Aquatics GB

British Swimming
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Founded	1869
Location	SportPark, Loughborough University, Loughborough
Chairman	Maurice Watkins
CEO	Jack Buckner (from October 2017)
Coach	Bill Furniss (swimming); Steve Foley (diving); Biz Price (synchronised swimming); Christian Lordache (Men's water polo); Konstantinos Vamvakaris (Women's water polo)
Replaced	Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain (ASFGB)
Official website
	www.swimming.org/britishswimming

British Swimming is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain.^[5] British Swimming is a federation of the national governing bodies of England (Swim England), Scotland (Scottish Amateur Swimming Association), and Wales (Welsh Amateur Swimming Association).^[5] These three are collectively known as the Home Country National Governing Bodies.^[6]

For international swimming purposes, competitive swimming in Northern Ireland falls under the Irish swimming federation, Swim Ireland, and as such British Swimming represents Great Britain, rather than the United Kingdom. For the Olympic Games, Northern Irish swimmers may opt to compete for British Swimming.

British Swimming is a member of FINA, LEN, the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association, and has responsibility for elite performance, doping control and international relationships and events for the sports within the Great Britain. The Home Country National Governing Bodies are affiliated to British Swimming and are responsible for all other management of the sports in their respective countries from the learn to swim programmes up to performance development.^[7]

The governance of the organisation has recently come in for significant criticism in an open letter to the Board sent by a number of stakeholders, including several former international swimmers.https://swimgov.wordpress.com/ (retrieved 22 July 2017)

Championships

British Swimming organises championships every year in each of the sporting disciplines.

Swimming

Long course

The British Swimming Championships (50 m) are usually held in March or April each year, and usually act as selection trials for upcoming international level competitions due to be held in the following summer season.

Year	Dates	Venue	Notes
2001	10–15 April	Aquatics Centre, Manchester	World Championships Trials
2002	10–15 April	Aquatics Centre, Manchester	Commonwealth Games Trials
2003	19–23 March	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	World Championships Trials
2004	7–11 April	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	Olympic Trials
2005	16–20 March	Aquatics Centre, Manchester	World Championship Trials
2006	4–9 April	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	European Championship and European Junior Championship Trials
2007	26 March–1 April	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2008	31 March–6 April	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	Olympic Trials
2009	16–20 March	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	World Championship Trials
2010	29 March - 3 April	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	European Championships Trials, Commonwealth Games Trials
2011	5–12 March	Aquatics Centre, Manchester	World Championships Trials
2012	3–10 March	Aquatics Centre, London	Olympic Trials, London Prepares series
2013	26–30 June	Ponds Forge, Sheffield	World Championships Trials
2014	10–15 April	Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow	Commonwealth Games Trials
2015	14-18 April	Aquatics Centre, London	World Championships Trials
2016	12-17 April	Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow	Olympic Trials
2017	18-23 April	Ponds Forge, Sheffield

Short course

The British Swimming Short Course Championships were usually held in August or September each year, though the event has not been held since 2004

Year	Dates	Venue
2001	9–12 August	Norwich
2002	12–15 September	Cambridge
2003	14–17 August	Grand Central Pools, Stockport
2004	26–29 August	Aquatics Centre, Manchester

Water polo

Domestic water polo competition in the UK is centred on the National Water Polo League (NWPL) and National Women's Water Polo League (NWWPL), which operate through the autumn and winter. The British Championships organised by British Swimming are held in the Spring. Winners of the championships in recent years are listed below.

British Championships

Year	Men's champions	Women's champions
1996^[8]	Bristol	N/A
1997^[8]	Bristol	N/A
1998^[8]	Bristol	N/A
1999^[9]	Lancaster	N/A
2000^[8]	Lancaster	N/A
2001^[8]	Bristol	N/A
2002^[8]	Penguin	N/A
2003^[8]	Lancaster	N/A
2004^[8]	Lancaster	N/A
2005^[8]	Lancaster	Sheffield
2006^[10]	Lancaster	City of Sheffield
2007^[8]	Lancaster	?
2008^[11]	Rotherham	Manchester
2009^[12]	Lancaster	Manchester

Masters swimming

An annual championships for Masters swimmers is organised in rotation by the Home Countries, usually in June, for senior (18–24 yrs) and masters (25 yrs+). The championships are held in a long course (50 m) pool.

The championships are held in a long course (50 m) pool.

Year	Dates	Venue
1987	9–11 October	Afan Lido Pool, Aberavon
1988	4–5 November	Dundee
1989	3–5 November	Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre, Coventry
1990	November	Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff
1991	July	Leeds International Pool, Leeds
1992	5–7 June	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London
1993	4–6 June	Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff
1994	3–5 June	Leeds International Pool, Leeds
1995	2–4 June	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, London
1996	26–28 April	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
1997	6–8 June	Wales Empire Pool, Cardiff
1998	29–31 May	Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow
1999	4–6 June	Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre, Coventry
2000	2–4 June	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, London
2001	1–3 June	Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow
2002	31 May–2 June	Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Crystal Palace, London
2003	6–8 June	Welsh National Pool, Swansea
2004	23–25 April	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2005	3–5 June	Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow
2006	16–18 June	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2007	15–17 June	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2008	20–22 June	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2009	19 June	Cardiff International Pool, Cardiff
2010	18–20 June	Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow^[13]
2011	17–19 June	John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds^[14]
2012	4–6 May	Ponds Forge, Sheffield^[15]
2013	14–16 June	Plymouth Life Centre, Plymouth^[16]
2014	13–15 June	Welsh National Pool, Swansea^[17]
2015	12-14 June	Aquatics Centre, Manchester^[18]

Open water swimming

Alongside the Open Water Grand Prix series, British Swimming also arranges national championship events over 5 km and 10 km.

Diving

The British Diving Championships are held annually in the winter. Sometimes the annual championships are held in the December of the preceding calendar year.

Year	Dates	Venue
2004	13–14 December 2003	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
2005	11–13 February	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
2006	16–18 December 2005	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2007	15–17 December 2006	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2008	4–6 January	Aquatics Centre, Manchester
2009	5–7 February	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
2010	25–27 June	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
2011	10–12 June	John Charles Aquatics Centre, Leeds
2012	8–10 June	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
2013	8–10 February	Life Centre, Plymouth
2014	6–8 June	Ponds Forge, Sheffield
2015	20-22 February	Life Centre, Plymouth^[19]

Synchronised swimming

The British Synchronised Swimming Championships are usually held in November or December each year.

Year	Dates	Venue
2004	6–7 November	Gala Baths, Walsall
2005	5–6 November	Braunstone LC, Leicester
2006	2–3 December	Gloucester LC, Gloucester
2007	1–2 December	Gloucester LC, Gloucester
2008	6–7 December	Gloucester LC, Gloucester
2009	5–6 December	Gloucester LC, Gloucester
2010	3–5 December	Gloucester LC, Gloucester
2011	2–4 December	Gloucester LC, Gloucester

Sponsorship

In 2009, British Swimming announced a £15 million, 6 year sponsorship deal with British Gas.^[20]^[21]^[22] It also announced sponsorship with Kellogg's^[23] and Speedo^[24] in 2009. In 2016, British Swimming announced a new sponsorship deal with TYR Sport, Inc..

References

^ "British Swimming name Maurice Watkins as their new Chairman". BBC. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2273399/British-Swimming-adds-Chris-Spice-new-chief-executive-Bill-Furniss-head-coach.html
^ Great Britain men's national water polo team
^ http://www.teamgb.com/news/vamvakaris-appointed-gb-womens-water-polo-head-coach
^ ^a ^b About British Swimming page of the British Swimming website (www.swimming.org/britishswimming); retrieved 2010-07-13.
^ ASA LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE FOR TEACHING WATER POLO
^ "The difference between British Swimming and the Amateur Swimming Association" (PDF). British Swimming. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NWPL Results Archive". Retrieved 27 October 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo Club". Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "GB Water Polo Championships 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2008.
^ "British Water Polo Championships 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2008.
^ "City of Manchester and Lancaster take British water polo titles". 22 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "British Gas Swimming Championships 2010". British Swimming via SportSystems. British Swimming/SportSystems. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "British Gas Masters Championships 2011". British Swimming via SportSystems. British Swimming/SportSystems. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Champs Moves To Sheffield". British Swimming. British Swimming. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships 2013". The ASA. The ASA. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships 2014". British Swimming. British Swimming. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
^ "British Masters and Senior Age Group Championships 2015". The ASA. British Swimming. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ "British Gas Diving Championships 2015". The ASA. British Swimming. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
^ Parsons, Russell (13 March 2009). "British Gas signs 15m swimming sponsorship". Marketing Week. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ "Campaign:Pools 4 Schools" (PDF). ESA website. ESA. Retrieved 24 April 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5157-183729-200947-40069-294738-news-item,00.html^{[dead link]}
^ Salter, Jessica (1 July 2009). "British Swimming boosted by £3m Kellogg's deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
^ Long, Michael (11 March 2009). "Speedo makes a splash with British Swimming". SportsPro. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

External links

Official site

[1] "British Swimming name Maurice Watkins as their new Chairman". BBC. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[2] ttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2273399/British-Swimming-adds-Chris-Spice-new-chief-executive-Bill-Furniss-head-coach.html

[3] Great Britain men's national water polo team

[4] ttp://www.teamgb.com/news/vamvakaris-appointed-gb-womens-water-polo-head-coach

[about-5] About British Swimming page of the British Swimming website (www.swimming.org/britishswimming); retrieved 2010-07-13.

[6] ASA LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE FOR TEACHING WATER POLO

[7] "The difference between British Swimming and the Amateur Swimming Association" (PDF). British Swimming. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2008.

[NWPL_archive-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "NWPL Results Archive". Retrieved 27 October 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[Lancaster_SWPC-9] "Lancaster City Swimming and Water Polo Club". Archived from the original on 10 May 2008. Retrieved 29 October 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[10] "GB Water Polo Championships 2006" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2008.

[11] "British Water Polo Championships 2008" (PDF). Retrieved 29 October 2008.

[12] "City of Manchester and Lancaster take British water polo titles". 22 February 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2009.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] "British Gas Swimming Championships 2010". British Swimming via SportSystems. British Swimming/SportSystems. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[14] "British Gas Masters Championships 2011". British Swimming via SportSystems. British Swimming/SportSystems. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[15] "British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Champs Moves To Sheffield". British Swimming. British Swimming. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[16] "British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships 2013". The ASA. The ASA. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[17] "British Gas Masters and Senior Age Group Championships 2014". British Swimming. British Swimming. Retrieved 1 September 2014.

[18] "British Masters and Senior Age Group Championships 2015". The ASA. British Swimming. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[19] "British Gas Diving Championships 2015". The ASA. British Swimming. Retrieved 13 July 2015.

[marketingweek_parsons_20090313-20] Parsons, Russell (13 March 2009). "British Gas signs 15m swimming sponsorship". Marketing Week. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[esa-21] "Campaign:Pools 4 Schools" (PDF). ESA website. ESA. Retrieved 24 April 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}

[22] ttp://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,5157-183729-200947-40069-294738-news-item,00.html^{[dead link]}

[telegraph_salter_20090701-23] Salter, Jessica (1 July 2009). "British Swimming boosted by £3m Kellogg's deal". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[sportspro_long_20090311-24] Long, Michael (11 March 2009). "Speedo makes a splash with British Swimming". SportsPro. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

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Governing bodies	Aquatics GB, the federation of: Swim England Scottish Swimming Swim Wales
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Swimming clubs	City of Southampton Durham University Gloucester City Hemel Hempstead Hoddesdon Nottingham Leander Portsmouth Northsea Sheerness Sheffield City South London West London Penguin Wyre Forest
Water polo	National Water Polo League (NWPL) National Women's Water Polo League (NWWPL) British Olympic water polo players
Water polo clubs	West London Penguin
Other	Venues with 50 m swimming pools

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