Swim England National County Team Championships

Kent's 2024 Champions

2025 team selection

We are delighted to announce the County Team for this year’s National County Team Championships at Sheffield on 5 October - congratulations to all those selected! The team is as follows:

Open		Girls
12/13		12/13
Romeo Ball	Maidstone	Tyla-Jade Thomas	Medway Maritime
Dane Rawkins	Sevenoaks	Elise Butler	Maidstone
Thomas De Cruz	Beckenham	Martha Rickard	Bromley
Harry Croucher	Gravesend	Anna Collins	Herne Bay
		Eva Kane	Erith
		Jessica Steed	Dover Lifeguard

14/15		14/15
Henry Shepherd	Bromley	Bella Jones	RTW Monson
Hayden Sanders	Bromley	Julia Elvidge	RTW Monson
Haoming Du	Bromley	Josie Lawn	Bromley
Louie Harvey	Erith	Jessica Long	Bromley
		Olivia Cooley	RTW Monson

16/17		16/17
Aran Bissett	RTW Monson	Madeleine Hind	RTW Monson
Harry Cocks	Thanet	Amalie Smith	RTW Monson
Jeremiah Carnegie	White Oak	Imogen Myles	Sevenoaks
William Bowen	Sevenoaks	Scarlett Davie	Sevenoaks
Oscar Colyer	Black Lion

Head Coach: Karen Bradbury RTW Monson

Selection

Selection is based on performance for the year ending 31 August 2025 and on competing/being eligible to compete in the County Championships last January/February. The Clubs listed are therefore the Clubs swimmers swam for prior to 31 August.

About the Competition

The County Team Championships takes place in two short course (25m) pools at the same time – one for Division 1 races, the other for Division 2. There are two heats for each event on the schedule with heats in Division 2 starting about 20 seconds after those of Division 1. The heats for individual races will be seeded according to entry times but the team events will be randomly drawn.

Events

Individual events are contested over:

100m Freestyle
100m Backstroke
100m Butterfly
100m Breaststroke

... and in three age groups:

12/13 years
14/15 years
16/17 years

There are also 4 x 50m Medley Relays held for each of the age groups and one Mixed 6 x 50m Freestyle Relay ,with teams made up of one boy and one girl from each age group.

Scoring

Point scoring is by place:

first place worth 20 points
second place worth 19 points
third place worth 18 point
etc right through to one point for 20th.

No points are awarded for disqualification. At the end of the competition, the bottom four teams from Division 1 are relegated to Division 2 for next year’s event with the top four from Division 2 replacing them.