Winsford Swimming Club

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Please see latest regional information including club news, events and courses that are coming up over the next few months,

Good luck to all athletes competing in the Swim England North West Masters Swimming Championships 2025 this weekend!

The championships will take place on Saturday, 13th September 2025 at Palatine Leisure Centre, Blackpool. Wishing everyone a successful and enjoyable day of racing!

click here for all the details.

SENW & SENE Para Swimming Championships 2025

Swim England North West and Swim England North East Para-Swimming Championships 2025, will be taking place in Darwen on Sunday 28th September 2025, click here for further details.

We’re still looking for volunteers! If you’re interested in helping out or would like more information, please email swimnorthwest@swimming.org

Swim England North West Winter Championships 2025 – Entries Now Open

Swim England North West is delighted to confirm that the Regional Winter Championships will be held on 1st & 2nd November 2025 at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. click here for further details.

Entries Close: Tuesday, 21 October 2025 at 11:59 pm

Last Chance to Book – National Scorers Course (Artistic Swimming)

Swim England North West Artistic Swimming Management Group is delighted to announce the upcoming National Scorers Course, taking place at Irlam & Cadishead Leisure Centre on Sunday 14 September 2025, 1:00–4:00pm. Booking deadline: 9:00am, Friday 12 September 2025 click here for further details.

Important Update - DBS Checks for Clubs

From 7th July, Swim England moved to a new system called Know Your People DBS service (offered by First Advantage) to complete all DBS checks. 

To ensure the safety and welfare of all participants, Swim England requires Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for individuals in regulated roles within affiliated aquatic clubs,

click here for further details.

Reminder to All Clubs: The Club Health Tracker is Now Open!

The Club Health Tracker is a vital tool for your club, your region, and Swim England. It provides valuable data that helps us better understand the needs of our clubs and deliver targeted support where it’s needed most, click here for further details.

Swim England North West – Life Membership

Nominations for Life Membership are now open and will close 9am 31st October.

Life Membership recognises exceptional achievements for the “benefit of Swim England North West Limited” or for “Services to the Sport” in any of the aquatic disciplines/or more than one discipline in the region, click here for further details.

Vacancy – Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Lead

Swim England North West is excited to announce an opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our team as the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Lead. This voluntary role plays a vital part in ensuring that our region continues to make strides toward a more inclusive, diverse, and accessible environment for all, click here for further details.

SENW Young Volunteer Award (Online)

The Swim England North West Young Volunteer Award is designed to provide young people, between the ages of 14 and 17 the opportunity to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and experience to prepare them as Volunteers within Aquatic Sport. The Award has been designed to suit young people from any Aquatic Discipline, (Swimming, Water Polo, Artistic Swimming and Diving).

Please complete the Expression of Interest form to receive details of upcoming dates.

Volunteer Training Courses

• SE Welfare Officer Training (Time to Listen), 24.11.25, 6pm – click here
• Team Manager 1, 7.10.25, 6pm – click here
• Team Manager 2, 3.12.25, 6pm – click here
• SE Safeguarding, 2.10.25, 6pm - click here

A Safeguarding refresher module is now available to those who have completed the full Swim England face-to-face / online CPD, click here

Coaching Courses

• SE Swimming Coach – Workington (Blended Learning), Closing date 14.9.25 Click here
• SE Assistant Swimming Coach – Rochdale (Blended Learning), Closing date 18.9.25 Click here

Land Training courses – if any clubs are interested in hosting a land training course, please email ioscourses@swimming.org for further information.

Swim England Good Governance Workshops

Swim England offer a number of workshops to support clubs and individuals undertaking these roles.

• Club Secretary and Membership Officer workshops - click here. 
• Club Chairperson information sessions - Mandatory attendance - click here.  
• Club Welfare Officer workshops Mandatory attendance - click here.   
• Club Affiliation information sessions –  click here.
• Club Development Forum Registration - click here
• National Chairs Forum 15.9.25 – click here.
• National Welfare Officer Forum – click here
• Chairs online information session – Part 1 click here to access the online information session.

Judge/Official Courses

Swim England Artistic Swimming Judge 1 Course – click here.

Swim England Artistic Swimming Judge 2 Course – click here.

Swim England Diving Judge 1 Course – click here.

Swim England Diving Judge 2 Course – click here.

Swim England Swimming Technical Officials - Judge 1 Theory click here.

Swim England Swimming Judge 2 Course click here.

Mobile Phone Pull up Banner – For Sale

Swim England’s new version of Wavepower contains an important update with regards the usage of mobile devices in changing rooms, to help clubs manage this SENW are producing pull up banners for

you to utilize around your changing room areas to highlight the importance, click here if you would like to purchase.

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Kind regards