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Rosa Gallop has paid tribute to her family after being named the winner of the Alfred H Turner award.

After an incredible career in swimming, Rosa said that she couldn’t have done any of it without their support.

She said: “I’m really chuffed (to win the award) but I would like to say without my husband and my family, I couldn’t have done it. So, I think we all deserve the award, it’s an award for all of us.”

Rosa is certainly a worthy recipient of the award but after collecting the accolade at Swim England’s National Awards ceremony in Birmingham she was taken aback by the moment.

“I’m a bit overwhelmed actually. I’m so chuffed, I didn’t expect anything like that.”

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Swim England is encouraging its members, clubs, swim schools – and everyone who uses a pool, to get behind our campaign and support our efforts to ensure the Government provides additional support for swimming pools and leisure centres.

These facilities are crucial parts of local communities.

Not only are they the homes of our swimming, para-swimming, diving, water polo and artistic swimming clubs, they help support the health and happiness of the country, saving the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds and they are where millions of people learn how to swim and be safe in the water.

But they are under threat as a result of soaring energy prices.

We are already seeing reduced opening hours and pools closing across the country and without additional support from the government the situation will only get worse.

Get involved and sign the petition.

Ranjuo made history in 2022, by becoming the first-ever male to compete for Great Britain in a solo artistic swimming event.

The young star went on to win silver at the European Junior Championships with an incredible routine that scored 76.8668 to finish just ahead of Italy.

He also won bronze in the Mixed Technical Duet and narrowly missed out on a medal in the Mixed Free Duet.

His commitment to his club, Rushmoor, never dwindled as he began 2022 with two gold medals at the Artistic Swimming Junior and Senior National Championships – all in a year where he completed his GCSE’s.

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In January 2023 the region will be sending a team of 26 athletes to represent South East England at the Luxembourg Euro Meet. We are now recruiting for an Assistant Head Coach and Development Coach to work with Head Coach Paul Lloyd and our regional team managers.

We invite applications using the form provided, job descriptions can be found below.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

Applications are to be submitted by Wednesday 23rd November 8pm

Job Description for Regional Assistant Head Coach

Job Description for Regional Development Coach

Following a review, Swim England’s Swimming Leadership Group have voted to change the qualification period for the 2022 Swim England National Winter Championships.

The decision has been taken after feedback from coaches and swimmers noted that the opportunities to reach the qualification times have been severely restricted by the Covid-19 lockdown period.

There was little swimming in England between March 2020 until the start of the following season in September 2021 meaning there have been a limited number of meets for competitors to set a representative time in.

Having considered the situation, the decision has been made to change the initial qualifying date to 1 November 2019.

The times to enter will still have to be achieved at a Level 2 meet between this date and the closing date of 22 November 2022.

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The second of Swim England’s Financial Sustainability webinars takes place at 6pm on Monday 14 November.

Fundraising, Sponsorship and Grant Funding will be the focus of the webinar which looks to support clubs and provide guidance during these economically challenging times.

The sessions were set up following the launch of the Club Financial Toolkit back in July, aiming to support clubs to help them become strong and sustainable organisations.

The first webinar of the series took place on 24 October which focussed on how clubs pay tax and what types of tax are relevant to your club and why.

Swim England’s Independent Tax Advisor Richard Baldwin was the sessions keynote speaker and he spoke to Club Chairs and Treasurers about raising the awareness of tax within their club.

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Kent won their first National County Team Championships title after a nail-biting race for the top spot which went down to the wire.

Victory in the final event of the competition ensured they finished top of Division One by the narrow margin of four points from second-placed Yorkshire.

Kent had held a slender lead throughout the competition but were pegged back by Yorkshire and the two counties were locked on 442 points with only two events remaining.

However, Kent sealed victory in the Mixed Open 300m Freestyle Relay – their fourth win of the afternoon – to take the top spot and spark wild celebrations.

They also finished second four times and third once to significantly better their previous best finish at the National County Team Championships of third in 2016 and 2019.

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The annual British Masters Championships will return to Sheffield for the first time in seven years in 2023.

More than 800 masters swimmers from across the home nations are expected to compete at Ponds Forge International Pool from 2-4 June.

The event, which takes place in a long course 50m pool, rotates between the Home Nations, with Swim England hosting on a bi-annual basis.

Ponds Forge missed out on hosting the event in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Sheffield pool last hosted the competition in 2016, with Plymouth’s Life Centre taking centre stage for the last running of the event in England back in 2018.

The British Masters Championships also features the Cupar Trophy, awarded to the best-performing club at the competition.

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We are delighted to be once again planning a regional off shore camp for selected swimmers from our region. The team will travel to Luxembourg to compete in the Euro Meet from the 27th – 29th January 2023.

This exciting experience aims;

1. To provide exposure and experience of overseas competition
2. To provide a motivational opportunity for South East athletes

Due to the lack of opportunities over the last few years we will be taking a slightly larger team of athletes to be selected from the Regional Winter Short Course Championships. The full selection criteria can be found on the attachment Selection Criteria for the 2023 Swim England South East Region Off shore camp

To support this camp we are looking to recruit an experienced Assistant Team Manager. The successful applicant must hold a Swim England DBS, approved safeguarding training and Team Manager 1 and 2 modules. For further information please contact [email protected]  

The second National Arena Junior League Grand Final was won by Guildford City Swimming Club in an exciting Grand Final on Saturday.

The event at the Alan Higgs Centre, Coventry featured 33 events for swimmers between the ages of 9-12 years old.

Swimmers raced in both individual and relay events on short course with Guildford coming out on top with a total of 192 points across the competition.

In a close contest, the Surrey based club finished just ahead of Camden Swiss (179), who were only 13 points behind, with Chelsea & Westminster finishing third with a total score of 159 points.

Guildford City also took home three of the day’s top swimmers awards with Olivia Hagberg voted the best girls 9/10 Years swimmer and Joseph Schmitt the top boys 11 Years swimmer.

Guildford’s Ella Humphries and Scarlett Sheppard were both recognised for their performances with the award for the leading Girls 12 Years swimmers.

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Swim England is inviting suggestions for athletes, coaches and volunteers who could be inducted into its Hall of Fame.

Nominations are encouraged across all disciplines and can be submitted by individuals, clubs, counties, regions and wider organisations.

The Swim England Hall of Fame was set up as part of the national governing body’s 150th anniversary celebrations in 2019.

A total of 26 people were named in the inaugural induction and this is the first time since then that a new cohort will be included.

Each nomination submitted will be thoroughly evaluated against the published criteria and decisions will be based on the information included in the submission – so as much fact-based evidence as possible should be added.

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For Licensing applications received on or after September 1st 2022:

• All meets licensed at Levels 1 or 2 MUST provide a secondary strobe where it is requested by an athlete at the time of entry unless a secondary strobe cannot be provided at the meet for technical reasons.

In the case that a secondary strobe cannot be provided at the venue a full explanation of the issues preventing the provision must be provided with the licensing application and forwarded to the National Licensing Officer for recording purposes and to allow Swim England to investigate fully.

• Meet conditions must advise athletes that “a secondary strobe will be provided where it is requested by the athlete at the time of entry”.

If this cannot be met, for technical reasons only, it should be stated in the Conditions and a full explanation be submitted with the licence application.

• For licensing applications received on or after September 1st 2022, all meets Licensed at Level 1 or 2 MUST have a minimum depth at the starting end of 1.35 metres.
• Applications for the subsequent calendar year would not be accepted until after September, with no more than 8 months in advance at other times.