Maidstone Swimming Club celebrate their success

For the first time in the nine-year history of the competition, Maidstone Swimming Club have won the Millennium League.

The club went into the sixth and final round of the league on Saturday well ahead of the other competitors Dartford, Eltham Stingrays, White Oak and Greenwich, with only Larkfield Swimming Club having an arithmetical chance of catching them. The final round was at Larkfield Leisure Centre where the home side was hoping for an advantage.

But team managers Tricia and Greg Lynn had matched their 62 swimmers perfectly to their races, and Maidstone won the final round nine points clear of Larkfield, giving them four wins and two second places over the six rounds.

In the final gala, Maidstone swimmers achieved 15 first places and finished on a high with Callum Murray bringing the mixed squadron in for a win 1.5 seconds ahead of Larkfield.

Maidstone swimmers Emma Ovenden and George Carpenter accepted the winners trophy from Barbara Upton of the Kent ASA.

The club look set for a bright future. Swimming in their first galas, the new squad of nine-year-olds of Ben White, Ben Tritton, Jamie Cowan, Tim Narbeth, George Caudwell, Aimee Swaisland, Emma Neseyif, Emma Crane, Bronwyn Curran, Emily Edwards and Callie-Ann Warrington all performed well, achieving many first-place finishes.