2022 National Arena League Champions 🏆
MK stormed to an emphatic victory today in the National A Final in Cardiff to defend their crown. The team today were flawless representing their MK family in style and our team spirit shone bright and loud
#MKFamily
#Proud
💙❤️
Huge congratulations to Director of Swimming, Emma Collings-Barnes, who has been selected to receive the Swim England South West Region Coach of the Year Award! This is an outstanding and well-deserved achievement! Well done Emma!💥🔥💪🏽
#OneTeam
#OneDream
#DreamTeam
#MKWorldWide
Fantastic moment for Calvin, receiving his medal as part of the silver medal winning 4x100 mens freestyle relay with the whole team there to acknowledge the achievement! Well done
@britishswimming
and Calvin!
#winningculture
Huge congratulations to Year 10 swimmer Blythe who has been selected to represent GB at the European Youth Olympic Festival taking place in Slovakia from the 24th-30th July. We are all incredibly proud of you Blythe and will be cheering on from Sheffield 🇬🇧
...We are very proud to say that we have 6 swimmers gaining scholarships to American Colleges as well as 8 attending the highly prestigious Loughborough, Sterling and Bath Universities. Well Done to all & very best of luck in your exams!
#turneduptookover
#oneteam
#onedream
💪🏽
We are delighted to announce the selection of Matthew, Erin, Hollie and Calvin for the 2022 European Junior Championships which is being held in Romania in July. They will be joined by Greg King-Limb who has been selected as part of the GB coaching team!
@britishswimming
Excited to announce that 99 MK swimmers have currently qualified to the
@britishswimming
Summer Championships and Home Nation Nationals. That’s over 70% of all College swimmers at
@Mount_Kelly
qualified! An exciting summer ahead 🤙🏽
#MKFamily
#ImpossibleToIgnore
Huge congratulations to Erin as the Euro Juniors conclude in Rome. On her GB debut Erin has gained some hugely valuable experience. Well done to the whole
@britishswimming
team for some awesome racing this week. Erin will now look to make her mark in Romania in 2022! 🇮🇹🔜🇷🇴
Day ONE of the first ever Mount Kelly Club Championships saw swimmers racing for the first time since Arena League Final in March. Atmosphere and commeradery was intense but the biggest take away from the day was the MK Team Sprit is very much alive and kicking. 1/3
We would like to celebrate the achievement of all 68 athletes who qualified for next weeks British Championships in Sheffield and wish the 58 that are travelling tomorrow, the very best of luck! Your coaches and the whole foundation are behind you!
#mkfamily
#impossibletoignore
What a week in Sheffield at the 2022 British Summer Championships with MK swimmers stepping up to produce by far our most successful ever national championships!
🥇 22 Golds
🥈 14 Silvers
🥉 16 Bronzes
🏁 117 Final Swims
#Proud
#EnjoyTheJourney
Wishing the athletes that are racing at British Championships best of luck. Excited to have OMK Emily Haimes joining us for some epic sprint swimming once again. Enjoy the experience team.
#mkworldwide
#proud
#turneduptookover
Awful news for the city of Plymouth. This has such a huge knock on effect for so many people. We will do everything we can to help in such a difficult time
#saveleisure
Sophie, in her debut performance for MK after 8 months in the program smashes the 200 Breaststroke placing a time just 0.36 outside her PB. Fabtastic swimming from the 15 year old!
A huge weekend of racing at the Exeter Open Meet. Big shout out to Matthew for setting a 16 Years Scottish Record of 54.32 in the 100m Backstroke to finish the weekend. We build again 💪🏽🏴🔥
#MKFamily
#ThankYou
#Momentum
European Junior Champs Day 3 🥉
Hollie and Erin were joined by Emma and Ash to win an emphatic bronze medal in the Women’s 4x200m Freestyle tonight!
Matt also put in a huge swim in the 200m Backstroke to lower the Open MK record to a time of 2.02.76 to finish 14th
#Proud
A record breaking 23 MK swimmers have been selected on to the Swim England National Development Programme for the 2021-2022 season. Big shout out to all the home programmes of our most recent joiners 🚨🏴🤘🏽
#MKFamily
For
#InternationalWomensDay
we would like to recognise Nikki, our operations manager! An incredible lady and not only is she the glue that keeps all the coaches, swimmers and staff in place, she is incredibly active across the whole foundation! Thank you for all you do!
Our boy, Leo places 5th in the final of the Paralympic Games in the 100 Breaststroke. Whilst we know this wasn't what Leo wanted, we are so incredibly proud of him and how he left everything in the pool. Our hero!
A golden night for MK to conclude the Swim England National Winter Championships. 6 more medal taking our haul to 23 - our best ever National Championships! 🏆
Medals were won by Leah, Erin, Hollie, Matthew & Hazal with Open MK Records going to Megan, Calvin, Hazal & Hollie!
We are so proud of the staggering 12 selections for Mount Kelly swimmers onto the Swim England Phase 1 National Development Programme. Congratulations go to Isis, Felicity, Nathaniel, Bella, James, Olivia, Fergus, Ruby, Nicole, Leah, Owain and Holly.
@Sw_EngTalent
@Swim_England
After an intense battle at Newport in the National Arena League Western final, MK take the victory securing their spot in the National A Final in 2022! 🏆
Well done to all other teams involved, amazing quality and atmosphere on show again from the Western league
Fantastic final from 15 year old Erin. Open MK record. 1st MK female under 26 seconds LC. Take a bow Erin. No more volleyball for the rest of the season though!
"We shouldn't have to have this extra strength"
Paralympian Will Perry tells
#BBCBreakfast
he shouldn't have to 'take on the chin' the abuse he receives over his dwarfism.
Absolutely brilliant Zoom Q&A Session with OMK and Olympic medalist Sharron Davies this afternoon attended by over 100 Mount Kelly swimmers. Really insightful questions from swimmers across the programme and some amazing advice from Sharon
#ThisTeamCan
#Inspiration
#RoleModel
Huge congratulations to Calvin, Erin, OMK Sam and coach Greg for their selection to the
@Swim_England
Junior Squad. They begin their journey today with an online engagement day before a trip to Marseille in March and a Commonwealth Games experience later in 2022! 🏴👏🏽🔥
It is a pleasure to announce the appointment of Rikki Morris as the newest member of the SPC team.Rikki joins us from Team Luton.This months
#mountkellymantra
comes from Rikki."To reach new levels you've got to be surrounded by the best! One Place, one family, Mount Kelly'
Congratulations to 4 of our newest swimmers for their selections onto pathway programmes. Jas, Arabella & Breanna have been selected onto
@swimengland
National Development Pathway and Sophie onto
@swim_wales
National Youth Development 1. Fantastic achievements girls!
#girlpower
Today's MK Iconic swim comes from
@Andyjamesonswim
. Andy was one of the pre-race favourites to win, having been undefeated for over two years. He qualified fastest into the final and took bronze in 53.30 seconds, breaking both the British and Commonwealth records! Wow! Just wow!
This year we have 51 new pupil-swimmers joining the 123 current pupil-swimmers in the swimming programme. Thank you to all schools and swimming clubs a cross the world that have worked tirelessly with these pupils. Great work to all!
#inthistogether
#oneteamonedream
We are thrilled to be welcoming our team back to the pool on the 25th July. We are dedicated to keeping pupils safe so please read all the guidance carefully. This is what the squad can expect. Alternative guidance will be released by the MK swim centre for external public users.
Huge congratulations to Alice who competed in the
@gbdeafswimming
National Championships in Loughborough at the weekend
Alice became national champion in the 100 Backstroke and won Silver in 50 Backstroke, 50 Free and 50 Fly and Bronze in the 100 Free! 🥇🥈🥉
#Proud
#MKFamily
NEWSFLASH 🇮🇹🔥👌🏽
Fede wins the Italian Swimming Championships 200m Butterfly in a huge PB and National Record and 3rd fastest time in the world this year of 1.54.64! Incredible swim that will qualify him to represent Italy in the 2019 World Championships in July this year💪🏽
The MK National Preparation Camp at the Best Centre in Majorca has been a huge success. Brilliant atmosphere amongst this amazing team of swimmers and coaches. Roll on British Summer Champs and Home Nation Meets 🇪🇸✈️🇬🇧🏊🏽♂️
#OneTeam
#OneDream
#DreamTeam
#TimeToShine
#ReadyForAction
NEWS FLASH......
Federico Burdisso wins Bronze at the Youth Olympics in 100 Fly!! Well done Fede from everyone at Mount Kelly! We are very proud of you!
#YouthOlympics
#TeamItaly
#MK
Double Gold in Dubai on night two of the Middle East Open Championships courtesy of Megan and Calvin in their 200m Freestyle events as well as a further 16 brilliant final swims for the MK swimmers🥇🇦🇪🌵🔥
#Experience
#Opportunity
#MKWorldwide
#ImpossibleToIgnore
Congratulations to Matt who has been selected onto World Class Programmes Podium Potential 2022-2023. This alongside your final year of A Levels and being Head Boy you have a busy 2023 ahead!
#mkfamily
We are very proud to head to to our debut
@Natswimleague
A Final. Its going to be quite a show. Very exciting time especially for a small school in Tavistock with no access to over 18's 💪
Glasgow Update 🏴🙌🏽🔥
Erin steps up in the 100m Freestyle to swim a huge new best time of 56.60 to swim under the European Junior consideration time and break the Open MK Record
What a wonderful surprise to have the original Director of Swimming, Terry Davis, visit our school to chat everything
@Mount_Kelly
with current Director of Swimming
@emmacollings24
. With our Swim School currently running, he spoke about when he first started it in 1974!
Huge congratulations to Leo who smashed this evenings 100 Breaststroke final to take the Gold. Pretty awesome way to be celebrating being back racing again! We were all watching poolside Leo! Woooshhhhhhhh
@Mount_Kelly
@MountKellySport
#swissswimming
Huge congratulations to the 107 Mount Kelly swimmers who achieved qualifying times to compete at the South West Regional Championships which would have taken place during April and May. You will get your time again 🏴
#Growth
#SouthWest
#Regionals
#OneTeam
#OneDream
#DreamTeam
Welcome to
@HannahMiley89
for day 3 of our Summer Swim School! So far swimmers have benefited from hearing about Hannah’s decorated swimming career as well sharing some of her secrets in the pool!
#mkfamily
This hits hard. The most iconic venue in this country and a favourate of MK Swimming! Home to some of the best athletes and clubs in the country. Devistating news.
"It's devastating for the swimming, diving and water polo clubs based there, for the staff who work there, for the generation of youngsters who would have learned how to swim there..."
@JMNSwimmer
expresses disappointment at the news
@PondsForge
will be mothballed⬇️
#SaveLeisure
2022 has started with a bang and today we recognise our swimmers success at the Devon County Champs, the Middle East Open Champs and the McCullagh International Meet 💥
Best of luck to all our swimmers racing this weekend. Over 120 swimmers in action around the country! 🏴🏴🏴
2021 has proved to be another brilliant chapter in the MK Swimming journey and we are so proud of all our swimmers, coaches, support staff, officials, parents and supporters all around the world. The Mount Kelly family is strong and ready to charge in to 2022! ❤️💙
#TopNine
We conclude the 2023 British Champs with some insane stats and so many incredible performances throughout the week
🏁 46 Finals
🇬🇧 1 British Record
🏴 3 Scottish Records
🇷🇸 8 EJC Consideration Times
🇹🇹 18 Youth Commonwealth Consideration Times
⏱ 10 Open MK Records
#MKFamily
Today would have been the first day of racing at this year's national championships. We have no way of knowing exactly who would have been racing so we thought we would celebrate with some historic photos from nationals championships over the years from 2012 to 2019 this week.
European Junior Champs Day 4 🥈
Hollie and Erin tonight combined with Jonathan and Elliot to claim silver in the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay for
@britishswimming
Earlier in the session Erin placed 12th in the 100m Freestyle Semi.
Tomorrow sees Matt and Hollie back in action.
Huge congratulations to Erin and OMK Macy (Arkansas) for their selection to be part of the 2020-2021 Swim England National Junior Squad as well as Assistant Director of Swimming Greg who has been selected as a Team Coach 🏴🙌🏽🔥
#OneTeam
#OneDream
#TeamFinis
#MKFamily
#SwimEngland
Best of luck to the 14 MK swimmers as well as coach Rikki heading off to Dubai today for the DiSE Camp leading in to the Middle East Champs next weekend
#Learning
#Journey
#ImpossibleToIgnore
We're excited to start the week by celebrating the news of this year's cohort of 14 swimmers selected onto the Diploma in Sporting Excellence (DiSE) being run by
@lborocollege
&
@Swim_England
With last years selections we currently have 22 swimmers enrolled on the programme
Yet again the sprinters go hard!! With Erin Little making the final of the 50 Free in her first British championships, Leah, Emily and Elena all move up the rankings into 11th,12th and 13th. Just brilliant stuff ladies
A historic night on day one of the Swim England National Winter Championships. 10 Medals, 4 Open Mount Kelly Records, 16 Finalists and over 50 PBs throughout the day!
Medals came from Hazal, Leah, Erin, Ruby, Matthew & Jacob!
#MKFamily
#MKLegends
🏊 "Swimmers will race hard, soak up the competitive challenge and emerge as better swimmers than when they arrived."
Meet the 24-strong squad of British youngsters who have been selected to take part in the European Junior Championships 👏 ⤵️
Huge congratulations to the 11 Mount Kelly swimmers who have been selected for the Swim England National Events Camp. Well done Dylan, Arun, Oliver, Ruby, Olivia, Hollie, Hermione, Holly, Erin, Leah & Laura 🏴🔥👏🏽
#MKFamily
Another epic evening of racing on day two in Sheffield. Highlights include a MK 1,2,3 in the 50m Freestyle, a total of 7 Medals, 1 Open MK Record, 16 Finalists and a further 54 PBs throughout the day 🙌🏽
Medals were won by Erin, Leah, Hollie, Matthew & Riccardo
#MKFamily
Huge congratulations to Year 13 pupils Hazal and Mya who have been selected to represent Turkey and Malta at the European Short Course Championships being held in Kazan in November. We are extremely proud of the girls who continue to represent MK around the world
#MKWorldwide
With our return to training under way we are committed to supporting the next generation of swimming talent across GB and still have limited scholarships and bursaries available for places at MK for August 2020. Please get in touch with Admissions at admissions
@mountkelly
.com 🇬🇧
.
@OliverDowden
, Secretary of State for the
@DCMS
has announced that outdoor pools will be allowed to reopen from Saturday 11 July, with indoor pools allowed to begin reopening from Saturday 25 July!
Full story ⬇️
Festival of Swimming Update 💙❤️
Huge congratulations to the 8 Mount Kelly swimmers who won events at the Home Nation Festival of Swimming as well as the 3 swimmers who broke MK records at the competition.
Special mention to Hollie and Abdul for winning Top Swimmer Awards today at the
@Natswimleague
Final and thank you to our Captains Matt and Bella for their brilliant leadership of their
#MKFamily
Six wins for MK at the ESSA Regional Relays which acts as the qualifying round for the National Finals in November. Some great head to head racing with
@MillfieldSwim
and big thanks to Captains Bella and Matt for their leadership of their team today!
#ThisTeamCan