The British Masters Long Course Swimming Championships took place at Ponds Forge from 2nd to 4th June and there were numerous successes for Masters Swimmers from the East Region. Twenty-six swimmers came home with 47 national titles between them including 5 titles each for Janet Masters (South Beds Masters, 80-84), our oldest competitor at 83
Tributes have been paid to diving stalwart Derek Beaumont who has passed away last week following a short illness. Derek has been an influential figure in the sport of diving for more than half a century, progressing from an athlete to a judge, coach and committee member. At the 2020 British Diving Championships, he was
“As part of #UKCoachingWeek Swim England and the Institute of Swimming are offering their ‘Foundations of Inclusivity’ CPD free of charge. As the title suggests, this is intended to showcase the foundations of an inclusive approach and includes case studies from the world of Aquatics, Rugby Union, Cycling and Trail Running. Make sure you keep
Entries are now open for the 2023 Regional Open Water Championships taking place on 9th July at Whitlingham Lakes. Please make sure you have read the Event Conditions document prior to entering. All details can be found on the Open Water Competitions webpage. Entries close 18th June 2023. The Region is also looking for volunteers
Swim England East Region has a bursary scheme to assist our East Region athletes selected to be part of British Swimming or England Talent teams from an East Region club (all disciplines). The region appreciates we are all going through challenging times still, and with increasing costs it is important we assist our members to
Darren Peck, who is a member of a number of East Region clubs, has become the East Region President following our Annual General Meeting. We welcome Darren into the role and look forward to seeing him at regional and national events throughout the year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Helen Stephens
Swim England’s updated transgender and non-binary competition policy has inclusion and fairness at its very heart. In order for all aquatic disciplines to be enjoyed as sport, there must be inclusive opportunities for transgender participants to compete. This policy refers only to Swim England competitions (including those organised by our member Regions, Counties and Clubs) and will be implemented
Swim England have published a new policy regarding the supervision ratios for clubs within aquatics. Previously, the guidance was in Wavepower and within Swim England’s Team Manager training, however, as part of our commitment to providing a safe environment for all members, a new policy is being introduced. You can view both the policy and
Artistic Swimming Important Information Following World Aquatics rule changes the following updates need to be undertaken: ALL Current Judges – to attend at least 1 of the 3 Zoom online sessions – to upskill to the new system – in order to be able to continue judging at their current Level from 1st Jan 2024.
Swim England is updating its safeguarding training requirements for all members who require a DBS check as part of their role in aquatics and in accordance with Wavepower. From January 1 2024, the national governing body will only accept Swim England Safeguarding training for those working within our clubs, counties and regions as part of our
Thank you for your support at the first two weekends of the regional championships in Norwich. The region is currently short of officials and volunteers for the forthcoming weekend of swimming at the regional championships in Luton. In respect of poolside volunteers, there is a genuine need for volunteers across all sessions. The need for
The final information in respect of the Luton weekend of our Championships is now available Please note that timings differ from those originally published, but only by a few minutes.
Many thanks to all those who have responded to our call for officials and have signed up to help at Weekend 2 of the Regional Long Course Championships. We now have enough officials for all sessions.
The first National Welfare online Forum will be held on Wednesday 26th April starting at 6pm and will be co-hosted by the Swim England Governance and Safeguarding teams. Club, County and Region Welfare Officers are invited to attend and are asked to register via: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NationalWelfareForum
The next Connecting with Coaches sessions will be led by Swim England’s Head of Safeguarding Kevin Suckling and Sport Governance and Welfare Manager Helen Weeks who will be providing an update on Safeguarding including the new team and focus, what happens when a concern is raised to the team and dispelling myths around coach investigations
Open Water Technical Officials Course These dates are primarily aimed at new Open Water officials, they can either be completely new to officiating or hold an officiating qualification in another discipline. However, any existing Level 1 officials who wish to upskill please complete the survey so that we can establish demand for a session just
Links to the Withdrawal System and Results together with a Programme for the first weekend at Norwich have been added to the Swimming Competitions Page which can be found here.
The region is currently short of officials and volunteers for the forthcoming two weekends of swimming at the regional championships in Norwich. In respect of poolside volunteers, there is a genuine need for volunteers across all sessions. The need for officials is particularly acute for the second weekend (29, 30 April, 1 May) and for
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 – Disability Manager Water Polo Manager A role description for each role is available on request for your reference. If you are
The Swimming 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. Officials and Volunteers are still needed for the Championships. If you are able to help on any of the weekends please sign up here. Spectators are welcome at
Congratulations to Laura Stephens and Luke Turley on being selected to be a part of British Swimming’s squad for the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan this summer. Laura who is now at Loughborough Performance Centre originally from Colchester SC (formally a member of Harwich, Dovercourt and Parkeston SC) and Luke Turley, Bath University originally
