Author Archive: Mark Blackmore

A message to our memebers from the Head Coach: These are testing times for all of us with the Coronavirus outbreak, I never thought we would end up in this situation. The effects to our working life, school closures, exams…
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In line with current guidance from Swim England the club will cease all training sessions with immediate effect. As you can appreciate the situation is changing on a daily basis and as such we are not able to put a…
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Please see the below confirmation from Derventio regarding the weekend: It is disappointing but given the latest government advice and following further consultation with Swim England East Midlands on COVID-19, with athlete, spectator, staff and volunteer wellbeing as the priority, it…
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Swim England has cancelled a number of forthcoming events due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The decision has been taken following the Government’s announcement to implement increased social distancing, avoid crowds gathering and carrying out any unnecessary travel. All competitions…
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The accepted swims list and rejections have now been released below.

The draft programme for the Long Distance Meet is now available below. No further entries will be accepted – the meet is now full. Any errors or problems should be sent to Mark at galas@billinghamasc.co.uk Also please communicate any withdrawals…
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Huge thanks to all our volunteers who helped out at our Masters gala over the weekend. The event was a great success and that can only happen with the help of club members. This did go unnoticed by those who…
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The N&D Teams event takes place at the Sunderland Aquatic Centre on Sunday 1st March 2020. We have entered a number of teams this year and our swimmers will swim for either Billingham Red Team or Billingham White Team. Information…
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Live Results Please see the below final programme for the Billingham Masters meet. Also please note the session time changes. Session 1 – Warm up will be at 9.00am with a 10.00am start. Expected finish time is 11.30am Session 2…
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Good luck to Jude Blackmore & Leone Young who will be travelling across the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland on Thursday 20 February to compete in the McCullagh International Meet in Bangor; under the guidance of Head Coach Guy Fawkes….
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Entry sheet has been been released for McCullagh Meet in Bangor, Northern Ireland.

All our entries for the Middlesbrough AA Gala have been accepted. Please note the below changes to the published conditions: All events will run with 6 lanes instead of 8. The skins events at the end of session 1 &…
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FINA interpretation in relation to backstroke ledges is now available below

Joint Press Statement – Sunderland City Council & Everyone Active ~ Swim England North East DATES FOR AQUATIC CENTRE REMEDIAL WORK CONFIRMED Planned work on Sunderland Aquatic Centre to allow significant renewal works to be carried out to the roof…
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Good luck to all our swimmers attending the level 1, Burns Meet this weekend in Sheffield. Live results will be available on the Burns Meet website linked here

Thank you to all our swimmers, coaches, volunteers and officials who helped to make our New Year meet a great success. We are thrilled to hear about so many PB’s and N&D times that the swimmers achieved. Well done to…
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Entries for the Burns Meet have been accepted and can be viewed below. The event takes place in Sheffield over the weekend 25/26 January.

Congratulations to Caitlin Johns who won the 2019 Christmas Hamper! Huge thanks to all who took part and organised.

Well done to all our swimmers who took part in the Club Championships on the 23rd November and the 7th December. It was a fabulous event with some tremendous swimming. Luke Gaughan broke 3 club records in the 11/12 age…
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