Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

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2024 Counties in pictures

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We are still pulling together photos from Counties this year so this article will continue to grow, but here are our photos so far. It started with the squad photos which is a little like herding cats so apologies for not managing to get everyone in the photos, though if you look closely you’ll spot […]
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2023-24 Winter Newsletter

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Happy – slightly belated – New Year!  We hope 2024 is treating you well so far and you’re looking forward to competing in or cheering loudly at the Swim England Hertfordshire County Championships over the next three weekends!  In this edition of Babble we have exciting news about the rebirth of the Swimmer of the […]
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2023-24 New Season Newsletter

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Welcome back to another season!  We hope you are suitably refreshed from the summer break and raring to get back into training and competitions.  This edition of Babble not only looks forward to the events of the next few months, but takes time to reflect on and celebrate the superb achievements of so many of […]
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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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Jellyfish encounters in the Varsity Channel Relay

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Almost every other year since 1988, Cambridge and Oxford Universities have raced across the English Channel in the Varsity Channel Relay.  Six swimmers, three male and three female, from each university race across the English Channel in hour long rotations from Dover until the French coastline of Calais is reached. The first ever race saw […]
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