Amateur Swimming Association news

Swimwear policies have been relaxed at 96 pools across the UK after a survey showed parents were too concerned about their body image to take ... More

Almost 600 leisure centre staff have been trained to help dementia sufferers take part in swimming as part of flagship scheme launched by Swim England. ... More

To coincide with the publication of its new four-year strategy, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) has rebranded as Swim England. Last week, the governing body ... More

Jane Nickerson has been appointed as the permanent chief executive of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) after spending eight months as interim CEO. Nickerson took ... More

Seven national governing bodies will take a share of £27.1m (US$33.9m, €31.4m) after Sport England revealed its last batch of funding awards. The Rugby Football ... More

In an attempt to appeal to a wider proportion of the public, the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) will now allow swimmers to compete with full-body ... More

ukactive has bolstered its senior team in an effort to drive forward the physical activity agenda in 2017. Jack Shakespeare, Joe Robinson, Lara Lill and ... More

The Sport and Recreation Alliance and the British Cycling Federation are among the sporting bodies that the Queen will resign her patronage to going into ... More

Fifteen swimming coaches from around the country have been chosen to take part in a new development programme devised by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA). ... More

British Basketball chair Nick Humby is stepping down as chair of the British Basketball Federation (BBF) after less than a year in the role. During ... More

Adam Paker, the chief executive of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), has left the organisation. Paker joined the national governing body in autumn 2014 after ... More

The Olympic success of Adam Peaty and Siobhan-Marie O’Connor is encouraging people to seek out their local swimming pool, according to the Amateur Swimming Association ... More

UK-based physical activity providers are given the opportunity to use popular Disney characters to inspire children and their families to become more active this summer. ... More

Swimming World Champion Karen Pickering, Sported chief executive Chris Grant and Leicestershire County Cricket Club CEO Wasim Khan are among the six new appointments to ... More

The brand new £7.5m Tewkesbury Leisure Centre has opened to the public, with Places for People Leisure operating the site on a 10-year contract. Funded ... More

Eighty talented young British swimmers have been invited to a four-day camp to give them the experience of being in a national squad environment ahead ... More

Leicester will invest in increasing the number of teachers and time slots for swimming as part of an initiative to double the amount of children ... More

Swimming’s effect on the physical and mental health of the population will be investigated by an independent commission established by the sport’s governing body. The ... More

Nottingham has been named as the latest host city for the Amateur Swimming Association’s (ASA) Beacon Programme – the body’s elite swimming pathway. The city ... More

Hyde Park’s Serpentine pond – the venue for the London 2012 open water marathon swims – will host a new mass-participation swimming festival in September. ... More

A consortium headed up by the English Federation of Disability Sport (EFDS) has bagged a £4.5m (US$6.4m, €5.9m) grant to get people active across 18 ... More

Sport England is setting its sights on increased participation among the disabled and individuals from poorer backgrounds after its This Girl Can campaign helped spark ... More

Sport England is gearing up to launch programmes based on behavioural change theory in a bid to boost participation. The governing body for grassroots sport ... More

British swimming greats Rebecca Adlington, Mark Foster and Steve Parry joined sports minister Tracey Crouch yesterday (10 November) to celebrate 125 years of school swimming ... More

The ASA (Amateur Swimming Association) has appointed Mike Farrar chair of the ASA Group Board. Farrar has a strong background in sport, having been vice ... More