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2024 Open Water Championships – Entries now open

Entries have opened for the 2024 Regional Open Water Championships taking place on 14th July at Whitlingham Lakes. Please make sure you have read the 2024 SE ER Open Water Conditions document prior to entering. This year there are events for Para and SOGB athletes through a dedicated entry system, All details can be found

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Olympic qualification success

Aquatics GB have announced an exciting 33-strong team to represent Team GB in the summer at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Following success at recent competitions including the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships at the London Aquatic Centre, Laura Stephens, who started her swimming career in the East Region, will be part of that team.

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Long Course Championships – Accepted Entries

The Accepted Entries along with information and a programme for the Luton weekend have been added to the Swimming Competitions page. No further changes can be made to the Accepted Entries.  To give the 15+ swimmers maximum rest in advance of their weekend of racing, the 800m Freestyle heats will be seeded as normal but

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SEER Para-Swimming Development Day

Para-Swimming Development Day for athletes and coaches Sunday 28th April 10:00am – 3:00pm Newmarket leisure Centre, Exning Rd, Newmarket CB8 0EA The East region is pleased to announce a Para-Swimming development day with development opportunities for athletes and coaches throughout the day. Who is the day for? Coaches with an interest in developing their knowledge

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Long Course Championships – Received Entries

The Received Entries have been published on the Swimming Competitions page and can also be found here. Swimmers, teams and their representatives have until 12 April to check the Received Entries and notify the entries administrator by email to [email protected] of any errors after which a final accepted entries list will be published and no further

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Long Course Championships Entries

Entries will close at midnight on 4th April. Clubs holding meets this weekend, especially any not using the Online Results Uploader, are asked to submit results to rankings promptly so that they can be used to enter by the closing date.  A link to the Championships entry information can be found here. The region continues

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Laura Stephens – World Champion!

Great Britain and the East Region has a new swimming hero ahead of this year’s Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Laura Stephens became the country’s first individual female gold medalist at the World Aquatic Championships since 2011 by claiming 200m butterfly glory in Doha. The 24-year old says she “can’t believe it” and has now set

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Long Course Championships – food/drinks passes available now

We are pleased to confirm that all poolside passes for coaches, team managers and chaperones will remain free of charge for the 2024 championships. In recent years, we have not offered food and tea/coffee refreshments to coaches and team personnel. This is largely because coaches have preferred to make their own arrangements. We have received a

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Regional Long Course Championships

The region continues to actively recruit officials and volunteers for its Long Course Championships, which are being held over three weekends in April and May 2024. Please follow the links below to apply for either role, or to access the region’s volunteer expense policy. Technical Officials and Poolside Volunteers Applications to Officiate at Regional Swimming

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East Region Success at World Masters

The World Aquatics Masters Championships took place in Doha from 23 February to 3 March and we now have two world champions in the East Region. Chris Ayers from South Beds Masters won 3 titles in the female 70-74 years age group: 50, 100 and 200 breast. She was also awarded silver medals in the

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