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Swim England Hertfordshire County Development Camps In 2026 Swim England Hertfordshire will be running a series of 3 development camps for swimmers aged 12 at 31st December 2026. Learn more

With some fantastic swimming our team at the County Team Championships 2025 finished second in their division to gain promotion to the division 1 in Sheffield. The squad, led by top girl Summer Miller and top boy Rafe Lawson (main picture) swam their hearts out to finish 3rd in division 2 to gain the promotion.

We are proud to announce one of our strongest teams for many years. The squad of 28 swimmers will be supported by Harry Maishman as Lead coach and Joe Collins with Team Managers Mark Nelson and Claire Miller. They are also joined by Karen Chang and Xiaoqiang Zhang (James) who are volunteering to officiate at

Swim England has developed a new framework that marks a new era for coaching in aquatics – one where coaches, athletes and participants are flourishing. Co-created with the coaching community, clubs and coaching stakeholders, Flourishing in Coaching has been developed by and for the community. It reflects where we are and the voices we’ve heard

On Saturday 6th September 2025, the Region will be hosting its first Chair & Welfare Officer conference at the lovely setting of Stapleford Granary in Cambridgeshire. The day will run between 10 – 4pm with inputs from SE Safeguarding, the National Welfare Officers, Governance, Active Sports Partnerships and more! Lunch is included and it is

Entries for the Hertfordshire Aquatics Swimming Club Open Meet are now open. This annual meet will be held over the weekend of Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd November at Haberdasher Aske’s Boys School. Funds from the open meet will go towards the Herts Aquatics 50m pool project. Events include 50m, 100m and 200m in all

The five UK sports councils are unified by a commitment to the wellbeing, enjoyment and fulfilment of every person involved in sport. With that in mind, the five bodies are empowering the sector to redesign sport to be safer for everyone in response to the Safe Sport report. Led by sport and for sport, the

Swim England has announced that nominations are now open for the Swim England National Awards 2025.  The annual ceremony is a highlight of the Swim England calendar, recognising and celebrating the outstanding achievements, dedication, and passion of the aquatics community across the country.  This year’s awards will honour contributions of the past year across a

The Panorama documentary, The Dark Side of Swimming Clubs, was broadcast earlier this evening on BBC1. Swim England was not been able to view the programme in advance but have been given the opportunity to respond to some elements of its content.  Swim England have also issued the following response:   The experiences that will

(Held under Swim England Regulations and Technical Rules) Sunday 1st July 2025 This year’s master’s competition will be held at: Hemel Hempstead Leisure Centre, Park Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1JS Conditions and entry files

Venue: Whitlingham Country Park, Norwich The Swim England Hertfordshire Open Water Championships 2024 will take place on Sunday 13th July within the Swim England East Region Open Water Championships.

At the Annual Council Meeting on 18th March, Mark Horrod became the Swim England Hertfordshire President 2025-2026. Congratulations to him. Congratulations also to the recipients of the annual county awards which were announced at the meeting. The Wilkinson Sword was awarded jointly to Louise Fiddes and Grace Harvey in recognition of their huge success at