Open Water Technical Official Training Course – Sunday 29th May 10:00am – 14:30pm via Zoom. This course is designed for people who would like to become an Open Water Technical Official, who are over the age of 16 with no prior officiating experience or experience officiating in a different discipline. For more information and to register for
Congratulations to all athletes that have been selected to represent Team England at this summer’s Commonwealth Games. Amongst the 48 swimmers competing, Grace Harvey (Hoddesdon SC), Jessica- Jane Applegate (City of Norwich SC) , Louise Fiddes (Hatfield SC) and Jordan Catchpole (Team Waveney SC) have all been selected to be para swimmers within the squad.
Swim England East Region is hosting a Development Camp for 13-17 year olds that are interested in developing their open water racing skills. The event is happening on 11th June 2022 at Stanborough Lakes. This year, we are inviting swimmers that would like to attend, to apply for a place, providing the criteria is met.
Helen Stephens, of Colchester SC, has become the East Region President following our Annual General Meeting. We welcome Helen into the role and look forward to seeing her at regional and national events throughout the year. Helen is a long standing volunteer in the sport, and will always offer a friendly smile on poolside. We
The Swim England East Region Annual General Meeting took place last night, where Ian Cotton became the new Regional Chairman. We welcome Ian into the role and look forward to his support and leadership going forwards. Ian has been a very active volunteer both in the region and nationally with Swim England. Joan Wheeler’s time
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
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
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
Final information for this coming weekend has now been published and is available on our Swimming Competition webpage.
On 27th March Swim England East Region held a development day for our Masters swimmers at Oundle Sports Centre. Presentations included; How to Deal with Nerves and Mental Race Preparation (Emma Wood, Cognitive Hypnotherapist and trainee Sport Psychologist); Injury Prevention through Strength and Conditioning Exercises (Lawrence Palmer, Strength and Conditioning Coach and Masters 50m Breaststroke
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,
Entries for the main Long Course Championship events have opened. The conditions for these are on the Swimming Competitions page which can be found here. Para Entries have a dedicated entry page here and Para Swimmers should enter via that page rather than the main online system even if they are fast enough for the non Para
