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Ponds Forge Pool

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.

New ItemBritish Gas ASA National Championships Qualifiers

See the full list of COSSS swimmers who have qualified for the British Gas ASA National Age Group, Youth and ASA National Championships. Congratulations to all the swimmers who will compete in the Championships, taking place at Ponds Forge between July 22nd and August 3rd.

Results from NER BAGCAT Championships

Fantastic results from the NER BAGCAT Championships!

Ellie Faulkner Qualifies for European Open Water Champs

Thanks to a tremendous swim in Eilat in Israel Ellie Faulkner has qualified to represent GB at the European Junior Open Water Championships.

Masters Sponsored Swim

A big thanks to all who took part in a sponsored swim that raised more than £1000 to purchase a new wheelchair for disabled swimmer Zoe Cain.

No Frills Report

A great weekend of swimming was crowned by some excellent swimming including two British Age Group Records by Matthew Johnson.

No Frills Meet Results

Click on the link above to see results for the No Frills meet, available as html or PDF.

Sportsaid Gala News and Results

Age Group National squad had a good weekend at the John Charles Pool in Leeds on May 9th.

NER Senior/Youth Results

A trip to Sunderland for the Senior Elite squad over the weekend of May 2nd/3rd.

City of Derby Meet News and Results

J01, J02 and Junior Development squads competed at the City of Derby Meet during the weekend of April 25th and 26th.

City of Leicester Open Meet

Age Group National and JO1 swimmers performed extremely well over the weekend of April 24th to 26th at the City of Leicester Open Meet.

Draft Program for May No Frills Now Available

The read only draft program is now available, together with the rejections list. If you have any alterations or withdrawals then please email Jane Faulkner or call her on 07775556702 or 01142500598 before May 8th.

Lizzie and Amy - Yorkshire Champions

Elizabeth Brook and Amy Treslove celebrate being crowned Yorkshire Champions after three weekends of hard competition.

Ellie Faulkner Selected for GB

After her performances at the British Championships Ellie Faulkner has been selected to represent GB in the LEN Open Water Cup. Congratulations!

Premier Meet Results and News

Complete results now available and news of Top Club, Top Boy and Top Girl awards.

Report from the British Championships

Another highly successful championships for COSSS swimmers.

James and Russ Represent Great Britain

James Kirton is part of the GB squad to train in Cyprus in May and Russ makes the trip as part of the Coaching team. Well done to both!

Final Report from Yorkshire Age Groups

A roundup following the final weekend of competition. An excellent weekend and championships overall. Well done to all the swimmers! Now with additional photographs

Spring Time Trial Results

Results from the Spring Time Trials held on March 10th at Ponds Forge. Full results now published.

Yorkshire Age Groups Gala 2

More medals gained to build on the success of Gala 1.

Yorkshire Age Groups Gala 1

An excellent first weekend of the Yorkshire Age Group Championships for COSSS Swimmers. Well done! Now with additional photographs.

Harrogate Open (Now updated with pictures!)

J01 and Age Group National Squads competed and came home with lots of medals.

Sheffield & District (Now including full results)

Many of our Junior swimmers competed in the Sheffield and District Championships on February 1st. Lots of medals came our way, click on the link to see a full report.

New Images in the Photo Gallery

Pictures from the 2008 trip to Italy and the 2008 Leeds Graded Meet are now available.

Yorkshire Senior/Juniors Report

A fantastic performance by all our swimmers ensured that COSSS retained the Yorkshire Bank Trophy by a big margin.

COSSS Return to Winning Ways in BML

After several years absence COSSS returned to the BML on February 8th at Rossington and scored a resounding victory.

Do you have any photos for the website?

We are in the process of updating the photos page of the website. If you have any photos that you would like to be placed on the website from either galas or training camps please send them by email to Natalie at woody0905@yahoo.co.uk. Please also add the swimmers name, location and year the photo was taken. New Photos added February 3rd 2009!

Report from Leeds B Grade

Sunday January 24th saw the Leeds B Grade meet take place at the John Charles Centre. Some excellent performance and PBs from our swimmers!

Calendar of Events Updated

We now have a completed Calendar of Events page, accessible from the link above or from the Calendar of Events link in the Gala Information section of the left hand navigator.

City of Derby Long Course Open Meet

A report from the above held, on January 10th and 11th at Ponds Forge, is now available.

Dronfield Diddy Challenge

A report from the above held, on January 10th at Eckington, is now available.

2009 Gala Information

Information and entry details are now available for our 2009 Galas.

Sheffield Council Winter Teams

Results now available for the above.

Adwick Santa Splash

Report from the Adwick Santa Splash Meet.

COSSS 2008 Newsletter

Click on the above link to download the 2008 Newsletter in PDF format.

Braxton Wins Adrian Moorhouse Scholarship

Congratulations to Braxton who follows a long line of COSSS swimmers to win this prestigious award.

Report from the Snow Frills Meet

The club's annual distance meet was a great success and COSSS swimmers won a variety of medals.

Russ Barber Wins Award

Russ wins Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award.

Results from December 2008 Snow Frills Meet

Results now available as either a full PDF download or as web pages.