Brian DeVal 
Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson believes ‘common sense has prevailed’ after leisure centres and gyms in Merseyside were given the green light to reopen. The Government last week unveiled a three-tier system to help tackle the spread of coronavirus and the Liverpool region was the first to be placed under the very-high restrictions. Measures … Read more
Swim England is to submit evidence to a new inquiry which is to examine what help is needed to guarantee the survival of the community sports sector. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee will look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on grassroots sports and clubs and how their future … Read more
“Level X Racing is a fun opportunity for them to practice some racing skills in the absence of those club, county, regional and national events. “The feedback we have had so far from the test sessions has been extremely encouraging. “Everyone who has taken part has loved the chance to test themselves against their team-mates … Read more
Champions of community sport are to be honoured as part of a new campaign for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The search is on for Hometown Heroes to be the faces of an advertising promotion when the countdown to the competition begins in 2021. Nominees could be a longstanding, inspiring coach, a dedicated volunteer who … Read more
Hertfordshire Aquatics have released the first drawings for the 50m pool project that will take Swim England Hertfordshire into the future. These early drawings give a good idea of what the centre will look like and how it will operate. The centre is being designed as a centre of excellence for swimming, water polo and … Read more
Swim England has confirmed it is committed to doing everything it can to enable the ‘excellent’ County Age Group Swimming Championships take place in 2021. However, due to the ongoing coronavirus restrictions, it is highly unlikely that these events will be able to take place in their usual January/February time slot. To that end, Swim … Read more
Swim England has frozen its membership fees for 2021. The recognised national governing body has confirmed that there will be no increase to its element of the annual fees to help support its affiliated clubs and members that have faced ‘extreme difficulties’ during the coronavirus pandemic. Category 1 members will pay £9.20, the Category 2 … Read more
We will be discussing the recently announced “Level X” competition as well as other initiatives to get our sport up and running – looking to 2021 and beyond. We will be looking for suggestions from attendees as well as putting forward suggestions and answering questions on information that we expect to be published by Swim … Read more
Ten clubs have been selected to pilot Swim England’s brand new swimming competition ahead of its official launch next month. Level X is an exciting event which will enable swimmers to compete against others from across the country within the comforts of their own club training sessions. With competitions cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, … Read more
Swim England has welcomed new research which reveals the prevalence of coronavirus at leisure centres and gyms is ‘extremely low’. The findings, published by ukactive, showed there have been only 78 confirmed Covid-19 cases among more than 22 million visits since facilities were given the go-ahead to reopen. Data was collated from more than 1,500 … Read more
Swim England is developing detailed plans to enable competitions to resume across all its disciplines. The Framework for Resuming Competitive Activity will define how national, regional, county and club events can take place with coronavirus restrictions in place. It will be further supplemented by guidance to support clubs, counties and regions in the planning and … Read more
Water polo clubs and players have been given the green light for a return to training and competitive action after the Government approved Swim England guidance. The recognised national governing body submitted evidence to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport at the beginning of the month. Westminster has now confirmed that water polo … Read more
