Artistic Swimming development

Artistic Swimming Regional Games Development Squad 

Swim England East Region  will be building on the  recent success at the National Artistic Regional Games competition and  creating a squad of the top East Region Artistic Swimmers to compete at next year’s (2026) Regional Games. If you would like to be considered to be part of the squad please make sure you read through and meet the below criteria.

Competition date and Time: 

The Regional Games is a competition where each region  selects their top swimmers to represent it in Figures, Land Based exercise and Competitive Swimming. 

The scores of the swimmers  are combined to find out which region wins the Games overall! 

We believe our experience in 2024 and 2025 means that the East Region will be regularly represented at these Games.

It is important your swimmer can attend all the training sessions and the competition as that is the main focus behind the sessions. If however you are not available for the competition date but you would still want to complete the development training please feel free to sign up but let us know. Up to a maximum of 15 swimmers will be selected to represent the Region at the event based on commitment and performance at the squad training sessions.

The competition will be as follows:

Friday 29th of May 2026, 9am – 2pm (This is during half term week for most schools. You must be available on this date )

Location: Hengrove Leisure Centre, Hengrove Park, Bristol, BS14 0DE ( You must be able to get to this location on the required date )

Age as at midnight on the 31st December in the year of competition (2026) must be no less than but including 11yrs and no greater than but including 15yrs ( in the case of males this can be no greater than but including 16yrs ) 

Grade:

The minimum grade criteria for entry to the squad is Figure Grade 2 but please be aware the figures you will need to perform at the competition are 13 – 15 figures ( Grade 4 figures )

This squad will be focussed on getting swimmers through their grade 3, working on Regional Games entry and GB trial criteria. 

Any concerns about this speak to your Coach who can advise if you meet this criteria.

The Games itself consists of 3 parts:

Land Grade Assessments: Video submission in advance 4 swimmers, 1 from each age group

Figure Competition: Grade 4 figures, all to compete

Squad Relay Races: 8 swimmers, each swimming 50m

These will be a large focus of the Regional Squad.

When are our training sessions for the squad:

Our training sessions are scheduled for 

Sundays: 14th of September 2025, 23rd November 2025, 1st March 2026, 17th May 2026

Time: 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Location: Furzefield Leisure Centre,  Mutton Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 3BW

Cost: £100 for the block

Who will be coaching?

Kerri Clewlow ( Head Coach at Aqualina ) and Jayne Wollaston Jarvis (Head Coach at Potters Bar) along with several other Coaches across the region will join together to provide the training for the Squad.

With their combined knowledge of swimming at European level and getting swimmers up to and into team GB swimming internationally, they are very well suited to be developing this squad and they hope to pass on much of their expertise. 

(Any coaches also wishing to come and learn from them or assist for these days should contact Kerri on: 07513 334534)