Nottinghamshire ASA

Please note that the signs at Harvey Hadden regarding parking and RingGo may not be covered up this weekend but we have been fully informed (and in writing) that parking is FREE all weekend and there is no need to register on the app.

For information to all swimmers, officials, coaches and spectators. Please be advised that when entering Water Meadows we are NOT to use the back ramp to enter the venue but must use the main entrance.

There have been a lot of rumors around parking at Harvey Hadden since the introduction of the parking charges since the 1st January 2020.

Nottinghamshire ASA have been in talks with Nottingham City Council regarding the parking and have agreed that the signs will be covered up and there will be no need to pay for parking via the RingGo app system on days that Nottinghamshire ASA are running the County Championships.

Nottingham Leander Swimming Club is looking to add a committed and talented coach to its team. Expressions of interest are invited for Assistant Coach.

Please find full details here. Applications close 9th November 2019.

The 2019 Nottinghamshire AGM will take place at Harvey Hadden Sports Village, Wigman Road, Nottingham, NG8 4PB on 9th November. This will be a 10:00am meet with the meeting starting at 10:30am. Refreshments will be available from 10:00am with a light refreshments straight after the meeting.

All clubs are welcome to send up to 3 voting delegates, along with all Notts ASA Past Presidents.

37 counties and approximately 1,000 swimmers merged onto Ponds Forge International Pool on Sunday 6th October. The atmosphere was electrifying.

With 36 of the 37 County Presidents, which included our own David Fortescue sitting on poolside the parade of the teams started. We saw the banner bearers with yellow hair, green hair, blue hair, tinseled garlands, and our own Freya Corbert dressed as a fairy and Josh Skinner showing us how to body pop the images on the big screen were greeted with enthusiasm.

We think our official Lisa Oyaide-Nicholls had an enlighted time on lane 7 helping time keep/judge in pool one and was lucky enough to judge our own Nottinghamshire swimmers on occasion. The scoreboard kept us all well informed of the scoring and who was on top and who was on the bottom of their group.

All the swimmers from our county swam to the best of their ability helping us keep in the Division One Pool for next year. Our coaches Nathan and Joe were pleased with everyone’s performances, Terry Taylor our swimming secretary was more than delighted with the swimmers’ behaviour both at the pool, in McDonald’s halfway back down the M1 and on the bus. Parents and clubs should be proud of them.

Years ago Bill Furniss, now GB head coach at British Swimming, when he was the coach to Nova Centurion told the kids that this was not an event that suited Nottinghamshire training scheme but that the kids should always swim it and enjoy every minute of it – this they did.

Thanks guys for giving us a few heart-rendering moments as to “will we” or “wont we” stay up – but stay up we did!! Our bright green shirts and matching swim caps did us all proud.

The Nottinghamshire inter-county team will be competing in this weekend’s National Inter-County Team Championships, defending their position in Division 1.

Flying the flag and swimming for Nottinghamshire for 2019 are Alfie Silver, Alicia Clark, Callum Kettlewell, Cameron Breedon, Daniel Oyaide-Nicholls, Elspeth Moran, Evie Johnson, Finley Ellis, Freya Colbert, Heidi Marriott, Issac Smith, Jessica Li, Jessica Wright, Joseph Sadler, Josh Skinner, Kate Morris, Kyle Merryweather, Kyra Macdonald, Lewes Shorthose, Luke Derivan, Malachy McGuinness, Marija Romanovskaja, Max Davies, Natasha Utley, Oliver Silver, Rebecca Flisher, Rose Dickerson, Tom Trueman, Tom White.

We wish them all the best of luck and hopefully great success.

You can follow the live results from the day here on Sunday.

Full information for the 2019 Festive Frenzy Gala due to take place at Harvey Hadden on 30th November and 1st December 2019 is now available on the county competitions site here.

The schedule and Qualifying Times for the 2020 County Championships. Please note that these are subject to ratification from Swim England Licensing.

We are aware that the qualifying times published in the 2019 Summer Gala Programme had a couple of errors. These have been corrected and released on the online version.

County Championships 2020 information.