Kent swimmers excel in regional and national open water championships

This year was the first in several where a Kent Open Water championships was held in the South East Regional (Kent Rural Championships) and in the London Championships (Kent London Championships). Many county medals were won by the participants as detailed in the results.

Fourteen Kent swimmers qualified for the National Championships. Of these there were six medal winners: A bronze in the 3km race (Kai Ingarfield, Tonbridge), a gold in the 5km Race (Romeo Ball, Maidstone) as well as 1 silver and 2 Bronzes (Ellie Lewis, Eddie Evans and Thomas Love all Beckenham) In the 7.5km race more...