Otters make a splash at new Leisure Centre
Oswestry Otters, the town's local swimming club, returned to the Leisure Centre for first time in over three years. They have been welcomed by the Leisure Centre and now have the chance to train in the wonderful new 25 m swimming pool. The club train each week at the Leisure Centre, on a Friday between 6 pm and 8 pm.
Oswestry Otters is open to all age groups from 7 upwards, with swimmers progressing from a junior group, through an intermediate group to an advanced group. Many of the intermediate and advanced group swimmers have represented Shropshire in galas and have swum in county and regional competition. Swimmers at all levels compete in galas across the Midlands and North West. The club also use the swimming pools at Oswestry and Moreton Hall Schools, who provide valuable support. There are various training sessions 5 days per week at these other pools. The use of the town's Leisure Centre will allow the club to expand further and hopeful kick start further success in the pool.
The club welcomes new swimmers of all ages who want to swim competitively and train in a supportive and rewarding environment. Any swimmer who is interested in joining the club should contact Either Yvonne Edwards on 07971646559 or Peter Fynes on 07980298265
Oswestry Otters Swimmer Lauren Griffiths recently achieved a remarkable set of results at the Holywell Open Gala.
Lauren broke the meet record in the 100m Butterfly which was 1:19.33 set in 2011 by Eliza Nash and shaved a massive 5 seconds off the time with a new gala record of 1:14.28.
She also went on to achieve 5 qualifying times for the Midlands Regional Finals.
She achieved times in
100 Fly @ 1:14:28,
100 Freestyle @ 1:08:60
100 Breaststroke @ 1:30:55
100 Backstroke @ 1:18:28
200 Backstroke @ 2:48:23
She set an amazing 8 personal bests shaving between 5 and 17 seconds off her previous best times. Lauren is aiming to get three more Midlands qualifying times between now and the end of March 2112.
Lauren puts her steep change in performance down to the coaching she has received at Otters and is clearly making great strides forward as last year she achieve Midlands qualifying times in just the 100M Backstroke, and 200M Backstroke.
WELL DONE LAUREN!!