Bognor Regis Swimming Club welcomed Commonwealth Gold Medallist, Alex Scotcher, on Sunday 2^nd December to its training base at The Arena, in Bognor Regis. Alex called time on his career in swimming after the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and since then he has toured the Country inspiring young swimmers and passing on his wealth of knowledge on how to make it in swimming.

Alex, now 27, began to see great successes in his late teens. He was a member of the British squad for six years and was a member of England 's victorious 4x200m Freestyle team at the Melbourne Games. Alex cites England 's relay triumph in Melbourne , where the Australians had been undefeated for 58 years, as the pinnacle of his career. Alex’s other achievements include being a member of the World Championship squad and a holder of two British records and numerous British Championships on both backstroke and freestyle.

On Sunday Alex spent the day with the Swimmers running an excellent Swim Clinic.  Thanks to a grant from the Youth Opportunities Fund, through West Sussex County Council, the Club was able to open up the event to 43 of our swimmers.

There were three parts to the day including land training where Alex demonstrated the G.B. team stretching and land training drills to strength the “core” and lengthen the muscles; and a two hour pool session where looking at “streamlining”, the “fine art of turning” and “getting ahead with the start”. But it was in a “Motivational Talk” that the swimmers were most inspired as Alex talked about his race in Melbourne (voted the ‘Most Exciting Race of the Games’) and passed on his tips for getting ahead on the “mental” side of swimming.

Alex inspires our swimmers