Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

Guides

See also the BSSC Guides for Parents download page.

See also: Blogs and Guides

Understanding Counties

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The first major competition your swimmer will try to qualify for will be Swim Herts County Championships, or ‘Counties’ as they are more commonly referred to, which are held over three weekends in January/February each year. For our younger swimmers their first County time is a Big Deal. The following guide contains lots of information […]
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Understanding Nationals

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Once your swimmer has reached “Regionals”, the next step is to aspire to “Nationals”. British Swimming and Swim England hold multiple national level championships and meets each year and we’ve created a guide explaining how they work.
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Demystifying DQ codes

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Unfortunately there will be occasions when a swimmer gets disqualified (DQ) for an event. All swimmers go through this, but it is important that they understand why it happened and learn from it. The results listings from the meet will contain disqualification (DQ) codes and we have a guide to their interpretation. If you need […]
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