Plymouth, England: We've never had a full on reunion, so this is it!

This September, it's 20 years since Jon became Head Coach of Plymouth Leander. From the former days of Ballards and Seaton through to becoming the strongest swimming club in the UK, we have much to celebrate and remember - but we need all you old boys and old girls back to do it.

So... if you're a former swimmer, current swimmer, coach or former coach or you've been part of ther club over the last two decades, come and have a couple, nah, make that several drinks with us!

Sheffield, England: Plymouth Leander won the 40th National Swimming League Cup Final of England and Wales at the Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield in front of a packed spectators gallery. This, their second successive National Club Champions title sees them join an elite group of only four English swimming clubs who have managed to win the Cup Final in two successive years.

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Haslemere, England: Two of Great Britain’s most iconic swimming figures had their British Junior short course records taken at the Haslemere Open as Plymouth Leander’s Sam Straughan set about two of the former marks held by Liam Tanc0ck and Mark Foster.

Now surely that's worth a read...

Pune, India: The exciting prospect that is Calum Jarvis was to return from the 2009 Commonwealth Youth Games with a silver medal round his neck and some highly promising early season times under tough conditions in the sweltering Indian heat. PL were to have six athletes selected to compete at the meet from five different nations, with Calum Jarvis (Wales) joined by David Gregory (England), Grant Halsall (Isle of Man) and Heather Millar (Isle of Man) also taking great International experience from the occasion. Achieng Ajulu-Bushell (Kenya) and Christian Homer (Trinidad & Tobago) opted to decline their country’s selections due to academic commitments.

Rijeka, Croatia: It’s been a rollercoaster ride for Emma Wilkins since her major breakthrough at the British Championships in April of this year and it hasn’t stopped yet with the announcement that she will form part of the British team that will travel to the LEN European Short Course Championships from 11th – 14th December in Rijeka, Croatia.

Emma, who is sponsored by Wilkinsons Stores, will feature amongst a large British contingent, including thirteen British athletes from the Beijing Olympics, all appreciating that this is the starting point on their journey towards London 2012.

Plymouth, England: It was a historical day in Plymouth Leander’s history when their first ever ‘B’ team stepped into the National Swimming League fray last year and decimated Division 3. Bolstered by a home draw at Plymouth's Central Park Pools in Division 2 this time round, their foot had to be firmly on the pedal from the very start.

“We want to make League history”, claims Head Coach Jon Rudd. “The first Club to ever have two teams in the Premier Division – and within three years. That’s our intention”. So can the leap frog from Division 3, to 2, to 1 and then to the Premier occur by 2010?

Once again, it would seem so...

Bournemouth, England: Plymouth Leander’s defence of their National Speedo League title could not have got off to a better start as they demolished their opposition in their Round 1 clash at the Littledown Centre in Bournemouth.

Having finished as Champions for the first time in the National Cup Final in April of this year, PL’s reputation and credibility, particularly in this format of competition, has never been higher. Touching home first in 33 of the 50 events once again underlined Leander’s unmatchable strength in depth, even in the highest of the Western League’s four Divisions.

Manchester, England: Plymouth Leander’s Kenyan superstar Achieng Ajulu-Bushell is only 48 hours out of competing in the biggest meet of her life as she represents her nation at the 9th FINA World Swimming Championships 2008 at the Manchester Evening News Arena.

Achieng will be comforted in the fact that Amanda Booth, one of her major coaching influences at PL, has been named as the Head Coach of the Kenyan team.

Sheffield, England: Day 4 of the British Championships and surely PL were to slow down. Erm, no. In fact three PL athletes were to break five British Age Records in three swims! How does that happen?

Well read on and see how Antony James, Grant Halsall and Sam Straughan were to manage such a feat…

Sheffield, England: Just when we thought it couldn’t get any better, it then did. Day 3 at the British Long Course Championships saw Emma Wilkins take PL’s first medal at an Olympic Trials whilst Grant Halsall and Calum Jarvis decided to set about the British Record books in a big way.

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