Christmas Social 2025 As the nights start to get longer and there is a chill in the air on the way to morning training, we are getting ever closer to that wonderful time of year…no, not the start of the long course season, but CHRISTMAS!!! We are planning a SOCIAL that will be fun, whatever the weather, and involves food, what more could a swimmer ask for?! What? 2 games of laser tag… Plus a hot food buffet and drinks in the party area. The delicious buffet includes pizza, fries,...

Huge congratulations to our 7 swimmers who have been selected for Swim England Development programmes. DiSE (Diploma in Sporting Excellence): Jacob Pemberton (DX/Belper) Miley Aram (DX/Long Eaton) National Age Group Development Programme: Toby Drayson (DX/Belper) Connie Bunhejee Liv Male Isla Johnson (DX/Belper) Regional Development Programme James Lee For more information about these exciting initiatives and the selection policy, please see: https://asaner.org.uk/swim-england-selection-policy-2025-2026-para-swimming-swimming/ Well done to you all, we are super proud of you!

Congratulations to our swimmers who represented Team Derbyshire today at the National County Team Championships at Ponds Forge. There were 2 Derby Excel swimmers, Ada Moorhouse and Connie Bunhejee, and three from Pathway clubs - Ava Carter and Eden Saint (Belper Marlin), and Connor Furnish (Long Eaton) The Derbyshire team were superb throughout, and came second in Division 1, the highest finish Derbyshire have ever had. The team scored 446 points, second behind winners Kent who finished on 478 points, retaining the title they won last. Yorkshire were a very...

Our novice swimmers have been competing at the Derbyshire Junior Grand Prix at Matlock. Once again, this is a great learning experience for our young swimmes, giving them their first taste of racing, and building on their skills over the three rounds. The results can be found here. Thank you to coaches Glenn Fisher and Becky Mills, and the Team Managers for their support.

Notice to all J1 Officials If you want to progress to become a Judge Level 2, the course is now online: https://www.swimming.org/sport/become-swimming-judge-level-2/ J2 officials do 2 extra roles at Open meets and galas - stroke judge and finish judge. Please let our officials co-ordinator Ralph Shepherd know if you are doing the course, as he can provide support and mentoring: Ralph Shepherd If anyone wants to train as an official, please let Ralph know. Thank you

We are seeking a Director of Swimming from January 2026 to replace our current DoS John Adye. For more information please see this link: https://uk.gomotionapp.com/team/derbyexcel/page/about/director-of-swimming-job-advert We look forward to hearing from you.

Save the Date! Saturday 29th November 2025 We have exciting news to share with you today. Sheffield Steelers Ice Hockey Club have very kindly invited Derby Excel to attend their match against Nottingham Panthers on Saturday 29th November, to attend as a group. They are offering tickets free of charge to our swimmers as well as any siblings aged up to 18, and then any swimmers over 18 and adults would also be discounted to just £13.50 each. They've added this: A night at the Steelers guarantees constant excitement, plenty...

Announcement We regret to inform you that John Adye has decided to step down from his role as Derby Excel Director of Swimming, from Friday 9th January 2026. John will be taking up a position still within swimming, but working from home, allowing him to spend more time with his young family. He will still be coaching a few sessions per week with Derby Excel until the end of the 2025-26 season. John has asked us to pass on this message from him: “The decision to step down from my...

At our AGM this evening, Ralph Shepherd has been elected as Club President, following the announcement today that current Club President Joyce Mellor has decided to step down. Ralph has been associated with the club for many many years, and recently celebrated his 80th birthday! Congratulations Ralph!

Ed Spink coached his last session for us this evening, before moving to pastures new (in this case, Manchester!) Ed has been a huge part of City of Derby and then Derby Excel, swimming at the club when he was growing up, then coaching. Thank you for all you've done for Derby Excel, Ed. Good luck with your move, we hope it all goes well for you!