Established in 1981 we are South Yorkshire’s premier competitive swimming club and train at the prestigious Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield. Our aim is to compete at the highest levels in the sport, and within our squads we have many International swimmers and National medallists. We also compete at district, county and regional levels, including various open meets through-out the year. We are regularly ranked in the top 10 clubs in Great Britain.
For any training related enquiries please email by clicking this link. Any enquiries about COSSS Open Meets should be directed to our Gala Secretary by clicking this link. For any general enquiries or correspondence please email our Honorary Secretary, Sarah Finlay, by clicking this link, or for written correspondence, send to:- COSSS Honorary Secretary, Ponds Forge ISC, Sheaf Street, Sheffield, S1 2BP. Many of the photos on our site are courtesy of Simon Wright at GBswimstars, see more of his work at www.gbswimstars.com
Summer Break
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 24 May 2018 08:55
To advise that for JO1, JO2, JO3, Regional, Regional Junior and Masters the summer break will be Monday July 23rd to Sunday August 12th inclusive. For Senior Elite and Junior Elite, for British Championships swimmers it will be Monday July 30th to Sunday August 19th, and for English National swimmers it will be Sunday August 5th to Sunday August 26th.
Further details of all the training alterations for the summer break will be posted nearer the time.
No Frills 2018
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 May 2018 21:20
JO3, JO2 and Regional Squads were out in force at our No Frills meet, which this year was run as a level 3 for the first time. It was a successful weekend for our swimmers, with many wining multiple medals over the two days' competition.
Summer Meet Draft Program
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 17 May 2018 10:02
The draft read only program for the Summer Meet has now been posted on our Forthcoming Galas page.
Swim England NE Open Champs
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 10 May 2018 19:33
This year's Open NER Championships was held at Ponds Forge and saw COSSS dominating the relay events. Many of our swimmers had limited individual programmes as they prepare for target meets later in the season.
BoK Spring Open Meet 2018
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 April 2018 21:44
Swimmers from Regional Squad, JO3, JO2 and JO1 competed at the Huddersfield Leisure Centre for some short course racing. It was a very successful weekend for our swimmers who frequently in the top 3 in events.
Strong performance at National Qualifying Meet
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- Last Updated on Sunday, 22 April 2018 12:29
Regional Squad, JO1 and Junior Elite swimmers competed at the Level 1 National Qualifiying Meet at Leeds. It provides the opportunity to swim heats and finals in preparation for the major Championship Meets and hopefully to swim faster later in the day.
Three COSSS swimmers selected for Europeans
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:45
Ellie Faulkner, Jay Lelliott and Max Litchfield have been selected as part of a 43 swimmer GB team heading for Glasgow for the European Championships in August.
Four medals for COSSS swimmers at Gold Coast!
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 April 2018 17:34
Many congratulations to Senior Elite swimmers Ellie Faulkner, Nick Grainger, Abbie Houston, Joe Litchfield, and Rosie Rudin for their performances at the Commonwealth Games, resulting in four medals and seven finals places.
Quality competition at Premier Meet
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- Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 April 2018 11:50
The Premier Meet is the first level 1 COSSS meet of the year. This year there was a huge entry from some of the country's strongest clubs, and so the standard of competition was high.
