Entries have opened for the Long Course Swimming Championships. The conditions and unchanged qualification times for the meet 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
The IOS have announced dates for several L2 Coaching Open Water Swimming courses taking place from April 2023 across the country.
British Swimming have confirmed that the new World Aquatics Rules Updates 2023-25 will come into force on 10 March 2023 in Britain. This CPD is an essential course to attend for all swimming technical officials and officials in training. To book a place on the online presentations taking place within the Region please click here.
The Swim England East Region AGM is taking place on Wednesday 26th April 2023. There are a number of volunteer roles due to be appointed at the AGM this year – these are – President Elect 2 x Member nominated Directors 2 x Regional Operations Committee members Membership Officer Licensing Officer Welfare Officer Artistic Swimming
The next round of the Allianz Sports Fund for clubs is now open. This time the funding will focus on clubs looking to support and inspire their members to keep playing throughout 2023. Grants of £500, £1,000, £2,000 and £3,000 are available. Awards are to help sports clubs continue to provide opportunities within their local community.
The East Regional would like to welcome Josh Devine as our new Regional Manager. Josh will be supporting the operation of the region and will be working closely with all aquatic disciplines and supporting our family of volunteers. Having started his aquatics journey as a competitive swimmer in Kent, Josh continued on to
Applications to Officiate or help at the Regional Long Course Championships at Norwich and Luton are now open. This year, the Region are using the “Swim Meet” software for applications to officiate at Regional Galas. The software will help the Technical Directors organise the large number of officials needed to run a swimming meet. If you are
The Swim England 2023 Coaching courses are now available to book on the IOS website. The coaching courses that are being held in the East Region are for Swimming and Water polo and can be found here. Swimming coaching course are being held in Hoddesdon, Luton, Downham Market, Enfield and Leighton Buzzard. Water Polo coaching
Swim England East Region are holding their next Disability Swimming training session on Sunday 26th February 2023 at Abbey Leisure Complex in Cambridge from 10:45am – 2pm. For more information and to register for the session please go to the Disability Swimming Development page by clicking here
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing away of one of our members. David Robinson. Having joined Mildenhall and District Swimming Club in 1979 when his two children started lessons there, David dedicated a large proportion of the last 41 years to the sport. Despite never being a competitive swimmer himself,
The qualifying times, race schedule and general conditions for the Swim England East Region Long Course Championships have now been added to the competitions page of the website. The entry system will open approximately one month prior to the entry closing date. Any queries should be directed to [email protected]
The Swim England Swimming Leadership Group have issued the following statement:- “World Aquatics (FINA) is currently reviewing its technical rules in all disciplines. In respect of swimming, the revised rules, covering the 2023-25 period, were published on 3 January 2023. The British Swimming Swimming Officials Group will shortly circulate details of the new rules, create
