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RTW Monson celebrate return of Kent relays
11th October 2024
Last month Kent County were able to host their swimming relay event for the first time since pre-Covid, so swimmers from across the county were delighted to meet up to race as teams at Glass Mill Centre in Lewisham, south east London. It was a lively meet with plenty of excited supporters and RTW...
RTW Monson rounds off the season with success at the Swim England National Summer Meet
11th August 2024
Last week RTW Monson reported on the swimmers who attended the British Summer National Meet, the following week, seventeen swimmers from RTW Monson rounded off a tough season with some stunning performances at the Swim England National Summer Meet, which took place in at the same venue, Ponds...
RTW Monson make a splash at the British Summer Championships
4th August 2024
RTW Monson’s swimmers headed to Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield last week to compete in the British Summer Championships. The twenty-two athletes faced a gruelling programme of events throughout the week and returned home with an impressive medal haul. Flying the flag on day one was Hayden...
Regional success sets RTW Monson up for Summer nationals
29th May 2024
Joining the top swimmers in the South East Region, 28 athletes from RTW Monson showed their pedigree in the recent regionals, walking away with an impressive medal haul. Taking to the pool at Wycombe over the bank holiday weekend, the Youth Championships (15 years and over) provided some tough...
RTW Monson reign at Regionals
13th May 2024
Last month saw a team of RTW Monson’s junior swimmers compete at the South East Regional Championships held at the K2 Centre, Crawley and Winchester City pool. The South East region is the largest of all the seven regions, spanning from Jersey to Milton Keynes, making it a huge...
RTW Monson swimmers step up at British Championships
16th April 2024
An impressive thirteen swimmers from RTW Monson Swimming Club qualified to compete at this year’s Speedo Aquatics Great British Championships at the London Aquatic Centre in the first week of April. The stakes were high as these events are the selection trials for Great Britain's Olympic,...
Monson’s medal haul at Kent Championships
18th March 2024
RTW Monson have been named best team in Kent at the 2024 County Swimming Championships. Held over four weekends, starting at K2 in Crawley back in January and finishing at the London Aquatic Centre in March, their team of 71 swimmers who had qualified for this year’s championships amassed 1784...
RTW Monson march to Cardiff
5th March 2024
This month saw 34 athletes from RTW Monson swimming club compete at the National Arena Cup Final in Cardiff as one of the top ten teams in the country. It was a huge achievement, and the first time ever the club has made it to the final round in the 54-year history of swimming’s most prestigious...
RTW Monson success at the Arena League
12th December 2023
Top swimmers across all age groups at RTW Monson participated in two Arena League South Division competitions this year. The competition includes swimmers of all ages (from 9 years for relays and 10 years for individual races) and competing in 51 events (individual and relay). The premier...
South East Region U16 Water Polo Squad place Second at the Inter Regional Championships
1st December 2021
We are hugely proud of Waterpolo and Fitness Swimmer Indy Nash who was part of the South East U16 team at the Water Polo Inter Regional Championships, on the 27th/28thth of November in Walsall. Placing 2nd overall is a huge achievement in such a tough competition and was a real team...
KENT JUNIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
1st December 2021
One of only a few truly team events, the Kent Junior League is one of the highlights in the swimming calendar. It is a league competition for 9-13 year olds. Over 2 Divisions, 21 teams battled over 2 rounds resulting in the top 6 clubs competing on Saturday, 20 November at the Finals. After 3...
Monson top the medal table at Kent championships
10th February 2020
RTW Monson Swimming Club have concluded the Kent County ASA Swimming Championships 2020 as TOP CLUB on the MEDALS TABLE with an astonishing total of 112 medals over 34 different events raced. No easy feat for a club represented at the Championships only by 49 swimmers and against...
RTW MONSON SWIMMING CLUB HAVE JUST GONE AND DONE IT!!!
8th January 2020
After a hard fought Arena South Premier Final at Wycombe on the 14th of December against the top 6 clubs in the South League, RTW Monson Swimming Club have made history and are through to the National Arena League B Final. This is a long awaited first for the Club. Coming in 5th out of 18...
MONSON MAKES WAVES AT ARENA ROUND 1
21st October 2019
MONSON MAKES WAVES AT ARENA ROUND 1 Whilst the temperature outside dropped Saturday evening, they soared inside the St John's Swimming pool for RTWMonson Swimming Club! Hosting Round 1 of the National Arena League ( now in its 51st Annual year), the contention in the South League Division...
Monson Boys Dominate County Championships
1st February 2019
Monson Boys Dominate County Championships The Kent County Swimming Championships have reached the halfway stage and the RTW Monson boys are dominating the medal table. To date they have amassed 12 Golds, 7 Silvers and 4 Bronze medals putting them in a strong lead with 2 weekends to go. Aran...
Huge Success Of Our Club Championships 2018
10th December 2018
Thanks to everyone involved in making our 2018 Club Championships the best ever! Our gala organisers, Mark Leman and Sarah Bridges commented: 'We are pleased that this year's competition was a great success. The raw statistics are impressive: 145 swimmers, 1208 swims and 75% of swims...
Strong Progress for Monson
10th November 2018
RTW Monson competed in round two of the National Arena League against some of the favourites for the national title on Saturday 10th November. The gala took place in Maidenhead and included two teams that qualified for the national finals earlier in the year. Seeded to obtain fourth place...
Monson challenge at South East Winter Regionals
6th November 2018
Monson challenge at South East Winter Regionals RTW Monson took a squad of ten swimmers to compete at the South East Winter Regionals which was held at the Mountbatten Leisure Centre, Portsmouth. Monson swimmers attained a very impressive thirteen medal haul in both Senior & Junior events...
Monson Stun Rivals
16th October 2018
RTW Monson started this year’s National Arena League (Premier Division) with a strong third place in one of the toughest divisions in the Country. Going into the first round ranked fifth they surprised their rivals with repeated strong performances. After thirty events they moved into second...
RTW Monson’s Record Medal Haul
8th May 2018
RTW Monson’s Record Medal Haul It wasn’t just the sun sizzling last Bank Holiday weekend: RTW Monson Swimming Club took 11 swimmers to the Senior South East Regionals which were held at the High Wycombe Leisure Centre and over 4 days of competition they qualified for 36 finals achieving...
Record Numbers Celebrate RTW Monson’s Annual Awards Night
27th March 2018
Record Numbers Celebrate RTW Monson’s Annual Awards Night More than two hundred of RTW Monson’s members packed the Masonic Hall in St. John's on Friday 23rdMarch to celebrate a hugely successful year. Swimmers, parents and coaches took a rare break from training to enjoy an entertaining...
Tough Championships for Monson Swimmers
11th March 2018
Tough Championships for Monson Swimmers The ‘Beast from the East’ played havoc at this year’s British Championships held in Edinburgh from the 28thFebruary to the 4thMarch. 2018. Of the nine swimmers from RTW Monson that qualified, only six of the team made it. Annabel Guye-Johnson...
Monson shows improvement at County Championships
7th February 2018
Monson shows improvement at County Championships Over sixty RTW Monson swimmers have attended the first of three of four weekends for this year’s Kent County Championships at the Crystal Palace Swim Centre. Previous year’s winners including Annabel Guye-Johnson, Jemimah Berkley, Andre...
RTW Monson Swimming Club Finish Season On A High
11th August 2017
RTW Monson took six athletes to Swim England’s Summer National Meet, held at Sheffield's Ponds Forge International pool. Caitlin Fearon was the first swimmer to participate at the meet, racing in the 400m individual medley, finishing just outside the final, in 11th place overall in the 17...
RTW Monson British championship triumph
11th August 2017
RTW Monson took eight athletes to this year's British Championships held in Sheffield. Women's captain Annabel Guye-Johnson led the team with three silver medals in the 17/18-year-old 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events. Annabel's 100m breaststroke was especially exciting, with a finishing...
RTW MONSON MAKE WAVES AT SOUTH EAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
4th June 2017
Over this past weekend, RTW Monson Swimming Club attended the second weekend of the 2017 South East Regional Championship. Jemimah Berkeley led the team with two dominant gold medals in the 100m and 200m 13 Years age group, breaststroke events. This ranks her 2nd fastest in...
Monson shine at IAPS
4th June 2017
Some of our rising Monson stars were in action at the start of May in the IAPS (Incorporated Association of Preparatory Schools) gala representing their respective schools. Lucy Andrews swam the 50m Freestyle representing Holmewood house. Constance Arnell (25m Fly) Izzie Mercer (25m Fly)...
More success for Jemima
31st May 2017
Following recent selection to attend the DSS GB Training Camp in Nottingham on April 29 & 30, Jemima Rudd Jones has clocked up four more qualifying times for the European Championships in Paris in October. With four months left of the qualifying window, this brings her current qualifying...
SE Regionals - U14s off to a flying start
25th May 2017
Last weekend Monson attended the first weekend of the South East Regional Championships for the 14/U age category in Crawley. After the first weekend of competition Monson have come away with three medals and a South East Region Record! The first medal came from Hannah Lambert who...
SE Regionals - Monson bring home huge medal haul
15th May 2017
Over the bank holiday weekend Monson took a team of 10 athletes to High Wycombe to participate in the 2017 South East Regional Championships. We came away with four golds, three silvers, and 8 bronze medals. Thomas Leman swept the breaststroke events, winning the 50m, 100m, and 200m events,...
RTW Monson - heading for the International Stage
30th April 2017
RTW Monson attended the British Championships in Sheffield on the 17th - 23rd April. Monson sent 4 athletes to the Championships. Jemimah Berkeley and Stephanie Andrews both raced in the 50m breaststroke, Caitlin Fearon competed in the 200m freestyle, and Annabel Guye-Johnson raced the 50m,...
RTW kick off their Diddy League in style
25th April 2017
RTW Monson's younger swimmers were out in force on Sunday 23rd April taking part in the National Junior Swimming League. This was the first of three rounds in the annual event. Monson's first round kicked off in Basildon with Monson coming a credible 4th out of 8 teams. Monson showed their...
Busy weekend ahead for Monson
1st March 2017
A busy weekend is approaching for our swimmers: Lilly Barwick will be taking part in the Kent Development Camp, Annabel will be in Marseilles with British Swimming and our relay teams will be at the Kent relays at the LAC. Good luck to everyone, swim fast!! ...
Week 4 Kent Championships Report
13th February 2017
RTW Monson Attended the London Aquatics Centre on over the 11th and 12th February. In session 13, the boys swam the 200m IM and 50m butterfly. Leading the way was Andre Strydom who won the 15 years age group, and Kody Bradbury came away with a bronze in the 14 years age group category....
Week 3 Kent Championships Report
7th February 2017
RTW Monson went into week three of the Kent County Championships in a period of heavy training and turned out some fantastic swims. Out of 56 swims throughout the weekend, we had 47 personal bests (84%), and some real eye opening swims. Sessions 9 went off with some breakout swims. Jemimah...
Week 2 Kent Championships Report
6th February 2017
Week two of the 2017 Kent Championships saw 55 swims from Monson Swimmers, of which, we had an 80% personal best rate. On day one, Kody Bradbury got us off to a great start with a bronze in a closely fought 100m butterfly. Up next was Izzy Mercer who came 4th in the 200m freestyle. ...
Week 1 Kent County Championships Report
28th January 2017
RTW Monson got off to a flying start at the 2017 Kent County Championships. Every single boy, in every single swim, did a long course personal best. Throughout the team, 89% of our swims were personal bests, or within 2% of their best time. One thing was evident as the distance sessions...
Winter Regionals success for Annabel
7th November 2016
Monson had a great weekend at the Winter Regionals and the EDSC Fireworks Meet with multiple medals being won across the board, and more...a full report will follow however congratulations go to Annabel Guye-Johnson for winning Gold in both 50m and 100m Breaststroke making her the Open and Junior...
EDSC Fireworks Meet accepted entries
21st October 2016
The accepted entries list for the EDSC Fireworks Meet on 5th & 6th November can be viewed here. ...
Somerhill Sessions update - w/c 24th Oct 2016
21st October 2016
Further to the notice in the last newsletter about the unavoidable closure of the pool at Somerhill during the week commencing 24 Oct, we are pleased to advise the following sessions will be running as replacements: Bronze: Extended session on Monday 24th October, 7.00-8.20pm at Tunbridge...
Winter Regionals Entrants
21st October 2016
The Club is delighted to confirm 10 of our swimmers will be taking part in next month’s South East Winter Regional Championships in Portsmouth: James Beale Jemimah Berkeley Mia Burns Madeleine Burton Caitlin Fearon Annabel Guye- Johnson Natasha Hamilton-Walker Hannah Lambert Anna Leman...
New Competitive Club Squad Sessions
15th October 2016
We are delighted to announce that our competitive club squad now trains 3 times a week, for swimmers of Age Group/Youth Development Elite age wishing to train and compete, but with fewer sessions per week. Training is well structured and a high level of discipline is expected within this...
Kent Championships 2017
13th September 2016
Details of the 2017 Kent Championships are now available. You can find the Licensed Conditions and the Event Details and Qualifying Times on the Kent Championships section of the website. The qualifying window is 1 Jan 2016 - 10 Jan 2017 and ages are at 31 December 2017. Details...
Gold & Platinum Sat am Session Change Sept 2016
2nd September 2016
Gold & Platinum Saturday morning sessions will be at St John's / Tunbridge Wells 07.00-08.30 through to the end of September (and not at Somerhill). ...
More Gold for Monson at the Summer Championships
15th August 2016
RTW Monson Swimming Club attended the 2016 ASA Summer Championships in Sheffield. After a fantastic performance by the Monson athletes at the British Championships, coming away with multiple medalists, they headed the Summer Championships with momentum behind them. Madeleine Burton had a great...
Monson strike Gold at the British Nationals
9th August 2016
Four of our Age Group swimmers travelled to Sheffield recently for the British Summer Championships. The event, held over 6 days, pits the best 24 swimmers in each age group against each other, with heats in the morning and finals in the evening. The club is delighted that Monson once again showed...
New Head Coach Announcement
13th June 2016
The Committee are delighted to announce the appointment of Simon Morley as the new Head Coach of RTW Monson. Simon is presently the Assistant Head Coach at City of Cambridge Swimming club and Head Coach at Cambridge University. Simon told the Committee, "I am delighted to be appointed as the...
Summer Family Fun Day - Sat 16th July
10th June 2016
Come along to our Summer Family Fun Day on Saturday 16th July from 2pm at the Tonbridge School Centre. Tickets cost £10 and will be available from the week commencing 13th June (details of where and when you can get your tickets to be advised). See the poster for details ...
Monson go for Gold at the SER Championships
27th May 2016
Twenty of Monson's under 15 swimmers travelled to Crawley for the first weekend of the South East Region Swimming Championships. Competing against some of the toughest competition in the region, Monson swimmers broke two regional records on route to 4 golds and 3 bronze medals. Competing in...
Changes to sessions from 28th May - 26th June 2016
25th May 2016
Please note the following changes to sessions: Saturday 28th May No training for Bronze, Silver Gold or Platinum at Somerhill/St Johns Wednesday 1st June LC Training at Charlton Lido 12.00-2.00 (attendance must be booked with Simon) No training for Platinum in the evening...
Open Water events
16th May 2016
Swimmers interested in taking part in open water events are invited to head to the Kent ASA website where you will find details about no fewer than 3 events taking place soon. The 2016 KCASA Open Water Championships on Sat 25 June comprise a 2km sea swim at Dover Harbour and also a 1km swim...
Youth Regionals success for Tasha Hamilton-Walker & Annabel Guye-Johnson
12th May 2016
Guye-Johnson continues success at South East Regional Youth Championship /Hamilton-Walker smashes debut meet A seven-strong youth team from RTW Monson SC travelled to Portsmouth to compete in the South East Regional Youth Championships Some of the swimmers were looking on improving times for...
Land Training update
27th April 2016
We are pleased to advise that sessions have now been confirmed for the following dates: Wednesday 4 May - 18.15 - 19.15 - Bootcamp outside Wednesday 11 May - 18.15 - 19.15 - Bootcamp outside Wednesday 18 May - 18.15 - 19.15 - Strength yoga outside Wednesday 25 May - 18.15 - 19.15 - Strength...
Bracknell & Wokingham Level 3 Open Meet
27th April 2016
Monson swimmers travelled to Aldershot for the Bracknell and Wokingham level 3 Open Meet. The event, which is becoming a firm favourite in the club’s calendar, is an ideal opportunity for younger swimmers to gain experience competing in a 50m ‘long course’ pool. The 43 swimmers, aged...
Swim Wales Summer Open
22nd April 2016
If you or your swimmer aren't targeting the English or British Nationals this summer then you might want to consider the Swim Wales Summer Open. Quite a few of our swimmers have attended in recent years with very positive feedback. The qualifying times are more achievable than many might...
Easter Camp
21st April 2016
The Residential camp saw 36 swimmers from the Academy squads thoroughly enjoy three days at Tonbridge Boys School. The Camp started with a gruelling boot campsession, two hours in the pool and finished off with a fantastic presentation on nutrition and hydration by one of our very own parents,...
Good luck to Annabel at the British Championships
10th April 2016
Good luck to Annabel Guye-Johnson who will be taking part in British Swimming Championships in Glasgow this week. ...
Happy Easter
24th March 2016
Happy Easter! Have a good Easter break, there will be changes to training over Easter, please refer to the newsletter. ...