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Timetable for the Christmas and New Year Period 2019 is attached below:
Christmas Timetable
Swimmers are to only swim in their allotted time for their squad and please do not ask to swim in different sessions. The planning of the time table is based also on how many squads are in at specific times and number of swimmers to ensure that all can swim safely.
Please check the time table carefully before leaving for sessions as the time/venue may have changed.
Normal training sessions for all squads will resume on Thursday 2nd January 2020.
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| Well done to the following swimmers who represented Team Sharks at the Short Course Midlands!
Izzy C - 100m IM / 50m/100m/200m Breast
Ellie H - 100m Breast / 50 Fly / 50m Back
Ella V - 100m IM / 100m/200m Breast
Charlotte H- 100m/ 200m Back
Leah B - 50/100m Free
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| Masters swimmers Ali Skirvin and Megan Grey, represented Teamsharks at the National Masters SC Champs. Great swimming by both!!!
Well done! 
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| Congratulations to the following swimmers who were awarded this years' Thomson Trust Trophies in Freestyle distances at the 2019 Coventry & District Primary Gala.
Leah Bowen 200m FreestyleCharlotte Harding 100m FreestyleBecca Morrison 400m Freestyle
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| CLUB CAPTAINSJake Ashfield and Isabelle CallaghanJake and Izzy have done a fantastic job last year and we feel that their influence and dedication to Team Sharks will continue for another year. We would like to welcome the following Vice Captains for this season 2019-2020. CLUB VICE CAPTAINS Daniel Cox and Abbie Wootton
All the above have been competing for a long time within the club at Regional and National Level and have a considerable amount of experience within the competitive environment. All have had their own challenges with illness, injury, confidence etc and therefore will be able to give advice to any member within the club. Well done all.
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Well done to Leah, Martha & Charlotte for representing the Warwickshire County this year in the Junior Inter-Counties Relay event. The Team came in a fantastic 2nd Place.
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Well done to Leah Bowen who attended the Swim England Phase 1 National Camp earlier this month.
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| Swim England Talent Pathway and County Representation CONGRATULATIONS to the following swimmers
National Development Pathway
Leah Bowen:
Bedfordshire Junior Inter-County Competition
Martha Bullock, Charlotte Harding and Leah Bowen
Swim England National County Team Championships
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| Congratulations to all swimmers who competed at the National Championships 2019 this Summer. We are so proud of you all.
National 100m Breaststroke Champion 16yrs : Dan Cox Dan also competed in the 200m Breaststroke and 50m Breaststroke coming 4th & 5th respectively
Ellie Harsant came 16th in the 15yrs 100m Breaststroke
Izzy Callaghan came 6th in the 17yrs 200m Breaststroke and 15th in the 50m Breaststroke
Leah Bowen came 9th in the 13yrs 100m Freestyle
Charlotte Harding came 19th in the 13yrs 200m Backstroke
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| Well done Leah in coming 23rd at this years Open Water Champs 2K swim.
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| Well done to Lauren Maher, 21st in the 16yrs age group at the Irish Nationals today in the 100m Breaststroke !
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| Well done Becca, 4th in the 14yrs age group for the 1500m Freestyle at Scottish Nationals 2019
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| Well done to Leah - 2nd in the 2K and qualified for The Open Water National Championships 2019
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| Well done to our Masters swimmer, Ali Skirvin who represented Team Sharks at the British Masters Long Course Championships in Wales this weekend! Ali gained Silver in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke! Ali also swam in the 50m events in each stroke /200 IM and the 100 backstroke, with 3 fifth places, a sixth, a ninth and a tenth. | |
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The Junior Captains and Vice Captains are chosen by the Assistant Head Coach, their dedication, approach to the squad training programme, attitude to their peers and to the coaches are all considered when making this difficult choice. Also most importantly that they are good role models for our younger swimmers.
Our Junior Captains and Vice Captains for 2019 are....
Captains: Holly Larkin & Lewis Morrison Vice Captains: Cassie Lea & Alistair Ristov
CONGRATULATIONS!
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| Congratulations and Well done to the following swimmers who gained medals.
Dan Cox 2nd in 16 yo 100m Breaststroke Isabelle Callaghan 2nd in 17 yo/over 200m Breaststroke Charlotte Harding 1st, West Midlands Champion, 13 yo 200m Backstroke Ellie Harsant 2nd in 15 yo 100m Breaststroke Leah Bowen 2nd in 13 yo 200m FreestyleCharlotte Harding 2nd in 13 yo 800m Freestyle Dan Cox 3rd 16 yo 50m Breaststroke Leah Bowen 2nd in 13 yo 50m Backstroke Charlotte Harding 3rd in 13 yo 50m Backstroke Isabelle Callaghan 1st , West Midlands Champion, 17 yo/over 50m Breaststroke Leah Bowen 3rd in 13 yo 50m Freestyle Charlotte Harding 1st, West Midlands Champion, 13 yo 100m Backstroke
Charlotte Harding, 3rd in 13 yo 1500m Freestyle
Leah Bowen, 1st, West Midlands Champion, 13 yo 100m Freestyle
And Well done to all who made the FINALS!
Many thanks too to those parents who helped on Poolside!
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| Good luck to all swimmers who have qualified and are competing in the West Midlands Champs on 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12 of May.
This year's competitors are:
Abi Dudfield, Alistair Ristov, Cassie Lea, Charlotte Harding, Connor Silvester, Dan Cox, Ellie Harsant, Hannah Penny, Harvey Flint, Holly Larkin, Isabelle Callaghan, Jake Deaner, Josh Mitchell, Lauren Maher, Leah Bowen, Lewis Morrison, Owen Lawton, Rebecca Morrison
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| Congratulations to William Payton and Serena Newell following their success at the County Championships been invited to attend the 2019 County Pathway.
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| All the following information is presented in the Competitive Planner next to the relevant Championships.
Qualifying Windows are indicated below:
*Times need to be achieved at a Level 1 Meet at a Long Course pool.
**Times need to be achieved at a Level 1 or Level 2 meet
***Times need to be from L1, L2 or L3 Meet
Short Course Midlands Champions 2019 ***
1st November 2018 - 17th October 2019
Winter Nationals Short Course Championships 2019 **
TBC
Warwickshire County Championships 2020
Entry times must be achieved in a licensed meet from 1st March 2019 - midnight Sunday 29th December 2019.
West Midlands Championships 2020 ***
TBC
British Summer Championships and Home Nations
(Scottish/Irish/Welsh/English) 2020 *
Friday 13th March – Sunday 10th May 2020 (inclusive)
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Information
1. Level 1 Meets are long course (50m) only and cover National, Regional and County Championships. Their purpose is to enable athletes to achieve qualifying times for entry into National, Regional and County Championships.
2. Level 2 Meets are short course (25m) only and cover National, Regional and County Championships. Their purpose is to enable athletes to achieve qualifying times for entry into National, Regional and County Championships in short course.
3. Level 3 Meets are long and short course events. Their purpose is to enable athletes to achieve times for entry into Regional and County Championships and other Meets at Level 1 or Level 2.
4. Level 4 Meets are entry level events in pools 25m or greater. Borough Championships are an example. They are for inexperienced athletes and swimmers seeking to compete outside their club environment. If times are good athletes progress to Level 3 Meets.
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A big Well done to all our swimmers last night, a very well deserved 4thplace, Redditch narrowly beating us by just 2 points!!! And to all our younger swimmers last night who swam their hearts out, you are all amazing and a credit to the club!!!Full results1 st Northampton A 2372 nd Boldmere A 2073 rd Redditch 1844 th Stratford Sharks 1825 th Bilston 1616 th City of Hereford 77
Round 2 NJL Team consist of:
Alistair Ristov, Lewis Morrison, William Barnes, Isabella Balzaretti, Charlotte Harding, Holly Larkin, Gracie Wain, Cassie Lea, Oliver Stacey, Jake Gray, Oliver Rossier, William Payton, Benjamin Elliott, Charlotte Bean, Isobel Greenall, Amelia Baldwyn, Charlotte Bartlett, Lucy Andrews, Eleanor Hazleton, Edward Thomas, Dalton Lea, Luke Statham, Isabella Barnes, Zoe Wood, Georgie Forbes, Martha Bullock, Jack Fitzgerald, Jacob Neal, Ryan Phyall, Edward Hunt, Olivia Taylor, Beatrice Bell, Morgan Poole, Ayla Konuralp
GO TEAMSHARKS !!!
A big Well done to all our swimmers last night, a very well deserved 4thplace, Redditch narrowly beating us by just 2 points!!! And to all our younger swimmers last night who swam their hearts out, you are all amazing and a credit to the club!!!Full results1 st Northampton A 2372 nd Boldmere A 2073 rd Redditch 1844 th Stratford Sharks 1825 th Bilston 1616 th City of Hereford 77
Round 2 NJL Team consist of:
Alistair Ristov, Lewis Morrison, William Barnes, Isabella Balzaretti, Charlotte Harding, Holly Larkin, Gracie Wain, Cassie Lea, Oliver Stacey, Jake Gray, Oliver Rossier, William Payton, Benjamin Elliott, Charlotte Bean, Isobel Greenall, Amelia Baldwyn, Charlotte Bartlett, Lucy Andrews, Eleanor Hazleton, Edward Thomas, Dalton Lea, Luke Statham, Isabella Barnes, Zoe Wood, Georgie Forbes, Martha Bullock, Jack Fitzgerald, Jacob Neal, Ryan Phyall, Edward Hunt, Olivia Taylor, Beatrice Bell, Morgan Poole, Ayla Konuralp
GO TEAMSHARKS !!!
A big Well done to all our swimmers last night, a very well deserved 4thplace, Redditch narrowly beating us by just 2 points!!! And to all our younger swimmers last night who swam their hearts out, you are all amazing and a credit to the club!!!Full results1 st Northampton A 2372 nd Boldmere A 2073 rd Redditch 1844 th Stratford Sharks 1825 th Bilston 1616 th City of Hereford 77
Round 2 NJL Team consist of:
Alistair Ristov, Lewis Morrison, William Barnes, Isabella Balzaretti, Charlotte Harding, Holly Larkin, Gracie Wain, Cassie Lea, Oliver Stacey, Jake Gray, Oliver Rossier, William Payton, Benjamin Elliott, Charlotte Bean, Isobel Greenall, Amelia Baldwyn, Charlotte Bartlett, Lucy Andrews, Eleanor Hazleton, Edward Thomas, Dalton Lea, Luke Statham, Isabella Barnes, Zoe Wood, Georgie Forbes, Martha Bullock, Jack Fitzgerald, Jacob Neal, Ryan Phyall, Edward Hunt, Olivia Taylor, Beatrice Bell, Morgan Poole, Ayla Konuralp
GO TEAMSHARKS !!!
A big Well done to all our swimmers last night, a very well deserved 4thplace, Redditch narrowly beating us by just 2 points!!! And to all our younger swimmers last night who swam their hearts out, you are all amazing and a credit to the club!!!Full results1 st Northampton A 2372 nd Boldmere A 2073 rd Redditch 1844 th Stratford Sharks 1825 th Bilston 1616 th City of Hereford 77
Round 2 NJL Team consist of:
Alistair Ristov, Lewis Morrison, William Barnes, Isabella Balzaretti, Charlotte Harding, Holly Larkin, Gracie Wain, Cassie Lea, Oliver Stacey, Jake Gray, Oliver Rossier, William Payton, Benjamin Elliott, Charlotte Bean, Isobel Greenall, Amelia Baldwyn, Charlotte Bartlett, Lucy Andrews, Eleanor Hazleton, Edward Thomas, Dalton Lea, Luke Statham, Isabella Barnes, Zoe Wood, Georgie Forbes, Martha Bullock, Jack Fitzgerald, Jacob Neal, Ryan Phyall, Edward Hunt, Olivia Taylor, Beatrice Bell, Morgan Poole, Ayla Konuralp
GO TEAMSHARKS !!!
A big Well done to all our swimmers last night, a very well deserved 4thplace, Redditch narrowly beating us by just 2 points!!! And to all our younger swimmers last night who swam their hearts out, you are all amazing and a credit to the club!!!Full results1 st Northampton A 2372 nd Boldmere A 2073 rd Redditch 1844 th Stratford Sharks 1825 th Bilston 1616 th City of Hereford 77
Round 2 NJL Team consist of:
Alistair Ristov, Lewis Morrison, William Barnes, Isabella Balzaretti, Charlotte Harding, Holly Larkin, Gracie Wain, Cassie Lea, Oliver Stacey, Jake Gray, Oliver Rossier, William Payton, Benjamin Elliott, Charlotte Bean, Isobel Greenall, Amelia Baldwyn, Charlotte Bartlett, Lucy Andrews, Eleanor Hazleton, Edward Thomas, Dalton Lea, Luke Statham, Isabella Barnes, Zoe Wood, Georgie Forbes, Martha Bullock, Jack Fitzgerald, Jacob Neal, Ryan Phyall, Edward Hunt, Olivia Taylor, Beatrice Bell, Morgan Poole, Ayla Konuralp
GO TEAMSHARKS !!!
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| Well done to all who swam at the 1st Round of the NJL last night, a great team effort! We came 3rd place!!!
Thanks to all for your support.
Leamington 243
City of Coventry 240
Stratford Sharks 186
Redditch 154
Blythe Barracudas 145
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|  STRATFORD Sharks swimmers delivered some great results at the first weekend of the ASA Championships held in Coventry.TeamSharks were represented by 74 qualifying swimmers, with no less than 37 of the starting blocks in the finals being occupied by Sharks swimmers.Three of these, Isabelle Callaghan, Leah Bowen and Charlotte Harding, were crowned as County Champions over six separate events.This is the last time the Championships will be held at the old city centre pool as the brand new £10.5million Olympic 50-metre pool is currently under construction at the Alan Higgs Centre, in the south east of the city which is due to open later this year.In the boys finals 10/11 age group 50m races, William Payton came third in the freestyle and Finn Proud fourth in the butterfly.For the girls, in the same distance and age group, Serena Newell was sixth in the breaststroke and Martha Bullock came seventh in the backstroke.In the 12-year-olds category, Cassie Lea finished sixth in the 100m freestyle and seventh in the 100m backstroke.Alistair Ristov was sixth in the 100m breaststroke final and Jake Deaner came home fifth in the 50m fly.The girls 13-year-olds category provided the biggest haul of Championship medals and finalists, with Leah Bowen gaining first place in the 100m freestyle and backstroke respectively as well as the 200m freestyle.Bowen also finished fourth in the 50m breaststroke and runner-up in the 50m backstroke to another TeamSharks swimmer, Charlotte Harding, who also won the 400m individual medley.Harding had finished in second place to Bowen in both the 100m backstroke and the 200m freestyle as well as finishing third in the 100m freestyle.Holly Larkin appeared in four finals, finishing fifth in three of them and fourth in the 200m freestyle.Completing the picture for the 13-year-old girls was Abi Dudfield, who was one of four TeamSharks swimmers in the 50m backstroke final, finishing seventh.Although the boys could not quite match the girls’ performances, Connor Silvester finished fifth in the 100m breaststroke final.In the 14-year-old age group, Rebecca Morrison finished seventh in both the 100m breaststroke and 100m freestyle.Joel Watson reached the 100m breaststroke final, also finishing seventh. Ellie Harsant finished second in the 15-year-old 50m breaststroke final, with Keana Pearce gaining fifth place in the 100m backstroke and sixth in the 50m backstroke.Hannah Penny finished fifth in the 100m freestyle final.The older age group finals provided more success for Stratford, with Isabelle Callaghan winning the 50m breaststroke final for the 16-plus category, gaining second place in the 200m breaststroke and third in 400m individual medley.Daniel Cox reached two finals, finishing fourth in the 100m breaststroke and seventh in the 200m backstroke. Georgina Ireland gained fifth place in the 100m backstroke final.THERE was further success for Stratford Sharks at the second weekend of the Warwickshire ASA Championships held in Coventry.TeamSharks swimmers occupied a total of 35 starting blocks in the finals, with 16 medallists bringing home four gold, six silver and six bronze medals.Leah Bowen came away with three gold medals in the 13yr 200m individual medley as well as the 50m and 400m freestyle.Charlotte Harding took the victory in the 12/13yr 800m freestyle, with Holly Larkin finishing in the silver medal position.Further silver medals were won by Bowen in the 10/13yr 200m backstroke, Harding in the same age group 200m individual medley, 400m freestyle and 100m butterfly as well as a bronze in the 50m butterfly.Bowen also reached the butterfly final.Bronze medals in the 100m breaststroke were won by Serena Newell in the 10/11yr group, Ellie Harsant in the 15yr event and Isabelle Callaghan in the 16 and over category.For the boys, William Payton gained a bronze medal in the 10/11yr age group in the 50m backstroke as well as reaching the 100m freestyle final.Connor Silvester won silver in 50m breaststroke and Dan Cox claimed a bronze in the 16yr age group.Harvey Flint (15yr) and Alistair Ristov (12yr) both reached the 50m breaststroke finals in their respective age group.Dan Cox (16 and over category) and Edan Forbes (13yr) also reached the finals in the 100m backstroke, with Cox also reaching the 200m breaststroke final.In other finals, the girls TeamSharks swimmers acquitted themselves very well as Martha Bullock, the only 10-year-old finalist, reached the 10/11yr age group 50m butterfly final.Rebecca Morrison and Hannah Penny were in the 800m final for the 14 and over category.Georgina Ireland reached both the 50m freestyle and 200m backstroke finals.The Stratford swimmers were well in evidence in the 50m freestyle events, with Cassie Lea (12yr) as well as Harding and Holly Larkin (both 13yr) gaining final starting blocks, with the last two swimmers also competing in the 200m backstroke final.Larkin was also in action in the 400m freestyle final while Isabelle Callaghan reached the final of the 14 and over 200m individual medley.Stratford Sharks are now looking forward to challenging for regional and national qualifications over the next couple of months. | |
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| Sharks’ junior swimmers earned promotion to Nuneaton Junior League Division One after finishing a close second to Redditch in the Finals Gala held at Wolverhampton on Saturday evening.The Junior League Squad, aged between 9 & 12, scored 219 point, finishing 8 points behind Redditch, but well ahead of 3rd placed Bromsgrove on 180 points. The 54-team Nuneaton Junior League, which is split into 3 divisions, is spread around the Midlands area, and gives many of the younger swimmers the first opportunity of competitive swimming. In the final there were some excellent swims in a highly-charged atmosphere.
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| All the following information is presented in the Competitive Planner next to the relevant Championships.
However, to make it easier for all, the Qualifying Windows below are when swimmers need to have achieved a specific time in order to be able to enter.
*Times need to be achieved at a Level 1 or Level 2 meet in a Long Course pool.
**Times need to be achieved at a Level 1 or Level 2 meet
***Times need to be from L1, L2 or L3 Meet
Winter Midlands Short Course Championships: 1st January 2018 - 18th October 2018***
Winter National Short Course Championships: 1st November 2017 - 22nd November 2018. This event is for swimmers 15 and under category and 15 and over age category **
Warwickshire County Championships: 1st March 2018 - 28th December 2018
Regionals (Midlands) Championships: 1st September 2018 - 10th April 2019***
British Championships: 1st January 2018 - 22nd March 2019 *
British Summer Championships: 22nd March – 27th May 2019 *
Nationals English Summer Championships: 22nd March 2019 - 27th May 2019 *
Scottish Nationals Summer Championships: 22nd March – 27th May 2019 *
Welsh Nationals Summer Championships: 22nd March – 27th May 2019 15 and under category and 15 and over age category * | |
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| Thank you for all the support and a great turn out at the Sharks Awards (2018 Season)
Junior Competitive Achiever of the Year - Leah Bowen
Competitive Performance of the Year - Isabelle Callaghan
Competitive Performance throughout the Year Award - Ellie Harsant
Carly Robinson Award - Isla Hirst
Top Girl and Boy Awards for each squad
Academy
Ayla Konralup
Maanav Baines
Juniors
Martha Bullock
Finn Proud
Development
Isla Hirst
William Barnes
P3
Ella Vickers
Josh Mitchell
P2
Charlotte Harding
Lewis Morrison
P1
Rebecca Morrison
Jake Ashfield
Sportsmanship Awards
10 u – Benji Elliott
12 u – Jack Wood
14 u – Amélie Ristov
16 u – Abbie Wootton
17 + - Owen Lawton
Swimmer of the Year Award (chosen by the swimmers) - Isabelle Callaghan
Young Volunteer Award- Hope Lawton
Adult Volunteer Award - Veronica Ristov
Thank you to the following people who help on poolside throughout open meets/coaching and admin etc.
Mike Wardle , Chris Proud , James Thomas , Rebecca Pridham , Lara Forbes, Kate Barlow, Annette Statham , Yvonne Caswell, Josh Newman , Alison Ireland , Yaz Boff , Julie Brear , Trevor Key , Alan Robertson, Lisa Mitchell, Veronica Ristov , Kathy Lea , Julie Lawton, JP, Louise Greenall, Anna Doggett, , Kerry Larkin , Jen Morrison , Craig Morrison , Jackie Hughes and Young volunteers. | |
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| Tickets now available via Cognito The food list is now available for online editing here or email us at FUNDRAISING to say what you can bring | |
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| Congratulations to the following winners
1st 21 - Rachel Shaw - £25.00
2nd 77– Vacant- £10.00
3rd 12– James Thomas - £5.00
We have quite a few vacant numbers available.
If you would like to join our 100club contact dataofficer@teamsharks.com |
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| The Winter Long Course (LC) training, on 4/5 and 18/19 January and the C&D Team Relay Gala will be held in the old 50m pool on Fairfaxt St. Coventry . The list for the LC training will be generated after the Wyre Forest Open Meet results are published as places will be offered to County qualifiers on the first instance. The C&D Team Relay Gala are due to be held on Saturday, 18 January, 2020 starting with warm-up (for any swimmers who have not been training) at 4.00 pm ready for a 4.30 pm start of gala, any more details will be communicated out when available.
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| We have received confirmation that this event taking place on 25th/26th January and 8th/9th February, will be held at the old 50m pool, Coventry Leisure Centre on Fairfax St.
Entries are now open and deadline is 18 December. You can submit your entries here.
The competing age is age at 31st December 2020. Times must have been achieved since 1st March 2019 and verifiable on GB rankings. Times will be pulled from GB rankings only on 18th December
Please check age limits and qualifying times for each event before entering.
All entries must come directly from the Club, individual entries will not be accepted. It is your responsibility to check entry times against qualifying times as Warwickshire ASA will not refund fees if mistakes are made.
Below are the relevant information for the Counties. Any queries contact your lead coach or Fixtures.
Qualifying Times
Schedule of Events
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