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We are excited to announce the team heading to Geneva in January to represent the region at the Geneva international challenge event. The team have been selected from the recent regional short course championships and will be led by camp Head Coach, Jordan Honour (Thanet) and Lead Team Manager, Matt Swindells (Portsmouth). They will be supported by Assistant Head Coach, Lee Baldwin (Portsmouth), Development Coach, Andy Snelling (Haslemere), Physical Preparation Coach, Tom Company (Portsmouth) and Team Manager, Alison Pope (Thanet).

Regional winners from every category in our 2025 Awards programme have been presented with their certificates and trophies by Regional President Peter Roycroft at the Regional Awards event in Guildford on Sunday 16th November.

You can see the winners here. 

Surrey dominated the Inter-County Masters competition at the London Aquatics Centre on 9th November.

With a score of 461.5 points the Surrey team Took home the Tony Warn Trophy for the first time since 1998. The team finished 128 points ahead of Hampshire in second and almost160 points clear of Middlesex in 3rd.

This extraordinary score gave them the National title – over 80 points clear of their nearest rival, Devon.

Nationally, all South East teams finished in the top 20 teams National standings by county

Final positions at the competition at the LAC were:

1st Surrey

2nd Hampshire

3rd Middlesex

4th Berks & South Bucks (293 pts)

5th Sussex (254 pts)

6th Kent (221 pts)

7th Oxford & North Bucks (165 pts)

The South East competition is only one round of the National competition. The National results are below.

Full results 

National Individual results by event

After many months of consulting within the community, Swim England have launched the coaching strategy “Flourishing in coaching” the full document can be read here;

Flourishing in Coaching

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today announced a team of 16 swimmers among the the 54 athletes selected to represent Team GB at the Skopje 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF).

Regional swimmers in the squad include: Gisella Silano, 15, (Guildford City SC), Darcey Smith, 15, (Portsmouth Northsea SC) and Patryk Przyczyna 15 (Eastbourne SC). All members of the squad have been nominated by Aquatics GB.

The squad will be supported by two-time Olympic swimmer Anna Hopkin who will take on the role of Athlete Ambassador for Skopje, offering advice and support as the athletes come together as one Team GB.

Running from the 20th – 26th July, Team GB’s young athletes, all aged between 13 and 18, will compete in 10 of the 15 disciplines on the programme: artistic gymnastics, badminton, basketball 3×3, canoe slalom, judo, mountain bike, road cycling, swimming, table tennis and taekwondo.

Learn more about the Squad

Learn more about the European Youth Olympics Festival

The five UK sports councils are unified by a commitment to the wellbeing, enjoyment and fulfilment of every person involved in sport.

With that in mind, the five bodies are empowering the sector to redesign sport to be safer for everyone in response to the Safe Sport report.

Led by sport and for sport, the Safe Sport project and report emerged from a shared recognition of the challenges faced by the sport sector in keeping people safe.

Co-chaired by Sarah Powell (CEO, British Gymnastics) and Andy Salmon (CEO, Swim England), the independent consultation for the report encompassed 146 organisations and more than 200 voices.

It was survivor-informed, involving individuals with lived experience in sport, with interviews conducted to understand how safeguarding practices in sport can be developed further to create a positive and safe environment for all.

Safe Sport’s mission is to establish a comprehensive and integrated approach to safeguarding in sport throughout the UK.

Read more 

Join us for a dynamic and engaging two-day event featuring some of the most influential voices in swimming. The packed programme has Keynotes, Workshops and pool-based sessions. The conference dinner speaker is Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist Anna Hopkin.

Jan Olbrecht – International Swimming Physiologist

Steven Tigg – AGB Olympic Swimming Head Coach

Rob Aubry – AGB Para Swimming Head Coach

Book your place here https://britishswimming.formstack.com/forms/home_nations_coaching_conference_2025_registration_form_1 

Swim England has announced that nominations are now open for the Swim England National Awards 2025. 

The annual ceremony is a highlight of the Swim England calendar, recognising and celebrating the outstanding achievements, dedication, and passion of the aquatics community across the country. 

This year’s awards will honour contributions of the past year across a variety of categories, spanning clubs, coaches, teachers and volunteers, inclusion, health and more. Every organisation and individual nominated by you will also be included in the Regional Awards that will be presented later in the year.

Nominations are open until Sunday 6 July 2025

Categories include:

• Sport Club of the Year (one per aquatic discipline) 

• Volunteer of the Year (26 and over)

• Young Volunteer of the Year (14-25 years old)

• Technical Official of the Year 

• Participation and Community Coach of the Year 

• Children/Age Group Coach of the Year 

• Talent Development Coach of the Year 

Winners of the national awards will be revealed at the ceremony on Saturday 29 November at the University of Birmingham.

Find out more and nominate someone special

Roger Prior, a long time member of the Regional Management Board and senior referee was installed as Swim England President at the Swim England Annual Council Meeting on 20th May 2025.

Roger, who was President of the South East Region in 2014-2015, is regularly seen on the pool deck at National, Regional and county competitions and was most recently technical director at the recent Regional Long Course Championships.

On accepting his appointment Roger said, “I am looking forward to traveling the country and getting to know a little more about all the disciplines and do all I can to support the work of Swim England.”

The Panorama documentary, The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs, was broadcast earlier this evening on BBC1. Swim England was not been able to view the programme in advance but have been given the opportunity to respond to some elements of its content.  Swim England have also issued the following response:  

The experiences that will be shared as part of the Panorama programme are deeply concerning and we are grateful to those who have come forward – recognising fully the courage it takes for those individuals to speak out publicly. Read the full statement

Swim England President Janice Whittle joined us in High Wycombe for the final day of our Long Course Youth Championships. She was welcomed by Regional President Peter Roycroft and also caught up with Swim England Vice President Roger Prior who takes over as Swim England President on 20th May.

Whilst with us she recorded an interview about her volunteering experiences from the first time she picked up a stopwatch at her daughter’s swimming club gala to progressing through officials training to becoming a referee. The interview will be included in our Live Streaming from the Age Group Championships at Winchester and in our campaign to recruit more volunteers to come forward and support their clubs.

Janice also presented a medal to Erin Orford (WYCS) for setting a new S4 200m F/s British Record with a time of 4:15:73.

Rushmoor clinched the Richard Whitehead Trophy at this year’s GoCardless Swim England Artistic Swimming National Youth Championships after they finished on top in the 12 & Under Free Team event.

It was a much closer affair this time around, with the Hampshire-based club edging out the City of Leeds by just over two points to finish on 148.9418.

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