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This year’s British Swimming Championships in Sheffield has resulted in three long-standing Dorset County long-course records being broken, together with a host of new records set and two Junior medals won. Poole’s Jasmine McCrea was on record-breaking form. Having erased…
Entry information for the 2017 Dorset County Masters and Senior Age Groups Championships has been published. The competition is scheduled for Sunday 9 July at Rossmore Leisure Centre and will, for the first time, include a 16/17 years age group.…
An Open Water Development Course organised by the ASA SouthWest for swimmers age 12 to 17 years is to be held over two weekends in May and June. Land Training and Pool Exercises Workshops will be held on Saturday 27…
The 2017 ASA South West Region Open Water Championships is now open for entry. The event will take place on Saturday 24 June at Preston Beach, Weymouth DT4 7SX with registration from 9 am. The event also incorporates County Championships for…
Thirty-five swimmers from 11 Dorset clubs arrived at Dorchester Sports Centre on Sunday 2 April for the inaugural England Programmes Dorset County Pathway Programme with Lead Coach Barry Alldrick (Poole). The day started with a brief to both parents…
From Monday 3 April 2017 the ASA will use a brand new logo and the new name of Swim England for the national governing body for swimming, diving, water polo and synchronised swimming in England. Digital channels will change…
Plans for the England Programmes Pathway for regions have now been published and will focus on the development of the 12 years age group (age as at 31 December 2017) and development of Level 2 coaches. Like the County initiative…
Jean Holland, life member of Poole SC, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the New Year’s Honours List for services to swimming following 70 years commitment to the sport. Joining Poole SC in 1947 aged 13 years, Jean…
Dorset County ASA has signed up to the pilot scheme of the England Programmes Pathway initiative which aims to provide a consistent nation-wide programme for the development of swimmers, coaches and team managers together with education opportunities for parents. The…
Hopes were not riding high for Dorset’s Senior Men’s team at this year’s ASA South West Water Polo Championships. With none of the usual players from Weymouth & Portland available it was left to players mostly from the opposite side…