Performance Swimming

Swimmers at the University of Nottingham join one of the UK's top University swim programmes, competing at the top level of British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS).

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Performance Swimming

Why Swim Nottingham?

We are proud to be one of Swim England’s National Performance Centres, working closely in partnership with NOVA Centurion to develop both para swimmers and swimmers to a senior international level, by providing a world-class training environment and financial support through scholarships.

Our primary goal is to nurture and produce the next generation of swimming champions, while empowering them to achieve academic excellence. This partnership ensures that University of Nottingham student-athletes receive the best possible support to excel both in their studies and in the pool.

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Our Performance Swimming Programme

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50m Swimming Pool at Harvey Hadden Sports Village

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25m Swimming Pool at David Ross Sports Village

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1-2-1 Performance Lifestyle Mentorship

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Swimming Scholarships

The partnership between NOVA Centurion and University of Nottingham (UoN) offer two types of scholarships: a NOVA swimming scholarship and the UoN sports scholarship.

  1. NOVA Swimming Scholarship:
    Up to four annual scholarships are awarded to cover training fees of high-performing student-athletes within the NOVA program.

  2. UoN Sports Scholarship:
    Offers a bronze, silver, and gold scholarship packages. Each package includes free access to facilities including UoN Sport and Fitness membership services, additional strength and conditioning access, physiotherapy, performance lifestyle support with academic mentoring, nutrition, sports psychology, and anti-doping advice.

Athletes are eligible to become an UoN Swimming Sports by an expression of interest to the Director of Coaching at NOVA or to become a UoN Sports scholar by application.

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Achievements

  • 2024 - BUCS Nationals
    • Para 100M Butterfly: Silver (Aliya Bacakoglu)
    • Para 200M IM: Silver (Aliya Bacakoglu)
    • Para 100M Freestyle: Silver (Owen Say)
    • Para 100M Breaststroke: Bronze (Aliya Bacakoglu)
    • Para 50M Freestyle: Bronze (Owen Say)
    • Para 400M Freestlye: Bronze (Owen Say)
  • 2023 - BUCS Nationals
    • Para 100m Freestyle: Gold (Owen Say)
    • Para 50m Freestyle (S8): Silver (Owen Say)
    • Para 400m Freestyle: Silver (Owen Say)
    • Para 100m Butterfly: Silver (Aliya Bacakoglu)
    • Para 200m IM: Silver (Aliya Bacakoglu)
    • 50m Freestyle: Bronze (Amy Davies)

Competition

  • Our swim teams compete in the short and long course  British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) competitions
  • Nottingham Varsity

 

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