City of Preston Aquatics

Welcome to City of Preston Aquatics

City of Preston Aquatics is a Synchronised Swimming and Water Polo club based in Preston, North West England. We are a competitive club with success at all levels of competition. We welcome swimmers of all ages and experience to join us in either our Synchronised Swimming or Water Polo disciplines. For more information please explore this web site via the menus above.

Training Times

Synchronised swimming training times and locations are as follows:

Monday: West View Leisure Centre - 19:00 - 21:00 (Elite Squad - pool)
Tuesday: Hutton Grammar School - 19:00 - 20:00 (land work), 20:15 - 21:15 (pool)
Friday: Hutton Grammar School - 19:30 - 21:30 (pool)
Sunday: Leyland Leisure Centre - 18:00 - 20:00 (land work / exercise studio), 20:00 - 21:00 (pool)

Water polo training times and locations are as follows:

Tuesday: Hutton Grammar School - 19:00 - 20:00 (land work)
Friday: Leyland Leisure Centre - 20:00 - 22:00
Sunday: Leyland Leisure Centre - 18:00 - 19:00 (exercise studio), 19:00 - 20:00 (pool)

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Lancashire Synchro Championships 2019

A fantastic day today for CoPA synchro swimmers as they took part in the 2019 Lancashire Synchro Championships at Palatine, Blackpool. It was a great first competition for a lot of our swimmers and CoPA scooped some amazing results:

Novice Figures:
🥉 Bronze: Amarah

12 & Under Solo:
🥇 Gold: Lola

13-14 Solo:
🥇 Gold: Natasha
🥈 Silver: Evie

15 & Over Solo:
🥇 Gold: Rhea
🥉 Bronze: Leah

12 & Under Duet:
🥇 Gold: Chloe and Lola

13-15 Duet:
🥇 Gold: Natasha and Evie
🥈 Silver: Rachel and Maddie
🥉 Bronze: Abby and Katie

15 & Over:
🥇 Gold: Rhea and Leah
🥈 Silver: Olivia and Nema

CoPA Combo: 🥇 Gold

CoPA Free Team: 🥈 Silver

Thank you to all of the amazing coaches, judges and volunteers that helped make the day a success. Special thanks to our friends from City of Salford synchro club (who also got some great results) for competing with us and for being such great sports. Videos of the CoPA routines can be found here for logged in CoPA members.

Synchro Grade Results

Congratulations to the following CoPA synchro swimmers who passed their grades at weekend:

∙ Ellie: 1 Bronze
∙ Emilia: 2 Bronze
∙ Maddie: 3 Bronze
∙ Chloe: 3 Silver
∙ Jess: 3 Bronze
∙ Katie: 3 Bronze
∙ Natasha: 5 Silver
∙ Evie: 5 Silver

— Preston Synchro (@COPAsynchro) September 23, 2019

Synchro Competition Hair Preparation

Synchro competitions require that swimmers have their hair gelled for a routine. It is often better to arrive already prepared to save time at the competition. There will be a gel demonstration and practice session on Sunday 22nd September at 6:15pm as part of the regular Leyland training session. Please let Fiona know if you will be attending.

Congratulations to CoPA’s new Assistant Synchro Coaches!

Congratulations to our synchro coaches Candice, Carol and Sarah who have successfully completed the Swim England Assistant Coach qualification.

No Training on Sunday 23rd June

REMINDER: There will be no training on Sunday 23rd June due to the Warwickshire Championships.

CoPA Synchro Swimmers Power NW Beacon Success

It was a big day on Friday for CoPA’s synchro swimmers Chloe, Evie, Lola and Natasha as they took part in the synchro Beacon Games in Aldershot to represent the North West region. The girls were part of the North West’s Beacon Squad – the first stage of the England Talent programme for younger swimmers – and the regional team also included swimmers from City of Salford and Stockport synchronised swimming clubs.

The girls worked incredibly well as a team and their efforts were rewarded as CoPA swimmer Evie took a bronze medal for her individual score in the 13-15 age group category. The NW Beacon team also finished third overall with a score of 56.27, less than a point behind the overall winners, Walsall Beacon.

An outstanding effort and great result – well done to all our NW Beacon swimmers.

Rhea & Leah shine at National Championships

Rhea & Leah have just taken part in Day 1 of the National Synchronised Swimming Championships in Nottingham with some great results:

Rhea 8th in Tech Solo
Rhea 12th in Free Solo
Leah 14th in Tech Solo
Leah 18th in Free Solo.
Rhea & Leah 8th place in Technical Duet!

Shown here warming up just before their technical duet swim:

Rhea finished 4th in Free Solo, with Leah finishing 9th and Evie 10th in the same event. Leah was 5th in Tech Solo.