Off the back of a successful Summer at English and Welsh Nationals, Sunday saw Calibre’s Tom Wooffindin take part in Phase 1 of the Swim England Swimmer Development Programme (Stage 3 of the Talent Pathway) - The National Age Group Development Camp. These camps bring together the best upcoming talents in the country between 11-15 years old and provide them with a mixture of swimming coaching and educational courses, in key areas such as S&C, Nutrition, and Psychology. The overarching aim of the programme is to provide athletes with performance...

Over the past week, Team Raddings have attended the 10th Down Syndrome Swimming & Artistic Championships in Albufeira, Portugal. Those of you who know Thomas know that he is a natural born leader, so not only did he represent DSSGB out there, he also went with the privelage of being the Mens team Captain! Terry wasnt left twiddling his thumbs either, as he steps up to be one of the team's lead coaches. Thomas participated in the Mens 4x50 Medley relay, playing the anchor role, and bringing home a bronze...

This mornings Yorkshire Squad (minus Aimee & Emily) 2 �� medals and a ��for Emily, plenty of top 10’s, and a PBs galore! We have 11 swimmers competing in 46 events over this weekend Good luck this afternoon, Team! ☘️

The �� Team of Kent just pipped The ⚪️ Rose of Yorkshire to this years Inter-County Championships over the weekend. With Kent winning their first and the �� rose of Lancashire finishing 3rd, the result means Yorkshire retains it’s reputation for being the best county in �������������� for nurturing swimming talent across multiple decades. Our representative, Tom Wooffindin, contributed to the final point hall of 465 for Yorkshire (Kent 469), continuing his strong finish to last season with a �� in the 100 fly (placing him 1st in the ����...

It is with great sadness that we learned during the weekend at the passing, on Thursday 8th September, of our dear friend and colleague Roger Perrell. Roger was made a life member of City of Wakefield Swimming Club in 2017 in recognition of his many years service to CoWSC, a club where his son Ian started his swimming journey. Roger held the position of Membership Secretary before passing the role onto Neil Barker when he eventually stepped down from the committee. He continued to selflessly devote a considerable amount of...

Our first meet of the season ends with some great success - session one saw us standing proud as top club. This afternoon was a belter too, but then in came the speeding tickets and we thought that we might have blown it…… but hey.. what did we know!! Top Club, Top Boy to Benjamin and Top Girl for Emily. What a fantastic Start to the season.

As the start of the new season approaches, the opportunity arises to sit down and evaluate the positive moments of the previous season, as well as the various things we can improve going forwards into the next. With that in mind, the following preseason meetings have been arranged, taking place of normal training session on squad’s meeting evening: Calibre & Swim Skills A: Tue 6th Sept, 6pm- 9pm (3hrs), Aspire @ the park Swim Skills B & Squaddies: Wed 7th Sept, 6-7:30pm (1.5hrs, Sun Lane. Squids athletes are not required...

This week, Swim Skills B Coach Harrison Lee heads off to Munich to compete in the European Championship Team GB Age Group Sprint Triathlon …. Harrison will race on Sunday morning between 7 & 9 am You can watch all the action live here: https://europe.triathlon.org/live/ Good luck Harrison!

The pandemic is to blame for many things, but from a coaching perspective the biggest loss is a near two-year break from competition. The underlying issue with that is that many of our younger athletes—and, equally importantly, their parents—have missed out on the leadership of more experienced athletes who would have demonstrated how things should be done, something that we will be looking at addressing from the get-go of the new season. There is a paramount process that correlates to being successful in this sport. Any weekend's racing outcomes are...

The season of the unknown ends with National Qualification The first cluster of invitations for the home Nation showdown meets have now filtered through, with 2 of our swimmers making the cut to represent the club on the biggest domestic swimming stage. To provide some background on how we got here though, let’s go back to the beginning of the season… The start of the season proved to be a strange one for Co Wakefield SC, initially beginning without a head coach after he headed onto pastures new at the...