Eltham College Aquatics

NATIONAL PLATE CHAMPIONS!!! Huge congratulations to the U15 Boys and Mr Bungane on winning the ESSA National Plate Finals! The boys played incredibly well all day and went on to beat KCS Wimbledon in the final, fighting back from 3-1 down to eventually win the game 4-3!

Water Polo U13 ESSA National Qualifiers: U13 Boys win all 4 games to qualify as top seed for the Semi Finals. Stefan, James & Roberto all scoring in the deciding penalty shootout to keep a perfect record in the qualifiers.

Aquatics Update: 2026 National Bath Cup - Boys Freestyle Relay - 20th Girls Freestyle Relay - 10th Place (Final) Boys Medley Relay - 23rd Place Girls Medley Relay - 4th Place (Final) Just shy of a medal again this year but we’ll be back stronger next year!

Congratulations to both the U15 Girls and U15 Boys Water Polo teams who have qualified for the ESSA National Plate Finals. Good Luck to both teams who will be playing in the finals in a couple weeks.

Congratulations to all EC Swimmers who have competed in the National Arena League this season. A special mention to the following students who have qualified for the Finals this weekend with their club Bromley SC; Alice J (Yr 7), Jaspar P (Yr 9), Leo M (Yr 10) & Vero C (Yr 12)

Once again well done to our Swim Team and their participation at the Kent County Championships, was great to get them all together and celebrate the success! Full article in the newsletter. #ECSwimTeam

Aquatics Update: 2nd full weekend of racing and the EC swimmers deliver once again. A fantastic set of results lots of PBs gained and plenty of more medals. Well done to all involved! #ECSwimTeam

Medal Haul from Last Year to this Year!

Aquatics Update: EC Pupils have been competing across the last 2 weekends at the 2026 Kent County Championships, one more full weekend to go but what an incredible start by all. We’ve had it all, medals, finals, debuts, Senior Finalists and much more. Full Results attached!

Well Done to Alice and Alex at the Kent County Championships 800m Freestyle event last night! 🥉 for Alex in the 12 year old age group 🥇 for Alice also in the 12 year old age group #ECSwimTeam #Kents2026

Finally a huge congratulations to 19 Eltham College pupils that have qualified for this years Kent County Championships. History has been made with this being the largest amount of pupils qualify in a single year.

U14 Mixed Water Polo team visited Highgate School to play against the hosts, St. Paul’s and The American School in the 1st round of the London League. A very solid start to the league campaign with 1 win, 1 draw and a loss.

Aquatics Update: Well done to our ESSA Super League team that competed in Round 2. Results still to be finalised but looks like a 2nd victory for Eltham College against Alleyns, St.Dunstan’s and Colfes.

Aquatics Update: Swim England Winter Nationals. Congratulations to Veronique C who swam a new PB in the 200m BRST this morning to qualify for the Women’s Open B Final - 1st Senior Final at National Level. Final performance was a touch shy of her best but what an achievement.

Aquatics Update: U15 Mixed/Boys at the ESSA qualifying round: EC 1 - 7 Trinity EC 0 - 0 Whitgift (EC Lose on Pens) EC 3 - 1 Millfield Now into the National Plate Semi-Finals where we await the draw to see who the othe 5 teams are! #ECAquatics