On Sunday 27th March Swim England London Region hosted the Duel in the Pool at Harrow School pool where the East Region Disability and Para Swimmers were able to enter and attend. We had 9 Swimmers from the East Region go down and compete. All swimmers had great swims and some came home with medals too. The results from the day showed that the East Region won the Duel in the Pool with the total 6602 BDPoints which was a 911 point lead. Well done to all of the swimmers who had attend the meet.
Emma Winter
Open Water Technical Official – Pilot Course
Are you looking to become an Open Water Technical Official then this course maybe for you. This course is being run Nationally as a Pilot Course with a maximum of 20 candidates so it is first come first serve. It will be held on Saturday 30th April via Zoom from 10am until 13:30pm. It is open to people with no prior Open Water officiating qualifications. It is open to anyone with officiating qualifications in another discipline but who will go on to be active Open Water officials.
To register please click here.
Great two weekends of play for the U18 Boys & U18 Girls Water polo Teams.
It’s been a great two weekends of play for the U18 Girls and U18 Boys Water polo teams at the Inter-Regionals. It started off with the U18 girls travelling to Bolton on the 19th & 20th March to play in Division two. They played two full days of matches and ending the weekend on 2 wins and 2 losses. They Started the weekend playing Ireland first to then go on to play West Midlands and then East Midlands, they finished off the weekend Playing Scotland on the Sunday. The girls improved game on game and the entire weekend was a brilliant experience for all involved. Here are girls Girls with the Swim England East Region President. To read the full write up of the weekend click here.
The U18 Boys travelled to Blackpool for the second weekend on the 26th & 27th March to play in Division one. They started the weekend playing the North East Steelers to then go on to play North West Tigers on the Saturday, they finished off playing London sharks and South West Sharks on the Sunday. Overall the team had a great weekend. Here are the Boys with the Swim England President. To read the full write up of the weekend clink here.
Dean Walker the Swim England East Region Water polo Manger was the Event Manager on behalf of the East Region at the U18 Boys Division 2 tournament held at Watford on the 26th & 27th March. He also had volunteer table officials from 3 different clubs in the East helping out. To read the full report of both divisions from the weekend on the Swim England website or by clicking here.
A Successful Disability Training Session
On Sunday 20th March, the Swim England East Region held a Disability Training Session at Great Dunmow Leisure Centre. A group of 13 Swimmers attended the day from around the region, we also had 6 coaches attend the day from all different clubs including Phoenix, Runneymede Swimming Club, Chelmsford City Swimming Club, Royston Swimming Club, Stevenage and Flitwick Dolphins Swimming Club to learn new skills.
The session was lead by Para-Swimming coach Louise King with the assistance of Carl Cooper Para-Swimmer talent coach.
The session started with some land-base work, working on strength and conditioning. Each swimming being able to develop adaptations to suit them and to receive feedback to take back with them to their clubs.
The Swimmers then went to the pool session where they had 1.5 hours in the pool focussing on technique and skills. The swimmers received feedback on ways to improved their technique and skills they also received feedback on how to control their pace and effort. The coaches that attended the session were also given feedback on these areas within the training session so that they can also that it back to their clubs.
The Training session was a valuable experience for the swimmers and coaches and we are already looking forward to the next one. The region would like to thank all those that participated in the Training session.
Swim England East Region Masters 50m Development Day
Swim England East Region is holding a Master 50m Development Day on Sunday 27th March 2022 at Oundle School Sports Centre, Oundle, PE8 4AG from 1pm-7pm.
For more information please go to the Masters Development page.
Chris Dunn breaks European & British Records
Chris Dunn of Hatfield Swimming Club had an amazing weekend at the Swim Wales Masters Long Course meet at Swansea on the 5th/6th March. With 9 swims he broke 4 European records which were also British records and a further 4 British records. All 9 swims were also East Region records. Chris was swimming in the 75/79 age group. Well done Chris!
Swim England East Region Disability Training Session
Swim England East Region is holding a Disability Training Session on Sunday 20th March at Great Dunmow Leisure Centre, 3pm-6pm.
For more information please go to the Disability Swimming Development page
Swim England London Region & Swim England East Region Disability and Para-Swimming Duel in the pool
Swim England London Region is hosting Duel in the pool on Sunday 27th March at Harrow School, Harrow HA1 3HP. For more information and to find the conditions and entry pack please go to the link below.
Swim England East Region Artistic Swimming Grading Day
Swim England East Region Artistic Swimming held their first Grading Day of 2022. It was held on Saturday 29th January at Witham Leisure Centre, Witham.
It was great to be back doing some face to face assessments and everyone involved had a great day.
Swim England East Region Water Polo Club Referee Course
Swim England East Region Water Polo held their first Club Referee course online via Zoom on Saturday 5th February 2022. It was a great turn out with 19 learners on the morning course and 20 on the afternoon course. This is the first step on the Swim England WP Referee Pathway. It gave the learners a chance to gain an initial understanding of Water polo FINA Rules and apply this within their club.
Congratulations to Jordan Catchpole & Jessica-Jane Applegate
Huge congratulations to Jordan Catchpole Paralympic gold medallist from Beccles and a member of Team Waveney on becoming one of the youngest people to be made an MBE for services to swimming in the New Year’s Honours List.
Congratulations also are due to Jessica-Jane Applegate from Great Yarmouth and a member of City of Norwich Swimming Club, was part of the same S14 freestyle mixed relay team at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics which they also gained a World Record.
Congratulations to them both.
Would you like to join our Youth Advisory Panel
Swim England East Region is looking to recruit some members aged 16-25 years to form an East Region Youth Advisory Panel (YAP).
It is a great opportunity to get involved and be part of the Panel to help give young volunteers a voice within our Region.
For more information please go to the Youth Advisory Panel page which can be found under clubs.
