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Results have been added for the Puffin gala and the 400m Freestyle and IM here.

Results for the masters have been added here, and results for this years Porpoise gala have been added here.

A report for the 100m Freestyle and IM championships have been posted on the results page.

You can now contact me directly with any suggestions/comments/questions by using the new form on the contact/apply page.

The 100m results are available on the results page, and the 2009 calendar is available to download on the calendar page.

By Aaron Scoones

GUERNSEY has a national swimming champion. Competing at the National Bagcats Championships at Pond’s Forge in Sheffield, 11-year-old local girl Kristina Neves was crowned the best in her age group in the country.

On the way to the title, the talented Neves won a staggering nine gold medals and set 10 personal-best times and three new south-east records. She amassed 2,941 Bagcats points, more than 250 ahead of Southport's Lauren Cheston in second place. Neves took it all in her stride and she said she was not surprised by her success. She had been spending up to 15 hours a week in the pool in the lead-up to the championships. Supported by Rothschild Bank International, Neves goes to Crawley to train with coach Tim Hartley in the Olympic size pool at the K2 Leisure Centre. "Not really [surprised] – I've been training for it," she said. "It's my first time. It feels good to be national champion."

The annual junior results for this year are available on the results page.

The porpoise results have now been posted on the results page.

The porpoise Gala Entry Form is available to download here.

Results for the 100m IM have been posted on the results page.

Here is some useful information about galas and meets we thought some parents would like to know, especially those with children who are young or have just joined the club. Click here to download.

The 2008 Calendar has been posted, along with results for the States Cup and the 800m Freestyle Championship.

The results for the Island Championships 2007 so far have been posted on the results page.

Masters 2008 Entry Forms now available on the Masters Page.

BANK JULIUS BAER JUNIOR GALA - Sunday, 18th November 2007
Entry forms are now available in the office or you can download a copy by clicking here.
Closing date for this gala is Friday 2nd November. All events are being held in the big pool.

Age groups (as at 31 December):

• 5 & under
• 6yrs
• 7yrs
• 8yrs
• 9yrs

The Bill Green Memorial Open Castle swim took place this year on Wednesday the 29th August starting at the Gents pool and finishing on the slipway at the Castle, a swim of, approximately, 600metres.

The weather was fine and the sea calm and people started signing on soon after 4.00p.m. For safety reasons the swimmers were sent of in groups of 50 with numbered caps and checked of at the finish the first group entered the water just after 5.00p.m. Over 250 people took part this year and the first in each group received a gift from Colin Fallaize of 2e2 who sponsored this event by providing caps, lovely certificates for all and transport for bags if required. The trophy for the oldest competitor was again presented to Bernie Savage at the end of the swim.

Many swimmers had taken their time and came out saying what an enjoyable swim it had been so we hope we will see you again next year.

Entry was by donation which this year is going to the Maison Million Appeal for the building of residential homes for Alzheimer patients and a total of £1000 was raised.

Well done and thank you to all who took part and also to our sponsors 2e2 for all your help.

You can visit 2e2 here.