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Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

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Squad structure

Our squad structure reflects the updated swimming strategy that the club has been implementing for the past few years and takes into account two main factors when determining squad placements: age and swimming times.  Swimmers are grouped by the calendar year in which they were born, and by their times against a target list for that age within each squad.  The detailed squad criteria are downloadable at the foot of this page.  As an example, a swimmer born in 2006 could in the forthcoming 2021/22 season be in Cadets, Juniors, Minimes, or Elites depending on their eligibility.

All squads will have targets and be training for appropriate competitions, and swimmers will be with those of a similar age and similar times to give them the optimum training experience.  All swimmers, regardless of squad, will have individual performance targets set by coaches, and this way will have the best chance of progressing and achieving them as the training for each squad can reflect individual targets within the group.  Determining squads in this way ensures that training is appropriate both for the age, physical development and ability of the swimmer, and also helps the coaching team to ensure swimmers are targeting the right meets and events throughout the year as part of the overall strategy.

Squad movements take place once a year, prior to each new season in September.  Times achieved are reviewed after the last meet on the summer schedule, and any changes are communicated prior to training resuming in August/September. The squad structure for the 2021/22 season is shown below and the full criteria given at the bottom of this page.

DownloadSquad criteria 2021-22 (130.6 KB)

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Schedule changes from 16-May-22

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Upcoming events

Jul
2
PSC End of Season Summer Short Course Open Meet 3ER2206680
At Inspire Luton Sports Village
Ends on July 3
Jul
2
Peanuts League - Round 3
At (TBD), 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Jul
16
Team Luton Summer Long Course Open Meet 3ER220185
At Inspire Luton Sports Village
Ends on July 17
Jul
23
2022 British Summer Championships
At (TBD)
Ends on July 28
Aug
5
2022 Swim England National Summer Meet
At (TBD)
Ends on August 9

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