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Find out the Halstead Open Meets and what leagues and events that will be supported by Halstead Swimming Club. HSC Open Meets Enter and Save the Date! Halstead Swimming Club are delighted to announce that we will be holding our Annual Open Meet on Sunday 17th May 2026, 8:15-17:45 at Braintree swimming pool. This is a full day meet, with 50M & 100M events for all strokes together with 200M freestyle. We will be using Gala Organiser for this event, which can be found here: http://www.galaorganiser.co.uk/entry/meetentry.php?Meet=HASTHO26 Entries are open until 21st April or until such time as the meet is filled. HSC Events Calendar Swim England Essex County Age Group Championships 2026 Sat 17 Jan London Details CCSC Magnificent Masters Meet 2026 Sat 31 Jan Riverside Leisure Centre, Chelmsford Details Essex Swimming League Sat 31 Jan Braintree Swimming & Fitness Centre Details Essex Mini League Sat 14 Feb Location is TBD Details Swim England Essex County Age Group Championships 2026 Sat 21 Feb London Details Swim England Essex County Age Group Championships 2026 Sat 28 Feb London Details The Essex Swimming League Sat 07 Mar Location is TBD Details The Essex Swimming League Sat 18 Apr Location is TBD Details Swim England East Region LC Championships 2026 Fri 24 Apr Inspire Luton Sports Village Details Swim England East Region LC Championships 2026 Sat 02 May UEA Sportspark, Norwich Details Swim England East Region LC Championships 2026 Fri 08 May Inspire Luton Sports Village Details Halstead Annual Open Meet 17th May 2026 Sun 17 May Braintree Swimming & Fitness Learn more The Essex Swimming League Sat 06 Jun Location is TBD RSVP The National Arena Swimming League Sat 10 Oct Location is TBD Details The National Arena Swimming League Sat 14 Nov Location is TBD Details The National Arena Swimming League Sat 12 Dec Location is TBD Details 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) 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 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. 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.

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 - Ben Nicholls 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 (incl. Under 9 yrs old) £26.50 , inc annual ASA fee Competing Members - £52, 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

The latest news from Halstead Swimming Club Latest News 22 May 2024 Halstead Swimmers Tackle the English Channel Read More 4 Jan 2024 Diving into the New Year Training Restarts on 5th January 2024 Read More 8 Oct 2023 2023 Club Champs Results Club Champs Formal Results are in! Read More 21 Sept 2023 Halstead Club Champs 2023 Programme is out Programme for Session 6 (400m free) has now been added Read More 2 Sept 2023 HSC Gordon Finch 50th Anniversary Sprint Meet Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part in the HSC Sprint Meet on the 2nd Sept Read More 2 Jul 2023 HSC Success at the Born2Tri Gosfield Lake Triathlon & Multisports Event Report from the Triathlon and Multisports Event 2023 Read More 25 Jun 2023 Junior League Success! Best ever Junior League position for Halstead Read More 25 Jun 2023 Junior League 'A' Final Team Sheet Team sheet ahead of today's exciting Final at Enfield Read More 14 May 2023 East Region Long Course Championship Success Halstead Swimming Club are celebrating the achievements of Amelia, Charlie, Daniel, Danielle, Emilia, Imogen, Jasper, Joseph, Kai, Layla, Maisy and Samuel in the Swim England East Region Long Course Championships. Read More 25 Mar 2023 Essex Masters 2023 Halstead Masters Swimmers have a Blast Read More 4 Feb 2023 Halstead Success at Essex Age Group Championships Halstead Starts the 2023 Season off with a Bang! Read More 17 Jul 2022 Gosfield Lake Multisports - Born2Tri Event HSC takes to the open water. Read More 10 Jul 2022 East Region Open Water Championships 2022 Lewis, Charlie and Ben take on the Regional Open Water Champs and National Qualifier Meet Read More 1 Jun 2022 Two HSC Swimmers Earn Invitations to the 2022 Swim England National Summer Meet! Congratulations to Katherine and Chloe! Read More 16 May 2022 Swim England East Regional Champs Congratulations and well done to all 12 HSC Regional Swimmers Read More

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 Halstead Annual Open Meet 17th May 2026 Quick Information Links Squads Link - Squad Fees & Training Schedule Events Link - Events Calendar News Link - What we've been up to Useful Links

Back East Region Long Course Championship Success 14 May 2023 Halstead Swimming Club are celebrating the achievements of Amelia, Charlie, Daniel, Danielle, Emilia, Imogen, Jasper, Joseph, Kai, Layla, Maisy and Samuel in the Swim England East Region Long Course Championships. They qualified for 53 events, which were held over several weekends in May, in Norwich and Luton. The SE East Region has 6 counties and over 130 clubs affiliated to it; on announcing that Halstead had placed 11th in the championship, Head Coach John Lowe called it, "An incredible achievement!", while also admitting to some of the magnificent swims making the distinguished coach a little 'misty eyed'. The swimmers were cheered on from home, as the event was streamed on YouTube and we witnessed some extraordinary talent, determination and resilience from all our local athletes. Halstead is a relatively small club, but the commitment of these swimmers to keep improving, keep challenging themselves, has placed them amongst the best in the East of England and made them role models to friends and family – young and old, swimmer and non-swimmer alike! A special mention goes out to two swimmers: Joseph Bale is a swimmer whose talent is truly exciting to watch evolve. Joseph competed in 7 events. He made the final for all 7, and won Regional Golds in 6: 200m IM, 50m 100m & 200m Breaststroke and the 100m & 200m Backstroke. His 200m IM had everyone on the edge of their seats and his lead in the 200m breaststroke was astounding. Joseph was awarded the Top Boy trophy for 11/12 yrs category. Not content with dominating the East Region, Joseph is currently – for ‘Long Course’ (50m competition pools) events – ranked the 2nd fastest 12 year old in Britain for all 3 Breaststroke distances and 7th in the 100m & 200m Backstroke; for ‘Short Course’ (25m pools) he is ranked 1st in Britain for the 100m & 200m Breaststroke and top 10 for a further 3 events. Truly an incredible young man! The boundless energy of 12 year old Layla Jennings took our breath away during this competition; she qualified for an extraordinary 14 events and had a competition that was not for the faint of heart. Layla achieved 10 top 8 places in the heats of her events, which included the brutal 400m IM, 400m Freestyle and 200m Butterfly. All but the 400m swims she had to redouble her efforts and do it all again in the finals, earning herself Gold in the 200m Butterfly, Silver in the 200m IM & Bronze in the 200m Freestyle. The 200m Fly is a mental battle for the most seasoned of swimmers, Layla’s 200m butterfly was jaw dropping; she took it all in her stride, obliterating her entry time of 3:07.30 down to 2:55.28 in the heats, but had saved her best for the final where she reduced it further to win Gold with 2:50.33 – Both times leaving her competitors in her wake. By the close of the championships, Layla was ranked 5th in the Region for the 11/12 yrs category. Needless to say, the whole of Halstead Swimming Club are very proud of them all. Goooooooo Halstead!!! 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

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 Gosfield Lake Multisports - Born2Tri Event 17 Jul 2022 Congratulations to Charlie, Kai, Emile, Marcel and Lewis for their fantastic performances at the Gosfield Lake Multisport Born2Tri Event on 17th July 2022. All the HSC swimmers took part in the Sprint Distance Triathlon, which involved a 750m swim, 20km cycle and 5km run. They all placed in the top 10 of their age categories, with Charlie romping home at a fantastic time of 1:09.01 to take the overall win! In the Senior category: Kai took 1st, Emile 2nd, Marcel 4th and Lewis 10th. Well done guys! It is so good seeing your passion for swimming take you on some incredible adventure together. Previous Next

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Back East Region Open Water Championships 2022 10 Jul 2022 Well done Lewis, Charlie and Ben on your incredible efforts at the East Region Open event in Norwich. Our Senior Vice Captain and new addition to our coaching team, Lewis placed 3rd in the 19+ category, with a 1:09.23 5km swim and qualified for Nationals, Chlarie placed 3rd in the 18yrs category, with a 1:14.59 5km swim and Ben, with a stunning display of resilience managed to complete his 2km in 10th place at 39.11 mins, despite developing a migraine half way around the course! Well done! We love seeing you strive outside the pool. We look forward to seeing Lewis compete on 10th August at Thrybergh Country Park in Doncaster. Previous Next