Welcome to City of Preston Aquatics
Training Times
| Training times are currently as follows. These are a mixture of remote land training sessions via Zoom and in-pool training sessions. | |
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| Monday: | 6.00 - 8.00pm Strength and Conditioning (Zoom) |
| Wednesday (Elite Squad only): | 7.30 - 10.00pm Leyland |
| Friday: | 8.00 - 10.00pm Leyland |
| Saturday: | 9.00 - 10.00am (Zoom) |
| 2.00 - 3.00pm (beginners) Fulwood | |
| 2.00 - 5.00pm (full club members) Fulwood | |
| Sunday: | 6.00 - 7.00 pm land training in the dance studio Leyland |
| 7.15 - 9.15pm in the pool (beginners in pool until 8pm) Leyland |
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Warwickshire Synchro Competition
Full details of the timetable and start order for the Warwickshire competition are now available on the event page.
CoPA success continues in Croatia with GB Age Groups Free Team GOLD!
Hot on the heels of her impressive figures result, CoPA swimmer Daisy cemented her success abroad with a first place GOLD finish in the free team competition as part of the England Age Groups team at the international Primorje Synchro Cup in Rijeka, Croatia. Amazing result; we are very proud of Daisy and all of the England girls!
CoPA synchro swimmer takes 5th place in international competiton
CoPA is very proud of Daisy who has finished 5th in her figures at the international Primorje Cup in Croatia. Very well done Daisy!
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Good luck to Daisy Rushton competing with the England Age Group squad in Croatia this week!
— CoPA (@COPAsynchro) June 6, 2017
New Synchro Grades Explained
Swim England have now published detailed information about the new synchro grades (including videos of the figure grades) on their web site: //www.swimming.org/synchro/synchro-skill-levels/
CoPA Compete at ASA National Synchro Championships
Three CoPA swimmers had a great weekend at the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships in Nottingham last weekend. In this, the top level competition in the UK, Rhea ranked 17th in her figures, whilst Tilly placed 32nd and Leah finished 42nd.
Rhea’s score qualified her as one of 12 swimmers to swim their free solo, whilst Tilly also swam in the technical solo. Rhea and Tilly also swam their duet for which they placed 6th. A tremendous result of which CoPA is very proud.
Rhea competing in the Free Solo discipline in the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships 2017
Rhea competing in the Free Solo discipline in the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships 2017
Rhea competing in the Free Solo discipline in the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships 2017
Tilly & Rhea competing in the Free Duet discipline in the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships 2017
Tilly & Rhea competing in the Free Duet discipline in the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships 2017
Tilly & Rhea competing in the Free Duet discipline in the ASA National Synchronised Swimming Championships 2017
Easter and Bank Holiday Pool Closures
There will be no training on the following dates due to Bank holiday closures, coaches being away at Nationals etc:
- Friday 14th April (Good Friday)
- Saturday 15th April (Elite)
- Monday 17th April (Easter Monday)
- Friday 21st April (most coaches away at Nationals)
- Saturday 22nd April (Elite) (Fiona away at Nationals)
- Monday 1st May (May Day Bank Holiday)
There will be training at the usual times on Tuesday 18th April (20:15 start) and Monday 24th April.
CoPA Success in Grade Assessments
Congratulations to the following CoPA swimmers on their success today in the first of the new ASA grade assessments in the North West:
Grade 1 Passes – Imogen, Nema
Grade 2 Passes – Isabel, Evie, Olivia H.
Grade 4 Pass – Olivia M.
Grade 5 Pass – Leah
Great work girls!
Grade Assessment Day
Please check the event page for details of the first NW regional grade assessment event which will be held under the new ASA ‘grade’ scheme (instead of the old ‘skills’ scheme).
National & International Swimmers Additional Training
There will be additional training for swimmers competing in the ASA National Championships and Daisy which will take the form of an earlier start to the usual Monday training sessions at West View. Please would these swimmers arrive in time to be in the pool by 7pm.