Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

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Spring 2024-25 Newsletter

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In this edition of Babble, we celebrate highlights from 2025's County Championships, share a step-by-step guide for swim parents considering joining our team of officials, and recognise newly-broken Club records and British, European and World records broken by our inspirational Masters swimmers.
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J1 Training: Step by Step

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This guide breaks down the training pathway to becoming a Judge Level 1 - a swimming technical official responsible for timekeeping, inspecting turns, ensuring swimmers comply with rules during starts, turns, and finishes.
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Race-Day Nutrition Plan

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We have worked with specialists and Craig Maddocks (BSSC’s new S&C Lead) to produce the following guide to race-day nutrition, designed to enhance our athlete’s performance on competition days.
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Winter 2024-25 Newsletter

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In this edition of Babble, we introduce members of our new Rookies B squad, share plans for early 2025 including a joint Regional Qualifier Open Meet with Harlow Penguins, and look back at some of successes from the past few months, including finishing top place in Hertfordshire in the National Arena Swimming League and the fantastic Club Championships Award night we shared in November.
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Rachael takes on Ultraswim 33.3 in Montenegro

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In October, Assistant Head Coach Joe Collins accompanied BSSC Masters swimmer Rachael Hunt as she took on her Ultra marathon swim in Montenegro. Here, Joe shares the highlights from a gruelling four days of swimming.
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