Supporting and enabling the delivery of enjoyable aquatic experiences in a safe and inclusive environment.
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
We will again be selecting a team from the Regional Winter Championships to attend an off-shore competition. In 2020 the event will be the Luxembourg Euro Meet from the 23rd – 27th January. The selection criteria can be found below; Selection Criteria for the 2020 Swim England South East Region Off shore camp Coach Development
The winner of the 2019 Harold Fern Award has said she could never have imagined winning the prize. Eileen Adams was presented with the honour at the Swim England AGM by new President Ian Mackenzie. She said: “I am truly honoured and also humbled to receive the award. Read the full story.
This Team Manager Forum will take place at on Thursday 17th October 7-8.30pm online. The agenda for the meeting will be; Data Management for Team Managers – a case study using Team Unify (Sue Ashworth, Maxwell Swimming Club) – What data do team managers and coaches need at meets and other team events? – How
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
The Swim England National Masters Synchronised Swimming Event is being held on 16 November 2019 at K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley. The Swim England National Events team are seeking enthusiastic, professional and reasonably local volunteers to help run this event. The general volunteer roles are for Front of House and/or Field of Play (runners, timekeepers, video
START Water Polo is a Swim England funded programme designed to increase the number of young Water Polo players in the club structures. Applications are open to any Swim England affiliated clubs or sections that intend to deliver new sessions of Water Polo and provide a clear exit route to retain the new participants. For
