Swim England has relaxed its guidance around period wear at all levels of its licensed meets. The Swim England Swimming Leadership Group had been asked to reconsider the guidance around period wear suits which swimmers wear. The aim is to address the confusion between World Aquatics Rules and making the sport accessible. In some instances, period wear could be considered ‘illegal’ at competitive events. The revised period wear guidance states that specific period pants can be worn during training or competitions held under Swim England Laws and Regulations. However, it...

Swim England has released the entry conditions for the 2023 Open Water National Age Group Championships. The competition takes place at Thrybergh Country Park in Rotherham on 29 July 2023 and welcomes the nation’s best up and coming open water swimmers to compete for national titles. Thrybergh hosted last year’s running of the event where Wycombe District came away with the top club award after their swimmers won seven medals across the day. Swim England’s Open Water National Age Group Championships contain races over three distances: 2km, 3km and 5km....

Important News FINA is now to be known as World Aquatics; The Rule changes anticipated since the last Olympics have now been released; MCASA is offering courses for all officials and trainee officials at which the changes will be explained and discussed on the following date, locations to be confirmed once booked. Saturday 1st April - Southbury Road Enfield 10am - 11:30am Sunday 2nd April – Hillingdon Leisure Centre 2pm - 3:30pm Sunday 16th April Chiswick NOW FULL Further courses will be offered shortly This is a mandatory course at...

Swim England Suspended clubs 2023 for non renewal of membership Members whose fee paying club is suspended for not submitting a full annual renewal will not be covered under the Swim England insurance for any activities run by the club. Members will also not be eligible to compete in events under the jurisdiction of Swim England. This includes Regional, County and open events. Furthermore the members are not covered by the Swim England insurance policy. If you are an Officer of the club listed in the document below and believe...

Why become a swimming official? Everyone you see wearing white poolside is a volunteer swimming official. There are some perks to being an official: you are helping your club meet its requirement to provide officials for meets; free lunch and refreshments; no spectator entry fees; some meets provide gifts or gift vouchers; some meets pay expenses; you get to support your swimmers from poolside in a non-intrusive way. Most importantly, you are part of a volunteer community that ensures that our swimmers can race, and that their times count. Most...

If you were an official or a non technical volunteer last weekend at Hillingdon and received a parking ticket which you handed in, you need to contact the pool management on [email protected] or call the centre manager Naz on 07361 361601 to get the PCN number to appeal the fine. THE CENTRE WILL NOT DO THIS FOR YOU. You have 14 days from the date of the ticket to appeal. The centre gave the council the registration numbers of the officials and non tech volunteers who put their registration numbers...

Ealing Council’s cabinet is set to consider initial plans for a new 50-metre, Olympic-sized swimming pool and fitness studio to replace Gurnell Leisure Centre. Under the new plan, the new Gurnell would see the range of fitness and wellbeing facilities significantly expanded, ensuring that it meets modern standards. The proposals outline a range of options for how a new leisure centre might be provided on the site. Built in the late 1970s, the existing centre is now past its expected lifespan. It was closed at the start of the first...

Full Results from Week 1 Great Weeekend of Swimming and some fantastic times achieved. Middlesex Trophies award in Week 1 NAME AWARDED FOR 2020 RECIPIENT 2022 RECIPIENT 2023 RECIPIENT Individual trophies Middlsex Cup 400 IM John Britton ESC Edward Marcal-Whittles CW Edward Marcal-Whittles CW SP and SA Cup men 100 breast John Britton ESC John Britton ESC George Barnes Brom Brian Crompton cup men 200 f/s Jarvis Parkinson CW Henry Gray CW Henry Gray CW John Whelan Cup men 100 back Pietro Ubertalli NWL Pietro Ubertalli CW Henry Gray CW...

This year’s event made history as it was the first time that all 33 Counties across the country entered a team into the competition. The Masters Inter-Counties competition, which began in 2000, has 72 events all of which are 50m’s with competitors ranging from 18 years old all the way up to the 75+ Years category. After a number of years either without a team or with a very last-minute team, Middlesex were able to field 30 swimmers for the 2022 Masters Inter-Counties. Swimmers from Teddington, Barnet Copthall, Otter, Out...

Results of the u14mixed tournament MIDDLESEX - HARTS 4v3 MIDDLESEX - SURREY 2v2 MIDDLESEX KENT 11v1 rank 1st MIDDLESEX 2nd HARTS 3rd SURREY 4th KENT Great result for the middlesex team that is confirmed the winner of the IC u14 mixed . A young team (most of the players under age) with Florence Mauri Boulogne captain played a great waterpolo against teams very physical and well organized.