Swim England

02/09/2026

Ready to race at the Swim England Masters National Championships (25m) 2026? 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

Phase 1 entries for the event at Ponds Forge (23-25 October 2026) open at 12 noon today.

✅ Don't miss your chance to secure your place on the blocks and join us in Sheffield for three days of Masters action!

Enter here 👉 bit.ly/Masters-National-Champs-phase-1-entries-2026

02/09/2026

We are back!

Following a break for Summer, the Swim England Pool Owner and Operator Network returns this Thursday and we are ready to talk aquatics, looking back on a summer of headlines and looking ahead to the final quarter of the year and what challenges and opportunities lay ahead!

• Greg Hardman from Wigan Council joins us to reflect on the summer, the challenges facing the sector and Wigan’s focus going in to quarter 4.
• Greg discusses their focus on 1-1s over crash courses this summer and outlines how the decision was a big success.
• Dan Harrison, Partnerships Manager at Evolve, jumps on to talk about the upcoming Free Flow conference.

Join us at 1.30pm – 2.30pm
For joining details contact: [email protected]

28/08/2026

Great to see our SEQ Level 2 in Teaching Swimming qualification being delivered by one of our ATCs, Survive and Save Training!

Great work and congratulations all! 👏🏆

A fantastic group of teachers completing their Swim England Level 2 in Teaching Swimming course last Friday. Some great enthusiasm and work over the last week, it has been a pleasure working with you all.

Thank you to Sally Baldwin for delivering another great course

Good luck in your future roles as swimming teachers

27/08/2026

🌊☀️Falmouth has been a fantastic venue for Swim Safe sessions over the summer, helping children learn essential skills to stay safe in and around water.

👏Great to see Jayne Kirkham MP for Truro and Falmouth highlighting the importance of water safety education and sharing her experience of visiting a session. 🏊‍♀️💙 🛟

26/08/2026

🚨 Limited tickets remaining! 🚨

Don't miss your chance to attend the Performance Coaching Conference on 9-10 September in Manchester.

With only a small number of tickets left and bookings closing this Friday 28 August, now is the time to secure your place ⤵

🎟️ Book your spot here: bit.ly/Performance-Coaching-Conference-tickets

25/08/2026

24/08/2026

A month on from the start of the swimming action at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games, we're celebrating the clubs behind Team England's swimmers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

We're shining a spotlight on the first clubs that helped shape these athletes, providing places where they could have fun, enjoy the sport, make lifelong friendships and discover where swimming could take them.

Every swimming journey starts somewhere ✨

While the medals, records and memories were made in Glasgow, the foundations were built much closer to home. They were built in clubs across England, supported by dedicated coaches, volunteers, teammates and families who helped make those moments possible.

Check out the images below to see where it all started, and not forgetting the many other clubs and communities that helped shape Team England's Commonwealth Games swimmers along the way 💙

24/08/2026

🌊 Ever wondered what it's like to swim the iconic tidal Thames?⁠
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Hear from Swim London organiser and Paris 2024 Olympian Toby Robinson as he shares what makes this open water event so special.⁠
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🏊 5K or 10K swim ⁠
🏁 Finish at Putney Embankment ⁠
📅 Sunday 6 September 2026⁠
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Swim one of the world's most famous rivers and be part of an incredible community of open water swimmers.⁠
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Sign up here 👉 https://swim.london/

20/08/2026

Fantastic news for community sport! 🎉

Access Sport has partnered with Disability Sport Wales, Scottish Disability Sport and Disability Sport Northern Ireland to deliver a UK-wide initiative supporting young people to become leaders in community sport.

To read more about the project, visit the link below 🔗

Thanks to National Lottery players, Access Sport will receive more than £3.5 million of life-changing funding over six years from The National Lottery Community Fund.

With this funding, we are joining forces with Disability Sport Wales, Scottish Disability Sport and Disability Sport NI to launch ‘From Sideline to Centre’!

A UK-wide initiative that will transform how clubs engage, empower, and support young people to become leaders in community sport.

Together, we’re working across all four nations to build a more inclusive sporting system where young people are leaders, decision-makers and changemakers.

Read the full story on our website🔗 https://lnkd.in/egjVKKid

20/08/2026

A successful championships in Paris and nine medals for England's swimmers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 👏

With the European Aquatics Championships now complete, we're looking back on the performances that helped England's swimmers contribute nine of Great Britain's 14 swimming medals as the team topped the medal table in Paris 🏊 🇬🇧

🥇 Gold (4) • Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (CR)
• Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (CR)
• Mixed 4x200m Freestyle Relay (CR)
• Women's 4x100m Medley Relay (CR)

🥈 Silver (1) • Amalie Smith, Women's 400m Individual Medley

🥉 Bronze (4) • Max Litchfield, Men's 400m Individual Medley
• Lauren Cox, Women's 50m Backstroke
• Freya Colbert, Women's 200m Freestyle
• James Guy, Men's 200m Freestyle

The 14 swimming medals, seven diving medals and five artistic swimming medals saw GB finish on top overall!

Congratulations to all the athletes, coaches and support staff who helped make it happen. 🙌