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Ready for Bill and Chris’s excellent adventure

The next era of British Swimming starts in earnest this week as Bill Furniss takes up his post as head coach on Tuesday with Chris Spice joining him as National Performance Director a week later. The duo, appointed in the … Continue reading

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ITCs Feel the Pinch

With a funding cut of £3.7m over the next Olympic cycle it was always the case that British Swimming would need to find economies in its operation, inevitably leading to costs being cut in parts of the high performance programme. … Continue reading

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Swimmers are Pointless

British swimmers past and present featured on the BBC quiz show “Pointless” last week when one of the rounds asked contestants to recognise them from their pictures. 100 people had previously been asked the same question and the aim of … Continue reading

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British Swimming Faces up to Pivotal Week

The coming week could prove to be one of the most important in the recent history of British Swimming, with two key announcements to be made. Both could have profound impacts on how the sport travels the two years to … Continue reading

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Australian Twitter Ban sets Precedent for Britain

Swimming Australia moved last week to ban the use of social media, notably Facebook and Twitter, by its swimmers during major meets, in a move motivated by its review into a under par performance at the London Games. The findings of … Continue reading

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