Swimmers Selected for North East Training Camp

Posted on 19 October 2021

Well done to the fol­low­ing swim­mers who are select­ed to attend the fol­low­ing Swim Eng­land North East Region Swim­ming Train­ing Camp.

City of Leeds Level X Results – Series 2

Posted on 10 October 2021

The sec­ond leader­board for Swim Eng­land’s vir­tu­al Lev­el X Rac­ing has been published.

The sec­ond round of the event took place between 12 April and 22 August 2021.

Swim Eng­land launched Lev­el X Rac­ing to give swim­mers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to prac­tice rac­ing skills in their own club envi­ron­ments in the absence of com­pe­ti­tions due to the coro­n­avirus pandemic.

All times received dur­ing series two have been added to nation­al Lev­el X Rank­ings and used to gen­er­ate the leader boards.

Leader­boards show­ing the top 10 times for age groups from 8 years upwards, for both male and female, have now been pub­lished on the Swim Eng­land website.

Swim Eng­land Lev­el X Rac­ing Series 2 – City of Leeds Results [PDF]

Judge Training Opportunities

Posted on 30 September 2021

Dur­ing Octo­ber, Swim Eng­land North East are run­ning a num­ber of FREE online Swim­ming Offi­cials cours­es for North East Officials.

Club Shop Open Once Again

Posted on 22 September 2021

The club shop is now open in the Deni­son Suite, Mon­day evenings 16:45 – 18:45.

How­ev­er, there will be no club shop on Mon­day 11 Octo­ber as the AGM will be tak­ing place in the Deni­son Suite that evening.

Notice of 2021 Annual General Meeting

Posted on 2 September 2021

All mem­bers and par­ents are invit­ed to attend the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing of the City of Leeds Swim­ming Club on 11^th Octo­ber 2021 at 6.30 pm.

Festival of Swimming 2021 Results Summary

Posted on 19 August 2021

Well done to every­one who took part in the Fes­ti­val of Swim­ming in Ponds Forge, Sheffield at the end of July.

The leader boards from the recent Fes­ti­val of Swim­ming have now been pub­lished – with over 6,700 swim­mers hav­ing com­pet­ed at the recent Fes­ti­val of Swim­ming meets; we have tru­ly kick­start­ed the return to rac­ing for our prospec­tive Olympians and Par­a­lympians of the future.

City of Leeds achieved 5 gold medals, 5 sil­ver medals, 4 bronze medals and 25 4^th-10^th place finishes:

Fes­ti­val of Swim­ming 2021 – City of Leeds Results [PDF]

Leader­boards show­ing all swims for age groups from 13 years upwards, for both male and female, have now been pub­lished on the swim­ming results​.org website:

Fes­ti­val of Swim­ming 2021 – Leader­board [swim​min​gre​sults​.org]

Volunteers Needed

Posted on 17 August 2021

The City of Leeds home galas rely very heav­i­ly upon vol­un­teers to make the galas run. As we are approach­ing the new sea­son and are hop­ing to run a full sched­ule of Leeds com­pe­ti­tions, any help from par­ents would be great­ly appreciated.

There is cur­rent­ly a Swim­ming Tech­ni­cal Offi­cials course com­ing up for any­one who is inter­est­ed. This is an online course and is the first step to achiev­ing Judge 1 sta­tus for swim­ming tech­ni­cal offi­ci­at­ing. It is acces­si­ble to any­one who wants to under­stand the FINA rules relat­ing to swim­ming and the process of being a Judge Swim­ming Offi­cial and Time­keep­er. The cost of the course is £20.00 and is avail­able to any­one aged 15 years+ at the start of the course. See link below for fur­ther details.

Swim­ming Tech­ni­cal Offi­cials – Judge 1 The­o­ry [swim​ming​.org]

City of Leeds Level X Results – Series 1

Posted on 24 January 2021

The first leader­boards for Swim Eng­land’s vir­tu­al Lev­el X Rac­ing have been pub­lished – with more than 94,000 swims clocked dur­ing the inau­gur­al series.

More than 16,200 swim­mers from 430 clubs took part in the open­ing event between 23 Octo­ber and the end of December.

Swim Eng­land launched Lev­el X Rac­ing to give swim­mers the oppor­tu­ni­ty to prac­tice rac­ing skills in their own club envi­ron­ments in the absence of com­pe­ti­tions due to the coro­n­avirus pandemic.

All times received dur­ing series one have been added to nation­al Lev­el X Rank­ings and used to gen­er­ate the leaderboards.

Leader­boards show­ing the top 10 times for age groups from 11 years upwards, for both male and female, have now been pub­lished on the Swim Eng­land website.