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A good year for us for numbers of qualifiers for the Swim England North West Summer Championships we had 11 swimmers competing 37 events.

Bella Mai – 2 Events 50 Fly and 50 Free

Dan – 6 Events 50,100 & 200 Back, 50 & 100 Free, 50 Breast

Dylan – 1 Event 100 Fly

Freya – 5 Events 100 & 200 Breast, 50 & 100 Free, 200 IM

Issy – 3 Events 50, 100 & 200 Breast

Jacob – 5 Events 50, 100 & 200 Back, 50 Free, 50 Breast

Mack – 4 Events 50 & 100 Fly, 50 & 100 Breast

Matt – 1 Event 50 Breast

Nefeli – 1 Event 100 Breast

Taylor – 2 Events 50 Breast, 200 Breast

Kevin – 7 Events 50 & 100 Fly, 50 & 100 Free, 100 & 200 Breast, 200 IM

When the swimming got under way, Kevin made the final of the 50m Fly and Freya made the final of the 50m Free finishing 4th and missing out on a medal by just 0.06 secs.

Mack made the final of the 50m Breaststroke, whilst Dan made the finals of all his events and won a deserved Silver medal in the 50m Free whilst just narrowly missing out on a medal in the 50m Back by 0.11 Secs.

Overall across the Championships we had 11 Swimmers Complete 42 swims, 29 Long Course PB's were achieved and we had 8 Finalists. Dan won our only medal - a brilliant silver in the 50m Free.

In 2024 we had 8 swimmers compete and in 2023 we had 9 swimmers attend providing good evidence of year on year improvement

A brilliant finish for Halton Swimming Club at the Southport Shrimps, finishing second behind Leyland Barracudas.

We even got a mention in the local press - well done everyone! 🥳

Well done to everyone who participated in the three weekends of the Cheshire County Championships at Macclesfield and Stockport.

We had 25 Swimmers Qualify for the 2025 Cheshire County Championships.18 Swimmers competed and 7 decided not to enter this year. 

Competing in 2025 were: Anthony Wawrzyniak, Eloise Edwards, Isabella Cranney, Taylor Fishwick, Amelia Williamson, Dylan Taylor, Edward Marsh, Kevin Chiu, Elva Chiu, Nefeli Kalampoki, Freya Karaski, Bella Mai Fishwick, Jacob Agate, Matthew Raley, Dan Houghton Butler, Olivia Hyland, Gabriella Houghton and Mackinlay Houghton.

Ben Clayton, Beth Howard Hughes, Josh Howard Hughes, Sam Hyland, Connor O’Sullivan, Jack Hannah Holland, and Kian Karaski qualified but didn’t compete.

Over the 3 weekends we achieved the following medals:

Silver:

· Anthony (50 Free, 100 Breast & 100 IM)

· Dan (50 Fly, 100 Back & 50 Breast)

· Jacob (50 Back)

· Mackinlay (50m Breast & 100 Fly)

Bronze

· Anthony (50 Fly)

· Kevin Chui (50 Fly, 100m Fly)

· Daniel Houghton-Butler (50 Free, 50 Back, 100 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Back, 200IM)

· Mackinlay Houghton (100IM, 200 IM)

· Eloise Edwards (50 Back)

Overall, in this year’s competition, we have 21 claimed Medals ( 9 Silvers and 12 Bronze) and we had 55 Cheshire County Finalists (equivalent of a Top 8 Finish) 

We had an outstanding 75 personal best times achieved in 2025!

In the Team Points tables, we finished in 13 th  place in the Wallace Trophy on 47 points (11th on 23 in 2024) and 8 th place in the Hugh Laughland Trophy on 242 points (9th on  137 points in 2024).

Well done to all the swimmers who competed and to everyone that helped out and cheered them on! 🥳🎉👏

In the McMonagle Trophy at Everton Park our 9 Years Old Mixed 8 x 1 Relay team of Meg McAllister, Beth Macgugan, Harriet Ross, Eva Cranney, Joseph Baker, Quinton Lee, Anthoy Wawryzniak and Edward Berry retained the Arthur Derbyshire Shield through winning Event 1 convincingly.

We achieved a creditable 3rd place in Event 2 The Austin Rawlinson Trophy for the Mixed Open Cannon Relay whilst also taking 3rd Place  in event 37 the Girls McDonald's Trophy for the Freestyle Cannon. In the Boys McDonald's Trophy we claimed 2nd Place.

Final result for the Girls McMonagle Memorial Trophy - Girls Team Overall:  1st Crosby SC on 80 points; 2nd Garston SC  64 points; 3rd Halton 57 points; 4th Bridgefield SC 43 points ; 5th Bootle & North Liverpool SC 24 points.

Final result for the  Boys McMonagle Memorial Trophy - Bots Team Overall: 1st Garston SC 76 points; 2nd Halton SC 68 points; 3rd Crosby SC 61 points; 4th Bridgefield SC 40 points; 5th Bootle & North Liverpool SC 23 points.

Thank you email from Katie at the Widnes Foodbank.

I'm writing to say thank you for Halton Swimming Club's donation of food to Widnes Foodbank. As donations have dropped considerably in the current financial climate, we are very grateful for your contribution. It is only due to the goodwill of people like you that Foodbank is able to work as well as it does.

Your donation of 46 kg of food equates to 110 meals, which is a great help.

Please find a Thank You card attached.

Well done to all the swimmers who competed in the latest round of the M&D gala in Huyton at the weekend.

There were some fantastic swims and Halton finished first with a massive 27 point difference.

To see all the results click here

We are now top of the table!

Well done everyone 🎉👏

A fantastic first round at the Arena League North West competition. Halton came in second just 8 points behind the winning team Biddulph. Some great swims from our swimmers. We even featured in the Liverpool Echo. Well done everyone 👏

Thank you to all the swimmers who participated in the sponsored swim earlier this month. It was a great success and all the children seemed to really enjoy it.

Here are some stats:

Number swimmers participating = 83

Total Lengths = 10835

Total Distance (metres) = 270875 

Total Distance (miles) = 169.3 (that all the way to London - in a straight line!)

In terms of sponsorship money, so far we have raised £865! 🎉🎉