Olympic Training Camp – 2024

 

This year’s camp will be at Dover Leisure Centre on Saturday and Sunday December 28^th and 29^th.

 

Hosting will be Grant Turner, a former international swimmer, competing for Great Britain at all levels, including the London 2012 Olympic Games. Grant won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India. He has been coaching swimming since hanging up his trunks.

 

Tobi Sijuade started his swimming career in Dover Lifeguard’s learn to swim programme before moving to Thanet, where he trained intensely for six years before joining the University of Bath at 18. He competed in the 50m freestyle at the 2024 Paris Olympics, representing Nigeria.

 

On Sunday Callie-Ann Warrington will join the team on poolside. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Para Swimming European Open Championships winning a gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly S10 event, and at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.a silver medal. 

 

Gordon Watson will be running the dry side activities, a former professional boxer he has worked in elite sport for over 15 years, most recently supporting Mel Marshall by delivering a strength and conditioning programme to her athletes and has been part of Adam Peaty’s team since 2016. 

 

There is a charge of £45 for each participant as a contribution to the cost which is subsidised by East Invicta.

 

 

 

 

Swimmers were selected to take part based on their performance at the East Invicta Annual Championships in the Autumn. Invitations are issued using the following criteria:

 

The Top 5 swimmers in each individual age group- 9, 10, 11,12,13,14, 15+ 70 swimmers in total, which were determined by the Bagcat results as set out in Championship Conditions namely:

 

1. Best 50m                        
2. Best 100m
3. Best 200m Form stroke (back, breast, fly)
4. Best freestyle from 200m, 400m, 800m or 1500m.
5. Best Individual Medley from 100m, 200m or 400m.

 

The top 5 swimmers will be announced during the final relay session on November16th.

  

Each participating club will have 4 wildcard places left for athletes who have not qualified by right. Member clubs will be responsible for their allocation.

 

There will be two training groups. The younger swimmers will focus on skills and technique. The older swimmers will be swimming longer and in addition to skills and technique there will be bigger fitness challenges! Please make sure your swimmers know which lane they are allocated for the swim saessions. There are two groups - Group A for the younger swimmers and group B for the older ones. Participating swimmers names will appear here showing their training lane and Group. 

 

Finally, a few things to note:

 

1. Team Managers are Gem MacLachlan from Herne Bay and Rob Nicholas from Dover.
2. Sign in on arrival each day – Sheets will be by club in alphabetical order.
3. Please make sure your children know which group they are in and which lane. 
4. There are a number of swimmers with severe nut allergies – to minimise the risk of medical incidents please do not send nuts in your children’s packed lunches.
5. Please ask your children not to bring their mobile phones we cannot take responsibility for them.
6. If your swimmer has an injury but still wants to come this is fine – but please tell the Team Managers so we can ensure we don’t ask them to do something that will aggravate the injury.