Past Events
DENBIGH SWIMMERS MAKE A SPLASH
Denbigh Dragons Swim Club made a big impression at the Super Shrimps Gala in Holywell. All of the North Wales clubs entered teams of 7-11 year olds, at a popular gala held over two days, last weekend.
Denbigh has always been recognised as a friendly young club but at this gala they put down their marker as serious contenders, in all events, and pushed all of the established clubs in every swim.
Saturday saw the individual events and with swimmers also scoring team points, Denbigh Dragons team coaches and spectators were delighted with 44 personal bests, 2nd place in the cannon and overall team bronze medal.
Sunday brought the relay events. Again Denbigh Dragons shone. All the squads achieved team and club personal bests, achieving medals and ribbons in every relay race entered.
Denbigh Dragons Swim Club train 5 times a week, Monday and Friday nights, Tuesday and Thursday mornings, and Sunday afternoons. The hard work of all the swimmers and coaches is really paying off.
Manchester Training a huge success!!!
Just a brief note to say 1st Manchester training of the Autumn went very well on Saturday. All the swimmers represented Denbighshire and their Clubs impeccably. Denbigh and Ruthin can be very proud. Particular note for several younger swimmers having their 1st time at Manchester, all did very well.
Thanks to Mark Jones for all his efforts.
Coach Chris
Four Towns Gala at Denbigh .... Sunday 10th June
Denbigh Dragons Swim Club had the honour of hosting the 1st in a new series a galas to be fought for by swimming clubs from Chirk, Denbigh, Rhyl and Ruthin.
On a sweltering hot afternoon teams and supporters crammed into Denbigh Leisure centre to cheer on the swimmers aging from 7 to 15 years.
From the very 1st event it was clear this was going to be a close competition and noisy affair. All the teams secured good wins and valuable points for their Clubs.
At the halfway stage Denbigh lead Ruthin by just one point, and everything was to swim for. As the gala reached its climax both teams were level on points with the relays and ‘double’ points up for grabs.
In the end Ruthin Rays just edged out Denbigh Dragons on the last race and deservedly picked up a magnificent new silver Cup to take back to their empty trophy cabinet.
Well done to all the teams and well done to Denbigh Dragons Club officials for a extremely well organised event, with a friendly atmosphere.
All clubs are looking forward to the next gala at Chirk on the 15th July.
Flint junior Gala .... SATURDAY 12TH MAY 2007 (PM)
Denbigh Dragons Swim Club Just Keep Getting Better
Denbigh Dragons Swim Club, junior swimmers really impressed at the Flint
Gala on Saturday. Swimmers aged from 7 to 12 years competed in 41 events
against longer 
established teams from the Flintshire area. With senior
North Wales swimming officials in attendance, Denbigh were out to impress
and as ever have fun. Several performances were note worthy and the Dragons
junior swimmers are likely to make a big contribution to North Wales age
group squads in the future.
From the very 1st event Denbigh Dragons showed they meant business with fantastic individual and team relay swims providing:
- 20 PB times and
- 15 1st places
A few members of the team were swimming in their very 1st gala having progressed into the squad via ‘Water Dragons’ swimming lessons.
At the end of an enjoyable, fun gala, Denbigh were only 2nd to hosts Flint and had established a Club record points tally. Well done to all the team and coaches. Thanks to Edna and all of Flint Swimming Club for a warm friendly welcome and superbly organised event.
Bangor Diddy Gala on Saturday 21st April 2007 for under 12's
- 52 Fantastic swims by 14 children - Club's first time in this competition.
- 19 medals won
- 27 Personal Bests (+ 16 new times recorded)
- a total of 33 top 10 places
Wrexham Swimfest and Supershrimps 30th September-1st October 2006
Denbigh Dragons Swim Club were welcomed into the North Wales Amateur Swimming Association and made an immediate impact at the two-day swimming festival at Wrexham.
The festival was for 8-11 year olds and was a chance for local teams, plus teams from as far afield as Wigan to Stafford to show off some undoubted stars of the future.
Denbigh Dragons had 16 younger swimmers competing in both individual and relay events.Heats were seeded based on previous best times. In all events Denbigh Dragons were competing against the faster seedings.
Very impressively, every Denbigh swimmer swam a Personal Best time in the individual events! The relay teams smashed the clubs best times.
Most notable were the overall competition medals for Brooke Humphreys (Silver 9yr old girls 50m Breast stroke), and a Bronze medal for the Boys 9yr old Front Crawl relay team of Jack Wakeman, Steffan Griffiths, Jake Jones and Osian Warren.
The Dragons swimmers and parents really enjoyed the gala and were made to feel very welcome by the Gala management and officials. Special thanks goes also to the other teams, particularly local rivals Ruthin, that helped and supported club event manager Ailsa Humphreys on the day.
North Wales Swimming sat up and took notice of Denbigh Dragons Swim Club last weekend. A definite force for the future.
Chris Armstrong Head Coach
Club presentation evening .... Friday 19th May 2006 ...
A resounding success!!!!
The Mayor of Denbigh and County Councillor Raymond Bartley congratulated everyone associated with Denbigh Swimming Club For their achievements during the last 12months, they have not only brought honour to themselves, but have also put Denbigh and Denbighshire on the map. “Well Done” and continue the good work.
Over 100 parents, swimmers and friends gathered at Denbigh Town Hall with Denbigh Dragons and Corwen Kingfishers Swim Club for a celebration and presentation evening.
Denbigh Town Major presented medals and awards for achievements and success at the recent championships, Sponsored by Pro paint and Denbighshire’s Leisure Services.
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals not only represent victory over a five event pentathlon, but also continued progress with all swimmers achieving personal best in at least one distance or stroke.
All Swimmers and parents would like to say a big thank you to Chris Armstrong their No 1 Coach and to the Denbigh Leisure centre Manager Stephen Owen and Staff for all their support that they have given during the last 12 months to make this possible.
Special thanks go to Ailsa, Nia and Heather, plus many others for their help in organising an excellent evening.
Thursday 27th October Swansea Invitation Trip
Denbigh Dragons and guests in Swansea 50M pool
Denbighshire Delivers in Swansea
A team of 20 young swimmers from Denbigh Dragons Swim Club represented Denbighshire at the national Aquatic Festival, Wales National Pool Swansea.
Denbigh Dragons are delighted that they were asked to represent the whole of Denbighshire at this prestigious swimming festival. This is reward for the tremendous support the club and leisure centre have given the Free swimming initiative. Many thanks must go to Steve and all the staff at the pool.
All 22 authorities in Wales were invited to take part in competition including mixed relay and water polo.
A very early morning start ensured the Denbighshire team arrived in good spirits and raring to go. The teams ages ranged from 7 to 15, and all gave an excellent account of themselves, especially the disability swimmers and youngest members of the team.
After a long journey and having an awful lot of fun on the way the team finished a very respectable eighth overall in relay competitions and only lost a very close match to Cardiff, the eventual winners, in the water polo. Denbighshire won handsomely in their other polo matches outscoring opponents more than 3 to 1.
The people of Denbighshire can be proud in the manner this young group of swimmers represented them. Praise has been heaped on the team and their supporters. The organisers and staff at the National Pool would welcome back the Denbigh team that showed "enthusiasm, courtesy, and sportsmanship".
Chris Armstrong, Coach
Social Events
On Sunday the 19th June 2005 we plan a Club trip to Gullivers World Theme Park. A coach will be leaving Denbigh Leisure Centre at 8:45am and returning approximately 5:00pm.
Numbers will be limited to a maximum of 50 and anybody under 10 yeas will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult! The cost of the trip will be £15.00 per head to cover the cost of coach and entry.
- Food and drinks will be at your own expense.
- Bring a picnic.
- We will need to confirm number for the trip and have payment no later than Friday 10th of June.
- This will be a really good laugh so don’t miss out and confirm your place as soon as possible.
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