Darren Peck, who is a member of a number of East Region clubs, has become the East Region President following our Annual General Meeting. We welcome Darren into the role and look forward to seeing him at regional and national events throughout the year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Helen Stephens
Swim England’s updated transgender and non-binary competition policy has inclusion and fairness at its very heart. In order for all aquatic disciplines to be enjoyed as sport, there must be inclusive opportunities for transgender participants to compete. This policy refers only to Swim England competitions (including those organised by our member Regions, Counties and Clubs) and will be implemented
Swim England have published a new policy regarding the supervision ratios for clubs within aquatics. Previously, the guidance was in Wavepower and within Swim England’s Team Manager training, however, as part of our commitment to providing a safe environment for all members, a new policy is being introduced. You can view both the policy and
Artistic Swimming Important Information Following World Aquatics rule changes the following updates need to be undertaken: ALL Current Judges – to attend at least 1 of the 3 Zoom online sessions – to upskill to the new system – in order to be able to continue judging at their current Level from 1st Jan 2024.
Swim England is updating its safeguarding training requirements for all members who require a DBS check as part of their role in aquatics and in accordance with Wavepower. From January 1 2024, the national governing body will only accept Swim England Safeguarding training for those working within our clubs, counties and regions as part of our
Thank you for your support at the first two weekends of the regional championships in Norwich. The region is currently short of officials and volunteers for the forthcoming weekend of swimming at the regional championships in Luton. In respect of poolside volunteers, there is a genuine need for volunteers across all sessions. The need for
The final information in respect of the Luton weekend of our Championships is now available Please note that timings differ from those originally published, but only by a few minutes.
Many thanks to all those who have responded to our call for officials and have signed up to help at Weekend 2 of the Regional Long Course Championships. We now have enough officials for all sessions.
The first National Welfare online Forum will be held on Wednesday 26th April starting at 6pm and will be co-hosted by the Swim England Governance and Safeguarding teams. Club, County and Region Welfare Officers are invited to attend and are asked to register via: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NationalWelfareForum
The next Connecting with Coaches sessions will be led by Swim England’s Head of Safeguarding Kevin Suckling and Sport Governance and Welfare Manager Helen Weeks who will be providing an update on Safeguarding including the new team and focus, what happens when a concern is raised to the team and dispelling myths around coach investigations
Open Water Technical Officials Course These dates are primarily aimed at new Open Water officials, they can either be completely new to officiating or hold an officiating qualification in another discipline. However, any existing Level 1 officials who wish to upskill please complete the survey so that we can establish demand for a session just
Links to the Withdrawal System and Results together with a Programme for the first weekend at Norwich have been added to the Swimming Competitions Page which can be found here.
