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Paralympic Medalist Millward Makes the Move to Manchester

Paralympic medallist Stephanie Millward has made the move to the British Para-Swimming National Performance Centre (NPC) in Manchester.

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Halsall, O’Connor, Proud Deliver at Manchester Int’l Meet (SCM)

Siobhan O’Connor won the 200 IM event at Manchester Aquatic Club’s International Meet today.

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2020 LEN European Juniors To Be Held In Aberdeen

Aberdeen, Scotland has been selected as hosts of the 2020 LEN European Junior Championships.

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British Stars Head To Manchester For Int’l Meet This Weekend

Garioch Swim Club’s Hannah Miley is just one of the high-profile names swimming at the Manchester International Meet this weekend.

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Direct Sales of 2016 Olympic Games Tickets Opens Today

As of today at 10 am GMT the second phase of sales for the Rio Olympic Games has begun…

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City of Manchester Aquatics Nabs ‘Club Of The Year’ Recognition

An up-and-coming player in the British swimming community, the city of Manchester, hosted its Sports Awards ceremony over the weekend….

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South Hunsley College (UK) To Close Pool Due To Costs

Students at South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College in North Ferriby, UK, along with citizens of its surrounding communities,…

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Adam Peaty Wins 2nd Consecutive Derby City Sportsman Of The Year Award

his year, Peaty’s success streak continued, breaking the world record in the 100m breaststroke at the British Championships by almost half a second to become the first man in history under 58 seconds. f

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Keri-anne Payne Wins the FINA Marathon World Cup in Hong Kong

The Warrender Baths swimmer won the last World Cup of the series and will now continue working towards sealing qualification for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games next year.

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Why Great Britain’s Olympic Qualifying Standards Might Not Be As Crazy As They Seem

Great Britain’s selection system will cut the team’s size, sure, but it shouldn’t affect any clear medal hopefuls and gives the federation flexibility to put together a roster it feels good about, two major pluses in Olympic selection.

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UK Olympic Standards Are Beastly, Leave Lots of Room for ‘Discretion’

Fran Halsall is one of only 10 swimmers who would have hit British Swimming’s automatic Olympic qualifying standards in 2015.

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British Swimming Announces 2016 Performance Squads

British Swimming has announced its Podium and Podium Potential performance squads for 2016.  After extensive selection procedures, including an analysis…

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Want to be ultra successful in the pool, but you’re not getting there?

Here are the 9 things you have to do and 9 famous quotes to motivate you along the way…

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Podcast Preview: Scott, Benson, Murdoch & Stirling’s Secret Sauce

Duncan Scott (2nd from left) earned British Swimming’s ‘Emerging Athlete of the Year’ award, further cementing the University of Stirling as a threatening force on the international swimming scene.

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Dutch Record holder Moniek Nijhuis to train with Ruta Meilutyte

Dutch champion and record holder Monike Nijhuis will try her training in Plymouth after failing to qualify for the semi-finals at last summer’s World Championships.

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