This weekend will be the first 'main' weekend of County Championships 2020 down here in Sussex. We've already completed the 800m and 1500m events and now we're in to the busy weekends. As a coach I'm quite confident that we're going to go well and despite most…

The very last Saturday before Christmas of 2019 saw us travel to Pavilions-in-the-Park in Horsham for Atlantis' first-ever 'Duel in the Pool' event. And what a night it was too! The idea was relatively simple - a gala that was more ISL-y. But it was more than…

Over the years I've seen all sorts of foods brought onto poolside that swimmers (or their parents) thought would be excellent. My favourite face-palm came from finding that one of my sixteen year old swimmers had brought 24 Cornish Pasties onto poolside to kee…

Well, not always, obviously. But a lot of the time it REALLY is. It's rare for swimmers under the age of 11 to be able to complete 200m Butterfly with any level of style or control, very rare for a 10 year old and nearly always impossible for a 9 year old. Whe…