
Microleague Dates for the Diary
18 Mar 2022

Northwest Micro League is a three Division league aimed at giving young swimmers aged 9-12 their first taste of competitive swimming action in a friendly team-based setting. Clitheroe Dolphins are currently in Division C and are aiming to return to the B division when racing restarts in 2022.
The winners and promoted teams are decided by who has accumulated the most points across all events. The team to represent Dolphins is selected by the head coach prior to each event, and usually consists of 4 to 5 boys & 4 to 5 girls in each of the following age bandings:
- Aged 9 and under (at the date of the National final in Nov) - all raced over 25m
- Aged 10 (at the date of the National final in Nov) - Butterfly is raced over 25m and all other events raced over 50m
- Aged 11 (at the date of the National final in Nov) - all raced over 50m
- Aged 12 (at the date of the National final in Nov) - all raced over 50m
DATES FOR THE DIARY – Dolphins Fixture
Round One – 14th May @ Palatine, BlackpoolLytham St-Annes, Kirkham, Preston B, Clitheroe
Round Two – 21st May @ Salt Ayre, Lancaster
Lancaster, Kirkham, Garstang, Clitheroe
Round Three – 26th June @ Clitheroe
Lytham St-Annes, Kirkham, Garstang, Clitheroe
Round Four – 2nd July @ West View, Preston
Lytham St-Annes, Lancaster, Preston B, Clitheroe
We have another fully qualified J1 official!
Congratulations and thank you Anne who has officially been signed off in Leeds last weekend! It’s fantastic for our club to have another official to represent us at events.
Swim England have launched a new marketing campaign – Fuel up and Feel Great
We would like to say a huge thank you to Booths, Clitheroe for their generous donation to our club from their October book sales of £323.45!
It is greatly received and will help our little club to keep growing in strength
Ribblesdale Pool in Clitheroe has become the latest organisation in the UK to achieve Swim England's Water Wellbeing standard.
The Water Wellbeing mark is aimed at transforming community swimming pools into places for health, wellbeing and rehabilitation. It recognises the organisation’s efforts in making the pools more accessible and inclusive for people with long-term health conditions.
Councillor Stuart Hirst, chairman of the council’s community services committee, said:
“It’s wonderful to see Ribblesdale Pool achieve this national award. It’s a testimony to the hard work of staff and the enthusiastic support of the pool’s users.
“Swimming and water-based activities are well-known for their health benefits for people of all ages.”
Swim England North West are pleased to announce that the consideration times for the Swim England North West Summer Championships 2026.
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On the back of Andy’s record breaking feat at British Nationals a few weeks ago it was another great day for Dolphins masters yesterday.
Ruth Parker made the trip to Sheffield to compete at the South Yorks masters open meet, coming home with Silver in the 100IM & 50 Breast, and bronze in the 50 Fly, posting three new PBs in the process.
Not only that but subject to the qualifying times being released we believe the time of 40.6 Ruth posted in the 50 Breast should be enough to qualify for the 2026 National Champs.
Well Done Ruth
The Masters have been back in action today as Ruth will be joined by Caitlin Wilson, Martha Smith and Sam Griffiths who have all been selected to represent Lancashire at the inter counties championships at Manchester.
Looking forward to todays stories
If you would like to hear more about our masters setup or come and join the fun book your trial online now
Swim England is proud to be teaming up with leading swimming club administration platforms – including Swim Club Manager and Swim Manager – to deliver a faster, more efficient way for clubs, coaches, and event organisers to access official swimming times.
A very big thank you to Tesco Clitheroe In The Community for their generous donation from their book sales in July!
Some of our swimmers & Paul our chairman went to collect the cheque today.
We would like to wish all athletes across the North West all the best today if they are receiving their GCSE results today.