Outstanding Success for CoPA at the UK National Championships 2025

The last weekend in April delivered outstanding results for CoPA as they competed in the UK National championships and came away with medals in almost every event.  This top-level competition is the pinnacle of Artistic Swimming in the UK and is attended by the sport’s top athletes who compete to be crowned the best artistic swimmers in the UK.

The first medal was a bronze for Rhea who finished third in the Technical Solo category.  Natasha also finished a very credible 5th in this category.  Rhea’s solo prowess was cemented further with another 3rd place finish in the free solo event, earning her a bronze medal.  Natasha again finished in 5th place in this event too.

CoPA’s acrobatic team (Rhea Howard, Natasha Howard, Leah Meyer, Chloe Hawksworth, Jess Lockett, Olivia Higham and Nema Dawkins) delivered their brilliantly executed routine with an astonishing array of lifts and somersaults and stormed to a second place finish, collecting a silver medal for each of them.

The technical duet event saw CoPA sisters Rhea and Natasha Howard swim together in a beautiful and sharp routine which earned them a third place finish and a bronze medal.

The CoPA technical team event saw CoPA narrowly miss the medal table with a superb swim which earned them a 5th place finish.

Another team event – the free team routine – saw CoPA’s swimmers finish in a respectable 8th place.

On the second day of the event, Natasha and Leah finished a well deserved second place to collect a silver medal, and they were beaten to first place only by swimmers from the GB team swimming a GB duet routine.  Rhea and Chloe also competed in this event and finished in 9th place.

As if the medal haul was not enough for CoPA, our swimmer Natasha took the prestigious trophy for the most points scored by any swimmer in the whole event.

We are immensely proud of all our swimmers who have proved without doubt that CoPA is one of the top artistic swimming clubs in the UK.

CoPA Swimmer Rhea Represents Great Britain

We are immensely proud of our swimmer Rhea who this month travelled to Belgrade, Serbia to represent Great Britain in technical and free team events at the Senior European Artistic Swimming Championships this week, coming home with a bronze medal!  Rhea has put in countless hours of training in Bristol over the past year as a full-time member of the GB artistic swimming squad.  Her dedication and hard work has paid off with Rhea being selected to swim in this international competition representing her country.  A video of Rhea’s swim with the team can be found below.

Congratulations Rhea!

Grade Results – September 2022

Big congratulations to the following CoPA swimmers who obtained the following grades at the September grade day:

  • Marisa, Rhea & Natasha:   Figure Grade 5 Gold
  • Chloe H. & Ellie:                     Figure Grade 5 Silver
  • Agatha:                                       Figure Grade 3 Bronze
  • Ruby-Lee:                                 Figure Grade 2 Bronze
  • Chloe NN:                                 Figure Grade 1 Bronze

Great work girls!

Synchro Grade Results – June 2022

The recent synchro grade day was a very successful endeavour for CoPA synchro swimmers who achieved the following results:

  • Imogen and Amarah:   Figure Grade 3
  • Emilia:                                Figure Grade 4
  • Jess:                                     Figure Grade 5

Congratulations girls!