Swim England’s Inspire Coach Mentoring programme for 2023-2024 provides a unique coach development opportunity for coaches who are predominantly working with age-group and early youth level athletes within the Swim England Talent Pathways Swimming, Para Swimming, Diving, Water Polo and Artistic Swimming. Each coach will be assigned a mentor from our Swim England National and
Qualifying & Consideration Times for County Championships 2024 These times have been developed following discussions with the clubs/coaches and Swim England (England Talent Team). The following changes have been made: 1. Reintroduction the 16 year old age group 2. Times highlighted in yellow are faster than the 2023 times. This should be celebrated as it
Swim England has taken the first steps to turn existing guidance into policy following a commitment made in its safeguarding, welfare and culture plan. The national governing body vowed in the Heart of Aquatics to move towards publishing policy rather than guidance, where it is applicable, in areas that impact safeguarding, welfare and culture. All Swim England
Swim England has unveiled its strategic vision for the next decade as it aims to champion a healthy and successful nation through swimming. Access Aquatics sets out the national governing body’s key priorities to remove the barriers to participation and ensure its sports and activities are ‘accessible, inclusive and safe for everyone’ It recognises the
At the Annual Council Meeting on 20th March, Jane O’Brien became the Swim England Hertfordshire President 2023-2024. Congratulations to her. 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, Grace Harvey and Martyn Walton for the success at the
The Swim England Club Health Tracker has received ‘hugely positive’ feedback and clubs have been encouraged to take up the opportunity, with the first deadline approaching. The tracker is available for all aquatics clubs and supports them with continuous improvements within six core areas of club development – coaching and teaching, financial management, pool operator
On Tuesday 28th February at Haberdashers pool, Bryan Thompson the Swim England Hertfordshire President, attended the Watford Water Polo club training session to hand out County 1/2 Colours and pins to athletes. The awards were presented for regional team membership in the U16 Inter-Regional Competition in 2021. The players awarded pins were: Bertie Dix, Anthony
The Swim England Hertfordshire Annual Council Meeting (ACM) is scheduled to take place, via Zoom, on Monday 20th March 2023 at 8pm. Further details, including information on the roles of the Management Board members and the post holders, can be downloaded from the webpage. This is your opportunity to have your say and inform the
Following the successful return of the summer championships and summer meets in 2022, the competitions will provide a valuable opportunity for thousands of swimmers across the country to take part in the end of season events. The qualification window for the Championships and the respective home nation meets will be open from Friday 10 March
GLL are continuing their support of aquatic athletes in 2023 through its athlete support programme, the GLL Sport Foundations awards. Athletes from 65 areas throughout the UK are encouraged to apply for the UK’s largest independent athlete award programme which has already contributed £13m to help more than 24,000 athletes on their sporting journey. A
The dates for Swim England’s competitive swimming events for the end of the 2022-23 season have been revealed. Swim England’s National Summer Meet is the major highlight of the schedule and will take place at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge international pool from 2-6 August. More than 1,400 competitors from across the country took part in the
The schedule and qualifying times for the 2023 British Masters Championships have been released ahead of the event in Sheffield. The annual championship’s return to Ponds Forge International Pool for the first time in seven years next summer after the pool missed out on hosting the event in 2020 due to the pandemic. The competition
