Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club
Affiliated to Swim England East Region
Wishing all our swimmers, families, volunteers, officials, coaches and supporters a happy and healthy Christmas & New Year! 2021 has been another tough year, but our swimmers have been amazingly resilient and successful. Well done everyone! We hope you enjoy your break.
Looking forward to seeing all our squads back at training from the morning of Monday 3rd Jan 2022.
Exciting news … Swim England Hertfordshire have just released details of the 2022 County Championships! Their website contains the schedule of events, qualifying & consideration times and details of how the events will run (the Conditions), but we thought we’d offer our own brief summary of what’s going on. It’s aimed at parents and swimmers who have never been to Counties before, but given the changes in 2022, some of our seasoned County swimmers might want a quick glance through! We’re looking forward to seeing lots of you compete and be successful.
DownloadBSSC Brief Guide to Counties – 2026 (1.5 MB)
Swimming competitions – Swim England Hertfordshire (swimherts.org)
Please note that due to the new Grange Paddocks pool opening, there have been some updates to the schedule from 1st November 2021. Our training schedule page has been updated to reflect the changes.
Welcome back to all our squad members! There are a few reminders and changes to how things are working in terms of aiming to keep us safe from Covid. Please carefully read the information that has been shared individually via email. A few of the key points are also summarised below.
No one should be coming to training if they have any Covid symptoms. Please err on the side of caution.
Details on what to do if you have symptoms or are found to be a close contact are in the email – in all cases, please email our Covid Officer.
Swimmers should still arrive swim ready and bring bags poolside, but they can briefly use the changing rooms at the end of their session.
Parents, you are welcome back in the gallery! Please be respectful of people who still want to socially distance. Please do not gather in numbers in the foyer whilst waiting for your swimmer at the end of the session.
[Summer 2020] Pools are gradually re-opening, and our coaching team is preparing for our return to the water. We are a club that is changing year on year and to reflect those changes in size and competitiveness our head coach Benoit has reviewed the existing structure and made some updates that will take effect as soon as we start training.
There are more details on the Squad Structure page.
Please review the PDF download that contains the plan of the new structure and the updated individual criteria for each squad. Although many of the squad names remain the same, the entry criteria may have changed so please take your child’s year of birth and consider all squads for which they could be eligible. For example, a swimmer born in 2006 could be in Cadets, Juniors, Minimes or Elites.
Invalid download ID.Movement between squads will be based on age (year of birth), entry criteria (where appropriate) and attendance during the active part of the 2019-2020 season and will be communicated to individual swimmers prior to us starting training. Swimmers eligible for more than one squad may decide not to become part of a squad and will therefore be directed to a different squad according to their motivations.
Please direct any questions towards Benoit (BSSC Head Coach).
