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New Medal Design Winners Announced

Posted on 27 February 2026

First, a huge thank you to every­one who entered our design com­pe­ti­tion. With over 50 entries to review, the stan­dard was excep­tion­al­ly high, mak­ing the final selec­tion a very dif­fi­cult task for our pan­el. I’d also like to thank our judges — Chair­man Rod War­dle, Head Coach Russ Bar­ber, and the Senior Per­for­mance squad — for their time and expertise.

Because the qual­i­ty of work was so impres­sive, we have select­ed an over­all win­ner and two run­ners-up. We are excit­ed to announce that the top two designs will be man­u­fac­tured into our offi­cial new COLSC medals!

The Results:

  • 1st Place: Francesca Spald­ing (Region­al Per­for­mance) Francesca’s design, exe­cu­tion, and cre­ative process blew the judges away. This will become our pri­ma­ry medal for home galas.
  • 2nd Place: Joel Har­ris (Region­al Fast Track) Joel’s fun and excit­ing” design was a huge hit and will be man­u­fac­tured as our new Devel­op­ment Gala medal.
  • 3rd Place: Har­ry Wil­son (Region­al Fast Track) The judges felt Harry’s design was Leeds through and through.” This design will be turned into a cus­tom Croc charm, sold by our Sup­port­ers Committee.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to our win­ners and thank you to every­one who took part!

CoLSC Medal Com­pe­ti­tion Win­ners 2026

Save The Date

Posted on 22 February 2026

To cel­e­brate the end of the sea­son, we’re host­ing a Sum­mer Extrav­a­gan­za and we want the whole club com­mu­ni­ty there. It’s going to be a bril­liant day of catch­ing up and cel­e­brat­ing togeth­er under the sun.

Please save the date: Sun­day, July 5th2026.

We’re cur­rent­ly putting the fin­ish­ing touch­es on the plan – keep an eye on your inbox for the full reveal shortly!

Design Our New Medal

Posted on 12 January 2026

GOTCOOL IDEA?

LOVE WIN­NING MEDALS?

NOW’S YOUR CHANCE TO MAKE CLUB HISTORY.

THE WIN­NING DESIGN WILL BE OUR NEW CLUB MEDAL!

DRAW IT, PAINT IT, DESIGN IT DIG­I­TAL­LY. ANY SHAPE. NO RULES.

Please email your win­ning design to COLSCmedalscomp@​gmail.​com by 5pm, Mon­day 24th Jan­u­ary 2026

Our pan­el of judges will then decide and announce the winner.

GOOD LUCK!!

Leeds Claim Seventh Successive National Junior League Title

Posted on 3 December 2025

A fan­tas­tic result for swim­mers who took part in the Junior Swim League 2025. After win­ning the White Rose leg of the com­pe­ti­tion and qual­i­fy­ing for the final our swim­mers came out the strongest and were crowned the Nation­al Junior League cham­pi­ons for the sev­enth time in a row. Leeds holds the record for the longest streak of wins in the com­pe­ti­tion since it start­ed in 1979. It cer­tain­ly was an excit­ing after­noon with lots of fast rac­ing and fun. The result was a recipe of great swim­ming and sup­port from the bal­cony. City of Leeds came out on top with 30 first place fin­ish­es. An excel­lent team effort WELL DONE!

A big thank you to all the sup­port­ers amongst oth­ers who pro­vid­ed all the hats and flags etc. Par­ents thank you for all the effort that went in to sup­port­ing the team you were all excel­lent you looked great and it real­ly helped moti­vate the swimmers.

Final Stand­ings

  1. City of Leeds 352
  2. Leam­ing­ton Spa 239
  3. Blythe Bar­racu­d­as 223
  4. Tynemouth 211
  5. Ley­land Bar­racu­d­as 204
  6. Not­ting­ham Lean­der 202
  7. Hack­ney Ana­con­das 173
  8. Grantham 143

Best Male in Age Group

David McIn­tosh 9yrs
Reuben Bark­er 10yrs
Ted Wing­field 11yrs 

Best Female in Age Group

Jes­si­ca Sut­cliffe 9yrs
Oma Shen 11 yrs 

Com­pe­ti­tion Records

Jes­si­ca Sut­cliffe – Girls 9 yrs 50m Breast­stroke – 43.34
Lola Mal­colm – Girls 9 yrs 50m But­ter­fly – 39.39
David McIn­tosh – Boys 9 yrs 50m But­ter­fly – 35.81

City of Leeds vic­to­ry was the prod­uct of an excel­lent team per­for­mance and out­stand­ing sup­port with our colour­ful and vocal sup­port­ers cheer­ing the team all the way.

Well done to swim­mers coach­es team man­agers and sup­port­ers for a fan­tas­tic event and an out­stand­ing victory.

City of Leeds Junior League History

20251st352
20241st355
20231st307
20221st350
20191st337
20181st337
20171st330
20162nd282
20153rd254
20146th192
20131st301
20121st321
20111st321
20101st322 

Junior League Mixed Can­non Relay Tro­phy Winners

2012, 2018, 2022, 2023, 20242025

A Team Above All And Above All A TEAM.”

Notice of 2025 Annual General Meeting

Posted on 2 November 2025

All mem­bers and par­ents are invit­ed to attend the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing of the City of Leeds Swim­ming Club at 18:30 on the 3rd Novem­ber in the Deni­son Suite.

Any pro­pos­als for change to the rules to be con­sid­ered at the AGM must be received in writ­ing by the Hon­orary Secretary.

Nom­i­na­tions are invit­ed for both offi­cer ship and sup­port­er mem­bers of the City of Leeds Swim­ming Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee and should be sub­mit­ted to the Hon­orary Sec­re­tary. Nom­i­na­tion forms are avail­able from the Club Chair­man and must have the sig­na­tures of the nom­i­nee, pro­pos­er and sec­on­der and all must be paid up mem­bers of the Club.

Please make every effort to attend the above meet­ing. This is your Club and the Annu­al Gen­er­al Meet­ing is your oppor­tu­ni­ty to hear from the Exec­u­tive Com­mit­tee about devel­op­ments dur­ing the year and to put for­ward thoughts you may have about the future run­ning of the Club or the way it is managed.

Agen­da

  1. Chair­man’s Address
  2. Apolo­gies for Absence
  3. Min­utes of the 2024 Meeting
  4. Hon­orary Sec­re­tary’s Report
  5. Hon­orary Trea­sur­er’s Report
  6. Chief Coach’s Report
  7. Swim Mark Report
  8. Elec­tion of Officers
  9. Change of Rule (see sep­a­rate paper)
  10. Fees for 2026
  11. Any Oth­er Busi­ness relat­ing to the above

Gen­er­al Information

In accor­dance with the Club rules, only paid-up mem­bers of the Club aged 16 and over will be allowed to vote at the AGM. Asso­ciate Mem­bers are invit­ed to attend the meet­ing but will not be allowed to vote.

Any­one requir­ing nom­i­na­tion forms please con­tact the Chair­man Rod War­dle at rjw1062@​aol.​co.​uk.

Anna Chees­brough
Hon­orary Secretary