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 region’s staff.
You would manage the Group’s organisation of our Masters Championships, Masters Inter County Competitions and draft and monitor budget and development plans for the region assisted by the region’s staff. You would implement development plans and provide news articles for our website and social media.
The role description for the Masters Swimming Manager can be foundHere.
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 Anglia, Peter was the brains behind the idea of integrating para swimming into the Swim England National Masters Championships, a project which has now gone onto be introduced at the British Championships too.
He received the honour at Ponds Forge during the recent GoCardless Swim England National Masters Championships – two years on from when he first implemented para swimming into the competition.
Speaking on receiving the award, Peter said: “I was so surprised that I was named the Cherriman award winner. It was lovely to receive the award with my baby boy, Theo, wife Emma and team mates present.”
As an S10 classified swimmer himself, Peter has always been an active member of the aquatic’s community as the Disability Manager in our Region and as a life-long swimmer.
From his schooldays, he has been a member of Newmarket Swimming Club and took part in the qualifying events for the London 2012 Paralympics.
It’s through his own experiences of why he was so passionate to create a platform for para swimmers to continue to compete where they are still recognised based on both their age and classification.
“The idea started more than nine years ago, where I was seeing para swimmers leaving the sport when they no longer felt competitive at the top end of para swimming.
“There was no competitions for older classified swimmers and I was seeing this was having a health impact. I felt I needed to stick my head above the parapet, to shout that we needed a competition to keep us all strong fit and healthy.”
He reached out to Jeroen Peters (Swim England Masters Leadership Group Chair) about his idea and they set to work on designing the new concept.
Peter worked tirelessly behind the scenes with Alan Rowson to find a solution to create an age adjustment formula as part of the para swimming results calculator and were able to pilot the system at the National Masters Championships in 2022.
Since then it’s gone onto grow and the Championships attract more para swimmers each year. The system is also now implemented into Sport Systems and is close to being available for clubs, counties and regional meets across the UK.
Looking forward to the future, Peter is hopeful that the system can soon be used to encourage para swimmers across the world to take part.
“I’m immensely proud that the para side has grown year on year.
“In 2024 we had two Paralympians swim and take part, one of them competing this year at Paris 2024. The competition also has got people looking around the world at the model being used.
“I would like to see it grow further and that we’re able to use the model when Great Britain next host the world or European Championships to encourage para swimmers from all over the world take part.
“Thank you to Jeroen for giving me the time and energy, to present my case for a para championship at the Masters Nationals.
“To Alan for assisting me with a working solution combining, his age adjustment formula, with the Para Swimming Points Calculator. Thank you also to Graham Spratt for incorporating this into the latest edition of Sport Systems and finally to Bernie Buck for giving me the belief that one day it may happen.”
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 that all those participating have the opportunity to see your child compete.
The Swim England National Awards for 2024 were announced back in June.
The region’s Award Panel have deliberated and considered all the deserving nominees for each award very carefully and we are delighted to announce that these are the region winners.
These winners have been invited to the Swim England National Awards to be held on Saturday 30th November at The Great Hall at the University of Birmingham, where each regional winner will be considered for the national award.
Huge congratulations to all of our winners:
Artistic Swimming Development Coach – Emma Chapman, Dacorum Artistic SC
The Paris 2024 Paralympics saw further success for swimmers who started their swimming journey in the East Region.
Ellie Challis won gold in the S3 50m Backstroke and came 4th in S3 100m Freestyle. This follows a successful European Championship in Portugal earlier this year where Ellie returned with gold in the 50m backstroke and two silvers in the 50m and 100m freestyle events.
Grace Harvey upgraded her silver in Tokyo to a gold in Paris in a win that she said ‘means more than anything’. The 26-year-old earned herself a late present after she took to the pool the day after her birthday and came out victorious in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB5 final. She also took 4th place in the SM6 200m Individual Medley.
Louise Fiddes had a busy schedule taking gold in the SB14 100m Breaststroke and bronze in the S14 200m Freestyle. Speaking of her victory in the 100m Breaststroke Louise, admitted that she was spurred on by watching her close friend Ellie Challis moments before her race. She added: “I was on the edge of my seat even though she won it by a mile. I was like if she can do it then I can do it – roomies you know. In Tokyo we both got silver and we both got gold here so it’s incredible.” There was also a 4th place in the SM14 200m Individual Medley and 6th in the S14 100m Butterfly.
William Ellard in his debut games was crowned Paralympic champion after setting a new world record time in the Men’s S14 200m Freestyle final. William, who was already the joint world record holder after his effort at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in April, went out quickly and never looked back. This gold added to a silver in the S14 100m Butterfly and a gold in the S14 Mixed Relay! William also placed 4th in the S14 100m backstroke and 5th in the S14 200m Individual Medley.
The region is recruiting a president-elect to be the region’s forthcoming figurehead.
If you are a member of a Swim England East Region club and enjoy seeing our athletes compete and achieve great things, please get in touch!
We are looking to recruit someone as President-Elect with the intention of stepping into the role of Regional President next year. This role will involve travelling to regional and county events, and attending national events on behalf of the region.
This role is very rewarding and will suit someone who wants to give back to the sport. Expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with the regional Finance Policy.
The Region requires a professional to produce minutes from our various meetings.
This is a temporary requirement for the next six months to cover maternity leave.
There is normally 1 or 2 meetings per week that would be recorded and sent to you to produce the minutes on our standard template, a turnaround of 5 days maximum.
Responsibilities
To take accurate and high-quality non–verbatim minutes for Leadership group and Board meetings
Compile quality minutes in a timely manner to a high level of accuracy in line with the agreed turnaround process.
Handling of confidential information and exercise discretion and maintaining strict confidentiality regarding sensitive information discussed during meetings.
Personal qualities
Confident written communicator.
Exceptional spelling, punctuation and grammar
Excellent attention to detail.
Typing speed of above 60 wpm
Experience in a related secretarial / business support role
Must be a Swim England Member
Rate of Pay: Negotiable
Hours: As Required
If you are interested in this role please get in touch with [email protected] with the following information
Name:
Swim England Membership Number:
Phone Number:
Relative Experience:
Any other information to support your application:
The closing date for applications is midnight Tuesday 20th August
The Region is looking for a new volunteer to head up our Region.
As Regional Chair you would join the current team as a company director and trustee of the company, Swim England East Region.
You would chair the Board meetings scheduled throughout the year as required and help develop the strategy for the Region, identifying the priorities and areas of focus in line with those of Swim England nationally. You would manage the disciplines by delegation to the discipline Leadership Groups, each one is led by its volunteer manager.
If you are keen to get involved, want more information or want to apply, Please use this link
This year’s Championships will be held on 29th September at Newmarket Leisure Centre.
For the first time, this will include Para awards, plus a Top Team award and Top Individual Open/Male and Female awards for East Region Club’s and East Region swimmers only.
The closing date for entries is midnight on September 18th 2024.
If you have any queries concerning entering this meet please contact [email protected]
This is almost a last chance meet to get QT’s for Go Cardless Swim England Masters National Championships to be held in Sheffield – 25th to 27th October. The closing date for all entries is October 11th.
Full details including QT’s, Schedule of Events, entry opening and closing times can be found here:
Swim England’s Aquatics Coach Mentoring programme for 2024-2025 provides an opportunity for coaches across all areas of the sport to work with an experienced coach mentor.
The purpose of the Aquatics Coach Mentoring programme is to support and challenge aspiring coaches to learn, develop and grow in their role. Through this programme, we hope to continue to raise the quality of coaching across the aquatic sports.
We know that mentoring is a proven, effective and impactful way to support and develop coaches. Therefore, the Aquatics Coach mentoring programme is an important and fundamental part of the Swim England coach learning and development offer
Applications are now open and close at midnight on Monday 26th August 2024.
More information and how to apply can be found here.
The Region wishes to support coaches to enhance their skills by supporting them financially to attend the ASCA World Coaches Clinic, in Orlando, 4th to 7th September 2024.
We will support club coaches in the East Region with a grant of up to £500 each towards the cost of this, up to a maximum of six. If there are more than 6 applicants, there will be a selection process to determine who will receive the grant.
The grant will be awarded to those willing to write papers about the presentations given and make face-to-face presentations to enhance the skills of other coaches in the Region, possibly from all disciplines and their athletes.
If you wish to be considered for this grant please complete the Application form and return this to [email protected] by 28th July 2024
