NOVA Centurion celebrates brilliant results at East Midlands Short Course Championships Swimmers from NOVA Centurion kicked off the new competitive season with a commanding performance at the annual East Midlands Regional Short Course Championships. Around 60 members of the Nottinghamshire County Swim Squad took part in the regional championships held at Nottingham’s Harvey Hadden Sports Village, winning 37 medals between them. Fourteen-year-old Thomas Swales swam a stunning race for the 16 and under 800m freestyle, winning gold and breaking the Nottinghamshire County’s Junior record as well as claiming silver medals...

Paralympic swimmer Callum Lawson has been appointed as Nottingham County Swim Squad and NOVA Centurion's new head coach for Mansfield. A former protegee of the county swim squad's legendary Glenn Smith, Callum is a Level 3 qualified swim coach who spent six years as head coach at South Lincs Competitive Swim Club in Spalding and more recently has been working as a personal trainer and strength and conditioning coach. Callum's first major championships was in 2001 at the European Games in Sweden. He then went on to compete in the...

Nottinghamshire ASA are delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Imrie as assistant head coach for the Nottinghamshire County Swim Squad and NOVA Centurion. Paul, 35, is a Level 2 qualified coach who has been working with the programme for the past year and has previously coached at Nottingham Northern and Arnold swimming clubs. Paul said the chance to join the coaching team at one of the country’s top swim programmes was an “amazing opportunity”. “I am extremely excited to be working alongside such an impressive pool of coaches,” he...

A new crop of Nottinghamshire's brightest young swimming talent is about to start an exciting journey after completing County Swim Squad/NOVA Centurion selection trials. Base clubs from across the county nominated promising swimmers to take part in the trials, which were held at Harvey Hadden recently. A total of 17 swimmers aged between 10 and 15 from Arnold, Bramcote, Carlton Forum, Hucknall and Nottingham Northern were selected into the programme's Development and B squads. Director of Coaching Joseph Stanford, who will be keeping a close on their progress said: "Our...

Title: Assistant Head Coach, Notts County Swim Squad/NOVA Centurion Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time Qualifications: Coaching Swimming: Level 3 Award or working towards Location: Nottingham Salary: Dependant on experience and qualifications Closing Date: 31st January 2023 A rare opportunity has become available for an Assistant Head Coach at NOVA Centurion, one of the most successful swim programmes in the UK. NOVA, the competitive arm of the Nottinghamshire County Squad, is one of just six Swim England performance centres in the country, with British champions among the current cohort, along with...

NOVA Centurion’s latest exciting announcement is the appointment of Glenn Smith as the programme’s new chairman. Glenn recently took early retirement from his post as swimming coach and development officer for Mansfield District Council and Mansfield/Nova Head Coach, but we are thrilled that, rather than stepping away from Nottinghamshire Swimming, Glenn will take the helm as chairman for the 2023/24 season and hopefully beyond, with former chairman Josie Grange becoming president. Glenn has a wealth of experience nurturing an extensive array of swimmers on to world class programmes and international...

NOVA Centurion’s new Director of Coaching says he is excited to be working with some of the best young talent in the country after eight years helping build the club into one of the most successful swim programmes in England. Joseph Stanford has moved into the top job at NOVA, the competitive arm of the Nottinghamshire County Swim Squad, following the departure of Nathan Hilton to a role with British Swimming at Loughborough. The 31-year-old, who has worked alongside Nathan at NOVA since 2014, says he has big plans for...

Nova’s Callum Melville is packing his bags and getting ready for an exciting weekend of racing in Canada with British Swimming in December. Breaststroke star Callum has been selected by British Swimming to join a contingent of junior swimmers from the home nations of England, Scotland and Wales to participate in the Ontario Junior International, a short course meet in Toronto. The meet aims to give juniors the chance to race overseas in a new environment and prepare them for new opportunities in 2023. Callum, 16, from Nottingham’s Performance Squad,...

NOVA Centurion swimmers showed their strength at the East Midlands Regional Short Course Championships, held at Harvey Hadden at the beginning of November. More than 60 swimmers achieved qualifying times to compete across two age groups in the annual competition, with Nova awarded a total of 16 gold medals, 9 silver medals and 10 bronze. Our para swimmers shone too with a haul of eight medals from Owen Say and Joseph Greaves. Nottingham A squad’s Jessica Brandom, 15, was awarded top female junior for her stunning gold medal-winning swim in...

Nova’s breaststroke supremo Callum Melville has been representing club and country at Swim Scotland’s first National Junior Team camp of the season for Scotland’s elite young swimmers. Performance squad member Callum, 16, who won a clean sweep of three gold medals in the breaststroke events at British Summer Championships in July, took part in the intensive weekend-long camp earlier this month. The camp focused on technique and skill development with four challenging sessions in the pool, as well as focusing on performance behaviours, goal setting, team building and land training....