Events

Rookies B mini fun meet

Posted on: 16th November 2024

We will be holding a mini fun gala for Rookies B swimmers on Tuesday 10^th December, during the swimmers’ usual training session. The event is designed to give swimmers their first taste of competitive racing at the Club, but in a relaxed, no-pressure environment.

More details to follow over the coming weeks from the Coaching team.

In the meantime, we’re looking for parents who would like to help out with timing the swimmers, recording their times and making sure the kids are in the right place, at the right time and ready for their races!

If you are interested in helping out, please message the Club Secretary.

2024 Swim England East Region Short Course Championships

Posted on: 21st October 2024

Congratulations to our qualifiers who will be competing against the best swimmers from the six eastern counties of England over the weekend of 1st to 3rd November.

Good luck everyone.

#SwimFast #HaveFun #GoStortford

Starts & Turns Clinic: 31st October

Posted on: 17th October 2024

Attention Juniors A, B & C and Age Group Competitive Squads!

We will be holding a ‘Starts and Turns Clinic’ during the upcoming half term.

Date: Thursday 31st October
Time: 4.15pm to 5.15pm
Venue: Bishop’s Stortford College pool
Cost: £15, invoiced

The clinic will work on starts and turns in all strokes and help perfect your technique.

To secure a place, please email secretary@bsswimclub.org.uk

BSSC Guide to Competitions

Posted on: 14th October 2024

As our club continues to grow, we will naturally have a number of our swimmers attending competitions for the first time. Even those who have been with the club for 2-3 years will not have experienced many events, so we have created a guide that aims to answer those common questions of what should we bring, where are we going, what do we do when we get there etc etc! It applies to events held for just our club at our home pool and those run by clubs further afield.

We hope you find it useful. Even if you’re an old hand at this, please have a glance through it and let us know if anything is missing or can be improved.

DownloadBSSC Guide to Competitions

Nine BSSC Swimmers Invited to Summer Champs

Posted on: 15th August 2024

Running soon after the Aquatics GB Summer Championships is the Swim England National Summer Meet, where the next batch of fastest swimmers are invited to compete. Invites are again based on qualifying swims from Level 1 (Long Course) meets in a defined March-May window and this year nine current BSSC swimmers were fast enough to receive invites to compete.

Brandon MacDonald-Williams kicked off the BSSC campaign in great style, finishing 9th in the 16yrs 1500m freestyle and shaving ten seconds off his own BSSC club record in the process (17:30.05)! A few days later he was back in record breaking time, this time taking nearly 4 seconds off his 800m freestyle record to finish 15th in his age group (9:06.33).

Ella Greatbatch was our top finisher overall, taking Gold in the 50m breaststroke final (33.89) and Silver in the 100m breaststroke final where she also broke her own club record with a time of 1:14.71.

Fourteen year old Molly Greatbatch was our youngest competitor and performed superbly at her first National level event, finishing 14th in the 14/15yrs 200m breaststroke (5th fastest 14 year old) and 29th in the 100m breaststroke.

Dylan Davenport (15yrs), Emma Fields (18/Over) and Lucy Wheeler (18/Over) all had great swims to reach finals in their age groups. Dylan was 7th in the 50m butterfly final and 22nd in the 100m butterfly; Emma was 10th in the 50m butterfly final and 17th in the 100m butterfly; whilst Lucy was 6th in the 100m freestyle final.

Congratulations also go to Laura Burgess (18/Over) who was 11th in the 50m freestyle, Jakey Hayes (17yrs) 18th in the 200m backstroke and Lauren Gore (18/Over) 29th in the 50m breaststroke.