2025 Gala & Open Meets – Competitive Swimming

2025 Gala & Open Meets Calendar

Now we are back in the water & competitive swimming has resumed Shaun Vasey will be  co-ordinating Open Meet entries for 2025. He can be contacted in person at most club training sessions.

Most entries will be available to enter in swim manager under meets:

https://kingfscar.swimmanager.co.uk/club/meets

Entries must be made by the deadline & all swimmers must be 9 years or older & have paid Club Compete fees : £33.95 (Mandatory competitive swimming fees covering 2025)

Club Compete membership benefits include: 
  • Access to a structured competitive pathway for swimming, artistic swimming, diving, and water polo
  • The ability to compete in national, regional, and county championships
  • Club liability insurance cover

See the Swim England site for more details 

MEETS & GALAS

Additional Yorkshire and NER times were gained at the Harrogate Janus meet we attended 4th and 5th January- entries for the Yorkshire Championships need to be in by 10 January
Winter Yorkshire Championship qualifying times update for Feb 2025- we now have 28 swimmers qualified with 131 qualifying times between them. Winter SENER Championships qualifying times update- we have 12 swimmers qualified with 27 qualifying times between with still several months to go so there will undoubtedly be more.
● We plan to send a few teams to the Yorkshire Championships to compete in the relay event on Sunday 23rd February in Sheffield- squad selection is ongoing and members will be notified very soon.
Eliza Hammond qualified for, and swam at the Swim England Winter Nationals in Sheffield on
Saturday 7 December which meant she competed in both the Summer and Winter National Championships in 2024. She has achieved the qualifying time for the British Swimming Championships held at the London Aquatics Centre 15-20 April but needs to achieve this in a 50m pool over the next couple of months to enter as they only accept long course times. The next England Nationals will be the Swim England Summer Nationals at the end of July 2025- the qualifying window for these opens 7th March until 11th May
● We have the first Ridings gala of 2025 on Saturday 11 January. We will have several new swimmers in our 10 and under teams competing in their first Ridings gala- thanks to the coaching team for all their hard work getting those swimmers ready to join the team over the last few weeks and months
● Our first meet of the long course season is on Sunday 19 January in Leeds– it’s a great opportunity for our swimmers to gain experience competing in a 50m pool.
● We have an upcoming Friday gala on 25th January in January- team TBC and want to announce the team as soon as we are back from the Christmas break.

UPDATED COMPETITION DIARY 2025

JANUARY 2025
4 & 5th January – Harrogate Janus meet (SC) (ALL- entries accepted)
19th January Yorvik & New Earswick meet, John Charles Centre for Sport, Leed (LC) 100s/200IM/200FR (entries accepted)
Ridings Gala Sat 11 January– 6 for 6:30pm SSV
Friendly Gala 25th January, Bridlington 5 for 5:30pm Open with Cannons programme

FEBRUARY 2025
1st & 2nd February, Yorkshire Championships, John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds (LC)
(inv)
8th & 9th February, Yorkshire Championships, John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds (LC)
(inv)
22 nd & 23rd February, Yorkshire Championships, Ponds Forge, Sheffield (50s LC + relays)
(inv)
17th – 24th February School Holidays

MARCH 2025
Qualifying window for Nationals begins Friday 7th March until Sunday 11th May 2025
Ridings 8th March 6 for 6:30pm SSV
Middlesbrough Meet (SC)- all distances 8th & 9th March- would have to be selected sessions owing to clash with Ridings. Good for swimmers wanting to qualify for Open Water Championships
Kingfishers Badge Night TBC
Richmond Dales April’s Fool open meet date TBC (LC)
https://www.rdasc.org.uk/Members-Area/Meets-and-Events
22th & 23rd March York National Qualifier 2025, John Charles Centre, Leeds (LC)
29th & 30th March SSC Spring Splash (SC)- entries accepted (60+)

APRIL 2025
15th -20th April British Swimming Championships (LC), London Aquatics Centre
26th & 27th April SENER Championships (LC)
7th -21th April Easter School Holidays
Sat 19th April Friendly Gala, SSV (SSC) 6 for 6:30pm Programme A
Yorkshire Masters Championships, Scarborough Sports Village, TBC (SC)
26th & 27th April SENER Championships (LC) (closing date 16 April)

MAY 2025
Ridings 17 th May, 6 for 6:30pm, SSV
3th – 5th May SENER Championships, Sheffield (open/youth champs)
10th & 11th May SENER Championships, Leeds (11-14 years)
GCSE/ALevel exams

JUNE 2025
1st June TBC TYSS Long Course Summer Blast, John Charles Centre for Sport, Leeds
GCSE/ALevel exams
29th June Kingfisher Club Championships
6th – 8th June SSC SummerSplash
28th June SENER Regional Open Water Championships TBC

JULY 2025
4th -6th July TBC City of Sunderland ASC Summer Splash 2025, Sunderland Aquatic Centre
(LC/200s)
12th & 13th July TBC Richmond Dales Summer Madness Meet, John Charles, Leeds (LC)
4th July (private schools), 19 July (state school)- school Summer holidays
20th July Summer Break with limited training over holidays
21th -25th July British Summer Nationals TBC
29th July – 3rd August Swim England National Summer Meet (LC)

AUGUST 2025
30th & 31st AUGUST Tadcaster Back To School Blast, York (SC) 50/100/200 TBC

SEPTEMBER 2025

OCTOBER 2025
4th October Ridings, SSV, 6 for 6:30pm

NOVEMBER 2025
8th November Friendly, Bridlington, 5 for 5:30pm
SSC Winter Open meet 28th, 29th and 30th November

Please also see the closed Facebook Group for current updates, deadlines & announcements relating to meets.

 

Information will also appear here:

https://www.facebook.com/Kingfishers

 

For 2025 further information will also be posted on this page.

To reduce errors it is parent/guardian’s responsibility to check Swim England records are correct – particularly for date of birth – to ensure entries can be successfully made for Open Meets.

‘Swim England Membership Check’ to do this.

 

New To Swimming Gala’s – All you need to know:

Kingfisher – New To Swimming Gala Useful Information

 

How to Enter

  • The Club will issue a Gala Calendar at the beginning of each season and it will be updated as more Gala dates are released. The Calendar will be put on the website and on the notice board. 2025 events calendar
  • The Head Coach determines which squads are to attend which gala and this will be noted on the Competition Calendar.
  • Check the programme of events to see how the events run for your age group.
  • Your Coach will be able to advise on the events you should be entering.
  • Check if you have achieved the qualifying standards and fall within the upper and/or lower qualifying time limit for each event. Remember to use Long Course (50m) or Short Course (25m) times appropriate to the Gala being entered. Where necessary use Sports System Equivalent Time Converter to convert your times. (LC to SC or SC to LC) Pullbuoy Time Convertor
  • All entries to Open Meets need to be made in the Swim Manger.
  • Swim Manager – Kingfisher Scarborough SC

 

Swimmers Personal Best Times

These can be found in the Swimming Rankings Database.

For swimmers biographical data  BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

All times swam at licensed meets are held in this database. When entering a gala the time from this database will be official entry time used by the gala organisers

Click the following link to gain access to your times & enter your ASA membership number or family name:  https://www.swimmingresults.org/individualbest/