Swim England East Region congratulates Skye Carter (Basildon & Phoenix SC) who on Thursday evening won bronze in the 50m Freestyle at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. Subject to ratification, her time of 25.24 is a new British Age Group Record (16 yrs). We also send our congratulations to the chain
Swim England East Region sends its warmest congratulations to Jasmine Carter (Basildon & Phoenix SC), who on Wednesday evening won the silver medal in the 50m Breaststroke at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania. Jasmine won the medal from Lane 8! Subject to ratification, her time of 31.39 is also a British
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
The region is delighted to announce that Bernie Buck is to take on the role of Masters Manager with the region’s Masters Leadership Group. We welcome him to the team.
This certificate develops the specialist skills needed to work as an open water coach and effectively and independently plan, prepare, deliver, monitor and evaluate a series of open water training sessions. Blended learning is a more flexible approach where you complete the theory elements of the course online through eLearning and webinar sessions, this will
Congratulations to Amy Rollinson with her partner Desharne Bent-Ashmeil on winning gold in the Women’s 3m Synchro to land another diving title for Great Britain. Consistency was the key in the women’s 3m synchro event. Bent-Ashmeil and Rollinson not only put together a solid programme with three 3.0DD dives but they also performed them without
The Open Water Competitions page has been updated with the Accepted Entries which can also be found here. No further changes can be made to the Accepted Entries.
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. https://www.ascaworldclinic.com/ 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
On 31st May 2024, Swim England East Region took its first ever Artistic Swimming Squad to the Artistic Swimming Regional Games (this was a first for the region too!). Seven of the eight Swim England regions were competing at Hengrove Leisure Centre, Hengrove Park, Bristol. After holding three training sessions, a squad of 14 was
The Received Entries have been published on the Open Water Competitions page and can also be found here. Swimmers and their representatives have until noon on 20 June to check the Received Entries and notify the entries administrator by email to owentries@eastswimming.org of any errors after which a final accepted entries list will be published and
Congratulations to David Metcalf from Biggleswade SC, who has been selected to be an International Technical Official for the Paris Paralympics. David first became a swimming official in 1990 and over the years has developed a specialism in Para Swimming. David, who is the East Region Swimming Officials’ Manager and former Regional President, is no
Last weekend we welcomed over 40 swimmers from across the region to the 2024 Regional Open Water Development Day held in a superb facility at Stanborough Lakes. With swimmers and coaches from many clubs coming together to learn and develop both their knowledge and passion for Open Water swimming. Swimmers throughout the day engaged and
