Good Luck to the 13 Birmingham swimmers representing their home club counties today at the @Swim_England National County Team Championships today in Sheffield, The County Team Champs is always a fun, colourful and competitive event played out in front of a packed house in Sheffield’s Ponds Forge. It kicks off the competitive short course season for many of the swimmers taking part. More than 900 swimmers compete from 36 counties with races going on in two pools at the same time.

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Congratulations to our Swimmers who have been selected to participate in the Swim England National Development Programme.

1. Dylan Abulenciaia
2. Keira Hancock
3. Harvey Higgins
4. Maia Noonan
5. Aaron Ruby
6. Corey Smith
7. Alice Toon

This is the 3rd step on the Swim England Talent Pathway, which moves into the national framework. Swimmers are selected to participate in the Swim England National Development Programme. There are only 288 swimmers selected across England.

Programme aims

• In the pool, swimmers will focus on the development of all four-stroke efficiency, individual medley transition turns and relays takeovers
• On dry land, the emphasis will be on mobility and stability to enhance the anti-rotational / rotational strokes and streamlining
• Workshops will be delivered for swimmers on efficiency in the pool, nutrition for training and competitions and injury prevention
• We will introduce the Swim England culture policy to encourage the correct learning environment for all
• Understand the person, athlete and performer skills and attributes of OADF.

Durations

• 3 x one-day camps

Dates
1. 15th September 2019
2. 13th October 2019
3. 17th November 2019

Location

• Queens Park Sports Centre, Chesterfield, S40 2ND

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Congratulations to Erin Davies of being selected for the 2nd year running

Swim Wales are delighted to announce the selection of 51 Swimmers and Para Swimmers to the National Squad programme for 2019/20 season. The Swim Wales National Squad Programme contains the National Senior Elite, National Elite Development, and National Youth Development squads and is designed to provide appropriate levels of support to performance swimmers as they progress through the sport. The underlying principle is that it should support systematic success and contribute to Swim Wales’s performance objective; putting swimmers on the British Swimming pathway and achieving medal success senior international level.

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25th Aug 2019 – Womens 200m Breast Stroke
Her Main Event TO COME…..

22nd Aug 2019 – Womens 100m Breast Stroke

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20th Aug 2019 – Womens 50m Breast Stroke
A big personal best and a good step up in the rankings

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The talented City of Birmingham swimmer, Charlotte Rigg is part of the Team GB squad hoping to make a big splash in this month’s World Junior Championships in Budapest

Charlotte Rigg is 17 and holds both junior and senior county and regional 200m breaststroke records – and this month she is off to Budapest as part of a squad of 10 elite youngsters hoping to come home with medals for Britain.

She earned her GB place on the back of a blistering performance at the British Swimming Championships in Glasgow earlier in the year where she secured the times she needed to compete against the world’s best juniors. Thrilled to be part of the team in the Hungarian capital, Charlotte had already been selected for the European Juniors in Helsinki last year and representing Swim England in Nice this year. There’s no doubt her star is rising!
Charlotte began club swimming aged just five, where she progressed quickly and was soon scouted by City of Birmingham. By the age of 11 she was training six times a week. She said: “I developed a passion for swimming when I was in Year Five. It’s hard and it pushes me to my limits but it’s always worth it. I find it really rewarding and the successes always drive me forward.”

TOUGH TRAINING
Currently she trains a whopping nine times a week, including pool and gym sessions with coach Carl Grosvenor, as well as studying for A-levels. Her teachers at Solihull School have been very supportive and encouraged her every step of the way. She explains: “I get time off during the day to go to the gym and when I miss school due to competitions abroad, the teachers see me after school to help. They have been really good.”
Director of sport at Solihull School, Steven Thompson, says: “Charlotte is extremely dedicated to her sport and her recent successes and GB recognition are testament to that. Everyone at Solihull School will be keeping a keen eye on results from Budapest and we wish Charlotte and the team the best of luck.”

PARENT POWER
As always, behind every superstar youngster there are parents who have also put in the hard yards supporting, fetching, carrying, picking up the pieces when things don’t quite go to plan and Charlotte’s parents are no different. “My parents have always been 100 per cent supportive,” says Charlotte. Not just with the practical ferrying around the country, but the emotional stuff. She adds: “Mum and dad have been there through the setbacks too. They’re always there to encourage me to take a step back, take a breath and regroup. Dealing with the knocks is an important part of sport.”
The level of commitment is extraordinary and there are sacrifices, such as socialising with friends that are necessary to fit in the training. So what is it about the sport that Charlotte enjoys? “I just love racing,” she says. “It brings out another side of me. And I Iove pushing myself to the limit and seeing the rewards.”

LONG LEGS
Breaststroke is Charlotte’s strength which she in part puts down to having long legs. “It’s where the power comes from,” she explains. Competing for Team GB in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events in Budapest is a bit of a dream, but there’s another goal not too far from home that she would relish too – the Commonwealth Games in Brum in 2022.

“A home Games is always awesome, but this would be a ‘home’ home games if you see what I mean! It would mean my friends and family can come and support too.” She also says the swimming facilities in Birmingham currently aren’t brilliant, but plans for the new aquatic centre look great which is an added bonus of the Games.

In the short term, Charlotte has her sights set on making the finals in Budapest. We’ll be watching eagerly and cheering her on…

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