A team of 20 students represented KEVI at The English Schools Swimming Association (ESSA) North East Secondary Schools Teams Championships 2024 in Durham, making waves amongst the established schools on their first visit. 

Our school entered two boys teams and two girls teams of year 9 and 10 club swimmers, with each team swimming a 4x50m freestyle relay and a 4x50m medley relay. All our swimmers performed really well, with team manager Claire Crossman (from Alnwick Dolphins) saying: ‘The swimmers were a credit to their school and their swimming clubs – it was a wonderful day for us all.’Becki McGuire, (head coach at Morpeth ASC) said; ‘ All our teams were in the top half of the results table and our Girls A team will be awarded top 3 medals in both the freestyle and the individual medley races’. 

As a result of these performances, our girls team will advance to the finals in Birmingham this weekend.

There is a wonderful pool of swimming talent at King Edward VI school, and with the support of the school, parents and our local swimming clubs, we will hope to continue to build on this success.