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TESTIMONIALS
I have a great experience at NOVA, the training was always challenging but I loved doing it with my friends by my side! There aren't many programmes in the country with the level of performance coaching and quality distance training that NOVA has. I don't think I would be the person I am today without the relationships I have at NOVA with my team mates and staff, so a big thank you always.
I have had so many great experiences since joining NOVA at the age of 9, always having felt supported by my coaches and team mates from Regional Development through to the Performance Squad. NOVA's great programme has given me the opportunity to compete internationally, both in the pool and open water. It has also given me the opportunity to receive a scholarship to train and study in the US for 4 years and I would not be the athlete or person that I am today with NOVA's support.
NOVA and the University of Nottingham provided me with the environment to thrive as an athlete. The programme and support enabled me to achieve things I never dreamt of achieving.
I started swimming in a small club in Staffordshire. The opportunity to train under such a great coaching team and the emphasis on developing and the emphasis on developing homegrown talent drew me to NOVA. Highlights of my career include competing at the Beijing 2008 Olympics. I think the impact NOVA Centurion and the University of Nottingham had on me is to always do things with integrity, work hard, be honest with yourself, show up every day and believe you will be rewarded.
Being a member of NOVA from age 12 to 29 shaped my swimming career, guiding me to two Paralympic medals, and influenced my life beyond the pool. The lessons learned, discipline instilled, experiences had, and connections forged have been key in building my character and impacting my career.
It's an incredible journey with so many highs and lows! I started swimming with NOVA Centurion from Sutton-in-Ashfield when I was 10 years old and was a member of the squad until I retired at 25. I am proud to have been part of the Nottinghamshire County Swim Squad and to have been part of a legacy that has produced so many world class swimmers.
I was fortunate to be selected for the NOVA Centurion program at just 10 years old, starting out at Radford Swimming Club. I remained with NOVA throughout my entire swimming career. The decision to stay with NOVA was easy, given the exceptional training. The discipline, commitment, and resilience I developed during my time with NOVA was pivotal in preparing me for my future career in the Royal Air Force.
Honours Board
Nottinghamshire’s International Swimmers
Being part of the Nottinghamshire swimming programme means being part of a long legacy of swimmers who have represented their country at the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, Commonwealth Games, or World University Games.
2000 - Present
| 2025 | Megan Sng | World University Games, Berlin, Germany | Hong Kong |
| 2024 | Nubia Adjei | World Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Ghana |
| 2023 | Nubia Adjei | World Championships, Fukuoka, Japan | Ghana |
| 2022 | Freya Colbert | Commonwealth Games, Birmingham, England | England |
| 2022 | Freya Colbert | European Championships, Rome, Italy | Great Britain |
| 2022 | Freya Colbert | World Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2022 | Nubia Adjei | World Short Course Championships, Melbourne, Australia | Ghana |
| 2019 | Joshua Grob | World Para Championships, London, England | Switzerland |
| 2018 | Rosie Rudin | Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia | England |
| 2018 | Polly Holden | European Championships, Glasgow, Scotland | Great Britain |
| 2018 | Joshua Grob | European Para Championships, Dublin, Ireland | Switzerland |
| 2018 | Oliver Hynd | European Para Championships, Dublin, Ireland | Great Britain |
| 2017 | Rosie Rudin | World Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Charlotte Henshaw | European Para Championships, Funchal, Portugal | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Oliver Hynd | European Para Championships, Funchal, Portugal | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Charlotte Henshaw | Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Oliver Hynd | Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Great Britain |
| 2016 | Kelsey Campbell | World Short Course Championships, Windsor, Canada | Jamaica |
| 2015 | Charlotte Henshaw | World Para Championships, Glasgow, Scotland | Great Britain |
| 2015 | Oliver Hynd | World Para Championships, Glasgow, Scotland | Great Britain |
| 2014 | Fiona Donnelly | Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland | Scotland |
| 2014 | Oliver Hynd | Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland | England |
| 2014 | Oliver Hynd | European Para Championships, Eindhoven, Netherlands | Great Britain |
| 2013 | Charlotte Henshaw | World Para Championships, Montreal, Canada | Great Britain |
| 2013 | Oliver Hynd | World Para Championships, Montreal, Canada | Great Britain |
| 2013 | Samuel Hynd | World Para Championships, Montreal, Canada | Great Britain |
| 2012 | Rebecca Adlington | Olympic Games, London, England | Great Britain |
| 2012 | Charlotte Henshaw | Paralympic Games, London, England | Great Britain |
| 2012 | Oliver Hynd | Paralympic Games, London, England | Great Britain |
| 2012 | Samuel Hynd | Paralympic Games, London, England | Great Britain |
| 2012 | Georgia Hohman | World Short Course Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Great Britain |
| 2011 | Charlotte Henshaw | European Para Championships, Berlin, Germany | Great Britain |
| 2011 | Oliver Hynd | European Para Championships, Berlin, Germany | Great Britain |
| 2011 | Samuel Hynd | European Para Championships, Berlin, Germany | Great Britain |
| 2011 | Rebecca Adlington | World Championships, Shanghai, China | Great Britain |
| 2010 | Rebecca Adlington | Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India | England |
| 2010 | Jessica Sylvester | Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India | England |
| 2010 | Sasha Matthews | Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India | England |
| 2010 | Katherine Wyld | Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India | England |
| 2010 | Rebecca Adlington | European Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2010 | Sasha Matthews | European Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2010 | Jessica Sylvester | European Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2010 | Charlotte Henshaw | World Para Championships, Eindhoven, Netherlands | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Charlotte Henshaw | European Para Championships, Reykjavik, Iceland | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Samuel Hynd | European Para Championships, Reykjavik, Iceland | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Emma Bird | European Short Course Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Sasha Matthews | European Short Course Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Jessica Sylvester | European Short Course Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Katherine Wyld | European Short Course Championships, Istanbul, Turkey | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Katherine Wyld | World Championships, Rome, Italy | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Rebecca Adlington | World Championships, Rome, Italy | Great Britain |
| 2009 | Samuel Hynd | World Para Short Course Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Great Britain |
| 2008 | Jessica Sylvester | European Short Course Championships, Rijeka, Croatia | Great Britain |
| 2008 | Rebecca Adlington | Olympic Games, Beijing, China | Great Britain |
| 2008 | Jessica Sylvester | Olympic Games, Beijing, China | Great Britain |
| 2008 | Charlotte Henshaw | Paralympic Games, Beijing, China | Great Britain |
| 2008 | Samuel Hynd | Paralympic Games, Beijing, China | Great Britain |
| 2008 | Rebecca Adlington | World Short Course Championships, Manchester, England | Great Britain |
| 2007 | Emma Bird | European Short Course Championships, Debrecen, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2007 | Rebecca Adlington | World Championships, Melbourne, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2007 | Katherine Wyld | World Championships, Melbourne, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2007 | Katherine Wyld | World University Games, Bangkok, Thailand | Great Britain |
| 2006 | Cari Fflur Davies | Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia | Wales |
| 2006 | Rebecca Adlington | European Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2006 | Jessica Sylvester | European Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2006 | Katherine Wyld | European Championships, Budapest, Hungary | Great Britain |
| 2006 | Rebecca Adlington | European Short Course Championships, Helsinki, Finland | Great Britain |
| 2006 | Katherine Wyld | European Short Course Championships, Helsinki, Finland | Great Britain |
| 2006 | Callum Lawson | World Para Championships, Durban, South Africa | Great Britain |
| 2004 | Adam Faulkner | European Short Course Championships, Vienna, Austria | Great Britain |
| 2004 | Kathryn Evans | Olympic Games, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
| 2004 | Adam Faulkner | Olympic Games, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
| 2004 | James Crisp | Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
| 2004 | Callum Lawson | Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
| 2003 | Kathryn Evans | European Short Course Championships, Dublin, Ireland | Great Britain |
| 2003 | Adam Faulkner | European Short Course Championships, Dublin, Ireland | Great Britain |
| 2003 | Kathryn Evans | World Championships, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 2003 | Adam Faulkner | World Championships, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 2003 | Kathryn Evans | World University Games, Daegu, South Korea | Great Britain |
| 2003 | Adam Faulkner | World University Games, Daegu, South Korea | Great Britain |
| 2002 | James Crisp | Commonwealth Games, Manchester, England | England |
| 2002 | Catrin Davies | Commonwealth Games, Manchester, England | Wales |
| 2002 | Heidi Earp | Commonwealth Games, Manchester, England | England |
| 2002 | Kathryn Evans | Commonwealth Games, Manchester, England | England |
| 2002 | Adam Faulkner | Commonwealth Games, Manchester, England | England |
| 2002 | Adam Faulkner | European Short Course Championships, Riesa, Germany | Great Britain |
| 2002 | James Crisp | World Para Championships, Mar del Plata, Argentina | Great Britain |
| 2002 | Tim Reddish | World Para Championships, Mar del Plata, Argentina | Great Britain |
| 2002 | Adam Faulkner | World Short Course Championships, Moscow, Russia | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Callum Lawson | European Para Championships, Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Tim Reddish | European Para Championships, Stockholm, Sweden | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Heidi Earp | European Short Course Championships, Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Kathryn Evans | European Short Course Championships, Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Adam Faulkner | European Short Course Championships, Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Adam Faulkner | World Championships, Fukuoka, Japan | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Catrin Davies | World University Games, Beijing, China | Great Britain |
| 2001 | Kathryn Evans | World University Games, Beijing, China | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Heidi Earp | European Short Course Championships, Valencia, Spain | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Kathryn Evans | European Short Course Championships, Valencia, Spain | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Adam Faulkner | European Short Course Championships, Valencia, Spain | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Heidi Earp | Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Kathryn Evans | Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Adam Faulkner | Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2000 | James Crisp | Paralympic Games, Sydney, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Tim Reddish | Paralympic Games, Sydney, Australia | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Heidi Earp | World Short Course Championships, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Kathryn Evans | World Short Course Championships, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
| 2000 | Adam Faulkner | World Short Course Championships, Athens, Greece | Great Britain |
1980 - 1999
| 1999 | James Crisp | European Para Championships, Braunschweig, Germany | Great Britain |
| 1999 | Tim Reddish | European Para Championships, Braunschweig, Germany | Great Britain |
| 1999 | Adam Faulkner | European Short Course Championships, Lisbon, Portugal | Great Britain |
| 1999 | Alex Bennett | World University Games, Majorca, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1999 | Catrin Davies | World University Games, Majorca, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1998 | Catrin Davies | Commonwealth Games, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Wales |
| 1998 | James Crisp | World Para Championships, Christchurch, New Zealand | Great Britain |
| 1998 | Heidi Earp | European Short Course Championships, Sheffield, England | Great Britain |
| 1998 | Kathryn Evans | European Short Course Championships, Sheffield, England | Great Britain |
| 1998 | Tim Reddish | World Para Championships, Madrid, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1997 | James Crisp | European Para Championships, Badajoz, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1996 | Tim Reddish | Paralympic Games, Atlanta, United States | Great Britain |
| 1995 | Alex Bennett | European Championships, Vienna, Austria | Great Britain |
| 1995 | Helen Gorman | World University Games, Fukuoka, Japan | Great Britain |
| 1995 | Tim Reddish | European Para Championships, Perpignan, France | Great Britain |
| 1994 | Alex Bennett | Commonwealth Games, Victoria, Canada | England |
| 1994 | Alex Bennett | World Championships, Rome, Italy | Great Britain |
| 1994 | Tim Reddish | World Para Championships, Valletta, Malta | Great Britain |
| 1993 | Alex Bennett | European Championships, Sheffield, England | Great Britain |
| 1993 | Nicola Kennedy | European Championships, Sheffield, England | Great Britain |
| 1993 | Tim Reddish | European Para Championships, Rome, Italy | Great Britain |
| 1993 | Helen Gorman | World University Games, Buffalo, United States | Great Britain |
| 1993 | Jackie Thompson | World University Games, Buffalo, United States | Great Britain |
| 1992 | Elizabeth Arnold | Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1992 | Roland Lee | Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1992 | Tim Reddish | Paralympic Games, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1991 | Tim Reddish | European Para Championships, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1991 | Nicola Kennedy | World University Games, Sheffield, England | Great Britain |
| 1990 | Elizabeth Arnold | Commonwealth Games, Auckland, New Zealand | England |
| 1990 | Tim Reddish | World Para Championships, Assen, Netherlands | Great Britain |
| 1989 | Tim Reddish | European Para Championships, Zurich, Switzerland | Great Britain |
| 1987 | Julie Wilmot | World University Games, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Great Britain |
| 1986 | Lorraine Montford | Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland | Scotland |
| 1986 | Joanne Wood | Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland | England |
| 1982 | Sarah Kerswell | Commonwealth Games, Brisbane, Australia | England |
| 1980 | Sarah Kerswell | Olympic Games, Moscow, Russia | Great Britain |
Pre 1980
| 1972 | Michael Richards | Olympic Games, Munich, Germany | Great Britain |
| 1970 | Michael Richards | Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh, Scotland | Wales |
| 1970 | Michael Richards | European Championships, Barcelona, Spain | Great Britain |
| 1954 | Peter Jervis | Commonwealth Games, Vancouver, Canada | England |
| 1954 | Maureen Pitchfork | Commonwealth Games, Vancouver, Canada | England |
| 1924 | Constance Jean | Olympic Games, Paris, France | Great Britain |
| 1920 | Constance Jean | Olympic Games, Antwerp, Belgium | Great Britain |
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