The new British Summer Championships get underway next week in Sheffield as part of a Performance Pathway strategy aimed at increasing and supporting junior talent on the journey to senior medal-winning performance.
This competition structure has been designed to expose an even greater number of young, talented swimmers to national competition while at the same time providing a firm foundation to ensure Britain sees more of its exciting junior talent transition to becoming successful senior athletes.
"Over the course of this past season we have begun to make some timely changes to the traditional domestic competition structure, with the implementation of a new British Summer Championships being one of the major headlines," explained British Swimming Head of Performance Pathway Tim Jones.
"An important long-term goal of the performance pathway is to create a production line of exciting and robust talent in every event. This new British Championship is one element in a suite of competitions running across the home nations which will see a significantly increased number of swimmers being exposed to high quality end of season meets."
The event takes place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield from Tuesday 28 July to Sunday 2 August.
"Competitors have been invited to compete in Sheffield based on their ranking performances in the qualifying window. We hope this approach will nurture a group of swimmers who are in the future better prepared to perform at their best at a given point in time,” explained Jones.
"We expect to see some incredibly exciting races while at the same time unearthing some new talent capable of being some of the stars of the future".
The British Summer Championships will be streamed live and will be accessible via the homepage.