A new personnel report that will ease the workload on officials and also help clubs meet the requirements of Stronger Affiliation and SwimMark has been created by Swim England.
Jo Stalley
More Stronger Affiliation workshop dates announced
These workshops have been organised to help clubs understand the requirements of Stronger Affiliation, the compulsory standards that clubs have to evidence as part of affiliation to Swim England. If you are a SwimMark club, no action is needed, and you don’t need to attend the workshop. If you wish to attend please register online
Monday 28th September 7-8pm
Registrations have now closed.
Wednesday 14th October 6.30-7.30pm
Registrations have now closed.
East Region Swimmers Selected for National Event Camps
The selections for Swim England’s national event camps were announced this week and the East Region was well represented. Congratulations to Olivier Vedrenne (City of Norwich) and Michael Klimaszewski (Hatfield) as well as three swimmers who were formerly based in the East Region but now attend schools in other areas of the country – Caitlin Loo (Hatfield), Erin Little (Chelmsford) and Sophie Freeman (Colchester). Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, all pathway camps (county, regional and national) in 2020 will be running in a digital format. Full details on the regional programme for 2008-born swimmers will sent to clubs in September.
East Para Swimmers Selected for National Talent Programme
A huge congratulations to 5 East para swimmers selected to be part of the National Swim England Para Swimming Talent Programme. These swimmers will be taken on a journey of development with many destinations, exploring the pillars of athlete development; Technical, Tactical, Physical, Psychological.
The selected swimmers from East region includes Roan Brennan (Basildon & Phoenix SC), Mwaba Mkwasa (Norwich Swan SC), Louise Storey (Hoddesdon SC), Samual Tidy (Dereham &District SC), and Owen Woodrow (City of Norwich SC).
Congratulations to East Region Swimmers
In addition to the 28 swimmers already selected for the National Development Programme, an additional 20 swimmers have now ben invited to join the programme.
This programme is the first step on the National Framework. The 13 and 14-year-olds picked will be expected to join a day of online workshops in October covering ‘Loving Race Day’, sleep recovery and injury prevention. A dry land conditioning session will also emphasise mobility and stability to enhance the anti-rotational / rotational strokes and streamlining.
All the swimmers were chosen using the new adjusted selection guidelines that have been introduced for the 2020-21 season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Selected athletes include;
Amara Addison (Norwich Swan SC)
Mason Allen (Basildon & Phoenix SC)
Lewis Andrews (Norwich Swan SC)
Max Arnold (Harlow Penguins SC)
Francesca Baber (Flitwick Dolphins SC)
Matthew Baker (West Suffolk SC)
Matilda Bogle (teamipswich)
Karys-Rose Bunn (teamipswich)
Skye Carter (Basildon & Phoenix SC)
Nikita Charykin (Thurrock SC)
Daniel Clayton (teamipswich)
Nathan Close (Biggleswade SC)
Gracie Comitti (Basildon & Phoenix SC)
Finn Cooper (teamipswich)
Cait Cotter (Chelmsford SC)
Robbie Cruickshanks (teamipswich)
George De Voogt (Leighton Buzzard SC)
Macy Dexter (City of Cambridge SC)
Sophie Dowding (teamipswich)
Ellen Duffield (teamipswich)
William Ellard (St Felix School SC)
James Gourpinar (Harlow Penguins SC)
Grace Greenhalf (City of Norwich SC)
Daniel Holliss (City of St Albans SC)
Ethan Howard (Potters Bar SC)
Louis James (Norwich Swan SC)
Mia Lowe (Basildon & Phoenix SC)
Cub Maddison (Hatfield SC)
Nathanial Mapley (City of St Albans SC)
Josh Martin (City of Peterborough SC)
Lily-Ella Mayall (Team Waveney SC)
Daniel McGuinness (Basildon & Phoenix SC)
Kirsty Neill (Bishops Stortford SC)
Olivia Newman-Baronius (Putteridge SC)
Edward Ormsby (Royston SC)
Evangeline Pierce (Basildon & Phoenix SC)
Joel Pietersen (Hatfield SC)
Matilda Ransome (City of Cambridge SC)
Rosalind Saise (teamipswich)
Charlotte Smith (Norwich Swan SC)
Andrew Tembra (Hatfield SC)
Zak Troman (Colchester SC)
Maximilian Veiga (City of Cambridge SC)
Ryan Wall (Royston SC)
Arabella Ward (Modernian SC)
Clara Watson-Flowers (St Felix School SC)
Isabella Yeabsley (Hatfield SC)
Beth Young (teamipswich)
Swimming Coach Drop in Calls
Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, the region have been hosting regular drop in calls for coaches. We have over 90 coaches now registered for these and have been offering a range of opportunities from stroke technique discussions through to sharing ideas on the various training methods behind the different energy systems. We will endeavour to continue these in the coming weeks and months, so if you are yet to sign up please email [email protected] to be added to the distribution list.
Returning to pools FAQ’s updated
The Swim England Returning to Pools guidance FAQ’s have been updated following feedback from clubs.
Swim England unveils its new structure
Swim England has unveiled its reorganised structure, way of working and contact details for its new-look teams. The region’s team remains unchanged and is available for any enquiries or support that you may have or need.
Swim England welcomes the report to preserve leisure facilities
Swim England provided evidence to the DCMS select committee, featured in the report, stressing the urgent need for financial support for swimming pools. The Parliamentary report has said the Government must work with councils to ensure necessary funding is in place to preserve leisure facilities
Swim England updates its Return to Pool Guidance
The Return to Pool Guidance has been updated on group sizes for training as well as looking at the next steps towards competition.
Para Swimming Workshops
Para Swimming have are providing a number of workshops for Coaches/Swimmers and Parents over the coming few months.
An Introduction to Physical Literacy for Classified Swimmers and Parents – 27th July 2020 @ 6.30pm – CLICK HERE – (Closing Date: 23/7/20 @ 9.00am)
Developing Physical Literacy in Para Swimmers (L1 Coaches)– 3rd September 2020 @ 6.30pm – CLICK HERE
Identifying Suitable Practices for the Development of Para Swimmers (L2 Coaches) – 7th September 2020 @ 6.30pm – CLICK HERE
Green light given to reopen!
Late yesterday the Government announced that swimming pools could reopen: outdoor pools from 11th July and indoor pools from 25th July (after 16 weeks of closure)
