Swim England East Region will be holing their Annual General Meeting on 23rd April 2025 commencing at 19:00.
The meeting will be conducted via Zoom.
Elections for the positions of Regional Chairman and two further Directors will be held during this meeting.
With only 7 days until the Co-Creation of the Future of Coaching workshop is being held in the East Region there is still time to book your place.
Swim England is consulting with coaches, participants, parents and clubs on a new strategy to be published later this year.
The Co-Creation of the Future of Coaching is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of aquatic coaching and your insights and experiences are crucial to this process.
It aims to redefine the purpose of coaching, highlighting best practices, and build a more supportive, inclusive and collaborative coaching culture.
We would encourage you all to take a few minutes to complete the survey as your feedback will help create better experiences for coaches, participants and clubs, ensuring people flourish and thrive in aquatics.
If you haven’t yet received an email with the survey by 15 February, or you have any questions around the new strategy, please email [email protected]
Face-to-face workshops
These are for coaches to attend and will be held across the country during March, with the sessions taking place at two times – 1.30pm to 4pm and 5.30pm to 8pm – at each venue.
East Region Workshop
Thursday 20 March: Holiday Inn Lakeview, Bridge Rd, Impington, Cambridge CB24 9PH
Workshops in the other Regions
North East – Wednesday 5 March: Days Inn by Wyndham Wetherby,
North West – Thursday 6 March: Macdonald Hotel and Resorts, Preston
East Midlands – Wednesday 12 March: SportPark, , Loughborough University
West Midlands – Thursday 13 March: Mercure Birmingham West Hotel, West Bromwich
London – Wednesday 19 March: Hyatt Regency, Stratford City, London
South West – Wednesday 26 March: Holiday Inn, Taunton
South East – Thursday 27 March: Holiday Inn, Guildford
The workshops will run alongside the surveys and discussions will be held around some of the points raised, based on analysis of the data. Ideas and opinions from all attendees will be taken on board and used to help form the Co-creation of the Future of Coaching.
The region is recruiting a president-elect for 2025/26, 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 at our AGM in April 2026. 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 10th February 2025.
All applications will be considered by the Regions nomination panel.
The Region is looking for a new volunteer for the role of Masters Swimming Leadership Group Manager
You would chair the group meetings scheduled throughout the year as required. The Group consists of representatives from each of the six East Region counties and will be supported by a member of the Regional Board and the region’s staff.
You would manage the Group’s organisation of our Masters Championships, Masters Inter County Competitions and draft and monitor budget and development plans for the region assisted by the region’s staff. You would implement development plans and provide news articles for our website and social media.
The role description for the Masters Swimming Manager can be found Here.
If you are keen to get involved, please complete a Nomination form and return it to [email protected]
The closing date is the 7th December 2024.
Thank You
A surprised Peter Winter was recently awarded the prestigious Masters Cherriman Award for 2023.
The annual award is given to an exceptional individual who inspires others or works tirelessly behind the scenes to help the Masters community and Peter is someone who has been doing exactly that.
As member of Newmarket Swimming Club and Team Anglia, Peter was the brains behind the idea of integrating para swimming into the Swim England National Masters Championships, a project which has now gone onto be introduced at the British Championships too.
He received the honour at Ponds Forge during the recent GoCardless Swim England National Masters Championships – two years on from when he first implemented para swimming into the competition.
Speaking on receiving the award, Peter said: “I was so surprised that I was named the Cherriman award winner. It was lovely to receive the award with my baby boy, Theo, wife Emma and team mates present.”
As an S10 classified swimmer himself, Peter has always been an active member of the aquatic’s community as the Disability Manager in our Region and as a life-long swimmer.
From his schooldays, he has been a member of Newmarket Swimming Club and took part in the qualifying events for the London 2012 Paralympics.
It’s through his own experiences of why he was so passionate to create a platform for para swimmers to continue to compete where they are still recognised based on both their age and classification.
“The idea started more than nine years ago, where I was seeing para swimmers leaving the sport when they no longer felt competitive at the top end of para swimming.
“There was no competitions for older classified swimmers and I was seeing this was having a health impact. I felt I needed to stick my head above the parapet, to shout that we needed a competition to keep us all strong fit and healthy.”
He reached out to Jeroen Peters (Swim England Masters Leadership Group Chair) about his idea and they set to work on designing the new concept.
Peter worked tirelessly behind the scenes with Alan Rowson to find a solution to create an age adjustment formula as part of the para swimming results calculator and were able to pilot the system at the National Masters Championships in 2022.
Since then it’s gone onto grow and the Championships attract more para swimmers each year. The system is also now implemented into Sport Systems and is close to being available for clubs, counties and regional meets across the UK.
Looking forward to the future, Peter is hopeful that the system can soon be used to encourage para swimmers across the world to take part.
“I’m immensely proud that the para side has grown year on year.
“In 2024 we had two Paralympians swim and take part, one of them competing this year at Paris 2024. The competition also has got people looking around the world at the model being used.
“I would like to see it grow further and that we’re able to use the model when Great Britain next host the world or European Championships to encourage para swimmers from all over the world take part.
“Thank you to Jeroen for giving me the time and energy, to present my case for a para championship at the Masters Nationals.
“To Alan for assisting me with a working solution combining, his age adjustment formula, with the Para Swimming Points Calculator. Thank you also to Graham Spratt for incorporating this into the latest edition of Sport Systems and finally to Bernie Buck for giving me the belief that one day it may happen.”
We are currently short of volunteers for this weekend’s Short Course Championship at Luton 1st – 3rd November, across all sessions.
If you are attending the meet, please volunteer for a session or two of the competition, this will ensure that the event runs smoothly.
The Region’s volunteer coordinator carefully plans volunteer roles to ensure that all those participating have the opportunity to see your child compete.
The link to sign-up can be found here:
https://swim-meet.com/Availability/?m=3264
To volunteer you need to be a Swim England Member.
Thank you in anticipation of your support.
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
The Information Pack for the East Region Masters Championships 2024 is now available here
If you have any queries concerning this meet please contact [email protected]
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 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
Personal qualities
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
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
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://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)
