Lots of medals, National Qualifying Times and PBs for COSSS swimmers at our own Level 1 Long Course Meet held over the weekend of March 26th to March 28th.
The biggest swimming event in the domestic calendar takes place between March 29th and April 3rd with places in the Delhi Commonwealth Games team up for grabs. COSSS has a number of swimmers taking part, come to the pool and give them a big cheer!.
More medals and champions for COSSS in the sprints and teams events.
The second weekend of the Yorkshire Age Groups was held at John Charles Pool in Leeds and Megan Hudson and Jenny Knowles led the way for COSSS as they became Yorkshire Champions in the 200m Breaststroke and 400m I.M.
Its now possible to order online from time to time. Closing date for orders is now April 5th.
Junior Development Squad will swim 21 Miles in memory of Keith Downing and to raise money for charity.
The first weekend of the Yorkshire Age Groups was held at Ponds Forge and COSSS picked up a large number of medals.
Senior Elite Swimmer Aynsley Heseltine comes away from the French Grand Prix with two silver and a bronze medal.
A busy weekend of swimming with lots of PBs and a number of National Qualifying Times.
Senior Elite and Age Group National Squads competed at this British Championships preparation meet.
One of our Masters swimmers, and a talented photographer, Simon Wright, has an exhibition of his photographs in Luton during February.
Age Group National and JO1 competed in the annual Januaru Open Meet in Harrogate.
Many of our swimmers competed and achieved PBs and medals.
Rebecca Turner and Ellie Faulkner competed for Great Britain in the European Short Course Championships with Rebecca coming home with a Senior Yorkshire Record and an English Relay Record.
Some excellent swims delivered a long list of National Qualifying times plus a welcome return to form after injury for James Kirton.
Beverley was the venue for this meet on December 6th for our JO2 swimmers.
Senior Elite swimmer Ellie Faulkner has collected two more awards for her outstanding performances in 2009.
COSSS won the Top Club Award and together with 22 gold medals there were lots of Yorkshire Qualifying Times.
A successful weekend in the North East saw the swimmers return with a numbers of medals.
Senior Elite and Age Group Nationals squads had a successful meet with many medals and national qualifying times despite being in hard training.
After more than a year recovering from major shoulder surgery James Crisp sets a new 400Fc World Record at the DSE Short Course Championships.
Ellie Faulkner is being tipped by Sport England and SportsAid to make their mark at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Click the link to read more!
Rebecca Turner and Ellie Faulkner have been selected to swim for the Senior GB team in the European Short Course Championships in Istanbul in December. Well done to both girls!
All our squads competed and enjoyed success at the Winter Yorkshire Competition.
A big contingent of swimmers travelled to Hull on October 4th for the Kingston Upon Hull Short Course meet.
Congratulations to Ellie Faulkner for her selection to the GB team to swim the FINA 10K Marathon next week. Ellie has also received the OCS Young Sports Person of the Year 2009 for the North East!
COSSS Head Coach Russ Barber has won the BSCTA Youth Coach of the Year Award. Congratulations from everyone at the club.
A small group of swimmers travelled to Mansfield to compete in the Whiting Trophy.
All squads competed in the event with lots of Teaspoon winners and finalists.
A large group of our Junior swimmers travelled to Leeds on September 12th 2009 to take part in the White Rose League.
Max Partridge came home with a Bronze medal from this prestige international meet.
A tremendous 6 days of swimming saw a huge number of medals, finalists and several age group records from COSSS swimmers, and the club finished third overall in the points table!
Superb performances from all involved see COSSS finish second in the points table to Plymouth Leander with Matthew Johnson achieving the fantastic feat of winning 10 Gold Medals and setting 7 Age Group Records!
Another successful meet for COSSS as we collected the top club award.
A tremendous end of season performance from AGN, JO1 and JO2 at the Rotherham Level 3 Short Course held over the weekend of July 18th and 19th.
Results from the time trial gala held on July 16th.
JO2 and Junior Development squads competed in Mansfield and were just pipped for first place.
Ellie Faulkner and Braxston Timm deliver some fantastic swims at the European Junior Championships with Ellie coming home with a Gold Medal and European record!
Following on from her win in the French Cup Aynsley Heseltine wins the Midlands Open Water Championships.
Aynsley Heseltine has won the Womens 5K Open Water French Cup in Creil, France. Well done to Aynsley!
Ellie Faulkner became European Junior Open Water Champion, winning the event held in Porec on July 4th. A fantastic achievement, well done Ellie!
At the recent British Gas World Championship Trials in Glasgow Becky Turner became the fastest 200m Freestyle female swimmer of all time in Yorkshire. Fantastic!
Report and results from the meeting held over the weekend of July 3rd - 5th. Matthew Johnson delivered another British Age Group Record, this time in the 200m Freestyle. A big well done to him.
Report from the Thorne Tigers Meet, including pictures, held in Leeds in June.
See the full list of COSSS swimmers who have qualified for the British Gas ASA National Age Group, Youth and ASA National Championships. Congratulations to all the swimmers who will compete in the Championships, taking place at Ponds Forge between July 22nd and August 3rd.
Fantastic results from the NER BAGCAT Championships!
Thanks to a tremendous swim in Eilat in Israel Ellie Faulkner has qualified to represent GB at the European Junior Open Water Championships.
A big thanks to all who took part in a sponsored swim that raised more than £1000 to purchase a new wheelchair for disabled swimmer Zoe Cain.
A great weekend of swimming was crowned by some excellent swimming including two British Age Group Records by Matthew Johnson.
Age Group National squad had a good weekend at the John Charles Pool in Leeds on May 9th.
A trip to Sunderland for the Senior Elite squad over the weekend of May 2nd/3rd.
J01, J02 and Junior Development squads competed at the City of Derby Meet during the weekend of April 25th and 26th.
Age Group National and JO1 swimmers performed extremely well over the weekend of April 24th to 26th at the City of Leicester Open Meet.
Elizabeth Brook and Amy Treslove celebrate being crowned Yorkshire Champions after three weekends of hard competition.
After her performances at the British Championships Ellie Faulkner has been selected to represent GB in the LEN Open Water Cup. Congratulations!
Complete results now available and news of Top Club, Top Boy and Top Girl awards.
Another highly successful championships for COSSS swimmers.
James Kirton is part of the GB squad to train in Cyprus in May and Russ makes the trip as part of the Coaching team. Well done to both!
A roundup following the final weekend of competition. An excellent weekend and championships overall. Well done to all the swimmers! Now with additional photographs
Results from the Spring Time Trials held on March 10th at Ponds Forge. Full results now published.
More medals gained to build on the success of Gala 1.
An excellent first weekend of the Yorkshire Age Group Championships for COSSS Swimmers. Well done! Now with additional photographs.
J01 and Age Group National Squads competed and came home with lots of medals.
Many of our Junior swimmers competed in the Sheffield and District Championships on February 1st. Lots of medals came our way, click on the link to see a full report.
Pictures from the 2008 trip to Italy and the 2008 Leeds Graded Meet are now available.
A fantastic performance by all our swimmers ensured that COSSS retained the Yorkshire Bank Trophy by a big margin.
After several years absence COSSS returned to the BML on February 8th at Rossington and scored a resounding victory.
We are in the process of updating the photos page of the website. If you have any photos that you would like to be placed on the website from either galas or training camps please send them by email to Natalie at woody0905@yahoo.co.uk. Please also add the swimmers name, location and year the photo was taken. New Photos added February 3rd 2009!
Sunday January 24th saw the Leeds B Grade meet take place at the John Charles Centre. Some excellent performance and PBs from our swimmers!
We now have a completed Calendar of Events page, accessible from the link above or from the Calendar of Events link in the Gala Information section of the left hand navigator.
A report from the above held, on January 10th and 11th at Ponds Forge, is now available.
A report from the above held, on January 10th at Eckington, is now available.
Information and entry details are now available for our 2009 Galas.
Results now available for the above.
Report from the Adwick Santa Splash Meet.
Click on the above link to download the 2008 Newsletter in PDF format.
Congratulations to Braxton who follows a long line of COSSS swimmers to win this prestigious award.
The club's annual distance meet was a great success and COSSS swimmers won a variety of medals.
Russ wins Outstanding Sporting Achievement Award.
Another bag full of medals from this meet held over the weekend of December 6th and 7th.
The above meet was held in the short course pool at Ponds Forge on December 6th.
Congratulations to J01 and J02 swimmers who had a great day at the Lincoln Vulcans Meet.
Mark Lappin was pleased with the performance of the squad in his first gala for the club.
Russ Barber with a reminder on unauthorised poolside access.
COSSS are one of three clubs selected to become a British Swimming Podium Club, fantastic news! Read more by clicking the link.
Two medals for Zoe Cain at the Disability Sport Events National Short Course Swimming Championships.
A successful weekend over November 1st/2nd saw Andrew Shepherd and the Womens 4 x 100 Medley team win Gold Medals.
Rebecca Turner has been selected to swim for Great Britain at the Fina World Cup. Congratulations from everyone at the club!
The club is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Lappin to the position of Assistant Head Coach.
COSSS had four swimmers in the Yorkshire team; Rebecca Turner, Braxston Timm, Alice Cordwell and Tegan Turner-Clarke. In a very tight competition Yorkshire finished fourth in Division 1 with arch rivals Lancashire winning again.
Ellie Faulkner wins a silver and a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games held in India.
Junior and Senior National Squads had a successful meet at the John Charles Centre in Leeds.
COSSS had two Yorkshire Champions at the Winter meet held at Ponds Forge.
Congratulations to James Kirton who has won a Yorkshire Icon award.
Congratulations to everyone involved, COSSS came out on top to win the Whiting Trophy at Mansfield on September 27th.
Katherine Riggs has been chosen as one of four Young Ambassadors for Sport to represent Barnsley nationwide.
A full set of results for the J03 Time Trials held in September.
All squads attended the meet and achieved a fantastic set of results.
Gala information and entry forms are now available.
Russ Barber explains the plans for the new season.
Russ Barber outlines changes to the squad training program.
Russ Barber explains some changes to the training program.
Siroos Saeed has qualified to swim for Iran at the Olympics and COSSS swimmers win medals at the World Youth Championships and the ASA Long Course Championships.
A busy weekend on Saturday June 28th saw success for two of our teams.
Tegan Turner-Clarke and Annie Wood lead the way as our swimmers enjoy success at the NER BAGCAT Championships.
Click the above link to download results form the Spring time trials held on Thursday April 10th. Apologies for the late publication of these reults
The information and entry forms for the September 21st 2008 Teaspoon Gala is now available.
Cloe Selman, aged 12, has won the Most Promising Newcomer award at the Yorkshire Disability Sports Awards.
James Kirton and James Crisp have both qualified for the Beijing Olympics following fantastic performances at the Olympic Trials.
A full list of results for COSSS swimmers is now available together with a picture of the team!
Important news for parents of Swim Training Scheme Member, click the link for more details.
Joan Weatherington has won a National Award to recognise more than 25 years of voluntary work for swimming. Click the link for more details.
Click the above link to download the results of the Dronfield Diddy Challenge Gala in which COSSS gained first place!
Click the above link to download results form the first time trials held on January 9th.
Everyone had a great time, have a look at some of the pictures taken at the Christmas Disco!.
A great weekend over December 15th/16th saw COSSS win Top Club.
James Kirton and Debbie Hall have been selected to swim for Great Britain at the European Short Course Championships in Hungary. Russ Barber has also been selected to attend the championships as part of the GB Coaching Team. Good luck from all at COSSS!
The results from the Snow Frills Gala are now available.
The development gala was held at Ponds Forge on November 25th, follow the link above to see the results.
Click the link to see the J02 Time Trial results from November.
The club's role ofhonour has been updated to cover the period 1988 to 2000, click the link above to go back in time and see who achieved representative honours, you may see some familiar names!
Joan Weatherington, the club's Vice Chairperson, has received a Regional Aquaforce award following an outstanding commitment of more than 25 years to swimming and COSSS. Well done Joan!
Click the link above to see the results for the 2007 Teaspoon Gala held on September 23rd 2007 at Ponds Forge.
The National Age Group, Youth and ASA championships saw a total of 16 medals won by COSSS swimmers. Click on the link above for more details.
Zoe Clayton has a great week at the INAS/FID World Championships as she is part of a British team that came second overall in the points table.
Details and entry forms now available for our 'Snow Frills' Winter Meet to be held at Ponds Forge November 30th to December 2nd.
Max Partridge, Charlotte Broadbent and Rebecca Turner represented Great Britain at the European Junior Championships in Antwerp. They all had great swims and brought home three medals between them. Click the link above for a report.
Training arrangements for late July and August 2007 are now available.
Zoe Clayton has set a new British and Commonwealth record for the S14 400m I.M. Congratulations from everyone at COSSS.
An excellent win for some of our younger swimmers at the Dronfield Challenge Gala held on July 7th.
COSSS entries for the above meet have been rejected at short notice, please click the link for further details.
COSSS came second at the gala held at Harrogate on June 30th.
Despite not being able to swim on the Sunday a great time was had over the weekend of June 16th and 17th.
Click the link to see the results from the June 24th Development Gala held at Ponds Forge.
James Crisp has broken the 200m Freestyle S9 World Record at the British International Disability Championships.
The results for the Spring 2007 Time Trial Gala are now available, click on the link above.
The results for the 2007 Premier Meet are now available, click on the link above.
The results from the February 25th 2007 Development Gala are now available.
The Club is sad to announce the death of Keith Downing, a great friend and long serving coach to the club. He will be greatly missed.
Click on the link above to see details of the Teaspoon Gala to be held on September 23rd 2007 together with the Level 1 Long Course Premier Meet held March 30th to April 1st 2007 and the Level 1 Long Course No Frills Meet held May 25th to May 27th 2007.
A tremendous weekend at Leeds as COSSS as 24 Gold, 17 Silver and 10 Bronze medals are won at the last Senior/Junior Championships to be held in the old Leeds Pool.
Russ Barber explains the background to a change of schedule on Wednesday evenings for the Masters Squad.
James Kirton lowers his 100m and 200m Breaststroket imes by a big margin in Helsinki..
Results from the December 9th and 10th Winter Distance Meet are now available.
The Junior Masters Squad raise money for the Weston Park Hospital Cancer Appeal and help to support Keith Downing as he battles against cancer.
Competing in the IPC World Championships in Durban, James Crisp wins Gold and breaks the S9 400m Freestyle World Record.
December sees James Kirton and James Crisp on International duty in Finland and South Africa.
A new Championship Record for Debbie Hall and good swims from Andrew Sheppard and new squad member Dwaine Bushell.
A fantastic summer of competition has resulted in recognition and honours for our coaches and swimmers. Click on the link to see more!
Click on the link above to see the results from the September 17th 2006 Gala held at Ponds Forge.
COSSS finish third in both the Senior ASA Long Course and National Youth Championships club tables, and win a hatful of medals. Click on the link for more details.
A total of 25 Gold Medals and Top Boy award for George Rix added up to a highly successful weekend for JO1 at the Rotherham Metro A/B Grade Meet.
Sheffield's Ponds Forge will host the Cheesestrings ASA National Age Group Champions and the ASA National Youth and Long Course Championships during late July and August. City of Sheffield competes with its largest ever squad and the hope of a hatful of medals.
The results from the June 25th Development Gala are now available.
A group of our younger swimmers made a big impact at the Weston Super Mare Easter Meet. Click on the link above for the report and pictures.
Zoe Clayton has been honoured as the Yorkshire and Humberside Sportswoman of the Year by the Federation of Sports Disability Organisation.
James Kirton has qualified to swim for Great Britain at the European Long Course Championships to be held in Budapest in July. Andy Shepherd and James Crisp win medals in a highly successful meet for City of Sheffield Swim Squad
The results from the March 5th development gala are now available.
Have a look at the photo gallery to see pictures from the Senior National Squad Swim Training Camp held in Tenerife between February 26th and March 5th.
Zoe Clayton had a busy DSE Junior Championships at Ponds Forge over the weekend of March 4th and 5th and cam away with 3 silver and 4 bronze individual medals.
COSSS held a nutrition lecture for the Junior National Squad on 22nd February. It was a fantastic success and our nutritionist Mayur Ranchordas was on top form as usual. Click the link above for a copy of the notes from the lecture.
Andy Shepherd and James Crisp were in action in the backstroke at the British University Championships over the weekend of February 10th to 12th.
Another bag full of medals for the club with 20 Gold, 18 Silver and 13 Bronze, plus Max Partridge receives the Moorhouse Scholarship award.
The club is pleased to launch a new version of its website. Click on the link above to find out more.
The club is sad to announce the retirement of Arthur Downing, one of the club's most successful swimmers.
Max Partridge competed for Great Britain in the FINA Swimming World Cup in Stockholm and Berlin.
This meet produced some excellent performances for an early season meet, coming as it does towards the end of a block of intensive training.
Debbie Hall and James Kirton competed at the European Short Course Championships in Trieste, representing Great Britain. Both swimmers competed in the 100m and 200m Breaststroke with Debbie also getting a swim in the Womens Medley Relay Team.