Chris Dunn of Hatfield Swimming Club had an amazing weekend at the Swim Wales Masters Long Course meet at Swansea on the 5th/6th March. With 9 swims he broke 4 European records which were also British records and a further 4 British records. All 9 swims were also East Region records. Chris was swimming in the 75/79 age group. Well done Chris!
Emma Winter
Swim England East Region Disability Training Session
Swim England East Region is holding a Disability Training Session on Sunday 20th March at Great Dunmow Leisure Centre, 3pm-6pm.
For more information please go to the Disability Swimming Development page
Swim England London Region & Swim England East Region Disability and Para-Swimming Duel in the pool
Swim England London Region is hosting Duel in the pool on Sunday 27th March at Harrow School, Harrow HA1 3HP. For more information and to find the conditions and entry pack please go to the link below.
Swim England East Region Artistic Swimming Grading Day
Swim England East Region Artistic Swimming held their first Grading Day of 2022. It was held on Saturday 29th January at Witham Leisure Centre, Witham.
It was great to be back doing some face to face assessments and everyone involved had a great day.
Swim England East Region Water Polo Club Referee Course
Swim England East Region Water Polo held their first Club Referee course online via Zoom on Saturday 5th February 2022. It was a great turn out with 19 learners on the morning course and 20 on the afternoon course. This is the first step on the Swim England WP Referee Pathway. It gave the learners a chance to gain an initial understanding of Water polo FINA Rules and apply this within their club.
Congratulations to Jordan Catchpole & Jessica-Jane Applegate
Huge congratulations to Jordan Catchpole Paralympic gold medallist from Beccles and a member of Team Waveney on becoming one of the youngest people to be made an MBE for services to swimming in the New Year’s Honours List.
Congratulations also are due to Jessica-Jane Applegate from Great Yarmouth and a member of City of Norwich Swimming Club, was part of the same S14 freestyle mixed relay team at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics which they also gained a World Record.
Congratulations to them both.
Would you like to join our Youth Advisory Panel
Swim England East Region is looking to recruit some members aged 16-25 years to form an East Region Youth Advisory Panel (YAP).
It is a great opportunity to get involved and be part of the Panel to help give young volunteers a voice within our Region.
For more information please go to the Youth Advisory Panel page which can be found under clubs.
