Sunday 24th March 2024 saw over 300 swimmers travel to Repton from far and wide to compete in over 1200 events at our 2024 Easter Meet. Our own Repton swimmers, aged 9 to 17yrs, competed against swimmers from Nantwich, Cheadle, Loughborough, Hucknall, Chase, Halesowen, Melton Mowbray, Skegness, Derby, Mansfield, Boldmere, Burton and Dove Valley – thank you to all clubs who attended. Sunday was a packed day of fun and fast swimming, with Personal Best Times, Regional Qualification Times and medals galore being achieved and presented. To have so many...

Following being crowned as champions of the West Midlands Region in December, Repton Swimming were part of the National Arena League Cup Final in Cardiff on Sunday 3rd March. The Final encompassed the top ten clubs in the UK, including the winners and best runners up from Swim England's seven regions. With a number of previous winners of the Cup Final in attendance, competition was fierce. This was Repton's debut appearance in the Finals. Having only been formed in 2019 and having first competed in the competition in October 2021...

The traditional short course season came to an end this December with some superb performances across the club. National Arena League Following the English Schools’ Championship success in November, on December 8th Repton Swimming took on the 7 other top clubs in the West Midlands, in the final round of the Regional stage of the National Arena League. The Premier League final was in Rugby, where Repton took on Worcester, City of Coventry, Derby Excel, Leamington Spa, Redditch, Solihull and Belper. Our B Team were in West Bromwich in their...

On Saturday 18th November, 28 pupils from Repton School travelled to Sandwell Aquatics Centre, the home of the Commonwealth Games 2022, for the English Schools' Swimming Association National Team Championships. Repton were represented in 5 of the 6 categories, in both the Freestyle and Medley relays. The event consists of the top 24 schools across England in each age category, competing in 4x50m relay events. In addition to the 5 Repton teams, club members Seth, Ethelbert and Joe were representing their school Erasmus Darwin Academy in the Intermediate Boys category,...

This week Holly Marshall (Wales), Laurie Devine (Scotland) and Hannah Bowley (England) will represent their countries at the Commonwealth Youth Games. The Commonwealth Youth Games are hosted every four years, across all sports and involve all countries within the Commonwealth. This year the Games will be hosted in Trinidad & Tobago, with the swimming taking place between 6th-9th August 2023. Holly Marshall (Y12) will represent Wales in the 200m Butterfly, 200m Backstroke, 400m IM and Relay events. Laurie Devine (Y12) will represent Scotland in the 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle and...

Repton Swimming are pleased to announce the appointment of Katie Taylor as our new Graduate Assistant Swimming Coach. Working her way through the Swim England qualifications via her Learn 2 Swim teaching and volunteer coaching at both Repton and Ashbourne SC, Katie is an exciting young coach who beings energy to the poolside. Her empathetic nature and passion for developing young swimmers at training and during competitions, will add another level of care for our swimmers. The Graduate Assistant Swimming Coach role was previously occupied by Marcus Birmingham, who has...

Repton Swimming are pleased to announce that Mr Paul Stanley has been appointed as our new Head of Development, to begin in August 2023. The Head of Development is a new senior position created by Repton Swimming to oversee the Development Pathway, which is a crucial part of any young swimmer’s progression. Paul began his career as a Junior Coach with Chase Swimming Club in Staffordshire, before becoming a Performance Pathway Coach with City of Peterborough Swimming Club and most recently Lead Development Coach at Hamilton Aquatics. Throughout these roles,...

Repton Swimming are looking to appoint a Head of Development for August/September 2023. This is a new and exciting role that will lead and oversee the club's Development Pathway. For more information, please see the link below. Repton Jobs - Head of Development (Swimming) - Repton Senior and Prep Should any interested candidates wish to discuss the role ahead of an application, please email our Director of Swimming, Ash Morris on [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL SELECTION FOR REPTON SWIMMERS British Swimming has announced the 34-strong team selected to represent Great Britain at the 2023 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. The annual competition showcases the best up-and-coming talent in Europe. Following their recent performances at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield, Repton School pupils Hannah Bowley (Upper Sixth) and Laurie Devine (Lower Sixth) have become Repton School’s first-ever high-performance swimming athletes selected to represent their country on an international stage. Hannah Bowley qualified by securing the 200m Breaststroke Consideration Time and will compete...

Over the Easter weekend, 36 members of Repton Swimming travelled to Norwich to compete at the City of Norwich Level 1 Easter Long Course Meet. For many this meet was their first meet as part of a club trip, their first 3-day meet, and their first time in Norwich - all which adds new challenges and learning opportunities for our swimmers. The team rose to the challenges and achieved an impressive 56 individual finals, in addition to 20 Gold Medals, 10 Silver Medals and 21 Bronze Medals across multiple events...