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James Salmon

Regional Award Winners 2024

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The Swim England National Awards for 2024 were announced back in June.

The region’s Award Panel have deliberated and considered all the deserving nominees for each award very carefully and we are delighted to announce that these are the region winners.

These winners have been invited to the Swim England National Awards to be held on Saturday 30th November at The Great Hall at the University of Birmingham, where each regional winner will be considered for the national award.

Huge congratulations to all of our winners:

Artistic Swimming Development Coach – Emma Chapman, Dacorum Artistic SC

Artistic Swimming Performance Pathway Coach – Kerri Brennan, Aqualina Artistic

Diving Development Coach – James Hadley, Southend Diving

Swimming Development Coach (Inc Masters & para) – Nick Thompson, St Felix School SC

Swimming Performance Pathway Coach – Ben Negus, City Of Peterborough SC

Water Polo Development Coach – Adam Page, Watford Water Polo Club

Artistic Swimming Club of the Year – Potters Bar Artistic SC

Swimming Club of the Year – City Of Peterborough SC

Water Polo Club of the Year – Watford Water Polo Club

Technical Official of the Year – Jane O’Brien

Volunteer of the Year – Lottie Thompson

PARIS 2024 – Paralympic GB Swimming success for East Region Swimmers

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The Paris 2024 Paralympics saw further success for swimmers who started their swimming journey in the East Region.

Ellie Challis won gold in the S3 50m Backstroke and came 4th in S3 100m Freestyle. This follows a successful European Championship in Portugal earlier this year where Ellie returned with gold in the 50m backstroke and two silvers in the 50m and 100m freestyle events.

Grace Harvey upgraded her silver in Tokyo to a gold in Paris in a win that she said ‘means more than anything’. The 26-year-old earned herself a late present after she took to the pool the day after her birthday and came out victorious in the Women’s 100m Breaststroke SB5 final. She also took 4th place in the SM6 200m Individual Medley.

Louise Fiddes had a busy schedule taking gold in the SB14 100m Breaststroke and bronze in the S14 200m Freestyle. Speaking of her victory in the 100m Breaststroke Louise, admitted that she was spurred on by watching her close friend Ellie Challis moments before her race. She added: “I was on the edge of my seat even though she won it by a mile. I was like if she can do it then I can do it – roomies you know. In Tokyo we both got silver and we both got gold here so it’s incredible.” There was also a 4th place in the SM14 200m Individual Medley and 6th in the S14 100m Butterfly.

William Ellard in his debut games was crowned Paralympic champion after setting a new world record time in the Men’s S14 200m Freestyle final. William, who was already the joint world record holder after his effort at the Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in April, went out quickly and never looked back. This gold added to a silver in the S14 100m Butterfly and a gold in the S14 Mixed Relay! William also placed 4th in the S14 100m backstroke and 5th in the S14 200m Individual Medley.

The Region is Recruiting a President Elect

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The region is recruiting a president-elect to be the region’s forthcoming figurehead.

If you are a member of a Swim England East Region club and enjoy seeing our athletes compete and achieve great things, please get in touch!

We are looking to recruit someone as President-Elect with the intention of stepping into the role of Regional President next year. This role will involve travelling to regional and county events, and attending national events on behalf of the region.

This role is very rewarding and will suit someone who wants to give back to the sport. Expenses will be reimbursed in accordance with the regional Finance Policy.

If you are interested, please contact [email protected] with a completed President nomination form.

Applications close at Midnight on 15th September 2024.

All applications will be considered by the Regions nomination panel.

Minute Taker Required

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The Region requires a professional to produce minutes from our various meetings.

This is a temporary requirement for the next six months to cover maternity leave.

There is normally 1 or 2 meetings per week that would be recorded and sent to you to produce the minutes on our standard template, a turnaround of 5 days maximum.

Responsibilities

  • To take accurate and high-quality non–verbatim minutes  for Leadership group and Board meetings
  • Compile quality minutes in a timely manner to a high level of accuracy in line with the agreed turnaround process.
  • Handling of confidential information and exercise discretion and maintaining strict confidentiality regarding sensitive information discussed during meetings.

Personal qualities

  • Confident written communicator.
  • Exceptional spelling, punctuation and grammar
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Typing speed of above 60 wpm
  • Experience in a related secretarial / business support role
  • Must be a Swim England Member

Rate of Pay: Negotiable

Hours: As Required

If you are interested in this role please get in touch with [email protected] with the following information

Name:

Swim England Membership Number:

Phone Number:

Relative Experience:

Any other information to support your application:

The closing date for applications is midnight Tuesday 20th August

We are Seeking a New Regional Chair

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The Region is looking for a new volunteer to head up our Region.

As Regional Chair you would join the current team as a company director and trustee of the company, Swim England East Region.

You would chair the Board meetings scheduled throughout the year as required and help develop the strategy for the Region, identifying the priorities and areas of focus in line with those of Swim England nationally. You would manage the disciplines by delegation to the discipline Leadership Groups, each one is led by its volunteer manager.

If you are keen to get involved, want more information or want to apply, Please use this link

https://careers.swimming.org/vacancies/332/regional-chair–swim-england-east-region.html

Entries are now open for the SEER Masters Championships 2024.

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This year’s Championships will be held on 29th September at Newmarket Leisure Centre.

For the first time, this will include Para awards, plus a Top Team award and Top Individual Open/Male and Female awards for East Region Club’s and East Region swimmers only.

The Entry Pack can be found here:

https://www.eastswimming.org/masters/masters-competitions/

The closing date for entries is midnight on September 18th 2024.

If you have any queries concerning entering this meet please contact [email protected]

 

This is almost a last chance meet to get QT’s for Go Cardless Swim England Masters National Championships to be held in Sheffield – 25th to 27th October. The closing date for all entries is October 11th.

Full details including QT’s, Schedule of Events, entry opening and closing times can be found here:

Masters National Championships Competitor Information | Swim England (swimming.org)

Aquatics Coach Mentoring Programme 2024 – 2025

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Swim England’s Aquatics Coach Mentoring programme for 2024-2025 provides an opportunity for coaches across all areas of the sport to work with an experienced coach mentor.

The purpose of the Aquatics Coach Mentoring programme is to support and challenge aspiring coaches to learn, develop and grow in their role.  Through this programme, we hope to continue to raise the quality of coaching across the aquatic sports.

We know that mentoring is a proven, effective and impactful way to support and develop coaches.  Therefore, the Aquatics Coach mentoring programme is an important and fundamental part of the Swim England coach learning and development offer

Applications are now open and close at midnight on Monday 26th August 2024.

More information and how to apply can be found here.

ASCA World Coaches Clinic – Coach Grant

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The Region wishes to support coaches to enhance their skills by supporting them financially to attend the ASCA World Coaches Clinic, in Orlando, 4th to 7th September 2024.

https://www.ascaworldclinic.com/

We will support club coaches in the East Region with a grant of up to £500 each towards the cost of this, up to a maximum of six. If there are more than 6 applicants, there will be a selection process to determine who will receive the grant.

The grant will be awarded to those willing to write papers about the presentations given and make face-to-face presentations to enhance the skills of other coaches in the Region, possibly from all disciplines and their athletes.

If you wish to be considered for this grant please complete the Application form and return this to [email protected] by 28th July 2024

Congratulations to David Metcalf on selection as a Technical Official for the Paralympics

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Congratulations to David Metcalf from Biggleswade SC, who has been selected to be an International Technical Official for the Paris Paralympics.

David first became a swimming official in 1990 and over the years has developed a specialism in Para Swimming.

David, who is the East Region Swimming Officials’ Manager and former Regional President, is no novice to International Para Competitions.  He has also been a Technical Official in the London 2012 Paralympics and the Technical Delegate at many European & World Para competitions, including those held in Madeira, Italy, Chile and Singapore.

David delivers the WPS courses throughout the World and also presents the British Para Swimming CPD for Technical Officials. Although the next course is full, there will be another opportunity in the Autumn, so watch out for more information because this could be your first step to being a WPS official

The Paralympics are in Paris, 28th August to the 7th September 2024, so do watch out for David on poolside.

Regional Open Water Development Day

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Last weekend we welcomed over 40 swimmers from across the region to the 2024 Regional Open Water Development Day held in a superb facility at Stanborough Lakes.

With swimmers and coaches from many clubs coming together to learn and develop both their knowledge and passion for Open Water swimming. Swimmers throughout the day engaged and worked on developing their open water skill set. With technical and tactical learning taking place in a classroom setting; and practical implementation of those skills in the lake with training and race simulation taking place through the day.

As a Region we’re committed to encouraging and supporting more involvement with Open Water swimming and thank all the volunteer’s, coach’s, Team Managers and organisers who work hard to provide this opportunity for our swimmers.

If you wish to enter the East Region Open Water Championships, you need to act fast, the closing date for entries is Sunday 16 June!