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Ending the Season in Style

Posted on: 7th September 2023

At the end of the 2022/23 swimming season, members of BSSC came together for a fundraising event that was the brainchild of club captain Jakey Hayes. It was a great night of socialising and swimming and certainly did the job in terms of raising funds. Here’s more about it in Jakey’s own words … The […]
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Understanding Nationals

Posted on: 5th September 2023

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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Staying Top of the Peanuts League

Posted on: 3rd September 2023

Twenty five of our 9-12 yr olds were in action at the end of last season, battling to keep our place in the top division of the Peanuts Hertfordshire Swimming League. They took part in three separate galas and finished a very respectable 8th out of twelve teams, retaining their place in Division one for […]
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National Medals at Swim England Summer Meet

Posted on: 18th August 2023

The National Summer Meet is Swim England’s biggest domestic swimming event of the year and provides an opportunity for those who just missed out on qualifying for the British Summer Championships to compete against the best swimmers in England from the spring 2023 season. BSSC had four swimmers invited to the 2023 Summer Meet, first […]
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Breaststroke Duo Shine at British Summer Champs

Posted on: 8th August 2023

The British Summer Championships provides a key end-of-season competition opportunity for home nation athletes with the season’s fastest swimmers in Britain invited to compete. BSSC had two local swimmers invited for the 2023 Championships, Ella Greatbatch (15 yrs) and Kirsty Neill (16 yrs), and they were joined by two swimmers from Team Bonn in Germany […]
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