Emma Winter
Congratulations to Claire Cannon from City of Cambridge and Luke Turley, Bath University originally from Hatfield SC on being selected for the Swim England Performance Squad for the 2022-23 season.
Laura Stephens, Loughborough PC originally from Colchester SC and Basildon & Phoenix SC has also been selected to join the British Swimming’s World Class Programme 2022-23 as part of their Podium Potential tier.
Congratulations to all the swimmers who have been selected and good luck for 2023.
On Saturday 26th November the Swim England National Awards took place at Birmingham. Congratulations to the awardees from the East Regional who received a Swim England National Award and Congratulations to all of the other East Region finalist.
Coach of the Year – Kirsteen Mitchell – Gold
Youth Volunteer of the Year – Catherine Banham – Gold
Volunteer of the Year – Jemma Gary – Silver
Spirit of Aquatics – Kerri Clewlow – Bronze
The Awards recognise and celebrate the incredible spirit of our aquatic community especially evident during these challenging times. These Awards showcase individuals and groups who create and foster the community spirit of aquatics.
The winners of the 2022 awards are:
Club of the Year – Swimming – Newmarket Swimming Club
Club of the Year – Diving – Luton Diving Club
Coach of the Year – Kirsteen Mitchell
Spirit of Aquatics – Kerry Clewlow
Volunteer of the Year – Jemma Garry
Youth Volunteer of the Year – Catherine Banham
Congratulations to the winners and to all who were nominated. The winners will be put forward for the National Swim England Awards 2022 being held in November.
During the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Emily Saunders pictured here from Beaumont Diving Academy, had the opportunity to volunteer at the Games as a field of play member for the diving events. Emily explains on why she wanted to get involved in volunteering
and what she got from it.
“During the commonwealth games in Birmingham I was fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer as a field of play member for diving events. I first decided to volunteer during the games to be part of a world class sporting event so close to home which may only come around once in a lifetime. Through volunteering you always make lots of friends and meet new people who you often see at other sporting events too. It was amazing to see how well the divers performed but also very exciting to see the behind the scenes by making sure the pool was ready for broadcasting and competition”.
Volunteers form the backbone and heart of our Swim England family. They support our clubs, events and programmes across the Region and country, they help ensure our aquatic sports grow and thrive.
Our volunteers are our biggest asset and their contribution is invaluable.
If you’re feeling inspired to get involved in volunteering, click here to find out more or find a club near you to see if there are any volunteering opportunities available.
The East Region is hosting a race simulation opportunity for 13-17 year olds swimmers to come along to practice open water before our Open Water Regional Championships.
The Event is taking place at Stanborough Lakes on 11th June, registration is at 1pm. If you are interested and meet the criteria, please visit the Open Water Development page here!
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Swim England East Region held another successful training session which was held on Sunday 22nd May 2022 at Flitwick Leisure Centre. To read the full report from the day click here.
Open Water Technical Official Training Course – Sunday 29th May 10:00am – 14:30pm via Zoom.
This course is designed for people who would like to become an Open Water Technical Official, who are over the age of 16 with no prior officiating experience or experience officiating in a different discipline.
For more information and to register for the course pleas go to the Open Water Development Page.
On Sunday 27th March Swim England London Region hosted the Duel in the Pool at Harrow School pool where the East Region Disability and Para Swimmers were able to enter and attend. We had 9 Swimmers from the East Region go down and compete. All swimmers had great swims and some came home with medals too. The results from the day showed that the East Region won the Duel in the Pool with the total 6602 BDPoints which was a 911 point lead. Well done to all of the swimmers who had attend the meet.
Are you looking to become an Open Water Technical Official then this course maybe for you. This course is being run Nationally as a Pilot Course with a maximum of 20 candidates so it is first come first serve. It will be held on Saturday 30th April via Zoom from 10am until 13:30pm. It is open to people with no prior Open Water officiating qualifications. It is open to anyone with officiating qualifications in another discipline but who will go on to be active Open Water officials.
To register please click here.
It’s been a great two weekends of play for the U18 Girls and U18 Boys Water polo teams at the Inter-Regionals. It started off with the U18 girls travelling to Bolton on the 19th & 20th March to play in Division two. They played two full days of matches and ending the weekend on 2 wins and 2 losses. They Started the weekend playing Ireland first to then go on to play West Midlands and then East Midlands, they finished off the weekend Playing Scotland on the Sunday. The girls improved game on game and the entire weekend was a brilliant experience for all involved. Here are girls Girls with the Swim England East Region President. To read the full write up of the weekend click here.
The U18 Boys travelled to Blackpool for the second weekend on the 26th & 27th March to play in Division one. They started the weekend playing the North East Steelers to then go on to play North West Tigers on the Saturday, they finished off playing London sharks and South West Sharks on the Sunday. Overall the team had a great weekend. Here are the Boys with the Swim England President. To read the full write up of the weekend clink here.
Dean Walker the Swim England East Region Water polo Manger was the Event Manager on behalf of the East Region at the U18 Boys Division 2 tournament held at Watford on the 26th & 27th March. He also had volunteer table officials from 3 different clubs in the East helping out. To read the full report of both divisions from the weekend on the Swim England website or by clicking here.
On Sunday 20th March, the Swim England East Region held a Disability Training Session at Great Dunmow Leisure Centre. A group of 13 Swimmers attended the day from around the region, we also had 6 coaches attend the day from all different clubs including Phoenix, Runneymede Swimming Club, Chelmsford City Swimming Club, Royston Swimming Club, Stevenage and Flitwick Dolphins Swimming Club to learn new skills.
The session was lead by Para-Swimming coach Louise King with the assistance of Carl Cooper Para-Swimmer talent coach.
The session started with some land-base work, working on strength and conditioning. Each swimming being able to develop adaptations to suit them and to receive feedback to take back with them to their clubs.
The Swimmers then went to the pool session where they had 1.5 hours in the pool focussing on technique and skills. The swimmers received feedback on ways to improved their technique and skills they also received feedback on how to control their pace and effort. The coaches that attended the session were also given feedback on these areas within the training session so that they can also that it back to their clubs.
The Training session was a valuable experience for the swimmers and coaches and we are already looking forward to the next one. The region would like to thank all those that participated in the Training session.
Swim England East Region is holding a Master 50m Development Day on Sunday 27th March 2022 at Oundle School Sports Centre, Oundle, PE8 4AG from 1pm-7pm.
For more information please go to the Masters Development page.
