National Championship Success @ Scottish Nationals
17 Apr 2022
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Over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend Archie Lorimer made the trip over Hadrian's Wall to take part in the Scottish National Age Group Championships in Glasgow.
Qualifying for 10 events in all, Archie did Dolphins proud over 5 action packed days of swimming at the Tollcross Leisure Centre, where he competed against the best that Scotland had to offer in the highlight of the domestic Scottish age group swimming calendar.
With a busy first day Archie started well, qualifying for the 100m Backstroke Final in his first event, where he eventually finished just out of the medals in 4th place, and finished 19th in the 200m Breaststroke, and 17th in the 50m Butterfly.
Day three saw another final appearance, this time in the 200m Backstroke finishing 7th, along with a 14th place in a large 50m Freestyle field & 26th in the 100m Breaststroke, whilst on Day four there was a 20th place in the 100m Butterfly.
With the Championships drawing to a close the fifth and final day was a busy one, with Archie saving the best til last as a 21st in the 200IM & 15th in the 200 Free only served as a starter for the fireworks to come.
A PB of 33.95secs saw him qualify second for the 50m Backstroke final and whilst there may have been 5 days racing in the swimmers legs, Archie was only beginning to come into form. Facing a formidable multiple championship gold medalist in the form of East Lothians Conner Aspinall in the final, it needed an epic performance and Archie delivered just that. Digging deep Archie managed to shave a further 2.11 seconds off his heat time to comfortably win the final in 31.84 seconds and round off the Championships with a deserved Gold Medal and national title!
Well Done Archie!
- 17 Dec 2025Congratulations Anne
We have another fully qualified J1 official!
Congratulations and thank you Anne who has officially been signed off in Leeds last weekend! It’s fantastic for our club to have another official to represent us at events. - 15 Dec 2025Swim England Launch Fuel Up & Feel Great Campaign
Swim England have launched a new marketing campaign – Fuel up and Feel Great - 26 Nov 2025Thank You Booths
We would like to say a huge thank you to Booths, Clitheroe for their generous donation to our club from their October book sales of £323.45!
It is greatly received and will help our little club to keep growing in strength - 14 Nov 2025Well done to the team at Ribblesdale
Ribblesdale Pool in Clitheroe has become the latest organisation in the UK to achieve Swim England's Water Wellbeing standard.
The Water Wellbeing mark is aimed at transforming community swimming pools into places for health, wellbeing and rehabilitation. It recognises the organisation’s efforts in making the pools more accessible and inclusive for people with long-term health conditions.
Councillor Stuart Hirst, chairman of the council’s community services committee, said:
“It’s wonderful to see Ribblesdale Pool achieve this national award. It’s a testimony to the hard work of staff and the enthusiastic support of the pool’s users.
“Swimming and water-based activities are well-known for their health benefits for people of all ages.” - 14 Nov 2025And the regional times are out
Swim England North West are pleased to announce that the consideration times for the Swim England North West Summer Championships 2026. - 11 Nov 2025Lest we forget
. - 09 Nov 2025Masterly Swimming
On the back of Andy’s record breaking feat at British Nationals a few weeks ago it was another great day for Dolphins masters yesterday.
Ruth Parker made the trip to Sheffield to compete at the South Yorks masters open meet, coming home with Silver in the 100IM & 50 Breast, and bronze in the 50 Fly, posting three new PBs in the process.
Not only that but subject to the qualifying times being released we believe the time of 40.6 Ruth posted in the 50 Breast should be enough to qualify for the 2026 National Champs.
Well Done Ruth
The Masters have been back in action today as Ruth will be joined by Caitlin Wilson, Martha Smith and Sam Griffiths who have all been selected to represent Lancashire at the inter counties championships at Manchester.
Looking forward to todays stories
If you would like to hear more about our masters setup or come and join the fun book your trial online now - 02 Oct 2025Swim England teams up with club management systems for swim times
Swim England is proud to be teaming up with leading swimming club administration platforms – including Swim Club Manager and Swim Manager – to deliver a faster, more efficient way for clubs, coaches, and event organisers to access official swimming times. - 30 Aug 2025Thank you
A very big thank you to Tesco Clitheroe In The Community for their generous donation from their book sales in July!
Some of our swimmers & Paul our chairman went to collect the cheque today. - 21 Aug 2025Good Luck Everyone
We would like to wish all athletes across the North West all the best today if they are receiving their GCSE results today.
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