What We Do – Swim England https://www.swimming.org/swimengland The business of swimming Fri, 26 Jul 2024 15:49:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 How Swim England is getting involved in Pride Month 2024 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/pride-month-2024-launch/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/pride-month-2024-launch/#respond Tue, 04 Jun 2024 11:30:03 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20994 At the start of Pride Month 2024,  Swim England’s Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Mike Hawkes, discusses how everyone in aquatics can get involved. Pride Month runs across the entirety of June and is celebrated every year to recognise the influence of the LGBTQ+ community. So Mike, what is Pride Month? Pride Month is celebrated … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/pride-month-2024-launch/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/06/Pride_Swims_2024_launch_1200x675.png Swim England inducts Mercedes Gleitze into its Hall of Fame https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/mercedes-gleitze-hall-fame-induction/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/mercedes-gleitze-hall-fame-induction/#respond Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:14:50 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20525 The first British woman to swim the English Channel has been inducted into the Swim England Hall of Fame – on the day a new film celebrating her remarkable achievement and life is launched in cinemas nationwide. Mercedes Gleitze was only the sixth person to conquer the channel when she swam from France to England … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/mercedes-gleitze-hall-fame-induction/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/03/mercedes_gleitze.png Leon Taylor https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/leon-taylor/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/leon-taylor/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:02:46 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20093 Born: 2 November 1977 Leon Taylor Leon Taylor enjoyed sustained success as a competitive diver at the highest level for two decades. He took up the sport at the age of eight and was national champion only three years later. His impressive performances saw him become part of the British team for 16 years and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/leon-taylor/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/Leon-banner.jpg Rebecca Adlington https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/rebecca-adlington/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/rebecca-adlington/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:07:31 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20097 Born: 17 February 1989 Rebecca Adlington Record-breaking Rebecca Adlington is Britain’s most successful female Olympian of all time in the pool having won a total of four individual medals at the Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Games. It was in China where a then 19-year-old Adlington became the first British swimmer in 100 years to … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/rebecca-adlington/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/Adlington-banner.jpg Anita Lonsbrough https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/anita-lonsbrough/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/anita-lonsbrough/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:05:01 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20095 Born: 10 August 1941 Anita Lonsbrough Anita Lonsbrough was a pioneer for women’s swimming – achieving a number of notable firsts during a dominant six years at the very top of her sport. She was only 16 when she struck gold at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the 220 Yard Breaststroke and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/anita-lonsbrough/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/Anita-banner.jpg Ellie Simmonds https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/ellie-simmonds/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/ellie-simmonds/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 13:00:11 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20091 Born: 11 November 1994 Ellie Simmonds Five-time Paralympic champion Ellie Simmonds came to national attention when she competed in the 2008 Beijing Games at the age of 13. She won the first of her eight Paralympic medals in China, where she was the youngest British athlete, topping the podium in both the S6 100m and … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/ellie-simmonds/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/EllieSimmonds-banner.jpg Mike Beard https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/mike-beard/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/mike-beard/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:57:03 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20089 Born: 24 July 1942 Mike Beard Dedicated volunteer Mike Beard has made an outstanding contribution to swimming and water polo. He joined Stourbridge Swimming Club at the age of seven, where he learned to swim, before joining the water polo team. After playing for the club, he went on to represent Worcester, becoming captain of … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/mike-beard/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/MikeBeard-banner.jpg Terry Denison https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/terry-denison/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/terry-denison/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:53:57 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20087 Born: 7 December 1940 Terry Denison It was an all-night conversation which ultimately led to Terry Denison becoming one of Great Britain’s most successful swimming coaches. A history teacher at West Leeds Boys High School, Denison also taught swimming – but his other love was rugby union and he was the coach of the school … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/terry-denison/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/TerryDenison-banner.jpg Tim Reddish https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/tim-reddish/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/tim-reddish/#respond Thu, 21 Dec 2023 12:51:17 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=20085 Born: 12 April 1957 Tim Reddish Tim Reddish has made an outstanding contribution to para-swimming, both as an athlete, coach and administrator. Having being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare, hereditary degenerative eye disease, at the age of 31, Reddish gradually began to lose his sight. He had been a volunteer swimming coach but became … […]

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]]> https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/tim-reddish/feed/ 0 https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/12/TimReddish-banner.jpg A day with Durham County Council: What’s the latest progress? https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/day-durham-county-council-whats-latest-progress/ https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/day-durham-county-council-whats-latest-progress/#respond Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:58:31 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/?p=19764 When collaborating with an operator, we (Swim England) visit the operator sites and engage directly with the key deliverers. This allows for hands-on collaboration and a direct impact on shared goals. We start with a consultative approach to determine the optimal strategy for the operator. From there we will perform a desktop digital analysis to … […]

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