News Archive
Smith makes second final at Olympic Trials 1 Apr 2008
Olympic Trials - Day 2 Finals & Heats In the first session of finals at the 2008 GB Olympic Trials, Warrender's Lewis Smith swam 3:57.60 to place 7th in the Men's 400m Freestyle final. ...
Smith through to 400 Free final at Olympic Trials, big PBs from Woolley and Khera 31 Mar 2008
Olympic Trials - Day 1 Heats Lewis Smith made it through to tomorrow's 'A' final of the Men's 400m Freestyle as the British Olympic Trials got underway in Sheffield tonight. Swimming in the first seeded heat...
Warrender swimmers ready to roll at Olympic Trials 29 Mar 2008
Twelve of Warrender's leading swimmers will be in Sheffield this coming week to take part in the 2008 Great Britain Olympic Swimming Trials. This is the highest number of swimmers the club has ever sent to a meet of this nature, and is also more than any other Scottish...
Carnegie lead after day one as Warrender Meet gets underway 29 Mar 2008
Warrender's annual Junior Age Group Meet got underway in Dunfermline today with swimmers aged 8-10 coming together from all over Scotland to compete against each other. Swimmers are able to contest six events throughout the day: 50m of each stroke, plus 100 I.M. and 200...
Lloyds TSB Scotland and Warrender begin unique sponsorship deal 27 Mar 2008
One of Britain's most successful companies Lloyds TSB has teamed up with Warrender in a unique sponsorship deal. In 2007, Lloyds TSB was the first commercial partner to be announced as one of the primary sponsors of the London 2012 Olympic and...
Benson Blasts British Record! 10 Mar 2008
Warrender's Craig Benson continued his excellent mid-season form by setting a new British Age Group Record for the Boys 13 years 100m Breaststroke (long course) last weekend. Representing Scotland at the WISE Home Nations Schools International Meet in...
Warrender Swimmers Make it Nine in a Row! 3 Mar 2008
Swimmers from Edinburgh’s Warrender Baths Club are celebrating this week after winning the Top Club trophy at the Scottish East District Championships for the ninth consecutive year. The result, which concluded in Glenrothes last weekend (1-2 March 2008), means Warrender...
Grand Prix meet concludes in Missouri 18 Feb 2008
One morning session of finals wrapped up the Missouri Grand Prix Meet Monday. Warrender's three Scottish representatives were all in action again, although were slightly disappointed not to improve on their swims of the previous evening. Lewis Smith finished in 6th position in...
Smith benefits from Phelps test; Scottish relay wins Gold 17 Feb 2008
Warrender's Lewis Smith faced up to the world's best swimmer Michael Phelps during finals action at the Missouri Grand Prix Meet in America this morning. Smith was racing in the 'A' final of the men's 400 I.M. and it was no surprise that despite his best...
World Record Highlights Day 2 in Missouri 16 Feb 2008
A stunning world record by Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry was the highlight of some very fast swimming on day two of the Missouri Grand Prix Meet. Coventry wiped away one of the sport's longest standing records in the women's 200m backstroke, setting a time of 2:06.37 to erase the...
Johnston impresses on Scottish Senior Debut 15 Feb 2008
Eighteen year old Ewan Johnston made an impressive start to his senior international swimming career with two lifetime best swims on the opening night of action at the Missouri Grand Prix Meet in America. Representing Scotland for the first time since progressing...
Junior National Squad Complete Successful Training Camp 14 Feb 2008
Eighteen swimmers from the club's Junior National Squad have just returned from Club La Santa in Lanzarote where they completed a successful one week warm weather training camp. Under the guidance of Coach Laurel Bailey, and Team Manager Derek Small, the newly tanned...
MacGregor wins Scottish Player of the Year 7 Feb 2008
Congratulations to Warrender player, Callum MacGregor who has been voted Scottish Water Polo Player of the year for 2007. Callum will recieve his award at the Scottish Swimming annual dinner in Aberdeen on 23 February 2008. As well as his significnat swimming success,...
Warrender Water Polo Retain Masters Title 6 Feb 2008
The annual veteran's water polo tournament took place on Saturday 2nd February at Galashiels. This is played between Galashiels, Portobello and Warrender for the Charlie Grierson Trophy. Warrender managed to scrape together 7 players, Ali Ramm, Keith Johnston, Ian...
Warrender Trio All Set for the Chattanooga Choo Choo 1 Feb 2008
A trio of Warrender swimmers are all set for a trip to Chattanooga in the US to undertake an intensive training camp as part of their build up for the Olympic Trials in April. Lewis Smith, Ewan Johnston and Billy Purnell will form part of a small Scottish squad that is...
Senior Swimmers Race Well at Burns Meet 29 Jan 2008
A group of Warrender's leading senior swimmers were in action in Sheffield at the weekend at the annual Burns Open Meet. Lewis Smith, Ewan Johnston, Ross Johnston, Kyle Goodfellow, Craig Purnell and Fiona Booth all took the chance to focus on some quality long course...
Warrender Swimmers Shine at Scottish Schools Championships! 28 Jan 2008
There were some very impressive swims from our large contingent of Warrender swimmers at the recent Scottish Schools Swimming Championships in Tollcross, Glasgow. Stand out performances came from Ross Woolley in the Boys 15/16 200IM, which he won...
Warrender Retain Lothian Championship Title 28 Jan 2008
Warrender swimmers simply overpowered the opposition at the Lothian Region Club Championships in Prestonpans Sunday. Fielding two teams, the red's 'A' team retained the Division 1 title very comfortably ahead of Aquanauts, Haddington and Hearts, whilst the 'B' team...
Warrender Annual Age Group Meet 25 Jan 2008
Warrender is hosting its annual age group meet on 29-30th March 2008 at the Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline. Young swimmers from clubs throughout the country will descend on the...
Johnston Begins 2012 Journey 21 Jan 2008
Warrender swimmer Ewan Johnston has begun a journey which he hopes will lead to the London 2012 Olympics after attending the British Swimming Launch Day for their 2012 Target Squad. Already one of Scotland's best swimmers, Ewan has been named among 139 youth swimmers aged...
Scottish National Short Course Round Up 14 Jan 2008
Warrender swimmers were once again in great form at the Scottish National Short Course Championships, held 11-13 January 2008 in Glasgow's fast Tollcross pool. A change in the scoring system which resulted in large in-depth teams like Warrender being disadvantaged...
Warrender Christmas Handicap Results 24 Dec 2007
Warrender swimmers celebrated the festive season with the annual Christmas Fun Night held at Ainslie Park on Sunday 23rd December. The event which sees swimmers from all squads competing together in a range of different events was once again a great success, and even...
European Championships, Day 3 Round-Up 15 Dec 2007
Warrender's Lewis Smith completed his events at the European Short Course Championships in Hungary with a 2:00.44 swim in the Men's 200m Butterfly. The time was just outside his lifetime best of 1:59.66 and left Smith feeling a little deflated after his fantastic...
Smith Lowers Scottish Record Again 14 Dec 2007
Lewis Smith lowered the Scottish record for the 400m Individual Medley for the second time in a day as he recorded a time of 4:10.70 to place 8th in the final at the European Short Course Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. The time was 0.18 faster than he swam in...
Scottish Record for Smith at Europeans 14 Dec 2007
Lewis Smith continued his excellent form at the European Short Course Championships in Debrecen, Hungary this morning by setting a new Scottish Senior Record in the heats of the Men's 400m Individual Medley event. Lining up in the final heat against the Italian World...
Smith makes strong start at Europeans 13 Dec 2007
Lewis Smith made a good start to his debut appearance at a European Short Course Championship with two lifetime best swims on the opening day. Lining up first in the men's 200 I.M., Smith raced to 20th place in the strong field in a time of 2:01.17, just under half a...
Smith all set for Euro Champs 12 Dec 2007
Warrender's Lewis Smith put the finishing touches to his preparation today for the European Short Course Championships which get underway in Debrecen, Hungary tomorrow. The annual meet is the showcase of the short course swimming season in Europe...
Smith wins Bronze in Eindhoven 9 Dec 2007
Representing Great Britain at the Dutch Swimming Cup in Eindhoven, Warrender's Lewis Smith won the bronze medal in the final event of the meet Sunday, posting a time of 4:24.63 in the 400 I.M. Smith was part of a 19 strong British contingent who were using this fast long...
Warrender celebrates successful 2007 8 Dec 2007
Warrender members turned out in force Saturday to celebrate the club's achievements at the Annual Awards Night held at the Orwell Lodge Hotel. The night sees the presentation of the various overall trophies for boys and girls in each age group from performances at...
Warrender swimmers reach finals at British University Championships 20 Nov 2007
Warrender swimmers Fiona Booth, Ewan Johnston, Ross Johnston and Craig Purnell were all in excellent form representing their respective educational institutions at the British University Short Course Championships in Sheffield last weekend. Fiona, a...
Smith and Wright earn Euro call up 4 Nov 2007
Warrender swimmer Lewis Smith and club Head Coach Ian Wright have been selected for the Great Britain team that will contest the 2007 European Short Course Championships in Debrecen, Hungary from 13-16 December. Lewis will compete against the best in Europe in the 25m...
Smith heads to Ireland and Florida for training 4 Nov 2007
Senior international swimmer Lewis Smith heads to Ireland this week as part of his training build up for the Trials for the 2008 Olympic Team. Lewis will spend one week undergoing some intensive coaching at the 50m pool in Limerick with his coach Ian Wright. He...
Warrender Swimmers Dominate East District Championships 4 Nov 2007
Warrender swimmers took a firm grip on the race for the Top Club Solripe Trophy as they dominated proceedings at the first round of the East District Age Group Championships in Glenrothes this weekend. With a total of 28 medals won over the two days, Warrender staked...
Warrender swimmers lead East District team to best ever finish at National County Championships 28 Oct 2007
The 24 strong East District team successfully equalled their best ever performance at this years ASA National County Championships in Sheffield last weekend. The team included no less than 11 Warrender swimmers, with at least one WBC swimmer represented in each...
Fraser prepares for a busy few months! 28 Oct 2007
Sean Fraser (Junior National) recently spent a weekend in Manchester, getting final preparations in place for a busy few months ahead. Sean is a member of the British Disability Swimming World Class Programme, and as part of this programme was involved in a Race Prep weekend...
Warrender AGM 25 Oct 2007
Warrender's 2007 Annual General Meeting will take place at 7:00pm on Tuesday 13th November at Boroughmuir Rugby Clubhouse, Meggetland, Edinburgh. All adult members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Eleven Warrender swimmers secure Olympic Trials cuts 19 Oct 2007
The recent publication of the qualifying times for the 2008 Great Britain Olympic Trials already sees no less than eleven Warrender swimmers who have achieved the required criteria. This is an incredible number for a regular swimming club and unlikely to be matched by...
Club Championships 2007 8 Oct 2007
The 2007 Warrender Club Championships concluded yesterday after four days of high octane action spread over the past two weeks. The meet is unique among swimming competitions in that it affords young development swimmers who have just finished swimming lessons...
Stacey Whitelaw Youngest GB Swimmer at World Deaf Championships 29 Aug 2007
Whilst most of us were having a well deserved summer break, Warrender's Stacey Whitelaw was busy representing Great Britain at the World Deaf Championships in Taipei. As a 13 year old, Age Group Squad member Stacey was the youngest member of the team and competed in...
Nine called up to District Team 28 Aug 2007
Nine Warrender swimmers have been called up to the East District representative team that will take part in the ASA National County Championships to be held in Sheffield on 21st October. Craig Benson, Yasmin Khera, Rachael McQueen, Ross Woolley, Robbie Purvis, Craig...
ASA Nationals Round Up 27 Aug 2007
We sent our largest ever team to this meet (21 swimmers) which incorporated swimmers from aged 11 upwards over 10 days of competition. In the younger section Craig Benson did particularly well winning two bronze medals in the 13 year boys breaststroke events. In addition,...
Warrender Prominent in Scottish Youth Development Squad 27 Aug 2007
Warrender swimmers featured prominently in the announcement of the 2007-08 Scottish Swimming Youth Development Squad last week. National Squad swimmers Craig Hamilton, Katelyn Stewart, Marnie Stewart and Rosie Hood; Junior National swimmers Yasmin Khera and Craig Benson;...
Warrender swimmers in action at UK School Games 26 Aug 2007
Four Warrender swimmers were in action at the second UK School Games, held in Coventry, England from 25-26 August 2007. Representing their school through the Scotland South & East regional team, Helen McRoberts, Emily McQueen, Ross Woolley and Craig Hamilton were all...
Benson Strikes Bronze at British Nationals 24 Jul 2007
Fast improving Craig Benson got the ASA National Age Group Championships in Sheffield off to a great start for Warrender when winning the bronze medal in the Boys 13 years 100m Breaststroke. His time of 1:12.19 was a lifetime best (as was his 50m split of 33.83) and...
Swimmers Prepare for British Championships 21 Jul 2007
The largest ever number of swimmers Warrender has qualified for the meet are currently finalising their preparations for the ASA National Age, Youth & Open Championships which get under way in the famous Ponds Forge pool in Sheffield next week. This 'festival of...
Johnston named in GB 2012 Training Squad 20 Jul 2007
Warrender swimmer Ewan Johnston has been named among a list of 115 swimmers aged 17/under from throughout Britain who have been identified by swimming bosses with potential for the 2012 London Olympics. A brand new training squad is to be set up this autumn with the aim...
Warrender swimmers compete for Scotland 6 Jul 2007
Seven Warrender swimmers will compete for Scotland this weekend at the Darmstadt International Meet in Germany. Lewis Smith, Billy Purnell, Andrew Haslett, Ewan Johnston, Katelyn Stewart, Rosie Hood and Helen McRoberts will all be in action in the high class event which...
Goodfellow and Johnston head for Florida 27 May 2007
National squad senior swimmers Kyle Goodfellow and Ross Johnston head to Florida today to spend two months training and coaching at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatics swim team. The pair will spend the next eight weeks as resident summer training camp assistant...
All Six Youth Relays Qualify for ASA Nationals 20 May 2007
There was good news for Warrender this week when British Swimming announced the clubs which have qualified for the relay events at this summer's ASA Youth National Championships, to be held in Sheffield from 27 July to 1 August. For the first time ever, Warrender has...
Smith trains in Florida 19 May 2007
GB Squad member Lewis Smith is currently spending two and a half weeks training with the University of Florida Gators swim team in Gainesville, Florida. The trip, set up with the help of the Scottish Institute of Sport, will see Lewis training alongside mutiple world...
Warrender Retain National Age Group Title! 16 Apr 2007
The good form of the swimmers of Warrender Baths Club continued in 2007 after the Edinburgh team won the ...
Strong team ready for Scottish Age Group Championships 10 Apr 2007
A strong Warrender squad is currently undertaking its final preparations for the Scottish National Age Group Championships which start in Glasgow on Thursday. A staggering 43 swimmers have achieved entry times for this year's competition, making the club...
Silver for Smith on final day of British Championships 1 Apr 2007
Lewis Smith made it a successful day for Warrender as the British National Championships came to a close in Manchester. On the final morning of finals action, Smith raced to a silver medal in the men's 400 IM in a time of 4:23.80. ...
Smith through to two finals on Day 6 of British Championships 31 Mar 2007
In this morning's action at the British Championships in Manchester, Lewis Smith recorded his second PB of the meet in the semi-finals of the men's 200 backstroke as he comfortably progressed to the final which takes place tomorrow morning. His time of 2:04.57 was...
Three Warrender swimmers through to Men's Backstroke Semi-Finals 30 Mar 2007
Warrender's women's 4 x 100 freestyle relay finished fourth on a quiet morning of action at Day 5 of the British Championships in Manchester. Fiona Booth led off the quartet with an excellent two second best time of 58.79, and was followed by Helen McRoberts (1:00.85),...
British Championships Day 4 ~ Round Up 29 Mar 2007
Despite some excellent performances, it was a case of 'so near but yet so far' for Warrender swimmers on Day 4 of the British National Championships in Manchester. Keen to follow up the medley relay bronze medal of the girls team the day before, Billy Purnell, Kyle Goodfellow,...
Relay Bronze for Warrender Girls on Day 3 of British Championships 28 Mar 2007
Day 3 of the British Championships in Manchester saw Warrender collect its first medal of the meet when picking up the bronze in the women's 4 x 100 medley relay. The successful quartet of Rosie Hood (back 1:08.15), Katelyn Stewart (breast 1:15.65), Fiona Booth (fly...
British Championships Day 2 ~ Round Up 27 Mar 2007
Warrender were well represented on Day 2 of the British Championships in Manchester Tuesday with several swimmers contesting finals and semi-finals. With the meet set up to mirror the time schedule of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, today's swimmers faced the challenge of...
Warrender squad make excellent start to British Championships 26 Mar 2007
Warrender swimmers got off to a great start as the British National Championships got underway in Manchester today. It was Scottish Institute of Sport athlete Lewis Smith who made the brightest start by qualifying in second place overall for tomorrow's men's 400m...
Warrender Eleven Ready for British Championships 25 Mar 2007
Eleven Warrender swimmers have been finalising their preparations for the British National Championships which get underway in Manchester tomorrow. The week long competition will be without the World Championship squad who are concurrently on duty in Melbourne,...
Host club swimmers shine on Day 2 of Warrender Meet 25 Mar 2007
Warrender's Annual Junior Age Group Meet in Dunfermline concluded Sunday following a series of excellent performances from the host club. Ailsa Small, Rachael McQueen, Zach Courtney and Sean Campsie led the way with great swims throughout the two sessions. Ailsa and...
Glasgow lead after Day 1 of Warrender Meet 24 Mar 2007
City of Glasgow took a 10 point lead into day two after some impressive performances throughout the opening day of the Warrender Annual Age Group Meet at Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline Saturday. Today's racing saw the 9/unders and 10 year olds in...
Swimmers ready for annual Warrender Meet 24 Mar 2007
Whilst the world's best swimmers get ready to do battle at the World Championships in Melbourne, and Britain's best do likewsie in Manchester at the British Championships, many of Scotland's stars of tomorrow will be competing in Dunfermline at the 2007 Warrender...
New swimmer adds strength to National Squad 6 Mar 2007
Warrender's National Squad gained strength this week with the addition of Jennifer Dobson. Jennifer, 13, moves to Warrender from Dunedin and has already fitted in well to her new programme. Jennifer is one of the leading swimmers for her age group in...
Eight in a Row for Warrender Swimmers! 5 Mar 2007
Swimmers from Edinburgh’s Warrender Baths Club are celebrating this week after winning the Top Club trophy at the East District Championships which concluded last weekend (3-4 March 2007) in Glenrothes. Incredibly, it is the 8th year in a row the club has won the title and means they are...
Altitude Training for Smith 16 Feb 2007
Lewis Smith has just returned from a month´s training with members of the Scottish Senior Squad at Sierra Nevada, near Granada in the south of Spain. Sierra Nevada is at 2400m altitude in the Spanish mountains and hosts a sports training complex...
Warrender dominates District distance events 4 Feb 2007
Warrender swimmers won a massive 22 medals at the third round of the East District Age Groups Championships held in Glenrothes Saturday. This one day leg of the Championship circuit consisted of the 800 and 1500 freestyle distance events, plus the 400 IM. The result now gives...
Celtic Nations Championship 1 Feb 2007
Congratulations to Fiona Booth , Billy Purnell , Helen McRoberts and Ewan Johnston who have all been selected to represent Scotland in the inaugural Celtic Nations Championship to be held in Dublin on 24-25 February. ...
National Squad welcomes new swimmer 17 Jan 2007
National Squad has welcomed a new recruit to its ranks with Andrew Brown recently joining the group. Andrew, 18, swam for Hearts up to the age of 14 but has been out of the sport from then until re-starting with Warrender. He has quite a lot of catching up to...
Warrender Crowned Scottish Champions! 15 Jan 2007
Swimmers from Edinburgh’s Warrender Baths Club are celebrating this week after being crowned the Top Club at the Scottish National Short Course Championships held last weekend (12-14 January 2007) at...
Christmas Training for Scottish Squad members 3 Jan 2007
Thirteen swimmers from National Squad participated in the Scottish National Squads Christmas training camp in Stirling over the holidays. Living and...
