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Back Halstead Club Champs 2023 Programme is out 21 Sept 2023 The much anticipated programmes for the 2023 Club Champs are here! Club Champs 400m Free Heat Sheets .pdf Download PDF • 93KB Club Champs Programme - Sessions 1 to 5 .pdf Download PDF • 728KB Previous Next

Back Halstead Swimmers Tackle the English Channel 22 May 2024 Halstead Swimming Club are incredibly proud of our Senior Captains Danni Rulton and Sam Johnson, coach Lewis Archer, Kai Adams and Ellie Johnson, who are bravely taking on one of the greatest swimming challenges, swimming the English Channel in August; 21 miles from Dover to Calais in one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, all in the aid of raising money and awareness of Child Bereavement UK. Our amazing young people, now in their 20s have trained alongside each other for over 15 years, competing with and against each other, both in the pool and open water events, including national championships. Swimming the Channel is totally different from anything that they have done before, requiring a new level of training and dedication from them all, supported and cheered on by our Head Coach John Lowe and Senior Coach Paddy Keeble, but also generously guided by the dedication and care of our ex-head coach Roger Wade, who has jumped into his kayak and put the team through their paces, both in the sea and at our favourite local open water venue Gosfield Lake. 46,000 children between 0-17 are bereaved of a parent each year, that’s 127 children a day experiencing an unimaginable loss! Child Bereavement UK provides essential support services to families at one of the most difficult moments of their lives, at one of the most formative and vulnerable times. They aim to help families rebuild their lives and people's generous donations allow their enormously important work to continue to happen. If you would like to donate and follow their journey to the sea, please go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/halstead-channel-swim-2024 Previous Next

Halstead Swimming Club's History, Coaches, Committee Members, Welfare Officers, Club records and Squad breakdown and details. Halstead Swimming Club Halstead Swimming Club was started early in 1965 at the old swimming pool in Parsonage Street. The founder members were Maisie Randall and Johnny Newport. Our President, Gordon Finch, became involved in 1973 and has been with the club ever since. The swimming pool was built as a dye tank for the Courtaulds factory in 1914 and later given to the people of Halstead as a Public Bath. We fought for many years to get a new pool and finally moved to our present home in the Halstead Leisure Centre in 2004. Many of our swimmers, after progressing through the various squads continue to support the club by becoming coaches and officials. HSC is affiliated to Swim England Essex and Swim England East Region. The club holds a constitution; this is a set of rules based on a model constitution from Swim England. The HSC Constitution was updated at the AGM, held on 26 June 2020. A copy of which is available for members to view under documents on Club Organiser. Brief History Committee President's Letter Club Records Squads Coaches and Poolside Team Welfare and Safeguarding Committee Chair - Tim Rayner Vice Chair - Gemma Apps Treasurer - Steve Hale Secretary – Helen Kent-Jackson Technical Faciliti es - Tom Styman-Heighton Club Champ Co-ordinator - Gemma Apps Halstead Open Meet Co-ordinator - John Jennings Marketing Co-ordinator - Nicola Young Officials Co-ordinator - Natalie Glegg Social Co-ordinator - Julia Baldock, Emma Healy and Victoria Metson Fund Raising Co-ordinator - Vacant President's Letter Halstead Gazette 3rd June 1977 Squad Structure, Fees and Training Schedule A n nual Fees Non-Competing Members (Under 9 yrs old) £22 , inc annual ASA fee Competing Members - £44, inc annual ASA fee Monthly Fees: (See individual Squads) Membership Data: As part of our accreditation we are required to keep up to date records on each swimmer. Please ensure you return the Membership Form. For any membership queries please email info@halsteadsc.co.uk Development Squad The Development Squad is a perfect place to start for young swimmers about to graduate from their swimming lessons, with a basic knowledge of the four strokes, and a passion to keep learning. Experienced Coaches will teach you drills and sets to perfect your strokes, build your stamina and get you diving off the blocks. Swimmers usually start to compete at 9yrs old (as specified by Swim England Level 3 License conditions), but younger swimmers will gain valuable experience during training with their squad friends, challenging themselves with targets set by their coaches and blasting off at Club Champs on the run up to their debut. Fe es £24 monthly Training Schedule Wednesday 6:15-7:15pm Friday 6:15-7:15pm Sunday 4:00-5:00pm Junior Squad Progression to the Junior Squad will see young swimmers continue to build their confidence, perfect their race techniques, and grow their strength and stamina; competing for their club in the leagues and gradually improving their personal bests swim-by-swim in the open meets, and many may even qualify for their first County Championships. Fe es £42 monthly Training Schedul e Monday 7:15-8:15pm Tuesday 7:15-8:15pm Thursday 6:00-7:00am Friday 7:15-8:30pm Sunday 6:30-8:30am Senior Squad Our Senior Squad is our lead squad and comprises of swimmers looking to qualify for the Essex County, East Region, National and British Championships. It is a highly competitive squad and our Coaches are dedicated to helping all the swimmers to reach their potential and meet their personal goals. Fees £58 monthly Training Schedule Monday 8:15-9:15pm Tuesday 6:00-7:00am Wednesday 7:15-9:00pm Thursday 6:00-7:00am Friday 8:30-10:00pm Sunday 6:30-8:30am Senior B Senior B is a relatively recent introduction to Halstead Swimming Club, that largely comprises of older swimmers: Seniors who have either started the next phase of their lives - starting their exams, or starting their first jobs - but who still wish to compete, but need a lighter training schedule, and Masters swimmers enjoying their time in the water so much they want to train more and be pushed further. This is known to be one of HSC's most fun squads. Fe es £24 monthly Training Schedule Tuesday 6:00-7:00am Tuesday 8:15-9:15pm Sunday 5:00-6:00pm Masters Over 18s This squad is a fabulous mix of swimming parents, x-age group swimmers and adults who just love a challenge! We have a fantastic group of swimmers who regularly take part in Open Meets and the Masters Championships Fees £10 monthly Training Schedule Sunday 5:00-6:00pm Poolside Team Head Coach – John Lowe Assistant Head Coach – Dave Kay Lewis Archer Sue Huggins Patrick Keeble Gary Tyler Paul Salmon Heather Osterritter Natalie Glegg Dan Messenger Chris Rayner Welfare Officers Halstead Swimming Club follows the guidelines set out by Wavepower to ensure the welfare and safeguarding of our members. Our Welfare Officer is Lee Haylock. If you have any concerns and wish to contact him, please contact Lee on: welfare@halsteadsc.co.uk Link - Wavepower - Child Safeguarding for Swim England Clubs Link - Swim England - Safeguarding Contacts Link - How to Report a Concern County Welfare Officer - welfare@essexswimming.org East Regional Welfare - Eastwelfare@swimming.org / 01509 640378 National Governing Body - Swim England Child Safeguarding Team - safeguarding@swimming.org Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) - Tel: 0333 139797 Children's Social Care - Tel: 0345 603 7627 Children's Social Care Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team - Tel: 0345 606 1212 Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) - Tel: 0300 2470014 Club Records Club Records - Are now available on Club Organiser. Sign in and download them from General > Club Records

Back Junior League Success! 25 Jun 2023 2023-06-25 National Junior League - Div1 - Rnd3- Gala2 - Southbury LC host Chelsea - Prov .pdf Download PDF • 218KB Report by John Lowe Apologies for the lateness in writing this report but i have to admit to having a little private celebration first. To say I am overwhelmed by the team's efforts today is an understatement. Halstead were already on to a winner simply because wherever we finished it would have been our greatest achievement in the Junior League by some margin. To finish 3rd overall is an incredible result. I will go over individual efforts another time but tonight belongs to the team. As a team we were fabulous whether we won an event or came last; each swim gave us valuable points; and when you consider how close the placings were from 3rd to 5th our achievement was immense. I, along with all of the other Coaches, have a sense of pride regarding the swimming tonight. Although Paddy and Gary and all of the helpers were not there today they have more than helped make this Halstead team something to be reckoned with. I don't know if you can get more pleasure than watching your siblings perform to their utmost and produce a result such as this. We have never been in an "A" final before and yes some teams have dropped out because of covid; but we didn't. Lets put things into perspective - we sometimes (me included) take performances for granted because that's what we expect. Look at the teams we were up against. Winners Chelsea and Westminster - not only London's finest team but a top 10 in the country, Royal Tunbridge Wells - the outstanding team in Kent. You then have Enfield Swim Squad made up from 7 teams that existed in the borough of Enfield. Greenwich Royals another massive club, then "Little ol Alstead". I am not belittling Halstead but it is funny when you hear opposing teams ask where Halstead is. It is also nice to hear the referee Jonathon from Harlow say thet since taking the League Organiser role he has followed our progress for the last 5 years and mightily impressed he is. So should all of the parents be. Whether you competed in 1, 2 or 3 rounds you have all helped with this result. Whether you came first or last they have all been points toward our success. As a small club we obviously rely on your committment and by and large we have had that. Many thanks and very well done to each and every swimmer. Previous Next

A few snaps of all the fun Halstead Swimmers have been getting up to! Gallery Halstead Swimming Club 2023 Club Championships Load More Born2Tri Gosfield Lake Triathlon 2023 Load More 2022 Presentation Night Summer Social 2021 - Mersea Island Boating Lake Olympians Visit Halstead Swimming Club Halstead Swimming Club 2022 Club Championships WE ARE HALSTEAD!!.......and Earls Colne, and Sible Hedingham, and Colne Engaine, and Lamarsh, and Maplestead, and Gosfield, and Greenstead Green, and Stisted, and Pebmarsh, and more............HEAR US ROAR!!!

Back Halstead Success at Essex Age Group Championships 4 Feb 2023 Halstead Swimming Club has had a fantastic Championships and we are so proud of all our swimmers. We had over 50 swimmers qualify for this year's championships, with over 170 entries. Over 60 top 8/final places and 22 medals. Words from Head Coach, "What a team! You will have seen that we finished 8th overall from 30 plus clubs.....I will say that we as Coaches are very proud of your efforts. Our position in the league table came about due to 6 County championship wins, several 2nds and 3rds but also top 8 finishes adding to our points tally. On top of that congrats go to Kai Adams as = Top Swimmer in the open age group. Well deserved Kai! Apparently we had 13 new club records after the first weekend of champs and We're pretty certain we will have had a few more after the last one. The discipline required to stay on poolside for many hours, some a much as 12 hours each day is a great credit to all of you and the support you give to each other is simply amazing..... ......we have some brilliant young swimmers coming through and with their hard work Halstead can be assured of a bright future. Well done!" Previous Next

Back Junior League 'A' Final Team Sheet 25 Jun 2023 Team sheet for today's Junior League A Final against the big guns from Chelsea & Westminster, RTW Monson, Greenwich Royals, Enfield SS, Kingston Royals. We will be in lane 3. Good luck everyone, keep the Halstead roar going in the stands and GOOOOOOOO HALSTEAD!! M11 Junior League - 2023 - Round 3 - Teamsheet .pdf Download PDF • 40KB Previous Next

Find out the Halstead Open Meets and what leagues and events that will be supported by Halstead Swimming Club. HSC Events Calendar M11 Junior League Sat 21 Jun Location is TBD Learn more Essex Mini League Sat 12 Jul South Woodham Ferrers Learn more Results Gordon Finch Halstead SC Sprint Meet - 2024 Results Opportunities to Compete When you join Halstead Swimming Club you will be introduced to the complexity of the sport SLOWLY, there is A LOT to learn To be fair, you will probably learn most of it from the coaches, parents and other swimmers around as you develop, but here's a short guide: Halstead Swimming Club members will be offered the opportunity to compete in a both licensed and unlicensed events . Licensed Events When you join any competitive swimming club you are allocated a Swim England membership number, this will enable you to join the centralised database where all your licensed events will be recorded: What you swam, where you swam, the time, etc... There are even graphs of your progress! Link: Swimming Results Website Swim England ensures that the standards of the sport are upheld; a ny organisation wishing to offer a licensed event must provide Swim England with the details of each programme and they must meet the criteria for whichever license they are applying for - All stipulated in the terms and conditions of each event. License Levels (simplified.........kind of) Level 4 Licensed Meets - These are considered entry level meets, perfect for inexperienced swimmers to gain experience, before progressing to Level 3 meets. It is usually the license that our Club Champs is held under. While they are held within the club, they still require officials who have met the required standards. It is rare, but sometimes clubs might host a development meet, where 8 year olds can compete under license, these are invitational only meets (where the host invites a limited number of other clubs to attend) ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Level 3 Licensed Meets - These are the most common meet license that the majority of swimmers attend. Once a swimmer has achieved their Competitive Start certificate (Coach confirms that they can safely dive from the blocks) AND the swimmer is 9 years old or over, they can enter any open meets the swimming club has stated that they will support. There is a publicly available Meet Calendar on the Swimmingresults.org website, which amalgamates British Swimming, Swim England, Swim Wales and Scottish Swimming. Link: Meet Calendar The Coaches and Halstead Committee pulls together a selection of meets that our club are able to support (Coaches/Team Leaders available on the day, for safeguarding, guidance and support, plus we have to offer host clubs Officials to help run the event) Members can choose when and how often they would like to attend Open Meets. It is a personal choice. Level 3 meets are used to qualify for County and Regional championships. There is one League that Halstead takes part, whose events are Licenced - The National Arena League. This is a Halstead Swimming Club Team event. The coaches will make a team selection based on swimmers performances at Open Meets, Club Champs and Training commitment. Link: National Arena League ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Level 2 (Short course/25m pool) and Level 1 (Long Course/50m pool) Licensed Meets - These are the Championships and Open Meets where swimmers have to have reached minimum times. The standards of entry vary depending on the level of the Championship, either being entered, or the qualification being attempted: Essex County Championships - Essex holds 2 championships a year; usually held between the London Aquatics Centre and Basildon venues. Winter Championships (Level 2, short course) in October. Qualifying times for the female and Open categories are released in June (one time per event, competing age is not separated out). Qualification is from Level 3, 2 & 1 licenses. The Age Group Championships (should be Level 1, long course, but in recent years has been reduced to Level 2 short course, due to problems with the Basildon venue) held in Jan/Feb. Qualifying times are released in September. Qualification for this event is accepted from Level 4 licensed events and higher. The QTs are broken down by age and classification Female/Open East Region Championships - 2 Championships a year. Usually Held across EAU Norwich and Inspire Luton venues. Qualification for these events is accepted from Level 3, 2 & 1 licensed swims. Winter Championships (Level 2, short course) in November. Qualifying times for the female and Open categories are released in August (one time per event, competing age is not separated out). Long Course Championships (Level 1, long course), held in May. Qualifying times are released in January. The QTs are broken down by age and classification Female/Open British and National Championships - Swim against Britain and your Nations best, there are 2 championships a year. Summer Championships (Level 1 Long Course). Summer Championships, both British and National (England, Welsh, Scottish) have a strict qualifying season. The qualifying open meets are held between March and May. These are invitation only, age group events and the qualification window is very small. When the season opens, there will be a number of Level 1 open meets on offer for swimmers striving for times. A spreadsheet of shortlisted swimmers is launched on swimmingresults.org's home page , it is updated twice a week until the closing date in May (usually after all the Regions have completed their Long Course Champs). British Summer Championships is held in July and Nationals is at the beginning of August. Winter British and National Short Course Championships - Qualification times are issued in the Autumn. The event is held mid December. ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us. Unlicensed Events Some events are unlicensed, which allows for voluntary run opportunities to compete. The fundamental rules of competing are maintained, but there is a flexibility in the levels of qualification that the officials need to have in terms of referee, time keeping, judging etc.. Halstead swimmers routinely take part in two unlicensed team events: The M11 Junior league and the Essex Mini League The coaches select swimmers to represent Halstead and send out invitations. The Essex Masters event is one of the most enjoyable events to take part in for the +18 years swimmers, but it is unlicensed. ! Widget Didn’t Load Check your internet and refresh this page. If that doesn’t work, contact us.

Information on how the Jack Petchey organisation is supporting Halstead Swimming Club At Halstead Swimming Club we want our swimmers to strive to achieve their personal best. We are therefore delighted to advise that we are now a recognised Jack Petchey Foundation youth organisation. Jack Petchey Foundation was set up to inspire, motivate and recognise young people across London and Essex for their outstanding achievements. Awards and Nominations Our club will put forward nominations (for members 11-25 years old) for 5 annual awards to recognise the achievements both in and out of the pool. The nominations will be taken from names put forward by any/all members and then reviewed by our Jack Petchey Achievers Panel. The Panel consists of 2 Development, 3 Junior and 3 Senior swimmers and will be assisted by two parents. We have had such a fantastic response from members wanting to take part, that the HSC panel will rotate every 6 months, to allow as many members to take part and benefit from the experience. Our nomination period is now open, closing on 1st April 2025 We want to hear from all of you with your nominations to recognise someone in the Club which calls out their achievements. The Club has two awards to make in this round. Our Jack Petchey Achievers Panel will select two winners who will be announced poolside, by panel members in February. To make your nominations (as many as you like!), please use our form attached below (it has also been emailed out to all members). Send them into Info@HalsteadSC.co.uk by no later than 1st April 2025. Thank you! Find out more about the Jack Petchey Foundation - Web Link Normination Form Jack Petchey Nomination-form.pdf Winners Congratulations to Ethan, Jacob, Sophie, Matthew, Gini and Chloe for being awarded the Jack Petchey Achievement Award, as nominated and voted for by his peers at Halstead Swimming Club! Ethan Ethan has given up personal time to support the coaching team in progressing the Development Squad. He has shown initiative and tenacity in delivering coaching programmes to the younger members of the Club. He has been exemplar in his role modelling poolside, inspiring others to develop further. Jacob Jacob is always improving his swimming, he is truly dedicated to his sport. His commitment to improve shines through and his hard work recently contributed to his three personal bests achieved at the Essex Age Group Championships 2025. His presence at training sessions is unwavering and his smile reflects his passion. Jacob isn't just a swimmer; he is an inspiring role model. His dedication and enthusiasm pushes others to strive for their personal best, creating a positive ripple effect within the Junior squad. Jacob's commitment, positivity and outstanding performance makes him a deserving candidate for recognition. Ginni Progressing from junior to senior squad has been a real challenge for Ginni. She has had to step up both physically and mentally to achieve longer and harder sessions. Progressing into the squad, whilst friends remained behind, has been part of the challenge. She was quite concerned about her first session, however becoming resilient to the environment and training, building new friendships and having a real can-do attitude have been real qualities that she has demonstrated to prove to herself that she can do this! Sophie Every single time Sophie swims she puts in 100% effort into her stroke. She tries incredibly hard to do her best and to improve. Sophie has overcome her personal challenges, seeking to develop her tumble turns and increase her swimming times. She has listened to mentors and coaches poolside, and has really taken onboard the changes that she needs to implement to enhance her performance. Matthew He is extremely hard working and always on time and very determined to train. He has taken himself to galas on his own to push his personal best times. This is a big challenge to be at an open meet without the support of the club, but Matthew is determined to take his swimming to the next level Chloe Chloe has been an inspirational team player within the Club. A role model both at competitions and during training. Firstly Chloe has relentlessly trained to achieve national swimming times and her personal bests have continued to be broken. Beyond this she has taken personal time out to come and support some of the more junior swimmers. On Sunday afternoons she is seen giving up valuable study time to impart her experience with others. She has helped the coaches when they have been stretched and has taken this responsibility seriously.

Halstead Swimming Club is a friendly, competitive swimming club supporting Halstead and beyond, training out of the Halstead Leisure Centre Halstead Swimming Club Welcome to Halstead Swimming Club Founded in 1965, Halstead Swimming Club is one of the friendliest competitive swimming clubs in Essex; amazing, hardworking kids, coaches and parents. We are a small, but mighty swimming club supporting Halstead and the surrounding villages: Earls Colne, Colne Engaine, Sible Hedingham, Bures and beyond...... Halstead SC trains out of the Halstead Leisure Centre, offering progressive squads, training competitive swimmers from 7 years old, but also offers sessions for those who wish to return to swimming after time away, or extend their fitness, and gain a competitive edge - with the Masters or Senior B squads. We have teams and swimmers that have competed successfully at League, County, Regional and National levels, but most importantly, we have swimmers that endeavour to swim their hearts out and meet each event with the determination to swim faster than they have ever swum before, beating personal bests, by a little or a lot. They have the opportunity to compete in amazing venues like the Olymic London Aquatic Centre, or the National venue Ponds Forge in Sheffield, as well as venues all around the East of England. Our swimmers train hard, but build extraordinary resilience, discipline, strength and stamina. All the while making friends for life and having fun. Would you like the opportunity to swim competitively? Would you like to be taught by professional swimming coaches, who will train you to a competitive swimming standard, with the focus towards becoming part of one of Halstead's Competitive Swimming Teams? We are looking for young swimmers to join the club, with a strong focus on competing. Contact us if you enjoy swimming, have a basic knowledge of all four swimming strokes, and are willing to commit to training sessions with professional coaches at Halstead swimming club. Boys and girls from 7 years old, Competitive swimmers moving into the area, Men and Women wishing to be considered for the Masters or Senior B Squads............can all apply for a trial. Please contact Helen KJ info@halsteadsc.co.uk Join HSC Quick Information Links Squads Link - Squad Fees & Training Schedule Events Link - Events Calendar News Link - What we've been up to Useful Links

Sat, 07 Sept | Braintree Swimming & Fitness Halstead’s Gordon Finch Sprint Meet Halstead Swimming Club’s annual sprint season starter - named in thanks to our club President Gordon Finch Time & Location 07 Sept 2024, 15:30 – 19:30 Braintree Swimming & Fitness, Charter Way, Braintree CM77 8YJ, UK About the event Click here for the Gordon Finch Sprint meet heat sheet Show More Share this event Back