the year. Well done Matt we are all proud of you !      

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Apr 25th

City Runners Up @ National Arena League Final

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Guildford City showed their depth in strength on Sunday 22 April coming a fantastic second place at the 49th annual Arena League Cup Final held in Cardiff. The 48 swimmers (a City record) battled hard in every event ensuring the Surrey based TYR sponsored Club gained a creditable second place by a comfortable margin. Final […]

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Apr 23rd

TRAINING COURSES FOR SWIMMING OFFICIALS TO TAKE PLACE IN MAY ALL CLUB MEMBERS WELCOME TO APPLY!!

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Christina Victor has arranged the following swimming officials’ training courses for club members.  The courses will take place at Guildford Spectrum in the Conference Room in May. All sessions will start at 7pm and last about 90 minutes: Judge Level 1 Tuesday May 8th (session 1)-introduction to officiating and the roles of  Timekeeper and Chief Timekeeper. Tuesday May  […]

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