History
2009
2008
Stephen Waterhouse represented GB at the European Senior and Junior Open Water Championships. Emma Graham and Rachel Gardener swam for GB at the European Junior Championships in Belgrade.
City of Leeds was top club at the ASA National Age Group Championships.
In December, Dave Calleja was appointed Chief Coach.
2007
Emma Graham made her international debut representing Great Britain at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Belgrade.
Rachel Jack represented GB at the European Junior Open Water Championships, Milan.
City of Leeds won the top team award at the ASA National Age Group Championships.
Richard Denigan took over as Head Age Group Coach.
In November, the club moved its headquarters to the new Aquatics Centre at the John Charles Centre for Sport and said farewell to the Leeds International Pool which subsequently closed.
Ian Greyson resigned as Chief Coach in December and Louise Graham took over as acting Chief Coach.
2006
Andrew Clayton and Claire Huddart represented Great Britain in the Atlanta Olympic Games. Ian Wilson won a silver medal in the World Short Course Championships in Rio De Janeiro. Karen Nisbet won 2 silver medals in relay events in the European Junior Championships.
At the Senior Nationals we were top club winning both Men’s and Women’s sections with 10 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze medals. This success was repeated at the National Age Groups, again winning both Girl’s and Boy’s sections. We won the Great Britain Team Championship with the Ladies finishing 1st and the Men finishing 2nd. We won the Speedo National League Final.
In August Eva Mortensen became the first City Of Leeds swimmer to swim The Channel.
2005
Rachel Jack represented GB at the FINA Open Water World Cup in Seville.
2004
In April 2004 City of Leeds won the National Speedo Swim League Championship for the 18th time. Gavin Meadows represented GB in the Athens Olympics and Liam Smith was selected for the European Short Course Championships. Claire Huddart, now a coach at the club after a successful swimming carrer, was selected as Assistant Team Manager for the Olympic Games in Athens. We also had a Paralympian in 2004 with Aidan McGlynn competing in his first games, finishing 19th.
Karen Nisbet, Liam Smith, Rebecca Shaw and Gavin Meadows swam for GB in the European SC Championships.
In July we had ASA National Age Groups where we gained 5 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze – We were crowned top Age Group Team 2004 (11th time) and Top Boys Team 2004.
2003
Terry Denison retired at the end of March and a dinner was held to mark his 35 years of coaching at City of Leeds during which 150 Leeds swimmers had gained international honours with 17 swimming at the Olympic Games, winning one Olympic gold and one Olympic bronze and being involved in setting 9 World Records. Over 350 past and present swimmers and officials attended the dinner and many old friendships were renewed.
Newly appointed Chief Coach, Ian Greyson, had immediate success with our 17th win in the National Swim League Final. Liam Smith was selected for the European Youth Olympic Festival, Martin Webster swam in the European Junior Championships and Gavin Meadows, Karen Nisbet and Rebecca Shaw were selected to represent GB in the European Short Course Championships.
As Ian Greyson moved up to be Chief Coach, Louise Graham became Senior Age Group Coach and Andrew Scanlon was appointed as Age Group Coach.
2002
British Nationals took place in April once again and we won 1 gold, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes. Also in April at the World SC Championships in Moscow, James Hickman won the 200m butterfly for the 4th consecutive time – the first person to achieve this unique feat. James went on to win silver and bronze in the Commonwealth Games in Manchester where he was joined by City of Leeds swimmers Stuart Trees and Karen Nisbet.
In ASA Senior Nationals in June, we won 4 golds, 3 silvers and 3 bronzes and at the British SC Nationals in September we won 3 golds, 4 silvers and 2 bronzes. James Hickman and Gavin Meadows were chosen to represent Great Britain in in the European SC Championships in December.
In age group swimming we were the top club at the National Age Group and Youth Championships in August winning 17 golds, 8 silvers and 10 bronzes. Julia Preston, Dani Place, Martin Webster and Tom Herbert represented GB Juniors in the European Junior Championships in July with Martin winning a bronze in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
As a result of our National Age Group performances we had 15 swimmers selected for 2003 World Class Performance, Potential and Start squads with Ian Greyson as Head Age Group Coach and Louise Graham as Start Squad Coach.
Chief Coach, Terry Denison, announced that he would be retiring from coaching in March 2003 after 30 years as Chief Coach of City of Leeds SC.
2001
The arrival of the new National Performance Director brought major changes in the competitive programme.
In April we had British Nationals. We gained 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Julia Preston and Claire Johnson gained selection for the European Junior Championships in Malta in July. Both swam person best times and Julia gained an excellent bronze medal in the 400m IM.
Tom Herbert, Martin Webster, Ryan Webster, Yvette Hayden and Danielle Place were selected to represent Great Britain Juniors in the European Youth Olympic Days in Spain in July. Tom gained silver in 1500m freestyle, Martin gained silver in the relay and Yvette gained bronze in the relay. Ian Greyson was team coach.
David Fodden was selected as Team Doctor for the World Championships in Japan in July.
In July we had ASA Nationals and gained 7 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronzes.
In July we had ASA National Age Groups where we gained 12 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze – our best ever medal total at National Age Groups.
In February Mona Denison retired from our coaching team after 40 years of coaching swimming in Leeds. We also lost 3 senior swimmers in Gavin Meadows and Emma Dutton, who moved to college in America, and Claire Huddart who retired from swimming after an outstanding career of 2 Olympic Games, 2 Commonwealth Games and one World Record as part of our ladies 4 x 200m freestyle relay at the 2000 World Short Course Championships in Athens.
However, the future is bright for City of Leeds Swimmming Club as can be seen from the excellent results at National Age Groups.
2000
The 2000 Olympic Games was the peak of the year with 15 World Records, 30 Olympic Records and 17,000 spectators per session in Sydney. City of Leeds had 5 representatives at the Games:
- James Hickman 100m fly, 200m fly, medley relay
- Claire Huddart 4 x 200m freestyle relay
- Diver: Sally freeman
- Coach: Terry Denison
- Team Doctor: David Fodden
- James reached semi finals in his events and Claire helped the relay into the final.
At National Age Group Championships we had an excellent year with 17 gold, 12 silver and 5 bronze medals.
Claire Johnson, Julia Preston and Sally Rusbatch and coach Ian Greyson all represented GB Juniors during the year.
In Senior Swimming Claire Huddart was part of the Gold Medal winning 4 x 200m freestyle relay who set a World Record at the World Short Course Championships.
James Hickman retained his World Championship 200m fly title for the third time and Stuart Trees also represented Great Britain in the World Short Course Championships in Athens.
Terry Denison was team coach and David Fodden, Team Doctor.
1999
In March, we won the GB Club Team Championship for the 15th time.
At the World Short Course Championships in Hong Kong, James Hickman, Claire Huddart, Gavin Meadows, Ian Wilson and Linda Hindmarsh represented Great Britain. James won 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. Claire won 1 gold and 1 silver, and Gavin 1 silver, in relay teams. Terry Denison was Team Coach and David Fodden Team Doctor.
Stuart Trees represented the GB Juniors in the 6 Nations Championship and went on to swim in the European Junior Championships in July. In April we won the Speedo National Swim League for the 15th time.
At the British Nationals we won 11 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals. James Hickman set a British record in the 100m fly and our girls set a British record in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
At the European Championships in Istanbul, James Hickman, Gavin Meadows, Claire Huddart, Karen Nisbet and Linda Hindmarsh represented GB. Terry Denison was Team Coach and David Fodden Team Doctor. James won silver in the 100m fly, and Gavin won a relay silver and equalled the British record in the 100m freestyle. Claire Huddart won a relay bronze.
At the National Age Groups we were top team, with our girls 1st and our boys 4th in their sections.
At the European Short Course Championships in Lisbon, James Hickman won 1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal. Gavin made the final of the 200m freestyle.
At the British Winter Nationals we won 3 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze medals.
200
Chief Coach Terry Denison was awarded the MBE in the New Year Honours List.
At the World Championships in Perth, Claire Huddart, Ian Wilson, Gavin Meadows and Linda Hindmarsh represented Great Britain. During the World Cup Series, James Hickman set a world short-course record for the 200m butterfly and Commonwealth records for both the 200m and 100m IM. Gavin Meadows set a British record for the 200m freestyle.
Our Training Scheme took another step forward when Leeds was officially designated as a Great Britain Regional High Performance Centre by the ASFGB. The Centre came into full operation in May 1998.
In September, at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Leeds swimmers won 10 medals. James Hickman won gold (200m fly) and 3 silver (200m IM, 400m IM and medley relay), Gavin Meadows won 2 bronze (100m freestyle and 4 x 100m freestyle relay) and 2 silver (medley relay and 4 x 200m freestyle relay), and Claire Huddart won 2 silver (freestyle relays).
At the European Short Course Championships in December, James Hickman set his second World record in the butterfly with a 100m time of 51.02. Overall he won 3 gold (100m fly, 200m fly and 200m IM) and 2 bronze (100m IM and medley relay).
1997
Gavin Meadows and Andrew Clayton won gold medals in the European Championships in Seville as part of the British 4 x 200m freestyle relay team. Ian Wilson, Claire Huddart, Linda Hindmarsh and Shelley Moores also swam in these Championships. Karen Nisbet and Vicki Barradell represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships, with Karen winning a gold medal in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay.
At the Senior Nationals we won 14 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze medals, and set British records in both the Men’s and Women’s 4 x 200m freestyle relays. In fact, by the end of 1997 we held all 6 British Club relay Team records, long and short course. We were top club for the 5th year in succession at the National Age Groups. We won the Great Britain Club Championships for the 12th time and the Speedo National League Championship for the 13th time.
At the World Short Course Championships in Gothenburg, Claire Huddart, Andrew Clayton, Ian Wilson, Gavin Meadows and Linda Hindmarsh represented Great Britain. Pauline Basnett was Assistant Team Manager and Terry Denison Team Coach.
1996
Andrew Clayton and Claire Huddart represented Great Britain in the Atlanta Olympic Games. Ian Wilson won a silver medal in the World Short Course Championships in Rio De Janeiro. Karen Nisbet won 2 silver medals in relay events in the European Junior Championships.
At the Senior Nationals we were top club winning both Men’s and Women’s sections with 10 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze medals. This success was repeated at the National Age Groups, again winning both Girl’s and Boy’s sections. We won the Great Britain Team Championship with the Ladies finishing 1st and the Men finishing 2nd. We won the Speedo National League Final.
In August Eva Mortensen became the first City Of Leeds swimmer to swim The Channel.
1995
We won every major British Club honour. In April we were Great Britain Club Team Champions, in July we were top club at the Senior Nationals, in August we were top club at the National Age Groups winning both boys and girls sections, and in September we won the Speedo National League Championship.
At the European Championships in Vienna, Andrew Clayton, David Warren, Gavin Meadows, Claire Huddart and Claire Booker all represented Great Britain. Karen Nisbet won 2 bronze medals in relay Events at the European Junior Championships.
1994
The Club Executive set a clear mission statement for our club by offering £1000 to any Leeds swimmer who set a British record in the run up to the 1996 Olympic Games.
At the Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Claire Huddart gained 1 gold medal and 1 silver medal in the relay events and Andrew Clayton gained 2 bronze medals in the relays. In all, 5 Leeds swimmers made the finals. Gavin Meadows and Jonathan Openshaw represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships in Pardubice.
We were top club at the Summer Senior Nationals with 6 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals, with our Men’s medley relay team setting a British record. At the Winter Nationals we won 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals and set British records in all 3 Men’s relays. In the National Age Group Championships we were top overall team again and the girls finished 1st for the second year in succession.
1993
Following the Barcelona Olympics, Adrian Moorhouse MBE retired from competition swimming and the club staged a major testimonial dinner to recognise his achievements over the proceeding 12 years: 1 Olympic, 4 European and 3 Commonwealth gold medals, 3 World records and equalling on 2 other occasions, numerous silver and bronze medals at major games and numerous British and English Championship records.
The club continued with it’s great tradition of producing international swimmers and at the European Championships in Sheffield we were represented by Claire Huddart, Neil Metcalfe, Andrew Clayton and Richard Madon. Barbara Lancaster was Team Manager and Terry Denison Team Coach. Claire gained a bronze medal in the Ladies 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
At the European Junior Championships in Istanbul we were represented by Gavin Meadows and Ben Shaw who both gained medals in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. David Fodden was Team Doctor. At the Winter Nationals we won 5 gold, 7 silver and 10 bronze medals and set a British record in the Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
In the National Age Groups we were top team overall with our girls finishing 1st and the boys 2nd. We won the National Swim League Championships for the 9th time.
1992
The Olympic Games were held in Barcelona and City of Leeds had 5 swimmers on the GB Team – Adrian Moorhouse, Stephen Akers, Rik Leishman, Matthew O’Connor and Jason Hender. Terry Denison was Chief Coach, Paul Bush, Team Manager, Barbara Lancaster, Assistant Team Manager and Pam Smith, Physiotherapist for the GB Squad. Adrian reached the final of the 100m breaststroke and Stephen finalled in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
At the Summer Nationals, James Parrack set a Commonwealth record 28.63 for 50m breaststroke and Sharlene Brown set an Irish senior record of 2.36.86 for the 200m breaststroke.
In the European Junior Championships held in Leeds for the 3rd time, City of Leeds was represented by Mark Wilson. We had 6 swimmers on the England Senior Squad, 3 on the England Youth Squad (formerly Intermediate Squad) and 1 on the Junior Squad (formerly Youth Squad).
At The National Age Group Championships, our boys team finished 1st and our girls team were 2nd – our best ever performance at National Age Groups. In the Club Team Championships we finished 2nd.
Masters swimming had also developed strongly in the past 2 years coached by Mona Denison. At the ASA Masters Championships in October 1992 David Emerson set a World record of 2:12.15 for the Men’s 30 – 34yrs 200m fly.
In October Paul Bush left Leeds to take up a position as Director of Swimming for the ASA and was replaced by Louise Watson.
At the ASA Winter Nationals in December, we had a record 35 qualifiers and gained 5 golds, 7 silvers and 10 bronzes. Our Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay set a British national team record and our Men’s 4 x 100m freestyle relay set a British club team record. We were awarded the Henry Benjamin Trophy as Top Men’s Team for 1992.
Following these Championships, James Parrack, David Warren, Jason Hender and Steve Akers were selected for the 1993 National Senior Squad. Neil Speed and Elina Arter were selected for the 1993 Youth Squad and Rachel Plaxton, Stacey Wood, Adam Prendegast and Ben Shaw were selected for the 1993 Junior Squad.
1991
For a second year running we had a major world event in the month of January. The World Championships were held in Perth and City of Leeds were represented by Adrian Moorhouse and James Parrack. Adrian won silver in the 100m breaststroke.
In the European Championships in Athens in August 1991 we had 3 representatives – Adrian, Andrew Clayton and Rik Leishman. Terry Denison was Chief Coach, Paul Bush, Team Manager, Barbara Lancaster, Assistant Team Manager, and Pam Smith, Physiotherapist. Adrian won silver in the 100m breaststroke.
In the European Junior Championships held in Holland in August, we were represented by Neil Speed who swam the 200m IM and 400m IM.
We had 4 swimmers on the England Senior Squad, 1 swimmer on the Intermediate Squad and 2 on the Youth Squad. Terry Denison, Paul Bush, Pam Smith, Barbara Lancaster were all team staff with the Senior Squad and David Fodden was Medical Officer for the Intermediate Squad.
In Age Group Swimming our boys finished 2nd overall at National Age Group Championships and we won 8 golds, 8 silvers and 5 bronzes. We won the National Swim League Championships for the 8th time and Terry Denison was voted BSCA Coach of the Year for the 10th time. Our Men’s Team won the National Club Team Championships for the 9th time in succession and finished 4th in Europe.
In September 1991 our Age Group Coach, Steve Purchase, moved on to a Head Coach position with Norwich Penguins and Ian Greyson was appointed as our Senior Age Group Coach.
1990
The New Year began with the Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand in January. City of Leeds had 7 swimmers on the England team – Adrian Moorhouse, James Parrack, Jonathan Broughton, Neil Metcalfe, John Davey, Stephen Akers and Stephen Dronsfield. Terry Denison was Chief Coach and club members Paul Bush (Team Manager) and Pam Smith (Physio) were also on the England team. Tony Day represented Wales. Adrian won gold in equalling his own World record in the 100m breaststroke, James Parrack gained silver in the 100m breaststroke and Neil Metcalfe and Stephen Dronsfield won silvers in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay.
We had 5 swimmers on England senior squads, two on the Intermediate Squad and one on the Youth Squad during 1990.
In age group swimming, our boys team placed 3rd at National Age Groups and we gained 3 silvers and 6 bronzes. We won the National Swim League Championships for the 7th time and Terry Denison was voted BSCA Coach of the Year for the 9th time.
Our squads travelled extensively and we made visits to Tenerife, Bonn, Portsmouth and Stuttgart. Our men’s team were National Club Team Champions for the 8th successive time and then went on to win the European Community Team Championship in Turin in May. A magnificent achievement.
The decade 1980 – 90 had been an outstanding period for us. In addition to the many successes outlined above, membership of our training scheme had grown from less than 300 in 1980 to 650 in 1990.
1989
We began with 5 swimmers on the National Senior Squad and one on the immediate squad. Terry Denison was appointed GB Chief Coach through to the 1992 Olympic Games.
We won the National Club Team Championships for the 7th year in succession and went on to be placed 2nd in Europe.
At the European Championships in Bonn we had 3 swimmers in the GB Team – Adrian Moorhouse, Jonathan Broughton and Stephen Dronsfield – and Terry Denison was Chief Coach. Adrian set a world record of 1.01.49 for 100m breaststroke in winning the European Championships and became Britain’s first world record holder since David Wilkie in 1976.
In age group swimming, we saw a resurgence in our fortunes under Age Group Senior Coach Steve Purchase. At National Age Group Championships our boys finished 2nd overall with 5 golds, 3 silvers and 4 bronzes.
1988
In March our men’s team won the GB Club Team Championships for the 6th year in succession and placed 3rd in the European Community Team Championships.
We placed a record 5 swimmers on the GB Olympic Team – Adrian Moorhouse, James Parrack, Jonathan Broughton, Tony Day and Helen Frank – and Terry Denison was Team Coach. Adrian achieved the ultimate by winning the Olympic gold medal in the 100m breaststroke.
We also broke fresh ground in our foreign tours by taking an age group squad to China for 3 weeks – the first British team to tour China since the 1930s.
Our team won the National Swim League Final for the 6th occasion and Terry Denison was voted BSCA Coach of the Year for the 7th time.
1987
Sunday 8th February was a true moment in history for us. At 4:16pm in the Frankenbad Pool, Bonn, the electronic scoreboard showed 59.75 for a world best time for 100m breaststroke and the first ever 100m breaststroke swim under the minute – Adrian was being acclaimed by some 500 spectators as the German commentator repeated over and over “Fantastissche, Fantastissche”. Later in the year, Adrian went on to win the European Championships in August in another European record time.
Leeds City Council continued its expansion of the City Training Scheme with the appointment of Steve Purchase, formerly Walsall, as full time age group coach in February and with the appointment of Paul Bush, formerly Leicester, as Swimming Development Officer in September.
At the European Championships in Strasbourg in August, City of Leeds was represented by Adrian Moorhouse – who won gold, silver and bronze medals – Tony Day, Jonathan Broughton and Terry Denison as GB coach.
Adrian was selected as BSCA and ASA Swimmer of the Year for 1987. Terry Denison was selected as BSCA Coach of the Year for 1987 (the 6th occasion since 1978).
The final accolade of a highly successful year was the awarding to Adrian of the MBE for services to sport in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. In team events, we won the National Team Championships for the 5th consecutive time and our men’s team represented GB in the first European Economic Community Team Championships, finishing 4th.
1986
Another peak for the City of Leeds. Adrian Moorhouse won 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal at the Commonwealth Games and Jonathan Broughton won a bronze Medal. City of Leeds was also represented at the Games by Murray Buswell, Cathy White, Terry Denison (England) and Tony Day and Maxine McKinnell (Wales).
At the World Championships which followed, Adrian finished first by a metre in the 100m breaststroke final and for five minutes the scoreboard showed Adrian as Britain’s first World Champion since 1975. Then came major disappointment – Adrian had been disqualified for a faulty turn. 7000 spectators hissed and whistled their opposition but the disqualification stood. Adrian was left, however, with the satisfaction of posting a European record and the fastest time in the world in 1986 with his heat swim.
1985
We had 4 swimmers representing GB in the European Championships and Adrian won Gold in the 100m breaststroke. Tony Day went on to win Bronze in the World Student Games and the year ended on a high note with 5 swimmers selected for the Yorkshire Bank senior squad and 3 for the Esso National Youth squad.
1984
Adrian Moorhouse was 4th in the Olympic 100m breaststroke and Andrew Astbury won our first ever Olympic medal with a bronze in the Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay.
1983
1982
Four swimmers from Leeds Central – Andrew Astbury, Adrian Moorhouse, Peter Musgrave and Louise Tate – were selected to represent England in the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
Andrew won:
- 2 gold medals: 200m freestyle (British record) and 400m freestyle (British record)
- 1 silver medal: Men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay
- 1 bronze medal: Men’s 1500m freestyle
Adrian won:
- 1 gold medal: 100m breaststroke (British record)
- 1 silver medal: Men’s 4 x 100m medley relay
- 1 bronze medal: 200m breaststroke
In September, the Leeds Training Scheme was further developed when Leeds City Corporation decided to employ a full time swimming coach for the city. The person appointed was Terry Denison, already coach to Leeds Central SC and Great Britain. On 14th October, an Extraordinary General Meeting of club members decided to complete the union of swimming club and training scheme by changing the club name. From 1st January 1983, we became the City of Leeds Swimming Club.
1981
1980
1960s and 1970s
The concept of a ‘super’ club in Leeds was first mooted before World War II by Richard Ashton of the Leeds Corporation Baths Department, but the idea was slow to reach fruition. It was not until December 1963 that Mr. Ashton’s dream became reality. By this time, he was the Director of Baths in Leeds and presided over the foundation of the Leeds Central Swimming Club.
Prior to the formation of Leeds Central, a limited amount of special training was available to the City’s top swimmers through the Leeds Olympic Training Scheme which met each Friday evening at Cookridge Street Baths. During 1963, the leading competitive clubs of Leeds and District ASA worked towards the formation of a ‘super’ club having decided that if Leeds was to be placed firmly on the swimming map then its swimmers should compete as one club. Various names were suggested for the new club and it was decided that the club should be called Leeds Central Swimming Club.
During the early days of the club, there was a need for it to be ‘sold’ not only within Leeds, but the county of Yorkshire in general and no individual worked harder to do this than the first Honorary Secretary, Mr. Sam Hazelwood, whose name should rank along side that of Richard Ashton as real pioneers of Leeds Central Swimming Club. Full recognition must be given to Leeds Corporation who in these early days of ‘super’ clubs backed Leeds Central by granting a considerable amount of free facilities.
The year 1964 brought a great boost to the newly formed club when Pamela Johnson (Bramley SC) was selected to represent GB in the Tokyo Olympic Games. It was to be a long wait before the club next produced Olympians in the golden year of 1980 when both Kaye Lovatt and Andrew Astbury were selected for the Moscow Olympics.
During the 60s, club headquarters were at Cookridge Street Baths and training took place there and at other small pools around the city such as Holbeck, Hunslet, Union Street and Lawnswood and Roundhay School Pools. The club was age group dominated and had some success in county age group championships, winning the George Lester Trophy in 1965 – 66 and again in 1968 – 69.
In 1967, the club moved its Headquarters to the newly opened Leeds International Pool and had 50m training available on one night per week. In 1972 another milestone was passed when we first began morning training and set up a system of training groups similar to those of present day. Up to that time the club had produced 1 Olympian, 3 full internationals and 2 junior internationals in its 9 year history.
In October 1973, Leeds Corporation began the Leeds Training Scheme directed by ASA National Technical Officer, Derek Stubbs, and in April 1974, the newly formed City Council decided to continue the experimental scheme, taking on Derek as an officer of the city’s Leisure Services Department. He was Director of the Training Scheme with Terry Denison as the scheme Head Coach. The scheme has been invaluable in providing training facilities which are as good as any in Britain. The club and its swimmers have responded accordingly and in the 12 years up to 1985, produced 3 Olympians, 19 senior internationals and 23 junior internationals. The club won the National Swim League Championship in 1980 – 1984. In 1981 and 1985 it received the Henry Benjamin Trophy as Britain’s top senior men’s club and the age group teams won the National Age Group Championships Boy’s Top Team Trophy in 1980 and the Girl’s Top Team Trophy in 1981 and 1982.
In 1983, 1984 and 1985 we were National Club Team Champions.