Congratulations to Jacqui Kendall on her appointment as a FINA Open Water swimming Official. This four year appointment means that Jacqui may be invited to officiate at international events promoted by FINA or LEN, as well as taking senior roles at national events.
Regional Open Water Championships Following extensive discussions regarding the ability to safely stage the 2021 East Region Open Water Swimming Championships, it has been reluctantly decided that we are unable to go ahead with the event this year. In arriving at this decision, the East Open Water Swimming Leadership Group examined all current Government, Local
Are you interested in becoming a Level 2 Open Water Swimming Coach? The region is investigating interest in the course, by asking any coaches keen to train up, to complete a Register of Interest form found on our coaching courses webpage. If enough coaches are interested, we will get a course booked in as we
The Institute of Swimming have recently outlined how the pathway for coaches to become Open Water qualified operates and how a course can be arranged. For the course to be viable there needs to be at least 8 (or more) participants from within the region. Less than this number would require the other spaces to
On 29th February 2020, the Region hosted it’s first open water coach development day in Hatfield. The event was also acting as a pilot to help shape future national open water coach development requirements and opportunities. For further details from day, please read the event report.
The Swim England Open Water National Age Group Championships were held on 5th August at the new venue of Thrybergh Country Park, Rotherham. In total, there were 37 swimmers taking part from East Region clubs, with a gold medal for Ruby Wheeler (Basildon & Phoenix) in the girls 13 years, 2K event. There was also
A Level 2 Open Water Coaching Course is now available to book. The course will have face-to-face days on 2nd June and 17th August with online learning to complete between these two dates. Bookings will be accepted from members of clubs affiliated to Swim England East Region and places will cost £325 per learner. For
The Results and list of National Qualifiers are now available in the Open Water Results section. The results can also be found by clicking here. The National Qualifiers list can be found here. To enter the National event go to https://swimmingresults.org/events/seowag18/OWindexinvite.php from Monday afternoon. You will have until 12 Noon on Wednesday 25 July to enter.
