News and Announcements
Gold Coast 2018 - CommonWealth Games - 4th - 15th April 2018
The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) will welcome more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories to the Gold Coast and event cities Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville, to share in the celebration of sport, entertainment and culture. The largest sporting event to be staged in Australia this decade, GC2018 will feature the largest integrated sports program in Commonwealth Games history, comprising 18 sports and seven para-sports.
Click on a link below :
1. Gold Coast 2018
2. GC 2018 Swimming Medal Standing
3. GC 2018 Swimming Schedule
Beckenham Swimming Club 125th Anniversary Open Meet
Beckenham Swimming Club have welcomed clubs from all over the country along with clubs from Ireland, Belgium and Spain! The event took place at the London Aquatics Centre. The COB Seniors, Juniors and Development squads all attended.
Over the 3 days of competitions we came away with the top visiting Club
We achieved :
- 43 Golds
- 40 Silver
- 30 Bronze
Nuneaton & Bedworth Swimming Club Delia Reynolds 17th & 18TH March 2018 Open Meet
Nuneaton Swimming Club have issued some important information regarding this weekend meet at Pingles.
Good luck to the development and link swimmers
Message from Nuneaton’s Meet Organiser:
We will be monitoring bags on poolside, we have stated in the promoters conditions that swimmers should only bring a small bag on poolside (pump type bag – small drawstring), this is to ensure that the room on poolside is kept free for swimmers and so that air vents are not blocked. Large bags will not be allowed poolside- swimmers/coaches will be asked to put them in a locker or leave with parents in the stands.
We have plenty of benches poolside for swimmers & coaches so please do not bring any fold up chairs with you, there will be no room for these and if they are brought in you will be asked to remove them from poolside.
There are plenty of lockers available in the changing rooms for all bags & personal items.
Flip flops or other shoes must be worn on thte balcony at all times
We will be marshalling from the changing room end of the pool and using the step for lining up the heats (as is done for Cov & Districts) and using the creche for recording, medals and the ‘Chocolate tombola’
The car park is also likely to be very busy we would encourage car sharing where possible. Alternative parking is available directly opposite the entrance to Pingles (entrance is by the traffic lights opposite the Cedar Tree pub) this is a free carpark and is approx. 2-3 mins walk from the pool, there is also a free car park on Attleborough Road opposite the Bull pub, this is also free and is approx. 5 mins walk to the pool. Do not use the car park at the Cedar Tree
British Summer Championships 2017 analysis of the performance
Each year British Swimming undertakes an analysis of the performance data from the British Summer Championships. This analysis is intended to unearth themes and trends that are starting to emerge.
British Summer Championships 2017
- Of those 53 clubs only 6 (11%) have achieved positive progression in every year. These are: Basildon Phoenix, City of Birmingham, City of Newport, City of Sheffield, Millfield and Thanet.
- Conversely 12 (23%) of these 53 clubs have regressed in each of the past three years, not registering a positive progression in any of the past three British Summer Championships.
- The largest group from the 53 clubs are those that have achieved one year of positive progression and two years of regression, which equates to 21 clubs (40%).
- There are 24 clubs that have qualified 5 or more swimmers in only one of the past 3 years: * There are 53 clubs who have qualified 5 or more swimmers in each of 3 years since we have been collecting data (2015, 2016, 2017).p. There were 74 clubs who had 5 or more swimmers compete at the meet
- 22 Clubs (30%) were able to produce an overall progression of their athlete’s times when compared to the Qualifying Window
- The remaining 52 clubs (70%) saw a general regression in the performance of their athletes when compared to the Qualifying Window
- The best performing club improved on average 1.18% across every swimmer in event individual Olympic event, whilst the worst performing club had an average progression of 1.71%
- When looking at the overall data from three years, there are some worrying trends, in particular the overall progression/regression rate has fallen in both 2016 and then again 2017
16 of these 24 clubs (67%) regressed in their single appearance at British Summer Championships so far. *
Read More https://www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/swimming-discussion-paper/
Warwickshire County Championships
Day 1 saw some very good swims by the City of Birmingham swimmers. #COBMashit