2026 Competitions and Diary Dates

Date

Competition/Event

Description

Who For
Sun 1st Mar Radford Open Meet 50s + 100s Full Day Age 9+ with 3 or less CQT's (2026)
Sun 15th Mar Long Course Training - Loughborough Uni 50m Pool Training Performance, Master + Selected Dev/Fitness Swimmers
Sun 22nd Mar Nottinghamshire Masters County Champs 50s 100s & 200s + relays. All day All swimmers age 18+
Sat 28th / Sun 29th Mar Hull Easter A/B Eggstravaganza - Sheffield Open Meet with 50s, 100s and 200s Age 9+, with more than 3 county qualification times (2026) and County Performance swimmers.
Fri 3rd / Mon 6th Apr Easter  No Training All
Sat 11th / Sun 12th Apr Leicester Sharks Regional Qualifier - Nuneaton 50s, 100s, 200s & 400s Swimmers within 10% of a Regional Qualification Time
Sat 18th Apr Mini-Meet – Newark Introduction to racing for the club’s youngest swimmers Swimmers with 3 or less county qualification times (2027) – ages 7-11
Sun 19th Apr Long Course Training – Loughborough Uni 50m pool training Regional Qualifiers
Sat 25th / Sun 26th April Regionals - Moorways All distances and strokes Qualifiers only
Sat 2nd / Mon 4th May Regionals - Corby All distances and strokes Qualifiers only
Sat 9th May National Arena Junior League Round 1 – TBC Local and National league table - Evening Head Coach selection. 9-12yrs
Sat 9th May Duel in the Pool 6 – One NK Team gala with 50s and 25s - Evening 8/9yr, 10/11yr, 12/13yr & 14+ age groups – non stage gala or Arena league swimmers
Sat 16th / Sun 17th May Rotherham Metro L3 Open Meet - Sheffield 50s, 100s, 200s & 400s in a 50m pool Performance + selected Dev / Fit Swimmer
Sat 6th Jun Stage 2 Gala - Retford Team gala vs other Notts clubs PM Warm Up Head Coach selection. Age 9+
Fri 12th / Sun 14th Jun British Masters Long Course Champs - Aberdeen All events and stroke, long course Qualifiers only
Sat 13th Jun National Arena Junior League 2 – TBC Local and National league table - Evening Head Coach selection. 9-12yrs
Fri 19th Jun Club Champs – One NK – with Lincoln Trident 400's Head Coach Invite
Sat 20th Jun Club Champs – One NK – with Lincoln Trident Mixture of 50s, 100s and 200s All swimmers age 9+
Fri 26th / Sat 27th Jun Club Champs – One NK – with Lincoln Trident Mixture of 50s, 100s and 200s All swimmers age 9+
Sat 4th Jul Stage 1 Gala - Hucknall Team gala vs other Notts clubs Head Coach selection. 8-11yrs
Sat 11th Jul National Arena Junior League Round 3 – TBC Local and National league table - Evening Head Coach selection. 9-12yrs
Sat 11th / Sun 12th Jul Derby Excel Summer Sizzler - Moorways 50s, 100s, 200s in a 50m pool Performance + selected Dev/Fit swimmer
Thu 16th / Wed 22nd Jul British Swimming Summer Nationals Qualifiers Only
Mon 27th Jul / Sat 1st Aug Swim England Summer Nationals Qualifiers Only
Fri 31st Jul Last Friday PM Session until September
Fri 14th Aug Summer Break Starts
Wed 19th / Tue 25th Aug European Masters - Samorin
Sun 30th Aug Training Restarts
Sat 26th Sep September Sprints 50s + 100 IM + 25s for 7/8yrs All swimmers age 7+

Useful links

Notts ASA Counties
Notts ASA (Stage Galas)
Swim England East Midlands
Masters events
National Arena Junior Swimming League
National Arena Swimming League (East Mids Division)

Competition And Gala Venues

Bramcote Leisure Centre
Harvey Hadden Sports Village
Hucknall Leisure Centre
Mansfield Water Meadows
Nottingham University
Retford Leisure Centre
Worksop Leisure Centre