Ensuring our region is a place where clubs, athletes and volunteers can flourish
Everyone Active’s Sporting Champions provides funding and support for talented athletes from across the UK. Launched in 2016 and supported by one of the country’s most recognised sporting talents, Colin Jackson CBE, the scheme has already helped many athletes on their journey to become a national and international sporting success. With access to over 180 of Everyone
Would you like to stand on the side of a beautiful lake on a lovely sunny day instead of a hot pool? Fancy doing something a little different? Why not train to become a qualified licensed open water official! Whilst the sunny weather can’t be guaranteed, Swim England would like to acknowledge the skills and
Ahead of a huge year of UK and World sport in 2020, the next generation of title-chasing aquatic athletes can apply for support in going for gold in the big events next year, thanks to the GLL Sport Foundation, the UK’s largest independent athlete support programme. The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF), launched in 2008, by
Monday 27th January 2020 saw the launch of the new online theory modules for the training of the pool Judge 1 technical officials. This brings to a close a considerable amount of work in partnership with Swim England and the Institute of Swimming to ensure we are delivering a quality product to our volunteers. Whilst
This weekend a squad of 24 travelled to Luxembourg to compete against some of the worlds best swimmers at the Euro Meet. Our team raced well and the whole team learned a lot from the experience. Throughout the weekend, 8 B final places were contested and 3 swimmers achieved spots in A finals against extremely
Please click here to view the results from the Swim England South East Long Course Masters event at K2 Crawley on 18/19 January.
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 13th March. For more information or to apply please
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
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
Following the Winter Regional Championships, the region has selected 24 athletes to attend the Luxembourg Euro Meet 2020. The team will be supported by Paul Lloyd as Head Coach, Stephen Murphy as Assistant Coach, Team Managers are Terry Norris and Louise Sansome and Zichen Liu as Development Coach. Males Females James Baxter Millie Emmans
Is your aquatics club ready for a BIG fundraising boost? To be in with the chance of winning a £100 bonus donation, register your club for FREE with easyfundraising between 28th October – 15th December at: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/swim-england Plus, with Black Friday just around the corner, there’s a high chance that most of your club members
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
