How it works
Positions on demand. No swimmer records.
Pool Position looks up Swim England’s public rankings when you ask, shows you where a swimmer stands, and then lets the data go. We don’t keep a database of swimmers or their results.
What happens when you search
1. You search
You type a swimmer’s name and pick their club or county, and any region or national list.
2. We read the public lists
Our server asks swimmingresults.org for Swim England’s last-12-months ranking lists for those choices: whole lists, never a named swimmer.
3. We find the swimmer
We look for the name in each list and work out their position in all 19 events.
4. You see the positions
The results go straight to your screen, with links to the official lists. Nothing is saved against the swimmer.
What we hold about swimmers, and for how long
| Data | Where it is | How long |
|---|---|---|
| The swimmer’s name you type | Sent to our server to run the search | Not stored or logged. Not sent to Swim England either. |
| Ranking lists from swimmingresults.org (names, birth years, clubs, times) | A short-lived cache on our server, so each list is fetched at most once an hour | Deleted after one hour. Never combined into a database of swimmers. |
| Your search results | Your browser only | Gone when you close or leave the page. |
| CSV, Excel and PDF downloads | Made in your browser and saved to your device | Never stored by us. You control the file. |
| Your last filters (club, county, course, sex, age group), not the name | Your browser’s local storage | Until you clear your browser data. |
| Sign-in cookie | Your browser, checked by our server | 30 days, or until you sign out. It’s needed to keep you signed in. |
No analytics, advertising or tracking cookies. Search requests are sent in the body of the request, not the address, so swimmers’ names don’t end up in web server logs.
Hidden swimmers and corrections
Swimmers shown as “Member Hidden” on swimmingresults.org are never shown in Pool Position, in results or downloads. Every result comes from Swim England’s published rankings, so if a time or name is wrong, or a swimmer wants to be hidden, ask your club or Swim England: once it changes there, Pool Position shows the change within the hour.
What we do keep
Only the details of people with a Pool Position account or a beta or club request: name, email, club and sign-in details. Our privacy notice explains what, why and for how long.
Rankings data from Swim England’s last-12-months rankings at swimmingresults.org. Pool Position is not affiliated with Swim England.