Nottinghamshire ASA

Due to high demand for this competition this year we have now had to close entries due to us being full. We still have a few spaces in some events and we will look to fill these on a swimmer by swimmer, swim by swim basis.

Entries are starting to come in fast for the Festive Frenzy Gala now and we are starting to fill up so space may become limited. Full details including live entries can be found here

There is new information for all clubs and good guidance with relation to anti-doping and keeping our sport clean.

Please find the information here.

Tim Reddish CBE, Life Vice-President of Nottinghamshire ASA has been elected on to the board of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Congratulations Tim, from everyone in Nottinghamshire Swimming.

The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association held two swims on the 12^th August 2017 Celebrating 70 years.

Tom Blower, member of Radford Swimming Club and the first to successfully swim the North Channel, this is a fun swim in Donaghadee. 750m and 1500m events available. A great chance to be part of the North Channel story and honor a pioneer of our sport. Funds raises were for the Donaghadee Lifeboat.

The event was part of the Donaghadee festival programme.

We have now released full meet information for our Festive Frenzy 2017 Meet which can be found here.

This meet is now open for entries on a first come first serve basis and is open to any Swim England Registered swimming member.

Entries close on Wednesday 13th November 2017.

NOVA Centurion’s Ollie Hynd broke his own world record en-route to gold at the British Summer Championships at Ponds Forge in Sheffield.

The 22-year-old produced an impressive performance to win the final of the S8 400m freestyle, taking more than two seconds off the world record he set at the Rio Paralympics.

Ollie said: “Really happy to smash my 400 freestyle world record tonight! Two seconds faster than Rio!”

The European, world and Paralympic champion in that event, he swept to victory in 4:19.74, beating his previous competition best of 4:21.89.

A huge congratulations to Ollie Hynd on his Honorary Doctorate from Nottingham Trent University recognising his achievements in the Swimming World.

Congratulations to Charlotte Henshaw (ex-NOVA and Nottinghamshire swimmer) who has just won a European Silver medal on her international debut as a paracanoeist.

Charlotte has said:

I’m 100% aware this is the first, small step on a long journey but it was an incredible experience & something I am very happy to have accomplished. There’s more hard work to be done and I still have a lot to learn but the British Canoeing team have been nothing but supportive and welcoming since I made the transition from swimming & I’m proud to be on the team with and learn from them all.