Annual Report and Accounts 2010 “I wish to take the opportunity to salute and thank all our dedicated staff and volunteers who serve our sport so well. The British family is in good spirits and ready for a once-in-a-lifetime performance over the next two years.”

Contents Chairman’s Report

03 Chairman’s Report It is with great pleasure that I present my second World Championships in Rome demonstrated the Alistair Gray report as Chairman of . 2009 potential for growth. Together we will build a new Chairman 04 Chief Executive’s Report has been one of the most successful years in our platform for the development of our respective history. I hope you find this report interesting and organisations. We are especially grateful for the 05 Excellence that it adequately reflects our success, in and out of enthusiastic way in which British Gas staff have > Swimming the water. embraced the sport at all levels, and the support > Profile: Keri-Anne Payne Following on from agreement of our strategic they have given us in our efforts to change and > Disability Swimming priorities the Board spent most of 2009 working improve performance. Our other partners and > with the Executive to develop our future plans. We sponsors, especially Speedo and Kelloggs, have > Profile: Jazmine Stansbury also reviewed our own performance as a Board also responded to our challenge to be the world’s > Synchronised Swimming both individually and collectively. This has been a leading swimming nation. > Water Polo most useful process and I am pleased to report that I wish to take the opportunity to salute and > Profile: Scott Carpenter your Board and the Executive of British Swimming thank all our dedicated staff and volunteers who are working well, and are focused on achieving our serve our sport so well. The British Swimming 18 European Junior Championships, Helsinki ambitious goals for 2012 and beyond. family is in good spirits and ready for a once-in- 22 International Influence The World Championships in Rome a-lifetime performance over the next two years. demonstrated the progress we have made since 2009 has seen British Swimming build on its strong 23 Corporate those dark days in 10 years ago with our foundations and make real progress in many areas. best ever performance at a World Championships I look forward, with my colleagues on the Board, to 24 30th European Championships, Budapest - seven medals and many records broken at British, delivering an excellent performance through to and 28 British Gas Intensive Training Centres European and world level. The IPC European beyond 2012. Swimming Championships also proved to be a Swimming across Britain was saddened in the 31 UK Sport Athlete Insight Survey most successful event for our Paralympic swimmers. summer of 2010 to hear of the death of Alan Clockwise from below: These performances, as well as those at other Clarkson. It is appropriate to pay tribute to Alan for Olivia Allison and Jenna 32 IPC World Swimming Championships, Eindhoven events, give us hope for the future, without his great contribution to our sport, and to his family Randall, James Goddard, 38 Financial Statements guaranteeing success. We were especially pleased for their support. He was much loved by many, Chloe Wilcox, Peter with the progress made by our synchronised at home and abroad. A best-ever performance in Waterfield > British Swimming Limited Abridged Consolidated Accounts swimmers and our water polo squads, especially 2012 will be the best testament possible to the On the cover: David Carry > High Performance Swimming Limited Abridged Accounts given the limited resources available to them. efforts he has made on our behalf over many years. 42 Thank you Their performances have enabled us to allocate It was so appropriate that he was presented with additional resources between now and the 2012 British Swimming’s first-ever Fellowship in 2008. . 2009 was also special as it marked the first year in partnership with British Gas. We could not have hoped for a greater impact in terms of improved athletic and business performance. Initiatives like ‘Duel in the Pool’ and the exciting presence of our ‘Hut’ (for family, supporters and partners) at the

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“We are now well into the final “The first of the British Gas countdown to London’s Olympic Games of Great Britain v Germany Swim 2012; indeed we are already planning well Meet was held in in beyond 2012 in terms of both performance February with follow-up meets events and international strategy, all this scheduled for 2011 and 2012.” at perhaps the most turbulent economic period we have ever experienced.”

Chief Executive’s Report Excellence David Sparkes As I reflect on another great year for British for the ultimate challenge in London. Our job is to Swimming presentations on British Swimming’s the integration of World Class Chief Executive Swimming, I must also contemplate the challenges shelter our athletes from the economic storm and Camp and competition programme Strategic Plan, philosophy and objectives. programmes preparation events with the ahead. We are now well into the final countdown allow them to focus on the job they have to do. At the major event of the summer, A series of coach sessions on a range of BURNS meet in January and the BUCS to London’s Olympic Games of 2012; indeed we are With this in mind, the Board and professional Britain’s swimmers, powered by British topics included basic open water tactics, Championships in February. In addition, already planning well beyond 2012 in terms of both staff have developed a number of key objectives: Gas, had a tally of two gold, three silver the role of the coach in open water and the first of the British Gas Great Britain performance events and international strategy, all > Building the brand of swimming and two bronze medals in Rome’s world sports science initiatives. v Germany Swim Meet was held in this at perhaps the most turbulent economic period > Developing sustainable finance streams championship pool. Senior athletes took part in a day of Swansea in February with follow-up meets we have ever experienced. > Building a world class innovative workforce Gold went to in the media training, with poolside and studio scheduled for 2011 and 2012. Our athletes will soon be on their way to > Developing partnerships working to a world 100m and Liam Tancock in interviews and immediate feedback from The open water Midmar Mile race to take on the best in the Commonwealth. The class level the 50m backstroke; silver to Jo Jackson a professional television crew, whilst the held at the breathtaking Midmar dam conditions will be challenging, our friends from We have agreed work streams around all these in the 400m and 800m freestyle, and development group practised open water in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, once around the world will not make life easy for us and objectives and, with your help, we will develop Fran Halsall in the 100m free; bronze to skills and drills in the pool. again played host to an impressive British they will try to show how they have progressed. these strategic programmes and have a magnificent Rebecca Adlington in the 400m freestyle, January saw 27 World Class contingent of athletes for the 2010 But I know our athletes will all rise to the occasion. springboard for the future for our sport after what and the 4x200m freestyle relay of Jo Development athletes participate in a event. All these competitions were aimed I believe our performance teams are now amongst we believe will be the greatest Games ever in the Jackson, Jaz Carlin, Caitlin McClatchey development camp in the Barcelona at providing quality preparation swim the best in the world if not the very history of British Swimming. and Rebecca Adlington. Britain’s other suburb of Sabadell, Spain. Originally meets for our World Class swimmers in best and they will have prepared In conclusion, I wish to thank all our staff, world championship swimming medal, planned as a training maintenance and the lead up to the British Gas Swimming our athletes in the very best volunteers and partners for the unbelievable gold, was won by Keri-Anne Payne in the evaluation opportunity, the camp also Championships (50m) in March. way possible. We wish contribution they have made in the last 12 10k open water. developed into one where athletes The British Gas Swimming them all well. months and I invite them to join with The 2009 season presented were challenged to think about topics Championships (50m) acted as the trials For next year, we face me, in the next year, to do even World Class Podium and Development relevant to particular workouts such as for the pool European Senior and Junior more training, more more and, as with our athletes, athletes with several opportunities to stroke efficiency, speed maintenance Championships and also the first selection competitions as we continue an unwavering and deep compete at international level: the World and personal technique. This camp also point for the British open water teams

build our athletes up commitment to our sport. provided for the exchange of ideas in 2010. Open water swimmers Cup series, European Short Course and « the British Gas Duel in the Pool meet held between coaching staff and sports qualifying from these in . These meets saw some scientists on a variety of themes. excellent performances resulting in a January and February also number of European, Commonwealth and brought the introduction of British records. several new initiatives aimed The annual open water development at providing quality racing workshop held in December at the opportunities for World International pool in Swansea, featured a Class swimmers. range of activities for different groups, and These included was attended by over 60 athletes, parents and coaches. Athletes were selected from

Roberto Pavoni pool rankings in the 800m and 1500m events and, with their parents, they had a variety of informative lectures including

04 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 05 Excellence Excellence “The ITCs have seen a steady growth in athletes with 62 currently training across the network, of which 84 per cent are on the World Class Pathway and 86 per cent have gained GBR selection.”

Ieuan Lloyd

Liam Tancock

« championships went on to compete in the that is targeted at World Class Podium the programme support and benefits of the next generation of swimmers and Sports Science Sports Medicine measuring power, position and LEN Cup in Eilat, Israel in May for selection athletes who are not training at an ITC available to athletes to help achieve and coaches coming through our pathway (SSSM) reaction, Swimtrack software providing to represent Great Britain in the World or Podium/Development Club, provides sustain this success. to ensure that we have a vibrant system Following a number of staff movements, quantitative analysis of starts and Championships, European Championships a package of individualised support The Podium and Development capable of producing podium swimmers the SSSM programme now has a full turns and an integrated athlete data and European Junior Championships. to enhance the athlete’s daily training programmes have been renamed ‘Swimming for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio and complement of SSSM practitioners management system (Starfish). 2010 sees the last of the open water environment. Additional investment from To Podium Success’ and ‘Development: beyond. operating across the network and stand-alone world championships in UK Sport has provided for the appointment London, Rio and Beyond’ respectively. There To this end, the first meeting of recruited via the institutes or directly Coach Development Canada, and the last opportunity to of a Performance Lifestyle Adviser to are currently 36 athletes on the Podium the British Swimming/Home Nations by British Swimming. A service delivery The fourth Development Coach Clinic contest a world class field before the establish an academic and lifestyle support Programme with the next review scheduled development pathway think-tank model has been published illustrating was held in January with the conference Olympic qualification event at the 2011 service to our World Class athletes. in October following the Commonwealth convened on May 18. The purpose of the the tiered level of support available to spotlight on the contribution from the World Championships in Shanghai. Feedback received via our six monthly ITC Games.The April review of World Class think-tank is to examine the strengths World Class athletes located in the ITCs, Sport Science staff to the national team evaluation process clearly demonstrates the Development athletes saw the overall number and weaknesses of our current swimming Podium & Development Clubs & individual programme, covering topics such as Daily Training Environment need and impact of performance lifestyle in the squad remaining the same (48), of pathway, and to develop proactive club programmes, as well as setting athlete profiling, swimsuit research, race Within the Daily Training Environment, our support in a high performance environment. which 55 per cent of athletes re-qualified. strategies and KPIs, with clear roles out the service provision at camps and plans, and neural aspects of training main focus has been to strengthen and In our aim to support world class athletes With so much focus and effort being and responsibilities for the World Class competitions. and the importance of brain function implement consistent systems and structures wishing to combine academic and sporting placed on performances at the home Programme and Home Nations that are With winning margins narrowing, it to athlete response. Coaches were also across our British Gas Intensive Training excellence, a concept of ‘swimmer friendly Olympic Games, it is important not to lose integrated and seamless but at the same is imperative that we continually assess, updated on the growth in open water Centre network. The ITCs have seen a universities’ is being progressed with the sight of the development needs time allow for the unique differences of monitor and are innovative in our swimming and Britain’s steady growth in athletes with 62 currently aim of identifying interested universities to each home country. approach. The latest strategies in taking training across the network, of which 84 per commit to an agreed set of principles that SSSM project the world’s leading

cent are on the World Class Pathway and 86 support excellence in sport and academic initiatives include a position. « per cent have gained GBR selection. endeavours. (l-r) Hannah Miley, force platform For swimmers training outside the James Goddard, Rebecca starting block and ITCs, Podium and Development clubs and The World Class Pathway Adlington, Liam Tancock wedge for Individual Athlete Support programmes have The World Class Podium and Gemma Spofforth been established. The combination of all and Development three strategies provides a broad approach framework has been to supporting World Class swimmers and re-structured and re- coaches in multiple locations across Great branded with the aim of Britain. placing more emphasis A review of World Class Development on attainment of Clubs was conducted in April, with podium success, three of the existing club programmes and to (Plymouth, and Millfield) re-achieving highlight Development Club status, and two new clubs (Leicester and Manchester) identified. An evaluation in October of performances at the major 2009/10 international benchmark events will form the basis of a review and the identification of Podium Clubs for the period 2010-12. The Individual Athlete Support Scheme

06 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 07 Excellence Excellence “Open water can become violent sometimes. You have 25 girls all coming into the same place as you are and it can get a bit rough.” Profile: Keri-Anne Payne

Open water has brought Keri-Anne Payne Leander and had been doing open than eighth. I didn’t think I was going to rewards that most athletes can only dream water for about a year,’ says the world get a medal. In Rome I probably put a lot of – an Olympic silver medal and a world champion. ‘Sean [Kelly, their coach] said to of pressure on myself to try and perform championship gold. me: “Why don’t you give it a go and see but we got the result we wanted.’ She produced an almost perfect pair of how you get on?” It went from there and Despite Sean Kelly’s insistence that results in the two premier events of world then it was the Olympics.’ does no special work for open swimming. In the space of 13 months, While open water has dramatically water, the ITC is fast building a reputation she won the silver medal in the inaugural raised Keri-Anne’s profile as a swimmer, that links it to the longest swimming Olympic 10km race in , then went the individual medleys can take their share event in the Olympic programme. As one better in the equivalent event at the of credit for keeping the former 800m well as Patten and Payne, the group 2009 world championships in Rome. freestyler in the sport in the first place. now also includes two other open water The open water medals do mean a lot They were also the events that got her internationals – Katy Whitfield, who was to me but I really would like to succeed in into the pool events in Beijing (where she Keri-Anne’s 10k team-mate in Rome, and pool swimming as much as I can. Probably came 15th and 16th) and Rome (13th Charlotte Woolliscroft, who swam the one of the reasons I’m still swimming and 24th). 5k in the same world championships. is that I really enjoy the 200 and 400m ‘I had a really bad couple of years about The Stockport stable also includes IMs. Open water can become violent 2006,’ she says. ‘I wasn’t swimming very Olympic finalist James Goddard, world sometimes. You have 25 girls all coming well or going anywhere and I almost fell championship finalist Michael Rock and into the same place as you are and it can out of love with it. If you do this much Commonwealth champion David Carry, get a bit rough. You also have to deal with training, you have to love what you are who has been Keri-Anne’s boyfriend for jellyfish and salt water and in two hours doing. I didn’t have the fight in me that five years. you can get really dehydrated. The course I usually had. Then we changed events ‘It’s been good having Cassie there is always different whereas in the pool and I started to enjoy it again. It was the because if one of us is having a bad day you have your own lane and the water switch from 800m freestyle to IMs that I the other gives a good kick up the butt to temperature is the same.’ really enjoyed.’ push on and do a lot better,’ says Keri- Keri-Anne was recently asked to pass on The addition of open water came Anne. ‘Now there are four of us but we a little of her experience of the rough- later still and, interestingly, the success are all friends and what happens in the and-tumble to some of Britain’s rising it has brought has been done with little pool stays in the pool.’ FAST FACTS open water stars by swimming over them additional or specialist training. ‘We don’t DoB: 9th December 1987 during a training day in Swansea. ‘We train much for the 10k. Ten years of Born : South Africa were trying to simulate what a race would distance training is enough background Height: 1.75m be like as none of them had really been in for 10km,’ she says. Weight: 67kg a situation like that before,’ she says, but The success achieved by Keri-Anne Team/Club: Stockport Metro/ adds with a grin, ‘To be honest they were and Cassie in Beijing came as no great British Gas ITC Stockport Coach: Sean Kelly doing a fairly good job of swimming surprise to those of us who had followed over themselves.’ their progress over the previous two or Major achievement: Keri-Anne’s entry into open water three three years but it does seem to have 2009 world 10k champion; or four years ago owes something to surprised the silver medallist herself. ‘I 10k silver medallist at the 2008 the arrival at the Stockport ITC of Cassie hadn’t expected to swim that well at the Olympic Games Patten, who went on to win the bronze Olympics,’ she says. ‘I went hoping to to her training partner’s silver in Beijing. qualify for the worlds and I would have ‘Cassie had moved up from Plymouth been over the moon with anything better

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“Our disability swimmers Ellie Simmonds “One key element of the new strategy completed a successful for diving was to increase the difficulty 2009 and the team have an and improve the quality of technique. excellent foundation to build Many divers have now shown new dives on for 2010 and beyond.” with a high degree of difficulty.”

Helen and Carol Galashan

« Disability Swimming classification research project and it was S14 swimming events will therefore Diving be the most successful event in British of technique. Many divers have now Diving history. Britain placed third in shown new dives with a high degree of Two major events dominated the 2009 great for the GBR team to have the whole take place in London 2012. As a result This period began the final team tables behind Russia and difficulty (DD). , in particular, has season. In Reykjavik, Iceland, the IPC Paralympic family back together. of this British Disability Swimming have with the recruitment China (Britain’s position counting Olympic prepared two new dives on 10m platform European Championships was the focus established a fast track programme for the of a new national disciplines was an impressive second). The with a high DD. He demonstrated both event with a smaller team attending the World Championships (25m) period 1st March to 31st December 2010. performance director. British team also gained one gold medal at the National Cup for the first time. He inaugural IPC World SC Championships in This was the inaugural World SC Athletes supported for this programme Alexei Evangulov, former (Tom Daley on 10m platform) and six then performed the dives at the World Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Championships and came only five weeks will receive support in relation to home Russian national team after the European Championships. For programme visits, equipment and specific head coach, took on the top eight places. Series in China, March 2010, where he The 2009 European Junior took fourth place. European Championships (50m) GBR, this was the secondary international development opportunities. leadership of the World Class Championships in Budapest The Strategic Plan 2010 also made The British team, powered by British Gas, meet, Europeans being the primary meet. Programmes from April 1 followed, where the national it compulsory for the British team to finished top of the medal table beating IPC set the scene for a challenging year New National Performance Director 2009. team, despite the absence of perform at all Grand Prix events before main rivals Ukraine, Russia and Spain. by scheduling these two meets so close In May 2010 John Atkinson was appointed Three important its top three juniors, won silver the World Cup 2010 China in June. So Great Britain brought home 94 medals - together and at the end of the year. as the new National Performance Director competitions took place shortly and bronze medals and 83 per far in the series, the team gained three 39 gold, 32 silver and 23 bronze equating The toughest ever selection policy was for Disability Swimming. The new NPD after Alexiei’s arrival. Firstly, the cent of the team made the top six places in Rostock, Germany, with to over a quarter of the total medals put in place with the emphasis on gold conducted an initial SWOT analysis of team, powered by British Gas, top eight for their respective an excellent performance from Peter available. Sixty five per cent of the medals medal potential. Despite this, 20 athletes all areas of the World Class Programme won two bronze medals and events. Britain finished fifth Waterfield on the 10m platform. won by Great Britain were gold, 35 of the qualified. The high standards clearly in order to assist him to understand the had five top eight places at the overall in the team medal Peter finished second behind the former 37 athletes won medals (94.6 per cent) encouraged athletes to swim fast at trials. various challenges and issues ahead. A Arena European Championships table. Olympic champion, (China) and 100 per cent of the team made finals. This was a very strong meet for GBR three-year camp and competition plan for in Turin, Italy. Two legs of the In September 2009, and beat reigning Olympic champion, The IPC Swimming calendar has been in light of a smaller team. We finished the whole programme has been drafted. World Series followed - Sheffield and Alexei Evangulov led Australian Matthew Mitcham and the missing a European Championships fifth on the medal table behind Russia, A senior management team has been Mexico - where the team performed the Annual Coaches 2008 World Cup winner from Germany, since 2001 and this was an extremely , USA and Brazil with 46 - 18 established and the first meeting took successfully, gaining the first ever Conference where he Sascha Klein. important event for young British athletes gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze. Two place during a warm weather training gold medal for Britain in the 3m presented his new In March, the team attended the Grand to gain valuable major meet experience athletes withdrew due to injury which camp in Mallorca in May. synchro event (Ben Swain and Nick Strategy for Diving. Prix Moscow competition. All individual in preparation for the London 2012 undoubtedly had an impact on the medal A technical staff planning conference Robinson-Baker). The team also took The plan of preparation divers made the semi-finals and two . A number of nations tally but we have more new faces with is scheduled for October. ‘Focus 2012’ silver and a bronze in Sheffield. for the major events synchro pairs made the top four. Prior to have since declared their interest to world records and world champion status. will bring together British Swimming’s Alexei organised team selections in 2010 with analysis, the event, a training camp in Ruza, Russia bid for the 2011 and 2013 European A number of big nations did technical team along with EIS and for the 2009 World Championships periodisation and targets had been organised, where the team Championships which will ensure the not compete and as a result the disability administrators for to take place in May. From Coral was established, as well spent 12 very productive training days at permanency within the calendar and championships had less than half the planning sessions focusing Springs the team then moved to Fort as a new calendar and excellent new diving facilities. this will be the first time there will be a number of athlete entries compared in on London. It will aim Lauderdale for the Grand Prix, where selection policy. Two new Two Junior Internationals took place major championship every year leading with the European Championships. to include a tour of the they performed very well, gaining one national competitions during the year. In Aachen, Germany, the into a Paralympic Games. Regional Our disability swimmers Olympic/Paralympic gold and three silver medals and five have also been added to pre-meet for the European Juniors, six championships provide an opportunity for completed a successful 2009 site and is seen as a top eight places. the calendar: the national divers achieved a gold or silver and six top nations to develop their new talent and and the team have an excellent key building block In July, two major events took 1m and 5m competition 6 places were achieved. it is essential for the development of the foundation to build on for 2010 in relation to staff place: the 25th University Games in November 2009, and the British Diving undertook some changes sport in the European region. and beyond. buy-in to the plan for in Belgrade and the 13th World National Cup in February 2010. to its technical staff structure in this Athletes with an intellectual disability In November 2009 the IPC made London. Championships in Rome. In Belgrade, Both events were well organised. period. New Chinese coach Xinde Zhang were invited to compete as part of IPC’s the decision to reinstate the twins Helen and Carol Galashan One key element of the new has been recruited for Southampton HPC agreement with Iceland to host the meet. S14 athletes into earned fourth place for Great Britain

the Paralympic strategy was to increase the and Julian Bellan has been appointed as This was used as a final opportunity to in the 10m synchro. The World « difficulty and improve the quality the Junior Development Manager. gain information for the IPC/INAS-FID Programme. Championships in Rome turned out to Tom Daley Sam Hynd

10 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 11 Excellence Excellence “Competing at the world championships was an amazing experience. It was the biggest event I had ever competed at. To have all the best teams there and get to Profile: compete against them and watch Jazmine Stansbury them perform was fantastic.”

Training 40 hours a week would be business used to make the trophies for the perform in front of all of my friends and enough time spent at the pool for most, local club and my mum had really liked the family. There’s no doubt that it’s going to but for British synchronised swimming sport when she saw it on TV so she signed be really special. team member Jazmine Stansbury that’s me up for some lessons.’ ‘After the Olympics I think I’ll stick just the beginning. Growing up, she was inspired by around for the next world championships ‘I practically live at the pool,’ she says. Reading Royals team-mate Katie Hooper. and then maybe look to do something ‘Some days I can have training 7am until ‘She was my idol when I was younger. She else. 1pm and then work as a lifeguard at the was the British champion and the best ‘At the moment, I do a little bit of pool from 2.30 to 10pm, go to bed and swimmer at our club so I used to watch coaching and I really enjoy that. Getting to then get up and do it all over again!’ her a lot and wanted to be like her.’ see the improvements in the girls is really The 21-year-old has been based at the Jaz quickly developed her own talents rewarding so it’s something that I might High Performance Centre in Aldershot and in 2004, at of 15, was look to do once I’ve retired competitively.’ since September 2007 and hasn’t looked selected on to the youth squad back since. for the Comen Cup. ‘It was so exciting to ‘There are definitely a lot of challenges,’ be selected for a national squad.’ she said. ‘But to be there with all the other ‘As a little girl, that was always my aim, girls doing what I love is great. I’ve learnt but I don’t think my parents ever thought so much.’ that it would turn into this.’ In and out of the pool, Jaz is a bubbly Since then Jaz has competed at the character that everyone immediately junior European championships, junior warms to. ‘I think I try to bring a little bit world championships and at last year’s of fun to training. I’m always happy,’ she FINA World Championships in Rome. said. ‘Competing at the world championships Her speed, power and flexibility was an amazing experience. It was the throughout her performances make her a biggest event I had ever competed at. To key asset to the British team but it’s more have all the best teams there and to get FAST FACTS than just the athletic aspect of the sport to compete against them and watch them that she enjoys. perform was fantastic. DoB: 3rd January 1989 ‘I really like the artistic side of the sport ‘I remember at the very end, when Born : Reading Height: 1.60m and it’s always really fun when I get to we had finished our free team routine, Weight: 58kg help out with the creative elements, so I everyone was so happy. We’d been Team/Club: Reading Royals SSC; try to do that whenever I can.’ away from home for about a month, High Performance Centre, Jaz shares a house with fellow team- we’d swum as hard as we could and the Aldershot mates Katie Dawkins and Katie Skelton in coaches were really pleased with our Coach: Biz Price Aldershot. performance. It was just a great feeling.’ Major achievement: ‘We have so much fun together. I love After having a taste of competing on Member of British team at living with them. Katie Skelton and I are such a grand scale, Jaz has her sights 2010 European and 2009 world best friends and we’re inseparable. If firmly set on 2012: championships; soloist at the anyone sees just one of us they always ask ‘That’s my main ambition now, my Junior European championships where the other one is!’ main focus. I know that everyone is Her foray into the world of synchro really excited about competing at a came at the age of 10. ‘My dad’s trophy home Olympics and I can’t wait to get to

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“An added boost was given to the sport in December 2009, when the Board of British Swimming made the decision to continue funding the men’s squad.”

England talent Adam Scholefield development squad

« Synchronised Swimming squad. The duet athletes and national being used for the first time and Water Polo team eventually played for the seventh/ men’s squad. A new strategy to accelerate The British synchronised swimming team, coach were then invited back to Sky Sports showing the event on The women’s squad, under Szilveszter eighth play off position against Serbia, progression was then introduced by powered by British Gas, got their first Moscow to train with them. TV. The GB Junior squad competed Fekete, continued on their programme beating them 14-12. placing athletes in foreign leagues abroad. world team ranking since 1995, finishing The head coach of Spain worked in three finals in front of a sell-out and a new calendar was put in place to Cristian Iordache started a new regime Due to our squad’s excellent results 10th in the free team final at the world with the team and coaches at the crowd and many lessons were learnt take into account the revised funding. of coaching for the men’s team, despite and our programme innovation, UK Sport championships in Rome in July. National Coach and Judge Clinic - from the positives and negatives of Having already finished second in the continued uncertainty about programme doubled our original funding level for the The duet of Jenna Randall and Olivia in September and the 2008 USA competing in your home country to senior women’s competition in Portugal, funding. The event calendar was busy, London quadrennial. Allison was ranked 10th having moved up Olympic team choreographer help prepare the senior squad for our women were reinstated into the senior in preparation for the Europeans. The Both squads, powered by British Gas, 10 places since the worlds in 2007, and developed the GB team the Olympics. world league. They were pooled with team went to Turkey, Poland, Macedonia moved their focus to the European A Jenna Randall finished eighth in the free choreography. There has been Four athletes aged 12-15 were Greece, Germany and Russia over two and Holland and gained some excellent Qualification Tournaments in April 2010. solo final. a changeover of some support selected to the Talent Satellite separate competitions in Greece and then results against strong squads Also, seven male athletes obtained In the team combination final, Britain staff in the EIS but the working Athlete Programme for 2010 and to Germany. The girls put in a creditable ranked above Britain. In places in clubs in Australia to play the got their highest ranking of seventh. relationship continues to grow and receive training opportunities with performance in both competitions September, the 13 competitive season and the women Other competitive highlights include the be successful. the senior team and evaluations from and effectively stepped up the selected athletes continued their training in national camps European Cup where the duet and team The Junior Europeans were held the national coach. level of competitive play against went to Lugano based in Hungary, Italy, and Greece. finished sixth and the combo fifth, the in Gloucester in April with many The profile of the sport continues the top nations, then heading for the European FINA World Trophy where Jenna finished countries participating. The event to rise with the BBC Olympic as strong favourites into the Cup of Nations fifth, the duet seventh and team eighth, was very successful with the use of Dreams’ team following the duet European Cup of Nations, the and came top and the German Open in March 2010 ear piece radios for commentary athletes in their preparation for focus for both senior squads, of their group where Great Britain took two silver medals the world championships which and the junior women’s squad. heading straight and one bronze. will be broadcast in 2010. They did not disappoint there. into the semi finals. The High Performance Centre (HPC) in LA Fitness used the GB team The team dominated their They were up against Aldershot is being used as an example in their PR stunt to promote group stage games, heading into Turkey, and, after a of good practice by UK Sport and our their new gym facilities which the final against the Czech Republic physical encounter, Turkey national performance director (NPD), Biz received national interest and and finishing as champions after a took the victory and eventually Price gave a presentation about the set individual athletes are being 9-7 victory. went on to win the competition. up at the UK Sport World Class Coaching featured in magazines and The British juniors had their U20 The British men then lost to the Conference in November. newspapers. European Championships in Naples Netherlands for third place but got There are three core staff at the HPC: The team are now working after competitions in Hungary the fourth spot into the European A the NPD, the national coach and the high on creating more of a profile and a training camp in Australia. Qualifiers. performance manager along with 12 using social media sites such They came second in their group, An added boost was given to the centralised athletes including three new as Facebook. surviving to face the eventual sport in December 2009, when the athletes, plus five English Institute of tournament winners Russia. The Board of British Swimming made the decision to continue funding the Sport (EIS) staff. The head coach performance was strong but Alex Rutlidge left in January with the NPD Russia came out on top and the now taking on this position and foreign consultants being bought in. In 2009, the top Russian coach plus their Olympic gold- winning duet athletes trained at the HPC with the British Lauren Smith

14 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 15 Excellence Excellence “I was 16 and had only just started playing in the National League. Then suddenly I was playing with all the players I’d watched as a kid.” Profile: Scott Carpenter

With the road to 2012 still on shaky trained and played our home games at the will continue now that more lads are ground, Britain’s Scott Carpenter is 2006 Commonwealth pool in . going abroad to play. We have the players fighting hard for his dream of playing top- The facilities were amazing and it was the to get close to the big teams, as we flight water polo in a home Olympics. same wherever we played.’ did recently with Russia. We just need Scott has water polo in his blood and is And the rivalries between states meant to believe it a little more and have that a chip off the old block in nature as well that there was a much greater emphasis winning mentality.’ as name – his dad George is a former GB on performing well in the pool. Not They are definitely putting the hard player and founder of Sedgefield Water winning was not an option: ‘When you fly work in behind the scenes, with twice Polo Club. ‘My dad started me playing four hours for an away game, you don’t daily training sessions in the pool, which for a local team at Sedgefield when I was want to come away having lost!’ include anything from swimming or eight,’ he said. ‘I’d already been swimming Scott goes on: ‘I picked up lots of technical drills to tactics and ball work. for a while so I got involved straight away.’ technical points from the coaches and In addition there are three or four gym With a great aptitude for the game, guys I trained with. It was interesting to sessions per week, which mainly consist Scott was soon playing on a bigger see another country’s style of play and of weights, but also stretching, core work stage and representing his country. ‘It their perspectives on the sport. The speed and specific things such as rotator cuff was always something I aspired to do. I of the game there is faster and if you’re work due to the amount of stress put on was only about 12 when I played for GB not switched on, especially in defence, their shoulders with all the throwing. juniors, which was a bit intimidating and you get punished. The rest of the 2010 season will see came as a shock.’ ‘I lived with an American player who Scott undergoing surgery on his nose, From there he progressed through the won silver in Beijing, so it was good to throat and sinus to solve a problem with ranks and was selected on to the senior see how he conducted himself, and we his breathing. ‘I can’t train for a while, international squad at the age of 16. ‘It did a lot of specific training together. which is frustrating. But later in the season was surreal. I’d only just started playing To train with and play against Olympians there is the Commonwealth tournament in the National League and then suddenly constantly was a perfect chance to in Goa, which is something short-term I was playing with all the players I’d measure myself against them and get used to focus on, and then as many guys FAST FACTS watched as a kid.’ to playing at that level before 2012.’ as possible will go and play in leagues DoB: 26th June 1988 Scott is now 22 and has just returned With next season’s placement still up abroad, which should help take the team Born : Darlington from his first season abroad, playing for in the air, Scott would love to return to the next level.’ Height: 1.95m Victoria Tigers in Australia, with an even Downunder but with a lot of GB matches He adds: ‘There’s always something I Weight: 91kg Team/Club: Sedgefield/ bigger appetite for the game. that need to be contested, he thinks a want to improve, so knowing that you can Lancaster City ‘The moment that stood out for me was European team may be a better option: go and do something about it at training Coach: George Carpenter, winning the Grand Final at the Sydney ‘I’ve been speaking with some clubs from makes you want to go and get it right. Lee Cooke, Stuart Anderson, Olympic Park. There were over a thousand Italy and Spain, which are great leagues, London 2012 is always in your mind, and Martin Thompson people watching the Grand Final, which and it would make it easier to get home all the lads get on well so there’s a really Major achievement: is more than I’m used to in England. My for GB games. It’s nice to have some good good atmosphere when we’re together. Member of British team that team hadn’t won the league for 18 years opportunities but I still don’t know where was 4th in the LEN European so everyone was so emotional. I’d flown I’m going.’ B Championships of 2009; straight back from a GB camp for the As far as the British team are concerned, member of team that won the finals series and was exhausted from the hopes are high. The team finished fourth Australian Grand final 2010 travel, but that made it all worthwhile.’ in the European Bs last year, their best Scott saw a whole new level of water result ever, and have seen some good polo while half way around the world. ‘We results this season. ‘Hopefully our progress

16 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 17 Helsinki Helsinki

Event: European Junior Championships 2010 Record medal haul for British divers Sophie Smith

British medals Gold (5) Dave Haller, Britain’s head coach “It’s one of the best teams Emma Saunders 50 Backstroke 29.01 help me next time I’m in a meet like this.’ Open Water Swimming Karley Mann 200 Backstroke 2:11.48 So, a tremendous improvement in the Two wins from Sophie Smith topped a in Finland, said: ‘It’s one of the best Tom Allen joined team-mates Jack I’ve been on. The attitude was Rachael Kelly 100 Butterfly 1:00.47 British medal tally from last year’s total of British haul of five gold, seven silver and teams I’ve been on. The attitude was Burnell, Tom Sunter, Eleanor Faulkner, tremendous.” Sophie Smith 200 IM 2:14.48 just five to 15 in 2010, and third place on three bronze medals and put the British tremendous. They supported each Emma Graham and Jess Thielman at other well and the whole unit and Sophie Smith 400 IM 4:44.46 the medal table behind the Ukraine (13: team, powered by British Gas, third in the enjoyed being part of the team.’ the European junior championships in staff management and coaching was Silver (7) G7, S5, 1B) and Germany (14: G7, S3, B4). medals table at the LEN European Junior On the final day, Karley Mann added to Hoorn, Holland. With high waves on outstanding. Those who didn’t win medals Rachael Kelly 200 Butterfly 2:13.43 France actually won the most medals but Swimming Championships in Helsinki. her 200m backstroke title with bronze in the lake caused by the high winds and were all punching above their weight. Girls’ 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay 3:46.60 were fourth in the table (17: G5, S4, B8). The 15 medals equalled Britain’s fourth- the 100m back. In the penultimate race, pouring rain, the only good thing about

No-one was there for the ride. All the (Emma Saunders, Jessica Lloyd, Sophie Smith, the conditions was that the water at 21 best tally in the history of the European Mann lined up alongside Sara Lougher, « swimmers have raised the bar.’ Sara Hamilton) junior championships, a total bettered only Rachael Kelly and Emma Saunders in the degrees was a decent temperature. Sophie Smith’s two individual gold Girls’ 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay 8:10.21 by the 20 in in 2003, 18 in 2008 girls’ 4x100m medley relay and swam to medals came in the 200m and 400m (Emma Saunders, Fiona Donnelly, and 16 in 2007. silver in 4:09.48 behind the German team. individual medley. ‘I’ve loved the whole Rachael Williamson, Sophie Smith) Mann said: ‘This has been the best week experience,’ she said, ‘I’ve swum well and Girls’ 4 x 100 Medley Relay 4:09.48 of my life.’ Lougher added: ‘I’ve raced a (Karley Mann, Sara Lougher, Rachael Kelly, lot and have done well and have really Emma Saunders) enjoyed it.’ Ieuan Lloyd 200 IM 2:02.72 “For the second year Multi-medallist Emma Saunders, who Emma Saunders Boys’ 4 x 100 Freestyle Relay 3:23.37 running the team swam the anchor, said: ‘I’ve raced 13 (James Disney-May, Braxston Timm, times but I hadn’t realised I had. Wow, took the top team Liam Selby, James Young) it’s been amazing - marvellous. Every day championship trophy.” Boys’ 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay 7:26.09 has had its challenges but with all the (Braxston Timm, James Young, Liam Selby, support we’ve had we’ve all come through Ieuan Lloyd) it wiser and better equipped for the next Bronze (3) challenge at this level.’ Gold medallist Sara Lougher 50 32.48 Kelly echoed this statement: ‘It’s been a lot Karley Mann 100 Backstroke 1:02.99 of fun and I’ve learnt a lot which should Tom Allen and Alfie Howes 400 Freestyle 3:56.11 Emma Graham

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day for Rosie Medlock of Southampton, Synchronised Swimming girls, as they took an 8-6 victory and a who took the girls’ B platform title in Britain did not send a team to the 2010 best-ever seventh place finish at this level. her first junior European championship. European junior championships in Helsinki. The British team consisted of: Jade In a close preliminary competition, Rosie Smith, Casey Smith, Emma Little, Sophie edged in front by only three points but she Water Polo: Girls Gilbert, Ella Chadderton, Katie Hesketh, pushed ahead in the final to take the title The British junior women’s team, powered Kathryn Rutledge, Claire Nixon, Tuesday by 15 points. by British Gas, secured seventh place Birmingham, Courtney Dean, Sarah Grace Reid of Edinburgh and Hannah in the LEN European championships in Young, Laura Shears, Kate Thompson. Starling of Leeds teamed up for the girls’ Ukraine. 3m synchronised competition and did very After guaranteeing themselves a top Water Polo: Boys well, taking the bronze medal. Despite eight spot with excellent wins against The British boys played in the qualification their home clubs being so far apart, the Serbia, Ukraine and Germany, the team tournament in Poland and despite victories girls regularly train together at Leeds with faced a very difficult match against the over Belarus (9:6), and Denmark (13:6), Grace making the long journey south at in-form Netherlands, who unfortunately defeats by Georgia (9:10), Slovakia weekends. This is paying off for her, as she outplayed them to win 17-4 and secure a (3:20) and Belarus in the finals (9:11), also took the silver medal in her own B 1m deserved place in the 5th-6th classification meant they did not progress to the event with 325.70 points, capping a fine match. championships proper. “Great Britain came back from the week’s action for the young British team. The British team found themselves European junior championships in fighting for seventh place against France Other British results: in their final match. Four tight quarters, Helsinki with a record medal haul.” Josh Dowd – 6th boys’ B 1 m and 3m Britain’s diving team at with only one goal separating the teams Chris Mears – 9th boys’ A 1m, 13th 3m the European Juniors coming into the last eight minutes, Below: The British junior Jessica Williams – 5th girls’ A 3m, 10th 1m eventually finished in favour of the British women’s water polo team Jack Haslam – 12th boys’ B platform Jack Laugher – 6th boys’ B platform

« Swimming the 5km event, Allen, Sunter medal haul, the star of the show being and Burnell were never out of the top six Jack Laugher from Harrogate District DC. for the entire race. At 4km Allen made a Jack had threatened such performances decisive move into the lead and finished last year but broke his arm in a freak first, 10 seconds ahead of the two Italians accident in the gym just after qualifying, in second and third place to claim gold for which meant he could play no part in GB. Burnell touched fifth with Sunter sixth the European event. This year he was in in a blanket finish. scintillating form and the other divers In the girls’ event the three Brits didn’t stood no chance against him. have the best of starts and were well In his 1m competition he qualified first down the field for the first 3.5km, all and led all the way through until his final around 30th position. With 1500m to go dive and eventually won by 15 points with Emma Graham made a dash for the front 410.25. In his 3m event he also qualified and moved from 30th to second in the first for the final and the strong Ukranian space of 100m and remained until the and Russian divers could do nothing to final 500m. stop him winning by 40 points with a At that point she took the lead and whopping 509.45. was never headed again, taking the gold He then teamed up with his club-mate medal 10 seconds clear of the field with Oliver Dingley for the 3m synchro event, Germany second and Russia third. Jess and where they were unlucky to miss a medal Eleanor also moved through the field to by seven points. finish in seventh and eighth respectively. Oliver did however have medal success Allen, Graham and Burnell finished fifth of his own in the A group. He scored in the team pursuit the next day and for 528.40 in an epic 3m final to take a the second year running the team took bronze medal and in the 1m competition the top team championship trophy. he was in outstanding form and won by 21 points, again over strong eastern “The British girls Diving European competition. This brought The British team, powered by British Gas, Harrogate’s medal tally alone to three took a best-ever came back from the European junior golds and one bronze. seventh place finish championships in Helsinki with a record In the girls’ events, it was a momentous at this level.”

20 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 21 International Influence Corporate “A well-planned approach “The new headquarters for British to promoting candidates for Swimming and the ASA has already representative positions at world achieved a ‘very good’ rating from level paid dividends at the FINA BREEAM, the global environmental Congress in July 2009 with five Rachael Kelly assessment mark, and is confident additional appointments.” it can achieve excellent.”

International Influence Corporate British Swimming members continue FINA Masters Committee - Simon Rothwell World and European events Green agenda maximising natural daylight and Thirdly there are a number of departments to play an important and active role in FINA Coaches Commission - Biz Price Events delivered were: British Swimming is certified for BS8555 to ventilation, screens and doors to minimise that have relatively few areas of weakness furthering British Swimming’s International FINA Diving World Series Director - • FINA Diving World Series 2009 level 3 for an Environmental Management noise levels, a small stream integrated into and pre-dominantly satisfied employees Strategy that aims to: Melanie Beck Ponds Forge, Sheffield, April 2009 System, and is audited annually for the landscaping to provide an ecologically – areas where the management practice 1. Ensure that the interests and policies LEN Bureau - David Sparkes • LEN European Junior Synchronised retention of the standard. valuable habitat and dedicated parking appears to be delivering good results of British Swimming are promoted LEN Technical Swimming Committee - Swimming Championships 2009 The in-house Green Team tries to raise spots for employees joining the car share and these practices should be further throughout the world Craig Hunter Gloucester, April 2009 environmental awareness and reduce scheme. reviewed. 2. Maximise the influence of British LEN Masters Committee - Simon Rothwell the governing body’s carbon footprint. The results of the survey were posted Swimming where key decisions are made (Chairman) • BT 2009 They encourage recycling, conference Employee satisfaction on the intranet and formed part of Andy within swimming/aquatics and sport LEN Open Water Committee - Sam Greetham (Swimming competition and field of calls instead of meetings, switching off The employee survey was conducted Gray’s presentation at the Staff Day in internationally (Secretary) play delivered by British Swimming on equipment at night including VDU’s, and during October 2009, working with an November. 3. Pursue a clear event bidding policy that LEN Synchronised Swimming Committee - behalf of Fastrack events) careful printing of documents. external agency – People Insight. We had As employees only form part of our complements our aspirations to be a major Jenny Gray (Vice Chair) Manchester, May 2009 The new headquarters for British an excellent response rate 75 per cent and people we have also carried out a similar swimming nation and delivers gold medals LEN Medical Committee - Ian Gordon, Swimming and the ASA, SportPark has an initial analysis of the results has now survey with our volunteers. Again working on the world stage David Sparkes (Bureau Liaison Member) • LEN Women’s European Nations Trophy already achieved a ‘very good’ rating taken place. with People Insight. A similar plan in terms LEN Audit Commission – Robert James 2009 from BREEAM, the global environmental The analysis identified that there of analysis will be followed and the results Following on from the successful increase LEN EU Policy Commission - David Sparkes Manchester, July 2009 assessment mark, and is confident it can are three sections of work to address, will be incorporated into the overall People in representatives at European level LEN Panel for Disciplinary Matters & Disputes – achieve ‘excellent’. firstly areas for development that Agenda. in 2008, a well-planned approach to Chris Murray • FINA Water Polo Referees School Unique green elements in its design are organisation wide, these are: promoting candidates for representative Manchester, July 2009 include ground source heat pumps, Communication, Coaching skills, Carrying Equity and diversity positions at world level paid dividends at British Paralympic Association - Tim Reddish window controls out appraisals, Clarity regarding career British Swimming has continued to the FINA Congress in July 2009 with five (Chairman) • 1st LEN Swimming Officials Seminar development and training. develop its commitment to equality and additional appointments. IPC Technical Swimming Committee - Manchester, September 2009 Secondly, some departments will diversity. We have completed Equality Bob Outram require support to tackle a range of Impact Assessments, trained staff and British international delegates and • BT Paralympic World Cup issues which have been identified volunteers and completed our annual representative are now as follows: Katie Brazier has graduated from the UK (Swimming competition and field of as weaknesses. equality audit. We will be working to FINA Disciplinary Committee - David Sparkes Sport International Leadership Programme play delivered by British Swimming on achieve the Advanced Level of the Equality FINA Technical Synchronised Swimming whilst David Sparkes has continued to act behalf of Fastrack events) Standard by 2012. Committee - Jenny Gray as a mentor on the programme. Manchester, May 2010 FINA Technical Open Water Rachel Washington has been selected for Events that were cancelled due to the Committee - the three year Women and Leadership Icelandic volcanic eruption Sam Greetham Development programme which is run • FINA / Li-Ning Diving World Series FINA Technical in conjunction with UK Sport, the British powered by British Gas 2010 Diving Committee Olympics Foundation and CCPR. Ponds Forge, Sheffield, April 2010 Melanie Beck (Pictured left) Fifty-one British officials are on the FINA • FINA Diving Judges School and LEN Officials’ lists. Sheffield, April 2010 Braxston Timm

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Event: 30th European Championships Britain’s best medal tally ever

Monique Gladding and Megan Sylvester

Fran Halsall

British medals (18) excellent six gold, six silver and six bronze Goddard, Chris Walker-Hebborn, Michael “I was hoping that they would not get too excited about where we Gold (6) Swimming Fran Halsall 100m Freestyle 53.58 They came, they saw and they trained – medals. Eighteen medals was five more Rock and a few others who would be racing tough, that they are. But I would much rather be in this than their previous best tally from 2006, probably have added to the tally. The top situation than the reverse.’ Rebecca Adlington 400m Freestyle 4:04.55 and still they conquered. would be within sight of their Gemma Spofforth 100m Backstroke 59.80 A depleted British team, swimming also in Budapest, and put Britain third British medal winners were Fran Halsall Pursley said that had the full team been in the medals table behind France (eight with two gold, two silver and one bronze, PBs, but I didn’t expect them to present, shaved and fully-rested, a medal Elizabeth Simmonds 200m Backstroke 2:07.04 untapered and unshaved and with one- Hannah Miley 400m IM 4:33.09 and-a-half eyes on the commonwealth gold, seven silver, six bronze, 21 total) and and Gemma Spofforth with two gold and get within sight of the podium tally in the mid 20s would have been Russia (seven, four, one, 12). one silver. realistic. ‘If we had made the Europeans GBR 4 x 100m medley relay team 3:59.72 Games in Delhi, managed to win an as often as they did.” (Gemma Spofforth, 1:00.39; , And that was without the likes of James Great Britain head coach Dennis Pursley our top priority, I think it’s realistic to think was delighted. ‘Given the circumstances, we could have come out on top in the 1:07.50; Fran Halsall, 57.46; , 54.37) Silver (6) they [the swimmers] exceeded my medal standings,’ he said. ‘But you have expectations,’ he said. ‘I was hoping that to prioritise and pick your battles. If you Liam Tancock 50m Backstroke 24.70 Elizabeth Simmonds 100m Backstroke 1:00.19 they would be racing tough, that they try to do it every step of the way you end would be within sight of their PBs, but I up falling short when it counts the most.’ Gemma Spofforth 200m Backstroke 2:08.25 Kate Haywood 50m Breaststroke 31.12 didn’t expect them to get within sight of All but three of Britain’s 18 medals came the podium as often as they did. from the women, only Liam Tancock (two) Fran Halsall 100m Butterfly 57.40 ‘Theoretically, if you are not racing and Joe Roebuck bucking that particular GBR 4 x 100m freestyle relay team 3:38.57 fully rested and shaved in that level of trend. Pursley explained: ‘Although there (Amy Smith, 54.48; Fran Halsall, 53.05; competition, it’s unreasonable to expect to are exceptions, the women can typically Jessica Sylvester, 55.36; Jo Jackson, 55.68) get to the podium against swimmers who swim closest to their PBs without fully Bronze (6) are. But we managed to do it on more resting and shaving for the competition. Liam Tancock 100m Backstroke 53.86 occasions than you would normally expect. So you would expect in this situation that Joe Roebuck 200 IM 1:59.46 ‘I don’t want to read too much into it. they will be further on than the men.’ Fran Halsall 50m Freestyle 24.67 They should all be significantly faster in He added: ‘What pleased me the most Ellen Gandy 200m Butterfly 2:07.54 Delhi and if that happens we are looking was the fact that they came in focused, Hannah Miley 200 IM 2:10.89 at a good year. But sometimes things determined and racing tough when they GBR 4 x 200m freestyle relay team 7:55.29 don’t go according to plan. That’s always could have been more lethargic about it (Rebecca Adlington, 2:00.29; Jazmin Carlin, 1:57.85;

Lizzie Simmonds and something to be aware of and we should and using it as an excuse.’ « Hannah Miley, 1:58.90; Jo Jackson, 1:58.25) Gemma Spofforth

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years with a spider themed routine for a score of will be even more motivated to move up the Open Water 90.300 – 8.400 behind Russia in the gold medal rankings at the FINA World Cup next month. Olympic silver medallist David Davies made his spot followed by Spain, Ukraine and Italy. Our technical performances still need to return to open water in the 10k championship. Britain’s synchro girls were ninth two years improve as we close in on 2012 but the free He led for most of the race but found the ago but were pleased to overhaul close rivals programmes have exceeded expectations and final 2km too much and fell back into the France this time. are ahead of the curve.’ pack. However, Daniel Fogg swam well In the team event, the Brits were sixth. Team captain, Lauren Smith added ‘ the and finished in 11th place with 1:54:40.2. Competing in the team event for the first time performances were really pleasing especially as Richard Charlesworth finished in 27th place in since 1995, they had a War of the Worlds we haven’t competed in the team event for so 1:56:33.2 and Davies finished in 1:58.21.4 in theme showcasing their speed and ability with long! The duet beat France which was a first 30th. Germany’s Thomas Lurz took the title in a sequence of complex moves and secured a and something the team are working towards. 1:54:22.5. total score of 87.100 which was almost three We also got good feedback from the judges Team Leader Mark Perry commented: ‘The points ahead of Belarus who finished seventh. and countries such as Italy are worrying about race was a tough one in a quality field and Jenna Randall did not compete in the solo us as we know we can beat them very soon. for us we can take many positives from these due to injury but British Synchro National Russia continued to dominate European results. For Dave to return to action and lead Performance Director Biz Price was delighted synchro with gold in all events followed by for 8km is very positive. Although he hit a with the week’s performances and results Spain and Ukraine. Tom Daley and Max Brick wall, we know where he is now and where he as the athletes continue their preparations needs to be to gain success. The sport is still for 2012. ‘We exceeded our targets despite “This week has seen another relatively new in terms of top level competition the fact we’ve had athletes returning from step up in our performances and and there is still a lot for our athletes to learn injury so the results this week have had even we will be even more motivated but each time we come away having built our more significance as this didn’t inhibit our to move up the rankings at the knowledge a bit further.’ performance,’ she said. ‘This week has seen In the women’s 10k, Cassie Patten was 17th. « Diving and results like this really help.’ in the 3m synchro final. The pair put another step up in our performances and we FINA World Cup next month.” Megan Sylvester and Monique Gladding Sylvester added: ‘We’ve not done a lot together an impressive list to score 398.37 were the stars of the British team, of training this year because of Monique’s despite the fact that they had only trained powered by British Gas, as they won the hip and the fact I’ve grown four inches together for six weeks. ’At our first first female European medal for the British which means we’ve had to start over with international event that is a great result,’ Jenna Randall and team in 52 years, in the 10m Synchro. how I approach the dives. It changes how said Robinson-Baker. ’Chris dived superbly Olivia Allison After the first round they were fifth quickly you spin, when you take off and in and as the younger member of the team but they kept their cool to move up to this event to come through all that for a actually carried me in places as I didn’t third with their second required dive - the medal is great. We had a solid list of dives dive as well as I could. We managed a back dived pike. They were consistent and held it together before saving the best couple of great scores throughout the throughout the rest of the rounds but until last for the medal. rounds and our performance shows the their final dive scored 74.88 to lift them Meanwhile, Grace Reid, 14, impressed potential we have as a team.’ up to the bronze medal spot with 300.66. with fourth in the 3m individual at her first Britain’s other finalists were: Rebecca ‘I’m so happy to get that medal after European Championships. She moved up Gallantree and Alicia Blagg who did what has been a really tough year for both from seventh to fifth in the penultimate excellently to finish fifth in the 3m synchro of us,’ said Gladding. ‘It’s great to turn the round and as she began her reverse 2 1/2 final with 280.08, and Monique Gladding corner and show what we can do when somersaults tucked, she knew she had a in the 10m platform where she finished we’re fit. I had hip surgery this time last chance to move higher up the rankings. seventh with 311.95. year and the recovery from that is a long She finished with 276.20 in fourth. World and European 10m champion Tom process but I feel like I’m well on the way Nick Robinson-Baker (Sheffield) and Daley was forced to withdraw due to a Chris Mears (Southampton) made their tricep injury. The 16-year-old had competed international debut and finished fifth in the 10m synchro prelim with his partner Max Brick and finished fourth with 386.58 but the decision was made to withdraw Monique Gladding him from the final and the competition to and Megan Sylvester prevent any long term damage to his tricep. Synchronised Swimming “I’m so happy to The British Synchronised Swimming Team, get that medal powered by British Gas, continued its impressive rise through the world rankings after what has with fifth place in the duet championships. been a really tough Jenna Randall and Olivia Allison capped year for both of us” Britain’s best result at a European event for 15

26 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 27 ITCs ITCs “Having so many athletes in disparate locations meant that we were watering down the quality of service we were giving them. The reason for setting up training centres is to provide an enhanced daily training environment.” Michael Scott

British Gas he said. ‘But I think the method is right diving’s high performance centres at “Getting the environment right and increasingly around the world we Plymouth, Sheffield, Southampton and does produce athletes. You Intensive Training Centres are seeing nations trying to get their best Leeds have produced quality divers. athletes into these environments.’ ‘Getting the environment right does could look at these centres as When national performance director was to develop a world class training asked them how their decision-making Sparkes also addressed the issue of produce athletes. You could look at these a finishing school, for want of a Michael Scott arrived in October 2007, environment “on shore” [ie in Britain was going, they said it was a very hard swimmers heading for the USA when centres as a finishing school, for want of better description.” Britain had 96 swimmers on its world as opposed to the Offshore Centre in decision – not hard about coming back they leave school. For a few, this has a better description. In the next couple class programme but they were scattered Queensland],’ he said. ‘It takes time to to the UK but about which of the ITCs to brought great success, including a 100m of years we would love to drive up the centres were the way to go for disability around 45 locations. Two-and-a-half build and get a system in place. We have go to because they found them all viable backstroke gold medal for Florida-based quality of the coaching and increasingly swimming. ‘In a strange way I’m not years later there are still more than 90 made significant progress in the first options. That was quite pleasing. Some Gemma Spofforth at the 2009 world we will see more and more athletes sure whether a training centre is the swimmers on the programme but now year-and-a-half. All the coaches are now of them had two or three priorities but all championships in Rome. But others have coming out of these environments.’ right approach for our disability athletes they are located in only 20 places. The employed and all the support staff are in seven swimmers in this group are going to returned early or disappeared without He added that there was now a ‘robust because they have different needs,’ he biggest single reason for this is the place and there is a good complement of base themselves in the UK.’ trace. ‘We would prefer for athletes who monitoring and evaluation process’ in an said. ‘Some of them need lifestyle support opening of British Swimming’s five British athletes at each centre which is continuing Scott added that although the ITCs are due to go to university not to go to attempt to improve the ITCs, the diving and bringing them out of their home Gas Intensive Training Centres (ITCs) at to grow.’ were a ‘key platform’ in the plan to build the USA because, while it does work for centres, synchro’s HPC at Aldershot environment can give them some other Loughborough, Stockport, Bath, Stirling The ITC work received another boost a world class training environment, there some and does produce some quality, and the women’s water polo HPC in challenges. We have an open mind on and Swansea. in April when the seven remaining young was also funding to support ‘podium’ and it doesn’t work for everyone,’ he said. Manchester. this because of the three training ‘Having so many athletes in disparate male swimmers at the Offshore Centre at ‘development’ clubs and athletes in their ‘Anyone who is contemplating it needs to ‘We have the performance centres we have got, but in locations meant that we were watering Queensland’s Southport School returned own training environments. think through carefully whether it is going directors working together on Beijing only Swansea really down the quality of service we were to Britain. The centre officially closed at ‘The key message I would like to put to suit them. I think we can offer a better that.’ delivered, and was that giving them,’ said Scott. ‘The reason for Christmas but the swimmers and coach over is that the ITCs are very important alternative in the UK.’ He was not, however, because we have a great doing these things [setting up training Chris Nesbit were allowed to stay on until but they are not the answer for every convinced that performance coach in Swansea? It centres] is to provide an enhanced daily the British Championships to minimise swimmer,’ he said. ‘They will suit a lot Finishing school for would be fair to say

disruption to their programmes. of swimmers, especially when they that Stirling presents training environment. Swimming is not elite athletes « a centralised sport. Loughborough ‘We have made a very have to make the decision of moving to Indeed, David Sparkes describes the ITCs some challenges is a very good programme but deliberate effort to help university education because four of the as a kind of ‘finishing school’ for elite if you didn’t want to move to them see the UK as ITC programmes are located on university athletes. ‘The athletes come through Loughborough, you didn’t a viable alternative campuses and the fifth – Stockport – has the club structure but the ITC is where have the option of another to the US college a connection with Manchester University. you turn a good athlete into a world training environment.’ system,’ said We have employed a lifestyle adviser to class athlete,’ he says. Scott stressed that the ITC Scott. ‘When I help the athletes balance their training Part of former NPD, Bill network is still very much a was last on the with the academic side and lifestyles.’ Sweetenham’s vision was to set work in progress with each Gold Coast and British Swimming’s chief executive David up a network of ITCs but it fell of the five at a different Sparkes named Olympic double champion to the current NPD Michael Scott stage of its development. Becky Adlington and Olympic finalist to bring this about. ‘Michael said we ‘The whole philosophy Hannah Miley as two examples of should be spending a lot more of the of the ITCs ‘great athletes coming out of money on developing a quality coaching great clubs’ – as opposed to environment,’ said Sparkes. ‘It was intensive training centres. suggested we should try to have four or ‘Clearly we still have to five of these centres.’ support these athletes Sparkes said British Swimming have in these environments,’ been encouraged by the way in which

Jo Jackson Chris Walker-Hebborn

28 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 29 ITCs UK Sport Survey “Post 2013, we will have to see where London might fit into this landscape. London will have a world class diving centre and a world class 50m pool – two pools, in fact.”

« and Manchester lost some ground.’ UK Sport Athlete Insights Following are some of the pertinent results that were gathered from the closed The whole ITC picture will change again questions in the survey across all of the five disciplines. The figures shown are the after 2012, as London will suddenly have Survey 2009 percentage of athletes who either strongly agreed or agreed with the statement. Olympic-standard facilities. ‘Post 2013, In August 2009, UK Sport launched ‘Athlete Insights’, a project aimed at Synchro- we will have to see where London might Disability Water Other monitoring and tracking the experiences Swimming Diving nised fit into this landscape,’ said Sparkes. Swimming Swimming Polo Sports ‘London will have a world class diving and feedback of athletes competing centre and a world class 50m pool – two within the World Class Programme The WC Programme environment. The survey consisted of a provides support pools, in fact. We need to think if that that meets my 84% 96% 82% 100% 67% 75% is perhaps a venue which could deliver number of questions in a similar scale to individual needs an even better ITC. We also have the High Performance those that NGB’s are required to report There is a co- challenge of Edinburgh and Glasgow Centres and to UK Sport via Mission 2012, Athlete, Stirling ITC ordinated approach being redeveloped and there will be world British Gas Intensive System and Climate, in order to gain an to coaching and 73% 82% 70% 100% 79% 66% athlete perspective on the World Class other types of class facilities there. All this depends on Training Centres support funding. We will obviously be revisiting it Programme. after London 2012.’

Athletes were also asked a series of open ended questions and One of the synchronised swimmers also commented on the British Gas sponsorship following are some quotes that were gathered. When asked services and support: of British Swimming about the services and support that they received through the “All the support of the coaching and EIS staff help World class Programme, one swimmer responded: me and work with me to achieve the personal goals “The Management techniques used in our I have set.” programme are something which have not been used in our sport before but something that has One of the divers also felt that having sports science support was made me a far better athlete and person. I feel I beneficial to their performance. When asked if they thought any services that they received through the World Class Programme Manchester HPC am considered as a professional athlete and my were gold standard they responded: Impact for the Partnership to date comments and input is given the consideration I Stockport ITC “Yes, having a strength and conditioning coach • 1200 better engaged through Free Swim believe it deserves.” initiative who works closely with the sport specific coach. • 100,000 customer swims, helping support Loughborough ITC the increase in participation shown in the One disability swimmer commented on the services and support Together they help to find innovative ways to Active People Survey that they received through the World Class Programme as below: work us.’ - 19% swim more frequently and 27% said it was something they rarely did “British Swimming are excellent at providing The Athlete Insights Survey will be delivered annually in the lead • 10,000 children taught to swim through physiotherapy and medical support. I couldn’t Pools4Schools up to London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. rate our physio’s or team doctor enough. First • 1 in 4 swimmers aware of the partnership Swansea ITC/HPC class. Access to sports science analysis is • 19% prompted awareness Bath ITC Aldershot HPC also excellent and chances to have physiology • Brand likeability testing are very accessible and available.” • Sharing marketing expertise • Supports delivery of the British Swimming Supporters’ Club - including activity in Budapest and Eindhoven

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Event: IPC World Swimming Championships Fourth on the medal table with 16 golds

With two-years until the London 2012 Day 1 Jonathan Fox scooped silver and bronze. made to work hard to repeat the feat in personal best in that race and I feel good her world record to 1:38.46 in the Paralympics, Great Britain’s top disability Sunday 15 August Defending champion Roberts dipped Eindhoven, holding off teammate Sean with that and my medal.’ morning heats. swimmers were out to make an impression ten medals (one gold) under his own world record to finish in Fraser by 1.07sec in the backstroke and World record holder Charlotte Henshaw And while American champion Mallory at the IPC World Championships in It only took one day for the British team, 4:48.11 but couldn’t contain Croatia’s China’s Xueming by 0.81sec in the medley. and Paralympic champion Liz Johnson Weggemann stormed through the final Eindhoven. Grabbing six medals – four of powered by British Gas, to reach double Mihovil Spanja who won in 4:47.39 and James Anderson were both tipped to medal in the eagerly to lower the world record again (1:35.51)

them gold – double Paralympic champion after making an early break. Fox touched completed the British team’s opening day anticipated SB6 100m breaststroke final and take gold, Henshaw and Johnson held figures on the medal count with ten « Ellie Simmonds was the star of the show arriving in the first evening session. home in 4:50.39 for his first World haul, scooping bronze in the 100m with Henshaw favourite after lowering off the attention of Australia’s but the competition also saw a number of Double Paralympic champion Ellie Championship medal. butterfly (1:11.07) and S2 50m freestyle emerging talents impress for GB, leading Simmonds shone brightest, knocking Matt Whorwood and Fran Williamson (1:07.34) respectively. to 12 gold medallists. nearly four seconds off her own world both struck silver in the 400m freestyle Britain’s overall medal tally was 52, record to claim the first long course world and S3 50m freestyle respectively. Day 2 “I’m shocked with losing out to only Ukraine (58) and USA title of her career in the S6 400m freestyle. Whorwood sliced more than six seconds Monday 16 August that. The world (57) while the team’s 16 golds placed off his British record to finish in 5:10.09 six medals (no golds), 16 in total The 15-year-old’s time was made more record was always them fourth behind Ukraine (21), USA (20) impressive by the fact she swam much behind Sweden’s Paralympic champion The medal charge continued with a flurry and Russia (19). of the race on her own, turning at the Anders Olsson (5:04.28). It also took of silvers from the British women. the aim for me but And with such widespread success, half-way point with a ten second lead a Paralympic champion to prevent European champion Louise Watkin I didn’t expect to national performance director John before touching home in 5:27.64 ahead Williamson from gold with the Brit claimed her first individual world medal, take that much of Atkinson admitted he found it hard to finishing in 1:04.60 behind Singapore’s Yip finishing second in the SM9 200m of China’s Song Lingling (5:51.43) and GB a chunk off it.” single out anyone for individual praise. teammate Natalie Jones (5:55.94). Pin Xiu (1:03.17). individual medley and only beaten by ‘There have been so many pleasing ‘I am so shocked with that,’ said Meanwhile, Thomas Young took his ten-time Paralympic gold medallist Natalie aspects of the week,’ said Atkinson. ‘We Simmonds. ‘The world record was always world championship debut by the scruff Du Toit. saw 12 swimmers win individual golds the aim for me but I didn’t expect to take of the neck, setting British records to But while Watkin’s time of 2:37.71 which just shows the depth of talent we that much of a chunk off it. I didn’t get a capture bronze in both the S8 100m was a personal best, the 18-year old have in the team. personal best at the British Champs so I backstroke (1:06.85) and SM8 200m insisted she hadn’t reached top gear. ‘I Bronze for Natalie ‘It’s been one of the best teams that I was hoping for it here.’ individual medley (2:32.40). The 19-year- am slightly disappointed with my butterfly have seen or worked with and they have old medalled in both events at last year’s leg because it didn’t go as well as this Jones whilst Ellie There were another two medals in the Simmonds took gold in been great and professional throughout.’ S7 400m freestyle as and European Championships and was morning,’ said Watkin. ‘But I still got a the S6 50m free

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100m backstroke respectively. Having lost individual medley earned her a third gold. backstroke. The Paralympic silver medallist out to Singapore’s Yip Pin Xiu in the 50m Simmonds turned for the breaststroke turned with 1.88sec in hand at 50m freestyle, Williamson turned the tables in leg 3.11sec back in sixth but after before securing victory in 1:11.94. the backstroke, taking victory in 1:05.38 switching on the gas she picked off each ‘World Champion sounds really good with the world record holder 1.64 back. of her rivals to touch home in 3:09.24, to me,’ said Fox. ‘I wanted that world Lewis was pushed closer in her final, knocking 1.82 off her world record. record so much and I just went into the but held off Russia’s Anastasia Diodorova Germany’s Verena Schott took silver race hungry for it. I went into this meet in the last 15m to capture her third (3:10.96) while Great Britain’s Natalie wanting success and I am happy with how consecutive world title in 1:27.30 with Jones collected her third bronze (3:11.12). my racing has gone.’ Diodorova second (1:27.54) and China’s Sascha Kindred also lowered his world Daniel Pepper celebrated his world Lu Dong third (1:29.09). record to lift gold in the SM6 200m championships debut with gold in the Stephanie Millward and Louise Watkin individual medley. The six-time Paralympic SB14 100m breaststroke. The 21-year-old were the final British medallists, winning champion dominated from the gun before held off Australia’s to win silver and bronze in the S9 100m freestyle. finishing in 2:42.18 ahead of China’s Yang in 1:11.08. South Africa’s took gold in Yuanrun (2:47.48) and Ukraine’s Iaroslav Stephanie Millward scooped her fourth 1:02.79 with Millward 1.06sec back and Semenenko (2:53.20). medal in the S9 400m freestyle. Natalie Watkin another 0.2sec back. ‘I wanted that record tonight,’ said Du Toit (4:30.64) was the breakaway Robert Welbourn Kindred, who beat his old mark by just winner but Millward warded off a spirited Day 4 0.01sec. ‘I have been undefeated in the challenge from Australia’s to Wednesday 18 August race since 1999 and I am really happy to capture silver in 4:47.40. nine medals (four golds), have continued my success here.’ James Crisp picked up his first medal of 37 in total (12 golds) Jonathan Fox also ducked under his the competition, setting a British record

A dramatic second-half comeback own world record to capture a first world of 4:21.52 en route to bronze in the S9 « Tanya Huebner to claim silver (1:39.74) a personal best of 1.27.03, he touched second bronze of the Championships from from Ellie Simmonds in the SM6 200m championship gold in the S7 100m 400m freestyle. « and bronze respectively (1:39.88). 0.13sec behind USA’s bronze medallist lane one, touching home in 37.95. ‘It all went by in a bit of a blur,’ said Rudy Garcia-Tolson. Matthew Walker and David Roberts also Henshaw. ‘It was such an amazing race . scooped gold and bronze respectively in and having spoken to people just now it Day 3 the S7 50m freestyle. There wasn’t much sounded like Liz and I were really close. It Tuesday 17 August to choose between the top three but was just a brilliant race and I really enjoyed 12 medals (seven golds), Walker eventually stole victory in 28.26 it but I am really tired now.’ 28 in total (eight golds) with USA’s Lantz Lamback second (28.63) Claire Cashmore followed suit to clinch In her first major international and Roberts third (28.90). silver in the SB8 100m breaststroke. The championship, 19-year old Harriet Lee Thomas Young shaved more than 11 22-year old qualified fastest from the showed no signs of nerves as she swept to seconds off his personal best to capture morning heats but found Paralympic gold in the SB9 100m breaststroke. his first world championship gold in the champion and world record holder Olesya Having qualified fastest, the teenager S8 400m freestyle. Germany’s Christoph Vladykina too hot to handle in the final, burst out of the blocks in the final before Buckard pushed Young close but after touching home 1.04sec behind the finishing in a European record of 1:19.86. turning for the last 50m with 0.58sec to Russian in 1:22.02. Louise Watkin followed Lee home in spare, the British teenager stormed away Cashmore and Watkin were back on a personal best of 1:20.96 with New to win in 4:36.45. the podium again later, teaming up with Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe third. Rhiannon Henry came out on top of a Ellie Simmonds and Stephanie Millward ‘I am just so happy right now,’ said Lee. dramatic S13 100m butterfly final. The 23- to clinch silver in the 34 point 4x100m ‘To come to my first World Championships year old was third at the turn but powered freestyle relay. The quartet dipped under and win a gold is just a dream come true. clear in the second 50m to win in a British the world record with a time of 4:29.49 I felt so good in the race and everything record of 1:06.61 ahead of Canada’s but they were always chasing the USA went exactly to plan.’ Valerie Grand-Maison (1:07.65) and USA’s who won in 4:23.59. After settling for second best in Kelley Becherer (1:09.06). Matthew Walker, , yesterday’s relay, there was no stopping Fran Williamson and Nyree Lewis were David Roberts and Robert Welbourn also Ellie Simmonds returning to the top of the other two British gold medallists, secured a medal in the men’s 34 point the pile in the S6 50m freestyle. The winning the S3 50m backstroke and S6 4x100m freestyle relay, finishing third in Netherlands’ Paralympic champion Mirjam 3:54.79 behind a world record time from De Koning-Peper stalked Simmonds all the “I wanted that record tonight. Australia (3:48.72) and a South American way but the Brit pushed clear in the final I have been undefeated in the record from Brazil (3:53.79). metres to take victory in a British record race since 1999 and I am really Thomas Young came within a whisker 36.03 – 0.16sec ahead of her rival. of collecting his third bronze in two days Natalie Jones had qualified seventh happy to have continued my in the SB7 100m breaststroke but despite fastest for the final but stormed to her success here.” Sascha Kindred

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James Crisp vowed to bounce back Day 6 British medals (52) Friday 20 August after seeing his S9 100m backstroke world ten medals (one gold), record taken from underneath his nose. Gold (16) Australia’s Matthew Cowdrey ducked Name Classification Event 52 in total (16 golds) Eleanor Simmonds (4) S6 50m Free Daniel Pepper admitted he was as under the record by more than a second to win in 1:01.85 with Crisp settling for S6 100m Free surprised as anyone after clinching his S6 400m Free silver in 1:03.52. ‘After the year I have had second gold in the S14 200m freestyle. He SM6 200m IM fought back from fourth at the half-way I‘m happy to come away with the silver,’ Dan Pepper (2) S14 200m Free stage to win in 2:02.18 with teammate said Crisp. ‘I’m always thinking of how to S14 100m Breast Ben Procter joining him on the podium improve my backstroke and I think I can Nyree Lewis S6 100m Back S7 50m Free with bronze (2:03.65). ‘That gold was come back stronger.’ Thomas Young S8 400m Free unexpected,’ said Pepper. ‘I didn’t think Sascha Kindred and Matthew Walker both set European records en route to Harriet Lee SB9 100m Breast that I would win that race but I put my Rhiannon Henry S13 100m Fly 50m butterfly silver medals in the S6 and head down and have come away with it.’ Fran Williamson S3 50m Back 4x100m medley 34pt relay team Stephanie Millward took her medal tally S7 categories. Kindred clocked 32.26 to Sascha Kindred SM6 200m IM of (back, l-r) Harriet Lee, Claire to six with two more silvers. The 28-year- finish behind China’s Xu Qing (31.66) Jonathan Fox S7 100m Back Cashmore, Stephanie Millward old turned with nearly half a second lead while Walker touched home in 32.00, David Roberts S7 100m Free and (front) Ellie Simmonds Louise Watkin S9 50m Free but found Natalie Du Toit too strong in beaten only by China’s Tian Rong (31.47). James Anderson and Rhiannon Henry the final 50m of the S9 100m backstroke, Silver (16) eventually finishing 0.48 behind the South both clinched their third medals. Anderson Stephanie Millward (3) S9 100m Free African in 1:10.31. scored bronze in the S2 100m freestyle in S9 400m Free

2:29.02 while Henry also took bronze in « The Swansea swimmer’s second medal S9 100 Back Meanwhile, Robert Welbourn and James swimmer to win in 1:15.97. came in the 34 point 4x100m freestyle the S13 100m freestyle in 1:01.13. Louise Watkin (2) SB9 100m Breast Anderson secured their second medals of ‘I am on such a high right now,’ said “That gold was quite SM9 200m IM relay where she joined with Harriet Lee, Finally, Natalie Massey rounded off the the week, striking bronze in the S10 400m Simmonds. ‘I haven’t broken that record unexpected. I didn’t think this week, setting a personal best of 2:17.81 Matthew Whorwood S6 400m Free Claire Cashmore and Ellie Simmonds to David Roberts S7 400m Free freestyle and S2 50m backstroke. since 2009 and I feel really good to have to strike bronze in the S14 200m freestyle. morning that I would win that take silver, 0.25sec behind the USA. Fran Williamson S3 50m Free done it here.’ race but I put my head down Claire Cashmore SB8 100m Breast Day 5 De Koning-Peper finished in second Charlotte Henshaw SB6 100m Breast Thursday 19 August (1:18.25) with China’s Song Lingling third. and have come away with it” Rhiannon Henry S13 400m Free five medals (three gold), (1:21.63) and Natalie Jones sixth (1:22.53). Sascha Kindred S6 50m Fly 42 in total (15 golds) David Roberts became the British team’s Matt Walker S7 50m Fly After three silvers and a bronze, Louise 12th individual gold medallist in the S7 James Crisp S9 100m Back Watkin finally got her hands on gold in 100m freestyle. The Welshman suffered Female 4 x 100m 34pt Freestyle Relay Millward, Simmonds, Watkin, Cashmore the S9 50m freestyle, beating Paralympic a slow first 50m, turning in fifth, before Daniel Pepper Female 4 x 100m Medley 34pt Relay champion Natalie Du Toit to the touch sweeping back through the field to take Millward, Lee, Cashmore, Simmonds after the South African had pipped her gold in 1:01.80 ahead of Australia’s twice earlier in the week. Matthew Levy (1:01.89) and USA’s Lantz Bronze medal winners (20) Having already edged out Du Toit in Lamback (1:02.10). Jim Anderson (3) S2 50m Free their heat, Watkin flew out of the blocks ‘I wanted that win and the way my S2 100m Free S2 50m Back in the final, eventually winning in 29.26 week has gone I thought it may not come Natalie Jones (3) S6 50m Free with the South African second (29.65) and off tonight,’ said Roberts. ‘But I just put S6 400m Free Russia’s Irina Grazhdanova third (29.76). my head down and went for it. I am SM6 200m IM Claire Cashmore finished sixth in 30.14. delighted to take home the gold.’ Thomas Young (2) S8 100m Back ‘I am just speechless – this is such an Matthew Walker set a pb of 1:02.68 but SM8 200m IM amazing feeling and I just don’t want it finished just outside the medals in fourth Jonathan Fox S7 400m Free to end,’ said Watkin. ‘I saw Natalie at the while Jonathan Fox came sixth (1:04.81). Stephanie Millward S9 100m Fly Liz Johnson SB6 100m Breast half-way point and wanted to make sure Rhiannon Henry claimed her second David Roberts S7 50m Free I beat her. Everything just went right and I medal of the meet in the S13 400m Louise Watkin S9 100m Free couldn’t be happier right now.’ freestyle, setting a new British record James Crisp S9 400m Free While Watkin was celebrating her first of 4:37.08 to finished second behind Robert Welbourn S10 400m Free world title, Ellie Simmonds romped to her Canada’s Paralympic champion Valerie Rhiannon Henry S13 100m Free fourth with a world record in the S6 100m Grand-Maison (4:31.99). Ben Procter S14 200m Free freestyle. The Netherlands’ Mirjam De The women’s 20 point 4x50m medley Natalie Massey S14 200m Free Female 4 x 50m 20pt Medley Relay Koning-Peper took the race to Simmonds, quartet of Fran Williamson, Nyree Lewis, Williamson, Lewis, Jones, Simmonds turning in first with a 0.3sec lead over Jones and Simmonds won the British Male 4 x 100m 34pt Freestyle Relay the Brit. But a storming second 50m from team’s fifth and final medal of the day, Walker, Edmunds, Roberts, Welbourn Simmonds saw her surge past the Dutch securing bronze in 3:17.98.

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British Swimming Limited Provision of Information auditors are unaware, and the Group’s auditors are aware This report was approved by the to Auditors • that Director has taken all the of that information. board and signed on its behalf. Each of the persons who are steps that ought to have been Abridged Consolidated Accounts taken as a Director in A Gray Directors at the time when this Auditors The following information has been extracted from the full statutory accounts, Directors’ report is approved has order to be aware of any The auditors, haysmacintyre, will Secretary information needed by the be proposed for reappointment in Date: 18 September 2010 which are available on request from the company’s registered office at: confirmed that: • so far as that Director is aware, Company and the Group’s accordance with section 485 of the Pavilion 3, SportPark, 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3QF there is no relevant audit auditors in connection with Companies Act 2006. information of which the preparing their report and to Company and the Group’s establish that the Company and Consolidated Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2010

2010 2009 Directors’ report for the year ended 31 March 2010 £ £ The Directors present their report show and explain the Company’s Championships, Olympic Games current quadrennial cycle from INCOME 13,156,612 12,113,297 and the financial statements for transactions and disclose with and Paralympic Games. 1st April 2009 until 31st March Direct costs (7,831,340) (6,549,051) the year ended 31 March 2010. reasonable accuracy at any time 2013. Funding over the current 5,325,272 5,564,246 the financial position of the Directors quadrennial cycle has been GROSS SURPLUS Administrative expenses (5,329,487) (5,581,328) Statement of Directors’ Company and the Group and The Directors who served during increased by £9,536,143 from Responsibilites enable them to ensure that the the year were: £38,251,196 in 2005-2009 to OPERATING DEFICIT (4,215) (17,082) The Directors are responsible for financial statements comply with £47,787,339 in 2009-2013. This Interest receivable 15,799 76,319 preparing the Directors’ report the Companies Act 2006. They are S Greetham funding will be used to ensure key and the financial statements in also responsible for safeguarding R M K J James performance indicators outlined in SURPLUS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION 11,584 59,237 accordance with applicable law the assets of the Company and S Rothwell British Swimming’s 4 year strategic Tax on surplus on ordinary activities (2,976) (15,971) and regulations. the Group and hence for taking A W Clark plan submitted to UK Sport are reasonable steps for the prevention G S S Davis met. SURPLUS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 8,608 43,266 Company law requires the and detection of fraud and other K Evans Directors to prepare financial irregularities. M Campbell Financial Instruments All amounts are derived from continuing operations. statements for each financial J C Hunter The Group finances its operations There were no recognised gains and losses for 2010 or 2009 other than those included in the income and expenditure account. year. Under that law the Directors Principal Activities M J Power using bank balances plus debtors have elected to prepare the The principal activities of the D Sparkes and creditors. The cash flow is financial statements in accordance parent Company in the period A W Gray regularly monitored. Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2010 with Generally under review were to regulate and W Hatton Accepted Accounting Practice administer the sports of swimming, Risks and Uncertainties 2010 2009 (United Kingdom Accounting diving, synchronised swimming, Results The Group is classed as a £ £ £ £ Standards and applicable law). water polo, disability swimming The surplus for the year, after “medium-sized” group and, as FIXED ASSETS Under company law the Directors and open water swimming at the taxation, amounted to £8,608 such, the Directors strive to apply Tangible fixed assets 45 188 must not approve the financial Great Britain level, and to fund (2009 - £43,266). the principles and procedures of statements unless they are satisfied the programmes of those sports, good corporate governance as CURRENT ASSETS that they give a true and fair principally in the areas of Officials In accordance with the set out in the various codes of Debtors 1,220,750 922,239 view of the state of affairs of the development to international Memorandum and Articles of practice. The senior management Cash at bank and in hand 2,733,073 3,775,511 Company and the Group and of standard and domestic Association, no dividend can be team maintains a risk register the profit or loss of the Group for competition whilst ensuring a solid paid and this is unchanged since which is reviewed by the Audit and 3,953,823 4,697,750 that period. In preparing these platform of best practice corporate incorporation. Probity Committee (sub-committee CREDITORS: financial statements, the Directors governance. of the Board), which reports to the amounts falling due within one year (3,741,338) (4,494,016) are required to: Review of Developments Board of Directors. • select suitable accounting The principal activities of the and Future Prospects NET CURRENT ASSETS 212,485 203,734 policies and then apply them subsidiary Company, High The major financial risks currently The Group has continued to invest TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 212,530 203,922 consistently; Performance Swimming Limited, from its successful commercial facing the Group are considered • make judgments and estimates in the period under review were to programmes to accelerate the to be: CAPITAL AND RESERVES that are reasonable and administer and deliver World Class modernisation of the sport across • A reduction in the willingness Income and expenditure account 212,530 203,922 prudent; Performance Programmes in Great the UK, as well as continuing or ability of public sector grant • prepare the financial statements Britain for the sports of swimming, to make significant monetary making bodies to support the 212,530 203,922 on the going concern basis diving, synchronised swimming, commitments to the nationwide activities of the Group and of unless it is inappropriate to water polo, disability swimming development of swimmers, officials the Home Country associations. presume that the Group will and open water swimming on and administrators. • A reduction in sponsorship The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by continue in business. behalf of British Swimming. In for commercial reasons or non- particular, these responsibilities High Performance Swimming achievement of desired A W Gray R M K J James The Directors are responsible for included the preparation and Limited has secured grant outcomes Director Director keeping adequate accounting selection of Great Britain teams to funding from UK Sport for the Date: 18 September 2010 Date: 18 September 2010 records that are sufficient to compete in European and World

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High Performance Swimming Limited Auditors This report was approved by the The auditors, haysmacintyre, will board and signed on its behalf. be proposed for reappointment in Abridged Accounts A Gray accordance with section 485 of the The following information has been extracted from the full statutory accounts, Companies Act 2006. Secretary Date: 18 September 2010 which are available on request from the company’s registered office at: Pavilion 3, SportPark, 3 Oakwood Drive, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3QF

Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 March 2010

2010 2009 Directors’ report for the year ended 31 March 2010 £ £ The Directors present their annual statements; Directors such, the directors strive to apply INCOME 9,194,465 10,582,455 report and the financial statements • prepare the financial statements The Directors who served during the principles and procedures of Direct costs (4,273,835) (5,528,385) of the Company for the year of the Company on the going the year were: good corporate governance as ended 31 March 2010. concern basis unless it is set out in the various codes of GROSS SURPLUS 4,920,630 5,054,070 Administrative expenses (4,929,667) (5,110,305) inappropriate to presume that S Greetham practice. The senior management Statement of Directors’ the Company will continue in R M K J James team maintains a risk register OPERATING DEFICIT (9,037) (56,235) Responsibilites business. S Rothwell which is reviewed by the Audit and Interest receivable 11,437 71,183 The Directors are responsible for A W Clark Probity Committee (sub-committee preparing the Directors’ report The Directors are responsible for M Campbell of the board), which reports to the SURPLUS ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION 2,400 14,948 and the financial statements of keeping adequate accounting A W Gray board of directors. Tax on surplus on ordinary activities (2,400) (14,948) the Company in accordance with records that are sufficient to SURPLUS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR - - applicable law and regulations. show and explain the Company’s Results The major financial risks currently transactions and disclose with The surplus for the year, after facing the Company are Company law requires the reasonable accuracy at any taxation, amounted to £Nil (2009 considered to be: All amounts relate to continuing operations. Directors to prepare financial time the financial position of - £Nil). • A reduction in the willingness There were no recognised gains and losses for 2010 or 2009 other than those included in the income and expenditure account. statements of the Company for the Company and enable them or ability of public sector grant each financial year. Under that to ensure that the financial The company’s funding is provided making bodies to support the law the Directors have elected to statements of the Company by revenue grants from UK Sport activities of the Company and of Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2010 prepare the financial statements comply with the Companies Act and is matched with expenditure. the Home Country associations. of the Company in accordance 2006. They are also responsible • The non-achievement of key 2010 2009 with United Kingdom Generally for safeguarding the assets of the Future Developments performance indicators agreed £ £ £ £ Accepted Accounting Practice Company and hence for taking Grant funding from UK Sport with UK Sport for the current CURRENT ASSETS (United Kingdom Accounting reasonable steps for the prevention has been secured for the current quadrennial cycle 2009 - 2013. Debtors 288,173 510,852 and detection of fraud and other Standards and applicable law). quadrennial cycle from 1st Cash at bank and in hand 1,141,367 1,328,007 Under company law the Directors irregularities. April 2009 until 31st March Provision of Information must not approve the financial 2013. Funding over the current to Auditors 1,429,540 1,838,859 statements of the Company unless Principal Activities Each of the persons who are quadrennial cycle has been they are satisfied that they give The principal activities of the Directors at the time when this CREDITORS: increased by £9,536,143 from amounts falling due within one year (1,429,540) (1,838,859) a true and fair view of the state Company in the period under £38,251,196 in 2005-2009 to Directors’ report is approved has of affairs of the Company and of review were to administer and £47,787,339 in 2009-2013. This confirmed that: TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES - - the profit or loss of the Company deliver World Class Performance funding will be used to ensure • so far as that Director is aware, for that period. In preparing Programmes in Great Britain the key performance indicators there is no relevant audit CAPITAL AND RESERVES these financial statements of for the sports of swimming, outlined in British Swimming’s 4 information of which the Income and expenditure account - - the Company, the Directors are diving, synchronised swimming, year strategic plan submitted to Company’s auditors are required to: water polo, disability swimming UK Sport are met. unaware, and • select suitable accounting and open water swimming on • that Director has taken all the The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board and were signed on its behalf by policies and then apply them behalf of British Swimming. In Financial Instruments steps that ought to have been consistently; particular these responsibilities The Company finances its taken as a Director in A W Gray R M K J James • make judgments and estimates included the preparation and operations using bank balances order to be aware of any Director Director that are reasonable and selection of Great Britain teams to plus debtors and creditors. information needed by the Date: 18 September 2010 Date: 18 September 2010 prudent; compete in European and World The cash flow is also regularly Company’s auditors in • state whether applicable UK Championships, Olympics and monitored. connection with preparing its Accounting Standards have Paralympics. report and to establish that the been followed, subject to any Risks and Uncertainties Company’s auditors are aware material departures disclosed The Company is classed as a of that information. and explained in the financial “medium-sized” Company and, as

40 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 British Swimming Annual Report and Accounts 2010 41 British Swimming would like to place on Great Britain’s girls in the Synchronised Swimming Technical Thank you record its sincere appreciation to all the Team event at the 2010 European volunteers and professional staff in the Championships in Budapest three constituent countries who contributed to both domestic and international programmes for the good of the sport.

Thank you to all contributors to this report Alistair Gray British Swimming Chairman David Sparkes British Swimming Chief Executive Jane Nickerson Chief Operating Officer Anne Adams-King Director of English Programmes Wendy Lockton World Class Operations Manager Sylvia Armiger Manager Performance Co-ordination and Support Services Katie Brazier Director of Sponsorship Andrew Logan Sports Science Manager Joanna Wray World Class Programmes Manager - Water polo Alexei Evangulov National Performance Director - Diving Sarah Starbuck Technical Officer - British Disability (World Class) Adele Carlsen High Performance Manager - Synchronised Swimming Lucy Rouse Events Manager

For production and editing Peter Hassall Editor Swimming Times magazine SWpix Official photographers to British Swimming GBswimstars Additional photography

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