Founded 1869 Chief Exec David Sparkes | Chairman Maurice Watkins | |
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Location SportPark, Loughborough University, Loughborough Coach Bill Furniss (swimming)
Steve Foley (diving)
Biz Price (synchronised swimming)
Christian Lordache (Men's water polo)
Konstantinos Vamvakaris (Women's water polo) Replaced Amateur Swimming Federation of Great Britain (ASFGB) | ||
British Swimming is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain. British Swimming is a federation of the national governing bodies of England (Amateur Swimming Association), Scotland (Scottish Amateur Swimming Association), and Wales (Welsh Amateur Swimming Association). These three are collectively known as the Home Country National Governing Bodies.
Contents
- Championships
- Swimming
- Water polo
- Masters swimming
- Open water swimming
- Diving
- Synchronised swimming
- Sponsorship
- References
For international swimming purposes, competitive swimming in Northern Ireland falls under the Irish swimming federation, Swim Ireland, and as such British Swimming represents Great Britain, rather than the United Kingdom. For the Olympic Games, Northern Irish swimmers may opt to compete for British Swimming.
British Swimming is a member of FINA, LEN, the British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association, and has responsibility for elite performance, doping control and international relationships and events for the sports within the Great Britain. The Home Country National Governing Bodies are affiliated to British Swimming and are responsible for all other management of the sports in their respective countries from the learn to swim programmes up to performance development.
Championships
British Swimming organises championships every year in each of the sporting disciplines.
Swimming
The British Swimming Championships (50 m) are usually held in March or April each year, and usually act as selection trials for upcoming international level competitions due to be held in the following summer season.
The British Swimming Short Course Championships were usually held in August or September each year, though the event has not been held since 2004
Water polo
Domestic water polo competition in the UK is centred on the National Water Polo League (NWPL) and National Women's Water Polo League (NWWPL), which operate through the autumn and winter. The British Championships organised by British Swimming are held in the Spring. Winners of the championships in recent years are listed below.
Masters swimming
The masters swimming committee of British Swimming organises an annual championships, usually in June, for senior (18–24 yrs) and masters (25 yrs+). The championships are held in a long course (50 m) pool.
Open water swimming
Alongside the Open Water Grand Prix series, British Swimming also arranges national championship events over 5 km and 10 km.
Diving
The British Diving Championships are held annually in the winter. Sometimes the annual championships are held in the December of the preceding calendar year.
Synchronised swimming
The British Synchronised Swimming Championships are usually held in November or December each year.
Sponsorship
In 2009 British Swimming announced a £15 million, 6 year sponsorship deal with British Gas. It also announced sponsorship with Kellogg's and Speedo in 2009.