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Colchester Open Meet 2013 Our Open Meet will take place on Sunday 7th July 2013. See flyer. Full details can be found here. Entries close 7th June (24th May for Colchester swimmers). Captain's Corner - May The latest from our Club Captains here. Essex Mini League Round 3 Colchester SC travelled to Hornchurch for Round 3 of the Essex Mini League and the 2012 league champions secured a deserved win in the 33m Hornchurch Sports Centre pool last weekend. more... National Junior Swimming League Round 1 Last weekend Colchester SC's junior swimmers pulled off a shock win in Round 1 of this year's National Junior Swimming League, as they not only beat local Essex rivals London Borough of Redbridge, but also edged out one of the top clubs in the country, Hatfield, whose Head Coach has just been offered the role of Danish National Head Coach. The team made the long journey to Bexleyheath to compete against seven other clubs from the London and Kent area and came away deserved winners, coming home in 1st place in 14 of the 49 events. more... Road closures around Garrison pool A major programme of Essex County Council road works means that parts of Berechurch Road will be closed for a period of 30 weeks from mid May. Initially, the road will be closed between the Pool/Gymnasium entrance and Berechuirch Hall Road at Maypole Green. Information about the works will be posted throughout the project here. ASA East Region Youth Championships A small team of 5 older swimmers from Colchester SC made the long trip to Luton to compete in this year's East Region Youth Championships, which were held at the brand new Inspire Luton Sports Village 50m pool for the first time. Competing against swimmers from the 6 counties that make up East Region - Essex, Herts, Beds, Cambs, Norfolk and Suffolk - Colchester swimmers came home with 2 Bronze medals, a National Qualifying Time and some great personal performances. more... New Swim Academy to inspire a generation of Colchester swimmers The Club launched its new Swim Academy recently, hoping to build on the legacy of the London Olympics and inspire a generation of young swimmers in Colchester to make the transition to competitive swimming and develop a lifelong love of the sport. The Academy is aimed at any local swimmers aged between 5 and 12 years old and is based at the Colchester Garrison swimming pool on Wednesday and Friday evenings. The sessions will be run over three 15 week terms each year, with short breaks over the Easter, Summer and Christmas holiday periods, and will be run by a team of 4 qualified Teachers/Coaches and 8 Teaching Assistants, led by newly appointed Academy Manager, Donna Cowan. Donna, who is being assisted by the Club's Junior and Intermediate Coach Steph Young and Performance Coach Denise Young, has high expectations for the new Academy, "The main aspiration for us is to create a clear pathway into the competitive squads in the Club for younger swimmers. We have a huge pool of talent in Colchester, but it's quite disheartening when children come to the Club at 11 or 12 years old, as many have too much ground to make up on other swimmers of that age." "We need to re-educate parents to get their children involved at a young age if they enjoy swimming. Our focus in the Swim Academy is on stroke technique and all of the basic skills that are needed in competitive swimming at a later stage. Our Club coaches then work on fitness and fine-tuning those skills for competitive swimming, as the swimmers make the transition to the main Club squad programme." Local property company, Jackson & Co, have provided much needed sponsorship for the new academy and have been very supportive in terms of providing new t-shirts and swimming hats to help the children feel part of the Club. For more information, including pricing and details on how to register, see here.

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