Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

Important news

August training dates

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Please see below schedule for our return at the end of August. Please review it carefully, as the days and times vary slightly between squads:

Tuesday 26th August –

17:30 – 18:30 – Rookie Squads

18:30 – 19:30 – All Junior Squads, Age Group Competitive & Development Squad

19:30 – 20:30 – Age Group Performance, Senior Competitive & Senior Performance

Wednesday 27th August –

17:30 – 18:30 – All Junior Squads

18:30 – 19:30 – Age Group Performance, Age Group Competitive & Development Squad

19:30 – 20:30 – Senior Competitive & Senior Performance

Thursday 28th August –

17:30 – 18:30 – Rookie Squads

18:30 – 19:30 – All Junior Squads, Age Group Competitive & Development Squad

19:30 – 20:30 – Age Group Performance, Senior Competitive & Senior Performance

Friday 29th August –

17:30 – 18:30 – All Junior Squads

18:30 – 19:30 – Age Group Performance, Age Group Competitive & Development Squad

19:30 – 20:30 – Senior Competitive & Senior Performance

Masters Sessions @ Grange Paddocks –

Wednesday 27th August – 19:30 – 21:00

Friday 29th August – 6:30 – 7:30

Sunday 31st August – 17:00 – 18:00

Swim England Hertfordshire County Championships 2026

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Swim England Hertfordshire have released the conditions, schedule and qualifying/consideration times for Hertfordshire County Championships which will take place in January 2026.

BSSC’s Short Guide to Understanding Counties has been updated for 2026, so do have a look.

Key Documents
We will try to keep these document versions up to date, but the latest versions should be available on the County website as we get closer to the date of the competition.

Download2026 County Championships QT and CT

Download2026 County Championships schedule

Download2026 County Championships meet conditions

Venue
Westminster Lodge pool.

Age groups
For 2026 there will be no 16 year old age group and this has been included in the oldest age category. However a higher number of entrants will be accepted into the 16 & older age category if they achieve the consideration times.

Qualifying and Consideration Times
These broadly remain the same; however some QT and CTs have been reduced due to the higher standards achieved. These times are highlighted in blue on the QT/CT sheet. If you want to see how your swimmer is progressing with regards to the qualifying times, see the ‘Qualifying’ tab on Swim Manager.

Age as at 31 December 2026
Please remember that a swimmer’s age for County Championships is age as at 31st December 2026 (e.g. if you are born in 2012, your age group will be the 14 year age group). Times must have been achieved at a licensed meet between 17th May and 7th December 2025.

Counties medals final tally: a bumper year for BSSC

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We’re absolutely thrilled to share the final medal tallies and tables from this year’s County Championships, and the numbers speak for themselves:

  • Overall – 145 medals (up from 87 in 2024)
  • Junior Championship – top club in Hertfordshire!
  • 88 Age Group medals (up from 56 last year)
  • Qualifiers – 60 swimmers (up from 43 in 2024)
  • Championship – second-placed club in Hertfordshire

Our successful, fun and welcoming club is expanding… why not join us and be part of it? Message our Club Secretary to arrange a trial.

BSSC Guide to Competitions

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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