Five-point roadmap created for ‘safe and effective’ return to swimming competitions

Swim England has created a five-point roadmap outlining a ‘safe and effective’ route to returning to swimming competitions. The recognised national governing body has confirmed it is currently at stage three of the pathway following the launch of Level X Racing. Dates for advancing to stages four and five have yet to be confirmed but the next … Read more

Common sense has prevailed’ as leisure centres get green light to reopen

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 confirms alternative window for 2021 County Age Group Championships

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 confirms its membership fees for 2021 have been frozen

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

Ten pilot clubs chosen to test out Swim England’s Level X swimming competition

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

Research revealing low Covid-19 prevalence in leisure centres welcomed

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