At the AGM it was announced that Paul Bannon was to be made a Life Member of the club for his tireless work over the last ten years. Claire caught up with Paul on Wednesday to present him with a quaich to commemorate the event. Congratulations Paul and thank you for all you have done …
It was the second Edinburgh Synchro Awards Night and Disco on Friday 18 January. Almost all the club came along and it was a wonderful night. The raffle was drawn and there was an amazing array of prizes. In all £196 was raised for the club.
Edinburgh Synchro put on a Christmas display on Sunday to end a great year of synchro. The club has had success in and out of the water this year and would like to thank all the volunteers, parents and swimmers, who have helped make it what it is today. We wish you all a Happy …
The final competition of the year saw almost all of the swimmers from the club travel to Bellshill for a busy afternoon of routines. There are only four events, with all abilities in each one, but the points system means that every routine counts towards the overall trophy.
Our 13-15 team put together an eight minute show for the At Your Leisure end of festival pool party. They worked hard developing the routine and organising the party. It was a great event. The pool was lit with underwater lights and disco uplighters for the display – a bit of a change from a …
Amy recently moved to Edinburgh to do a masters and decided to restart her synchro career after a three year break. After only a month of training she entered the Swim England Masters in Rugby and performed brilliantly. She won the 18-24 solo category with a score of 137. Congratulations to her.
The club had another great weekend at the Scottish National Age Groups and Championships. This year the team was even bigger, with 23 swimmers competing in the age groups and eight in the recreational section.
The club was delighted to be shortlisted for Club of the Year by Scottish Swimming. Below is the video that Scottish Swimming put together to show at the awards dinner. Claire, our President, attended the dinner along with seven members of our coaching and committee teams, and had a great night. Although we didn’t win, …
Glasgow 2018 spent a day with the club in advance of the European Championships and put together the following video as part of their promotion of the synchronised swimming event.
Edinburgh had a successful day at the Grade Assessment day on Sunday, with 20 swimmers passing a grade and Rose passing two! Three swimmers received high enough scores to achieve Silver. Congratulations to all our swimmers: Grade One Bronze – Rose M and Shonagh Grade Two Bronze – Olivia, Paula, Rose M, Sienna and Sydney …
