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The Regional Management Board welcomes nominations for the Harold Fern and A H Turner Awards. Any nomination should be accompanied by a supporting letter and CV for the nominee. The criteria is as follows:

The Award is given to the individual or organisation making the most outstanding contribution to aquatics at club, county, regional, national or international level.

In selecting the winner of the Award each year, the Sports Operations Committee will give consideration to the following:

• outstanding achievement in advancing the sport through competition/coaching/officiating
• outstanding achievement in the administration of the sport
• outstanding achievement in advising the sport

Please send nominations by noon on Thursday 02 March 2023 to bryony.gibbs@southeastswimming.org

The Swimathon Foundation Community Grants Scheme offers funding to groups and individuals who provide and promote swimming in their local community. Grants range from £300 – £2500, and are awarded to organisations supported by pools taking part in the main Swimathon event. Applications close on Friday 13^th March. For more information or to apply please click here.

The Regional Management Board is seeking suggestions or nominations for a person to serve as Vice-President of the Region.  The person appointed will succeed Terry Norris as President at the Annual Council meeting in April 2021, and will serve in that office for one year.

The President is the ceremonial head of the sport in the Region.  He or she presents medals and awards at regional events, represents the Region at national events and can expect to be invited to make presentations at County and other events. This is a voluntary position, but travelling and other expenses will be reimbursed.

Suggestions, attaching a short CV for the person concerned, should be sent by Bryony Gibbs, Regional Manager.

Nominations have opened for the Swim England Hall of Fame 2020 inductions.

People can now submit names of athletes, coaches or those who have volunteered or worked in administration or as officials to be considered for the honour.

Swim England launched the Hall of Fame this year as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations.

For more information or to put forward a nomination please click here.

It is with regret that we announce that Helen Mack has resigned from her appointment as one of our Regional Club Development Officers (RCDOs), with effect from the end of October.  Helen is taking up a post with Cherwell District Council, in Oxfordshire, which is very much closer to home for her – her longest work related journey is likely to be no more than 20 minutes, and she will be able to cycle to work!

Helen has been involved in the sport in the Region, in one guise or another, since 2004.  She was the original RCDO, joining us in 2008 and is very well known to many involved in swimming, not least because of her role with formerly Swim21, now Swim Mark.

Roger Penfold, Chair of the Regional Management Board, said “We are sad that Helen is leaving.  She has been a fantastic enthusiast for swimming, across all the disciplines, and will be sorely missed. Her tremendous input into the sport was recognised in 2015, when the Region awarded her the Jeff Cook Memorial Plate for services to swimming in the South East.

“Helen will be a difficult act for anyone to follow.  I am sure everyone involved in the sport in the Region will join me and the Board in thanking Helen for her invaluable support over the past 15 years and wishing her well for this new venture”.

Helen Mack replied “I have absolutely loved my role within the South East Region but an opportunity has come up to work with my local authority, on community infrastructure, developing sport, recreation and wellbeing on all the new developments. I just want to say thank you for everything, as, apart from the break to have my children, I have been with the ASA/Swim England since 2004 and thoroughly enjoyed every minute”.