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Login Members' Area Lancashire County Champs Entry Details for the 2012 Lancashire County Champs have been posted in the events section of this site Link Christmas graduation for British coaches Two British Swimming Coaches - Rob Greenwood (British Gas ITC Stirling) and Mark Rose (City of Manchester) – were amongst the first 12 graduates of the 2010-11 Elite Coaching Apprenticeship Programme (ECAP coach development scheme) today. The two-year programme offers an accelerated development opportunity for emerging high performance coaches who are already working within the High Performance System, to enable them to become the elite coaches of the future. On graduating, Greenwood said: “Today has been a great day and I feel honoured to be one of the first people to graduate from this course. “It was a privilege for me when i was selected by British Swimming to be part of ECAP. I have learnt a lot from the different elements of this course and I am looking forward to putting my knowledge into action.” UK Sport Director of Performance, Peter Keen, who will present the coaches with their graduation certificates, said: “I congratulate the 12 coaches who are graduating from ECAP this week for the hard work and dedication they have shown over the past two years. I have no doubt that the journey they have been on and lessons they have learnt will aid them enormously as they continue to progress with their coaching careers. “Ensuring we have a system in place that means we can nurture and develop our best coaches is crucial to the continued success of British Olympic and Paralympic sport and programmes like ECAP enable this to happen.” 2012 National Champs Qualification times and a program of events for the 2012 youth nationals are now posted on the site Program of events Qualifying times New website set to make a big splash! COMAST invests in new image... More... J. Bloggs Tales from the pool by your man at the deep end... More... Latest News European Championships COMAST Swimmers return home read more in the news pages Read... The Rest of the News...		Welcome to COMAST! This is the official website of COMAST, City of Manchester Aquatics Swim Team, the premier Swimming Club in Manchester which caters for swimmers of all abilities who wish to develop and improve their performances through structured coaching in a competitive yet friendly environment at one of the worldÂ’s leading facilities. Swimmers of all ages from Manchester and the surrounding area are invited to come along and experience the very best of what swimming has to offer and join a club that is going places. Club Philosophy The COMAST development programme is designed to encourage swimmers of all abilities to enter a competitive environment with enjoyment being the main focus. Squads are structured so that swimmers can naturally progress at their own pace to reach their individual levels of ambition, ability and application. In order to achieve this regular competition is provided at all levels which not only enhances performance, but serves to act as a measure of progress. The Pool Manchester Aquatics Centre, home to COMAST, is a purpose-built, state-of-the-art swimming facility, close to the centre of Manchester, that stands as a fantastic legacy to the success of the Commonwealth Games in 2002.