Gala Overview
Overview of swim competitions
There are many different types of competition and the Committee and coaches of the Club select a full range of events appropriate to swimmers. There are competitive opportunities for all swimming members.
We run several galas for club members only. These include the Club Championships, which take place in the autumn- all swimmers are invited to take part in club champs. Trophies are awarded at our Presentation Night in January. We also run Badge Galas, where swimmers aim to achieve timed standards, as set down by Swim England. Bronze, silver, gold and platinum badges are awarded to the achievement of specific times on strokes/distances.
League and Trophy Galas
Bramcote Swimming Club competes as a team at various venues, usually on Saturday evenings, over a full range of swimming races against other clubs in various league and trophy galas. Points are awarded for the position achieved in each race and the total points give each club a final position in the gala. We try to compete against clubs of a similar standard to ourselves.
Open Meets
Open meets provide the swimmer with a chance to compete in favoured/preferred events, targeting particular qualifying times and standards (e.g. County or Regional Qualifying times). Although the swimmer is competing for themselves, they are still representing Bramcote Swimming Club. The Head Coach identifies specific open meets that competitive swimmers should aim to attend. This ensures a large presence from our club on poolside, so that both moral and technical support can be provided by the coach and other swimmers. We run our own Level 3 open meet – The Bramcote Open Meet – which takes place on the last Sunday in November.
County and Regional Championships
The Nottinghamshire County Championships, which are open to swimmers who achieve the appropriate qualifying times, take place over several weekends during February and March. The East Midlands (Regional) Championships and ‘Nationals’ provide progressively higher levels of competition.
- 04 Mar 2024Academy Club Champs 2024 - Results now available
Results are now available for the Academy Club Champs for 2024, held at the end of February. See the article. - 25 Feb 2024Fantastic end to Notts County Champs 2024
Sunday was a fantastic end to Notts ASA County Championships 2024 with the County Relays. BSC returned 4 championship trophies from 2023 and left with 8, as Bramcote SC goes from strength to strength. What an exciting year we have ahead! - 12 Dec 2023New Coach Joins the Team
Please read the article for an exciting addition to our coaching team. - 27 Nov 2023Thank you for a brilliant Open Meet. The results are now in!
Well, what an exciting Open Meet we had at Bramcote! The leisure centre was packed with swimmers, supporters, officials and also a much needed cake stall, the Butlers medal engravers and the Sporty Swim pop-up shop. The results are now in, so read the article to see these and also what else went on at the meet. - 12 Nov 2023Results for BSC Long Distance Time Trial 2
Please see article for the results. - 07 Nov 2023Results from BSC Race Night 2 - Nov 2023
Well done to all swimmers who took part in tonight's Race Night 2 - we hoped you enjoyed the racing. Please see the provisional results from tonight in the news article. There are also photos from the night. - 23 Oct 2023Bramcote 2023 Open Full & Entries Closed
Thank you to all swimmers and clubs who entered this year’s Bramcote Open. Due to high demand again for this competition we have had to close entries early. - 15 Oct 2023Long Distance Time Trial 1 - Results Now Posted
Well done to all those who got up bright and early on Sunday morning for a long distance time trial. It can't have been easy for those who had been to the Arena League Gala at Nuneaton the night before. Results are posted in the article. - 14 Oct 2023Arena League round 1 at Nuneaton - A Tough Gala
A massive well done to all the swimmers in the first round of Arena League tonight in Nuneaton. A very credible 5th place out of 8 finish against tough opposition, including eight first place finishes! Congratulations to all, and bring on Round 2! ??#WeAreTeamBramcote - 10 Oct 2023BSC Race Night 1 ~ 10th Oct 2023 - Results
Read on for the results.