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Masters swimming at the regional Short Course Championships on Saturday 28th September at K2 set new standards across the board. Five British Records were set: Dan Cotton Spencer 200m Individual Medley Nicola Charlesworth Basingstoke 200m Individual Medley Kirsty Johnson Bracknell 100m Backstroke James Wardle Kenilworth 400m Individual Medley Georgina Heyn Woking 200m Freestyle In addition 77
The regional swimming coaches’ forum are now recruiting new members into the group. The group terms of reference have been updated to reflect the developments within the sport; Coaches Forum TOR September 2024 To apply please complete the application form by Wednesday 6th November. Any questions can be directed to [email protected]
The region will again be sending a swimming team to the Luxembourg Euro Meet 2025. Selections will be made from the regional short course championships taking place on the 2nd and 3rd November 2024 in Winchester. The full selection criteria can be found here; Luxembourg 2025 Selection criteria We will shortly be recruiting staff to
Swim England are introducing some new opportunities to enable teachers and coaches who are also actively involved in Swim England affiliated clubs, to access the coach or senior coach certificate without having to complete the assistant coach or coach certificate first. New opportunities: The new opportunities being offered are: Teacher-to-coach recognition Overseas coach-to-coach recognition Overseas
Swim England South East Region (SER) girls U16 squad travelled to Liverpool in July for the annual Inter-Regional Championships hoping to repeat last year’s success. This group of girls has largely been playing together since 2019 when they took on, and beat, London in an under-12s match at the K2 in Crawley during the Covid-hit
Following the success of our regional artistic swimmers, the swimming competition did not disappoint! The region was represented by both team staff, Kevin Brooks, Head Coach (Wycombe) and Nathan Jegou, coach (Tigers Jersey) and swimmers Max Morgan (Reeds SC), Filip Novacki (Tigers, Jersey) and Lucy Fox (Wycombe). Also in the squad were Izabella Okaro and
Ranjuo Tomblin from Rushmoor Artistic SC has won Great Britain’s first European gold in artistic swimming for 39 years as the nation claimed a record medal haul at the European Championships in Serbia. As well as his free solo win he also competed in the Male Technical Solo where he won silver on day two
With the Olympics and Paralympics just around the corner, we’re encouraging clubs to organise free taster sessions for July and August through our Inspired to Try programme. If you are a club who would like more advice on setting up these sessions, please visit: Inspired to Try Club campaign toolkit 2024 If you are inspired
Swim England have opened nominations for the Swim England National Awards 2024 are now open. The awards recognise members and organisations from across the aquatics community who are rewarded for their commitment and passion to our sports. Awards are available across a variety of categories ranging from clubs, coaches and volunteers all the way to
A Swim England Friend is an individual who is readily available to provide independent advice to help SE members, or their parent or other representative in the case of junior members, faced with problems. The Swim England Friends are volunteers who to work across the SE Regions. They offer support in the SE Regulations / Constitution and
Regional Distance Programme 2024 This year we will be running a distances swimming programme incorporating an open water skills camp and a pool distance training day. Athletes will be notified of their selection by Thursday 28th March. The selection policy can be found below. RDDP Selection Guidance South East Day 1 – Sunday 9th June
On Tuesday 5 March, Swim England published the full findings of the independent listening research commissioned as part of their safeguarding, welfare and culture plan, Heart of Aquatics. Read Swim England’s statement and access the report here.
