City of Sheffield Swim Squad
South Yorkshire's Premier Competitive Swimming Club
COSSS is the competitive outlet of the Sheffield City Council Swim Training Scheme
For a full copy of the Swim Training Scheme handbook, please click here
COSSS are Swim 21 Accredited to the Performance Club Gold standard. Click on the image below for more information
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Ponds Forge, the home of COSSS
We are South Yorkshire’s premier competitive swimming club and train at the prestigious Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, which accommodates both 25m and 50m training facilities. Within our squads we have International swimmers, National Age/Youth winners and finalists, and we compete at County, District and National levels, including various open meets through-out the year. We are a British Swimming select club and are regularly ranked in the top 10 clubs in Great Britain. Our aim is to place swimmers on the podium at all domestic and International level meets.
For any training related enquiries please email Head Coach, Russ Barber, or call 0114 223 3454. Any enquiries about COSSS Open Meets should be directed to Joan Wetherington at cosss@hotmail.co.uk. For any general enquiries or correspondence please email our Honorary Secretary Val Ragsdale or for written correspondence , send to:- COSSS Honorary Secretary, 51 Woodburn Drive, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 1YT.
No Training for Junior Development on Sunday May 11th
Junior Development Squad Training is cancelled on Sunday May 11th.
Teaspoon Gala Information and Entry Forms
The information and entry forms for the September 21st 2008 Teaspoon Gala is now available.
Cloe Selman wins award
Cloe Selman, aged 12, has won the Most Promising Newcomer award at the Yorkshire Disability Sports Awards.
COSSS Swimmers Qualify for Beijing Olympics!
James Kirton and James Crisp have both qualified for the Beijing Olympics following fantastic performances at the Olympic Trials.
The results for the March 2008 Premier Meet are now available.
A full list of results for COSSS swimmers is now available together with a picture of the team!
Important news for parents of Swim Training Scheme Member, click the link for more details.
Joan Weatherington has won a National Award to recognise more than 25 years of voluntary work for swimming. Click the link for more details.
Click the above link to download the results of the Dronfield Diddy Challenge Gala in which COSSS gained first place!
Click the above link to download results form the first time trials held on January 9th.
Russ is running a couple of back and fly stroke clinics for Coaches in early February at Ponds Forge. Click the link for more details and application form.
Everyone had a great time, have a look at some of the pictures taken at the Christmas Disco!.
Details of our March 21st to March 23rd Long Course Level 1 Meet are now available for download.
A great weekend over December 15th/16th saw COSSS win Top Club.
James Kirton and Debbie Hall have been selected to swim for Great Britain at the European Short Course Championships in Hungary. Russ Barber has also been selected to attend the championships as part of the GB Coaching Team. Good luck from all at COSSS!
The results from the Snow Frills Gala are now available.