Ensuring our region is a place where clubs, athletes and volunteers can flourish
The Swimathon Foundation Community Grants Scheme offers funding to groups and individuals who provide and promote swimming in their local community. The Foundation is passionate about encouraging people to get involved with swimming, which it hopes to encourage even further with its Community Grants. Grants vary from £500 to £2,500 and will only be awarded
Guildford City’s Jim Boucher was named as Swim England’s Representative on the Home Countries Swimming Management Group. Read the interview.
Details of the South East Region Diving Skills & Age Group Competitions for 2018 are now available. For more details please see the below flyers. Swim England South East Diving Age Groups Part 1 Swim England South East Diving Age Groups Part 2 Swim England South East Diving Skills Novice
Stroke analysis, stroke advice and practice drills This will be held at ACS Cobham International School, Surrey on 7th April 2018, which has a six lane 25m pool. All four competitive strokes will be covered and there will be two pool sessions. The stroke work will be led by an experienced swim teacher and coach.
A Synchronised Swimming Referee course will be taking place on Saturday 10 February at Sportpark, Loughborough. This course is aimed at Level 3 Judges who wish to become a Referee. Candidates must be: An existing and avitve Level 3 Judge for a minimum of 2 years Current Swim England Members 18 years of age or
On the 20th and 21st of January 24 athletes represented the South East at the Flanders Cup in Antwerp. The weekend saw some tough competition from the likes of Marco Koch. The team consisted of some experienced internationals and some emerging youth swimmers. Medal success came for; Daisy Anderson – Silver – 400m IM Maisie Macartney
It is with regret that we have to announce the passing of Terry Ward on 28 December. Terry was the first President of the South East Region from 2005-2007. Previously Terry had been a coach at Abingdon Vale, Maxwell & City of Oxford and Head Coach at both Abingdon and Oxford. Terry was also President
Swimathon, the world’s biggest fundraising swim, returns once again in 2018. Over the years, Swimathon’s mission of uniting swimmers around challenges and fundraising has prompted more than 700,000 swimmers to take part at their local pool and raised more than £48 million for charitable causes. Swimathon 2018 will be returning for 2018 and will take
Saturday 27th January – 10.00am – 4.00pm: Judge Upskill – this session will be aimed at Judges but anyone is welcome. The session will explain the proposed changes to the Judging system followed by information about the new Fina Age Group figures and new Fina Technical Elements and how they are judged. Sunday 28th January – 10.00am – 6.00pm: Coaches Update
Please find attached a brochure listing the open water coaching courses for 2018. Open Water 2018 Course Booklet
Freda Streeter from Nutfield, Surrey, has received an MBE for services to Open Water Swimming. The swimmer and coach, who was inducted as an Honour Coach into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005, has dedicated her life to outdoor swimming. She has trained many aspiring English Channel swimmers including her daughter, Alison Streeter MBE,
