{"id":4582,"date":"2020-03-17T20:40:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2020-03-17T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T20:40:57","slug":"swim-england-statement-regarding-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/?p=4582","title":{"rendered":"Swim England statement regarding coronavirus outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

17 March 2020<\/span><\/p>\n

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday 16 March a range of measures to help combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n

Having further reviewed the guidance, it is Swim England\u2019s interpretation that club activity falls into the \u2018public gathering\u2019 category and therefore it is strongly advising clubs to consider cancelling or postponing activity \u2013 including events \u2013 until the end of May.<\/p>\n

Swim schools should also make an informed decision on future lessons based on the current information from the Government.<\/p>\n

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Swim England will suspend talent activities across all disciplines with immediate effect, having already announced the decision to cancel all national events until the end of May<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

This will include all international and domestic camps, competitions and related activities such as coach conferences across all aquatic sports.<\/p>\n

British Swimming, which has also cancelled and postponed a number of events<\/a>, is speaking to its elite athletes regarding training in the forthcoming weeks.<\/p>\n

Best course of action<\/h2>\n

Jane Nickerson, Swim England Chief Executive, recognised the worries from clubs and learn to swim providers but said a final decision on whether to call off sessions and events had to rest with them.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cWe strongly advise on what we believe is the best course of action in the interests of our coaches, teachers, athletes, learners and volunteers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will review this on an ongoing basis and continue to provide updates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, George Wood, Swim England\u2019s Sport Development Director, has said the suspension on talent activities will be in place until further notice.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe understand this will be disappointing for many and, ideally, we would like to rearrange later in the year when we can,\u201d said George. \u201cHowever, this will depend on how the current situation evolves.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cOur talent programmes will be contacting relevant athletes, coaches and deliverers to inform them of this decision and with further relevant details.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d like to apologise to everyone for any inconvenience this will cause but know that you will understand that it\u2019s been taken in the best interests of social responsibility and provides some certainty during the unprecedented situation we are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

17 March 2020<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday 16 March a range of measures to help combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).<\/p>\n

Having further reviewed the guidance, it is Swim England\u2019s interpretation that club activity falls into the \u2018public gathering\u2019 category and therefore it is strongly advising clubs to consider cancelling or . . . → Read More: Swim England statement regarding coronavirus outbreak<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4582"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4583,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4582\/revisions\/4583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.wiltshireswimming.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}