Category: Para Swimming

Back to back golds for Jessica-Jane Applegate

Congratulations to Jessica-Jane on her success in securing back to back golds at World Para Swimming European Open Championships in Madeira. Fresh from success in the Women’s S14 200m Freestyle on the opening night, Applegate – who trains under Alex Pinniger at City of Norwich SC – was in even greater control on the way to

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National Para-Swimming Engagement Day

Join the England Para – Swimming Talent Team for a FREE, fun day of workshops and activities, designed to help athletes, coaches and parents / guardians gain valuable information about the development of Para-athletes.

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Para Swimming Pathway Engagement Day

Para Swimming are delighted to be able to offer this pathway engagement day on 13th December 2020. The morning session is designed to engage with all those athletes across the country who are not on a national or British Talent Programme, who attend regional training, or those category 2 members who have an eligible impairment

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East Para Swimmers Selected for National Talent Programme

A huge congratulations to 5 East para swimmers selected to be part of the National Swim England Para Swimming Talent Programme. These swimmers will be taken on a journey of development with many destinations, exploring the pillars of athlete development; Technical, Tactical, Physical, Psychological. The selected swimmers from East region includes Roan Brennan (Basildon &

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Para Swimming Workshops

Para Swimming have are providing a number of workshops for Coaches/Swimmers and Parents over the coming few months. An Introduction to Physical Literacy for Classified Swimmers and Parents – 27th July 2020 @ 6.30pm – CLICK HERE – (Closing Date: 23/7/20 @ 9.00am) Developing Physical Literacy in Para Swimmers (L1 Coaches)– 3rd September 2020 @

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Technology Helps British Para Swimmer Walk

Grace Harvey, British Para Swimmer and a member of Hoddesdon SC, took her first steps in a robotic suit whilst on a training camp for Tokyo 2020. Grace was invited to Suzuka University to use their cyborg technology, and the experience gave her a day she will never forget. The Paralympic hopeful has had extensive

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Ellie Challis Wins SportsAid’s One-to-Watch Award

Congratulations to Ellie Challis who has won the SportsAid One-to-Watch Award for her outstanding recent successes in the pool.  The Colchester Phoenix Para-Swimmer was up against around 1000 rising stars across 60 different sports. Read more on the Swim England website.

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Start Para-Swimming Initiative- Funding Available

Start Para-Swimming is the new model which will help provide a seamless pathway from Learn to Swim into your clubs entry point. The initiative is focused on identifying and developing those with an eligible impairment (further details found in the information pack) at stage 4 of the learn to swim framework. Start Para-Swimming is about

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Swimmers from East Region on Para-Swimming Programme

Congratulations to the six swimmers from the East Region who have been named by British Swimming on the Para-Swimming World Class Programme!  The swimmers are: Podium: Jessica-Jane Applegate (Co Norwich), Louise Fiddes (Hatfield) and Jordan Catchpole (Co Norwich) Podium Potential: Danielle Hartin (Basildon & Phoenix), Ellie Challis (Colchester Phoenix) and Grace Harvey (Hoddesdon)

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East Region Success at World Para-Swimming Championships 2019

Over the seven extraordinary days of racing at the Championships in London, swimmers from the East region gave a fantastic performance in the pool, resulting is some superb racing. Jessica- Jane Applegate (City of Norwich SC), Jordan Catchpole (City of Norwich SC), Louise Fiddes (Hatfield SC), and Ellie Challis (Colchester SC) came home with a

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Para-Swimmers Selected for GB Squad

The squad for the Para-Swimming World Championships being held in London from 9th-15th September 2019 has been announced by British Swimming and includes four swimmers from the East Region.  Congratulations to: Jessica-Jane Applegate (Co Norwich) Jordan Catchpole (Co Norwich) Louise Fiddes (Hatfield) Ellie Challis (Colchester Phoenix) All four swimmers had great success recently in Glasgow

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