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Important Safeguarding Notice: No mobile phones in the changing room area. Need to know On arrival at the gala, please direct the swimmers to their coaches. The Anaconda coaches are in their red T-Shirts so they are easy to spot. Parents are generally discouraged to go into poolside with the swimmers as organisers are busy setting up and getting ready so that races can start on time. Please note the new safeguarding policy: Wavepower’s changing room policy prohibits taking photographs with a camera or mobile device in changing areas. It...

Vicki Catchpole

Thank you to Sports Abroad and the Cyprus government for supporting our Perfomance Plus swimmers. Anaconda and HAC Performance Plus squad at Stansted leaving for Cyprus swim camp. Please do follow our swimmers on social media.

Vicki Catchpole

Congratulations to all of our county qualifiers who took part in this year’s Middlesex County Championships over the past two weekends at LAC and Hillingdon. A total of 38 swimmers took part in 109 events claiming 62 top 10 finishes, represented in 35 finals and coming home with 12 medals. Seb C was crowned county champion in the 50m & 100m freestyle and collected a Silver medal in the 50m breaststroke. Well done, Seb! Osian claimed a well deserved Bronze in the tough 1500m freestyle event, well done Osian. Not...

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The SE London Summer Championships 2024 Qualifying and Consideration Times are now online. A swimmer’s age shall be determined as at midnight on 31 December 2024. Schedule Date Location Saturday 27 April 2024 Sunday 28 April 2024 London Aquatics Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 2AQ (1LR) Saturday 4 May 2024 Sunday 5 May 2024 Monday 6 May 2024 London Aquatics Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 2AQ (1LR) Source: Swim England

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NUEL SC National Qualifier Open Meet 2024 Event date: 23 March 2024 - 24 March 2024 Venue: London Aquatics Centre, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, LON E20 2ZQ, GBR Registration Deadline: 18 February 2024 Job Signup Deadline: 14 March 2024 The NUEL National Qualifier Meet is also coming up in March. This is an excellent chance to swim some fast times at the Olympic Pool. All swimmers who qualify should sign up - please note the qualifying times and sign up only for those events your child qualifies in. Level...

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Chelsea & Westminster SC + Millfield School 2024 March Grand Prix Event Date: 08 - 10 March 2024 Venue: Millfield School Pool, Street, Street, SOM BA16 0ST, UK Entries are now open for the Chelsea & Westminster SC + Millfield School 2024 March Grand Prix part of the 2023-2024 Arena Swim Series. This is for Performance Plus swimmers only. Please check you qualify based on the consideration times. Level 1 Meet. MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT Image Credit: CWSC

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Hackney Aquatic Regional Qualifier 2024 Event Date: 02 - 03 March 2024 Venue: Clissold Leisure Centre Registration Deadline: 05 February 2024 Job Signup Deadline: 28 February 2024 The programme is constructed to provide swimmers the chance to record times for the regional summer championships. It will be a celebratory event with spot prizes for randomly chosen heats, the chance to win top girl or top open/boy as well as the top visiting club. Most importantly - its local at Clissold Pool. MORE ABOUT THIS EVENT Image Credit: Hackney Aquatics Club...

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The 2024 Middlesex County Championships will take place over two weekends in January (27-28 at the LAC) and February (3-4 at the Hillingdon Leisure Centre). This is a Level 1 meet - Long Course (50m). Week 1 Venue: London Aquatics Centre (LAC) Week 2 Venue: Hillingdon Leisure Centre Please see below up-to-date session timings taken from Middlesex County website: LAC Events Warm up Estimated Finals Start Estimated Finish 27th January Session 1 01-04 08:00 12:10 13:00 Session 2 21-24 13:00 17:40 18:00 28th January Session 3 31-34 08:00 12:00 12:50...

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For all squads with qualifying times. Meet details. Below is the key info for County Champs: Dates: 27th - 28th January 2024 & 3rd - 4th February 2024 Location: London Aquatic centre (weekend 1) & Hillingdon Leisure centre (weekend 2) Registration deadline: Monday 18th December 2023

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In the last 2 rounds of the London Arena League, Anaconda coaches and swimmers worked extremely hard to maintain our position as one of the 16 in the Premier Division. Fierce competition and lots of impressive swimming from super committed swimmers against very tough opponents (big clubs like Chelsea and Westminster and Basildon and Phoenix). The crowd were roaring and it was inspirational to see how every swimmer support each other as a team. We can't wait for round 3. Well done to everyone who took part. Round 3 Draw...