We are very grateful to Lesley Harris, who has nominated Derby Excel to receive a sizable charity donation from her employer Lloyds Bank. Lloyds and many other companies run match funding schemes, whereby the company will donate money to charities as a recognition of fundraising and volunteering by their staff. Lesley has helped raise money for Derby Excel by running the raffle at our Open meet, and was able to claim £500 for Derby Excel as a result. Because she also volunteers with us, this was recognised with a further...

We are excited to announce that the Derby Excel Club Championships will be held at Moorways on Saturday 15th June, from 3pm. Full details are here: https://uk.gomotionapp.com/team/derbyexcel/page/meets-and-results/events or just click on the Club Champs pod on the front page of our website. All swimmers with Derby Excel as their home club are strongly encouraged to enter. Date for your diary: the Presentation Night will be on Saturday 7th September at 7pm, where trophies and awards will be presented.

After their success at the Derbyshire Masters Long Course Championships, the Masters squad have been busy over the last two weekends. Five members of the squad, Mike, Seb, Charlotte, Craig and Mel travelled to the Staffordshire Masters Championships, with Craig and Mel making their competitive debuts. Some fast swimming, PBs and several medals from the squad and lots of learning to take forward. Another 5 members of the squad, Steve, Ellie, Frankie, Joe and Val travelled to Swansea for the 3 day British Master Long Course Championships. Again lots of...

Well done to all our swimmers who participated in the Derbys/Notts Junior Swim League at Hucknall. We finished in third place, with some great racing on the night. Here is a report from coach David Pratt: Hello, here's a quick report on the Diddy League round 1 of 3, held on Saturday, 20th April. First off, I want to congratulate and thank all the swimmers who took part. It was a joy to see the enthusiasm and excitement on the faces of several first-time racers. Overall, we finished in third...

It's a very busy weekend for our swimmers, with long course Regionals taking place at Corby, and our younger swimmers at the Junior Swim League in Hucknall. Good luck everyone, enjoy the experience!

The Cerebral Palsy Sport National Swimming Championships 2024 were held at Alfreton Leisure Centre last weekend, and was a fantastic event attended by swimmers from all over the country. Swimmers aged 10 years/over are eligible to compete if they have a diagnosis of non-progressive brain damage with motor control dysfunction such as cerebral palsy, traumatic brain inuury, stroke or similar conditions. Swimming is such a brilliant sport for anyone with these conditions, giving them a chance to strengthen their muscles and improve their fitness, as well as the social and...

We are sorry to report that coach Maria Millere will be leaving Derby Excel, and her last session coaching will be today. We are grateful to Maria for her hard work in her time with us, and wish her all the very best in the future. We are welcoming back Ed Spink, who will be rejoining us as a coach! Ed will be well known to many of you, having been a swimmer and coach with us for many years. Ed left last year to go travelling, but is back...

Happy 1st Birthday to us! It's exactly a year since Derby Excel was created by the merger of Derventio Excel and City of Derby SC, and what a brilliant year it has been! Thank you to everyone who contributes so much to our club, we appreciate it very much.

Derby Excel swimmers have just been competing at the most prestigious domestic meet of the year, the British Championships, which were extra special this year as they were doubling as Olympic Trials. The best swimmers in the country, ie some of the world’s best, all competed to try to book their place in Paris in August. Competitors included Adam Peaty, Matt Richards, James Guy, Tom Dean, Duncan Scott, Jacob Whittle, Abbie Wood, Freya Colbert, Anna Hopkin and James Wilby. The event took place at the Olympic park pool in Stratford,...

Derbyshire Masters Long Course Championships were held at Moorways last Sunday, and 13 of our Masters competed with great success! Between them, they won 44 medals including 33 golds - amazing! Special mention to Clive who was making his competitive debut, winning gold in the 1500m freestyle. Well done to our relay teams who won 3 golds and a bronze in the 4 relay events. Congratulations to everyone taking part, and thanks to all the officials and helpers for helping to deliver this event. Many thanks to coach Jamie Brown...