Leading health experts have warned that the continued closures of swimming pools are ‘building up health problems for the future’. They say it is ‘critical’ pools safely reopen at the earliest available opportunity to help more than 20 million people living in England with long-term conditions that cannot be cured but which require ongoing support
The first leaderboards for Swim England’s virtual Level X Racing have been published – with more than 94,000 swims clocked during the inaugural series. More than 16,200 swimmers from 430 clubs took part in the opening event between 23 October and the end of December. Swim England launched Level X Racing to give swimmers the
A total of 85 swimmers have been named in the first-ever England Swimming Team ahead of the 2022 Commonwealth Games. They include members of the Swim England National Performance Squad as well as English Swimmers that are named on British Swimming’s and British Para-swimming’s World Class programme. All will be part of the new ‘exciting
Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson explains why membership fees are so vital in these challenging times. It’s the one topic that people have questioned me about more than any other on social media. Why is Swim England not deferring its membership fees in 2021? Can we have a fee holiday until swimming competitions return?
Saturday 9th January 2021 – 1-2pm After what has been an extremely challenging year for everyone, swimmer and coach welfare has never been so front and centre of our minds. With loss of pool time, national lockdowns and the navigation of ever tighter tiered systems, this has truly been a year that has tested us
Swim England has said the decision to close pools in the new tier four areas is ‘heartbreaking but understandable’ – and called for them to be allowed to reopen as soon as restrictions can be eased. Prime Minister Boris Johnson this afternoon announced a new strict set of measures following a surge in cases after
A new £100 million National Leisure Recovery Fund will be a ‘shot in the arm’ for swimming pools across the country and help safeguard the long-term future of ‘cherished’ facilities. The National Leisure Recovery Fund was announced by Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, at the end of October and
Nicola Latty, the chairperson of the Home Countries Masters Swimming Management Group, reflects on a challenging year for Masters swimmers and looks ahead to moving forward again in 2021. Masters swimmers have demonstrated remarkable ingenuity to keep fit during 2020. From weird and wonderful online fitness classes, to swimming using tethers and venturing into open water,
Swim England President Ian Mackenzie is to stay in the role for a further 12 months until May 2022. With the majority of Swim England events being cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, Ian has been unable to carry out the usual duties associated with being President. Therefore the Swim England regions, who
The SE East Region Open Water (SEEROW) Championships were held on Sunday 21st July 2019 at Whitlingham Country Park (Norwich). There were a high number of entries received from 52 clubs from the Region and Hertfordshire were represented by nine swimming clubs with a total of 81 swimmers competing in the four events (3k, 1k,
British Swimming has announced that the British Swimming Championships will be held at the London Aquatics Centre in 2021. The competition was due to take place between 14–19 April this year but was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. It will now take place a year later, from 13–18 April 2021. The event will feature
