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 an ASA Beacon Club and 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 Val Ragsdale by clicking this link. or for written correspondence , send to:- COSSS Honorary Secretary, 51 Woodburn Drive, Chapeltown, Sheffield, S35 1YT. Many of the photos on our site are courtesy of Simon Wright at GBswimstars, see more of his work at www.gbswimstars.com
First Weekend Yorkshire Winter Competition 2017
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 05 October 2017 21:12
For the second year running, the Yorkshire Winter Competition will run over two weekends, with the younger age groups competing over the weekend of the 30th September and 1st October in Leeds. Despite being so early in the season, there were many fantastic swims. By the Sunday evening COSSS swimmers had won 37 medals (17 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze) and there were many more top ten finishers.
Snow Frills Draft Program
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- Last Updated on Saturday, 30 September 2017 08:29
The draft read only program for the Snow Frills Gala has now been published on our Forthcoming Galas page. Any issues should be reported by October 20th.
Great racing at Teaspoon 2017
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- Last Updated on Thursday, 28 September 2017 22:35
This year's Teaspoon Gala was as popular as ever, with a packed programme of 50m sprinting and comprised competitors from more than 30 clubs from all over the UK.
World Student Games and World Junior Championships roundup
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- Last Updated on Sunday, 17 September 2017 21:14
Five COSSS swimmers represented GB at two World meets this Summer. Izzy Grant and Joe Litchfield qualified for the World Student Games in Taipei and Amy Bell, Cameron Brooks-Clarke and Elliot Clogg for the World Junior Championships in Indianapolis.
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Sheffield and District Gala Results
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- Last Updated on Monday, 04 September 2017 19:10
The results from the Sheffield and District Gala held at Ponds Forge on September 3rd are now available here.
COSSS swimmers help England North win UK School Games
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 22:22
Five COSS swimmers formed part of the England North team who won the UK School Games National Finals in Loughborough between 2nd and 3rd of September for the second year running.
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Four COSSS swimmers excel at World Champs
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- Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 September 2017 21:15
Four Senior Elite swimmers competed at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and came away with a gold medal, two fourth places, one eighth place, two Commonwealth and 4 national records!
Snow Frills Meet Pack
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- Last Updated on Sunday, 20 August 2017 12:31
The meet pack and Sportsys Electronic Fileset are now available for download on our Forthcoming Galas page.
A British record, 31 medals and COSSS top club at British Summer Championships!
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- Last Updated on Saturday, 19 August 2017 21:30
COSSS swimmers featured prominently at British Swimming's end of season show piece event at Ponds Forge, winning 31 medals and securing a further 30 finals places which was enough to finish as the top club. In addition, the 17/over women's 4x200 free team broke the British club record in winning gold!
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