The East Region is lucky to have three clubs, Basildon & Phoenix SC, City of Norwich SC and Flitwick Dolphins SC, participating in the trials for Level X racing, a new exciting initiative being launched for competitive swimmers across the country.
Congratulations to Karen Pinniger for being selected for the Swim England National Development programme . City of Norwich Swimming Club coach Karen said: “I’m over the moon to be a part of the National Development Programme again. “It’s great that the Swim England Talent Team have been able to make this happen under the current
As part of our move to create more digital resources, we have launched the first of our ‘Introduction to’ series for coaches. Our first resource is an interview with Ben Negus, recent recipient of a Regional Silver Pin Award for services to regional coaches. In this resource, Ben shares his thoughts on Butterfly and offers
The next Club Chair’s Forum will be on Monday 5th October from 7-8pm by Zoom. If you wish to register please email [email protected].
Many thanks to everyone who attended our ACM on 12th September. For those of you who were unable to join us here is a summary of what you missed: The ACM approved the proposals for the region to become an incorporated association with charitable status from January 2021. Those of you who were at
As the digital age marches forwards, we are pleased to share a resource for our swimming parents. Behind every swimmer is a huge amount of commitment from parents and therefore we have produced a video to hopefully make the journey a bit easier. We have interviewed a parent of a rather well known swimmer. She
Almost a quarter of the Swim England affiliated clubs that need to submit evidence to meet new Stronger Affiliation guidelines have either completed or begun the process. Swim England has created Stronger Affiliation so its affiliated clubs which are not yet SwimMark accredited, of which there are around 450, can prove they are well run
Swim England has launched an exciting way to join its 200,000-strong family to support, campaign and champion the fight to protect the long-term future of pools and aquatic sports – and its vision of a nation swimming
A new personnel report that will ease the workload on officials and also help clubs meet the requirements of Stronger Affiliation and SwimMark has been created by Swim England.
These workshops have been organised to help clubs understand the requirements of Stronger Affiliation, the compulsory standards that clubs have to evidence as part of affiliation to Swim England. If you are a SwimMark club, no action is needed, and you don’t need to attend the workshop. If you wish to attend please register online
The selections for Swim England’s national event camps were announced this week and the East Region was well represented. Congratulations to Olivier Vedrenne (City of Norwich) and Michael Klimaszewski (Hatfield) as well as three swimmers who were formerly based in the East Region but now attend schools in other areas of the country – Caitlin
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 &
