The 2022 AGM will be held via Zoom on Thursday 15 December at 7.00pm.  All the documentation relating to the 2022 AGM can be found in the AGM Documentation tab under the ‘About’ menu on the county website or here.

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Jeanne Barker at the age of 99.

Jeanne was introduced to competitive swimming when she met her late husband Ray. In 1947 when they found out the only swimming pool in Cambridge would not accept female swimmers Jeanne, alongside her husband Ray set up a female only session at the Granta Swimming Club and would hold sessions in the River Cam. Several years later Jeanne qualified as a coach.

Jeanne took a pivotal role in campaigning for Parkside Pool to be built which then became the home of City of Cambridge Swimming Club where Jeanne was a volunteer coach and later became the Chair of Cambs County which she did for a number of years.

Jeanne won the BBC East Sport Unsung Hero in 2012 and you can see that interview below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/20511292 [1]

City of Cambridge SC established the Jeanne Barker July Open in honour of Jeanne in 2015 where Catherine Pearson, Chair remembers Jeanne attending.

‘Jeanne was in her early 90’s when she opened the first Jeanne Barker meet. She was greeted with great enthusiasm by both swimmers and coaches, Jeanne took the time to meet young swimmers and gave them all huge encouragement to enjoy the event and really enjoyed her time back at the pool watching the racing and engaging with the youngsters. She was a formidable character with a cheeky side to her.’

Our thoughts are with Jeanne’s family and friends. A true legend in the swimming world who will be missed by many.

Jeanne’s family have said that if anyone wishes to attend funeral everyone is very welcome. For details, please contact Catherine Pearson, City of Cambridge Swimming Club Chair for details.

Links:

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[1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/20511292

County Aquatics Organisation – lets plan our future together

As many of you may know already, our Chairperson Paula is stepping down from her role leading our county organisation and we want to take the opportunity to bring everyone together to meet and discuss the best way to organise ourselves for the future .  Let’s build a leading county organisation that serves the needs of all its clubs, sharing best practice and giving all our athletes the chance to achieve their best.  We know everyone is busy so let’s also try to build an organisation where we avoid placing huge workloads on any individuals or clubs by sharing duties.

Cambridge Dive Team have kindly offered to host a meeting in Cambridge where everyone from all disciplines can come together bringing their ideas.  It would be great to see a representative from as many clubs as possible.  The meeting will be held between 6pm and 8pm on Tuesday 7 June 2022 at Hobbs Pavillion, near Parkside Pools.  CDT have also kindly offered to provide food and drinks.  The event poster can be found here.

The results can be found on the home page on the right hand side results link or by clicking here.

The programme for this event will be available online only and can be found here.  The Schedule of Events has now been updated to include start times.  Both these documents can be found under the Swimming Competitions tab.  PLEASE NOTE! The start time for Sunday 24 April has been pushed back by 1 hour (warm-up 9.30am / session start 10.30am) due to the previous session the day before finishing just after 9pm.

Dear Officials

23 & 24 April at Manor Leisure, Whittlesey

We need your help once again to assist with the smooth running of the County Development Meet.  If you are available we would love to have you poolside.  Click here to sign up.  Training opportunities available too.

Thank you

Please find attached the documentation relating to the County Development Meet 2022 that is being hosted at Manor Pool, Whittlesey on 23 & 24 April 2022.

Fine Designs are once again offering swimmers the opportunity to buy customised clothing to commemorate the County Championships.  Head over to their website or scan the QR code on the poster.

For all the information on this year’s County Championships please go to the Swimming Competitions page. This page will be regularly updated.