City of Sheffield Swim Squad
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COSSS is the competitive outlet of the Sheffield City Council Swim Training Scheme
For a full copy of the Swim Training Scheme handbook (2010), 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 Jane Faulkner at j.faulkner@btinternet.com. 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.
Yorkshire Age Group Championships Weekend 2 Report
The second weekend of the Yorkshire Age Groups was held at John Charles Pool in Leeds and Megan Hudson and Jenny Knowles led the way for COSSS as they became Yorkshire Champions in the 200m Breaststroke and 400m I.M.
Premier Meet Draft Program now Available
The read only draft program plus accepted and rejected entries by club are now available. Please advise Jane Faulkner of any changes by March 12th at the latest via email on j.faulkner@btinternet.com or via phone on 01142 500598 / 07775556702
Club Shop Now Available Online!
Its now possible to order online from time to time. Closing date for the first orders is March 8th for an April 12th delivery.
Junior Development to 'Swim the Channel' for Charity!
Junior Development Squad will swim 21 Miles in memory of Keith Downing and to raise money for charity.
Yorkshire Age Group Championships Weekend 1 Report
The first weekend of the Yorkshire Age Groups was held at Ponds Forge and COSSS picked up a large number of medals.
Aynsley Medals in Bordeaux
Senior Elite Swimmer Aynsley Heseltine comes away from the French Grand Prix with two silver and a bronze medal.
Yorkshire Senior/Junior Championships
A busy weekend of swimming with lots of PBs and a number of National Qualifying Times.
Senior Elite and Age Group National Squads competed at this British Championships preparation meet.
One of our Masters swimmers, and a talented photographer, Simon Wright, has an exhibition of his photographs in Luton during February.
Age Group National and JO1 competed in the annual Januaru Open Meet in Harrogate.
Many of our swimmers competed and achieved PBs and medals.
Calendar of Events for 2010 is now available.
Information for the March 26th - 28th Premier Open Meet is now available. Closing date for entries is February 21st 2010.
There are some important changes to the access allowed into the Pool facilities for early morning training. Click the link for more details.
Rebecca Turner and Ellie Faulkner competed for Great Britain in the European Short Course Championships with Rebecca coming home with a Senior Yorkshire Record and an English Relay Record.
Some excellent swims delivered a long list of National Qualifying times plus a welcome return to form after injury for James Kirton.
Beverley was the venue for this meet on December 6th for our JO2 swimmers.
Senior Elite swimmer Ellie Faulkner has collected two more awards for her outstanding performances in 2009.
Results are now available in web and pdf formats.
COSSS won the Top Club Award and together with 22 gold medals there were lots of Yorkshire Qualifying Times.
A successful weekend in the North East saw the swimmers return with a numbers of medals.
Senior Elite and Age Group Nationals squads had a successful meet with many medals and national qualifying times despite being in hard training.
After more than a year recovering from major shoulder surgery James Crisp sets a new 400Fc World Record at the DSE Short Course Championships.
Ellie Faulkner is being tipped by Sport England and SportsAid to make their mark at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Click the link to read more!
Rebecca Turner and Ellie Faulkner have been selected to swim for the Senior GB team in the European Short Course Championships in Istanbul in December. Well done to both girls!
A big contingent of swimmers ttravelled to Hull on October 4th for the Kingston Upon Hull Short Course meet.
A big contingent of swimmers travelled to Hull on October 4th for the Kingston Upon Hull Short Course meet.
Congratulations to Ellie Faulkner for her selection to the GB team to swim the FINA 10K Marathon next week. Ellie has also received the OCS Young Sports Person of the Year 2009 for the North East!
COSSS Head Coach Russ Barber has won the BSCTA Youth Coach of the Year Award. Congratulations from everyone at the club.
A small group of swimmers travelled to Mansfield to compete in the Whiting Trophy.