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Geggus’ success on the World Stage

Sealing the end of an extremely successful year, Todd Geggus of Southend Diving was award Young Sports personality of the Year in Southend City. Todd’s list of achievements include:Double National Champion GOLD x2, Triple Regional Champion, two International Silvers, one International Bronze with world rankings of 7th for 3m board and 20th for 1m. Well

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East Region Disability Swimming Training session

Swim England East Region are holding their next Disability Swimming training session on Saturday 1st March 2025, at New Hall School, The Avenue, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3HS For more information and to register for the session please go to the Disability Swimming Development page by clicking here

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Congratulations to Ben Negus!

Huge congratulations go to Ben Negus of City of Peterborough SC who was the winner of the Swim England Swimming Performance Pathway Coach Award at the national awards at Birmingham University’s Great Hall last weekend.

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Masters Swimming Manager

The Region is looking for a new volunteer for the role of Masters Swimming Leadership Group Manager You would chair the group meetings scheduled throughout the year as required. The Group consists of representatives from each of the six East Region counties and will be supported by a member of the Regional Board and the

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Peter Winter Awarded Prestigious Masters Cherriman Award

A surprised Peter Winter was recently awarded the prestigious Masters Cherriman Award for 2023. The annual award is given to an exceptional individual who inspires others or works tirelessly behind the scenes to help the Masters community and Peter is someone who has been doing exactly that. As member of Newmarket Swimming Club and Team

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Short Course Championships – Final Information and Results

Final event information and a link to the results have been added to the Swimming competitions page which can be found here.  Spectators are welcome at all sessions. The cost is £5 for a single session or £10 for all day. Our preferred payment method is by card but cash will still be accepted. However,

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Volunteers needed for this weekend’s Short Course Championship

We are currently short of volunteers for this weekend’s Short Course Championship at Luton 1st – 3rd November, across all sessions. If you are attending the meet, please volunteer for a session or two of the competition, this will ensure that the event runs smoothly. The Region’s volunteer coordinator carefully plans volunteer roles to ensure

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Water Polo Table Officials course

This course is ideal for players, coaches and parents to learn and understand the rules and give back to the sport by officiating at local league games, regional and national tournaments and university BUCs matches. Registration closes 31st October Date: Saturday 2nd November 2024 Venue: Riverside Leisure Centre, Victoria Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 1FG Time: 9.40am – 12.30pm

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Short Course Championships – Accepted Entries

The Accepted Entries have been added to the Swimming Competitions page and can also be found here. No further changes can be made to the Accepted Entries.  An information pack containing detailed timings will be published early next week. We are still looking for Technical Officials and Volunteers for the Championships. Details of how to

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Refreshments at Short Course Championships for coaches and team managers

We are pleased to confirm that all poolside passes for coaches, team managers and chaperones will remain free of charge for the 2024 short course championships. In recent years, we have not offered food and tea/coffee refreshments to coaches and team personnel. This is largely because coaches have preferred to make their own arrangements. We have

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Short Course Championships – Received Entries

The Received Entries have been published on the Swimming Competitions page and can also be found here. Swimmers, teams and their representatives have until 24 October to check the Received Entries and notify the entries administrator by email to [email protected] of any errors after which a final accepted entries list will be published and no further

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