In September’s Swimming Times

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Counting down to 2012 – European junior championships 
Craig Lord reports from Palma on an encouraging 15-medal haul                                    

Coming of age – National age group championships                                     
The ASA age groups produced the usual crop of fine swims from the youngsters     

Lancaster and Sheffield take ASA titles – National water polo  
The men’s and women’s teams successfully defended their titles in Manchester                            

The revolving door – Broadstairs Lifeguard and Swimming Club
Roger Guttridge finds a club which has shed its ‘tinpot’ self-image        

Swimming in the rain – Colwick Park open water
Peter Hassall tastes the essence of open water swimming in Nottinghamshire

Counting down to 2012 – European junior championships                                                                                
Brave, foolhardy, perhaps insane is the pundit who dares to predict where British medals will come from in the pool at the London 2012 Olympic Games, especially given the rip-tidal nature of choppy seas between teenage talent and senior medal hope. Yet some things are certain: the London 2012 generation is out there, the temperature is rising in the birthing pool of champions and Britain has much to be optimistic about.

There are few better barometers in swimming than the European junior championships, the historic results of which read like a Who's Who of the sport - Hargitay, Van den Hoogenband, Pankratov, Polianski, Darnyi, Cseh, Van Almsick, Stockbauer, Mocanu, Egerszegi, Kovacs, Jedrzejczak, Klochkova, to name but a few.

Heartening then to note that half the ten 900-point-plus efforts in women's races at the championships this year, held in Palma de Majorca from July 6-9, came from three individual Brits - Francesca Halsall (Colin Stripe/City of Liverpool), Jessica Dickons (Graeme Antwhistle/Borough of Stockton) and Elizabeth Simmonds (Marc Spackman/Lincoln Vulcans) - and the 4x200m quartet.

For the full report and photographs see pages 18-21 of Swimming Times.

PLUS...
Results and reports on:
· Diving
· Disability
· Masters
· Open Water
· Synchro
· Water Polo

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