Ukraine is in crisis – please donate It’s a tense, dangerous, and distressing time. Ongoing violence is causing people to flee their homes and become separated from their families. In some areas, water, electricity, and phone connectivity have been affected. Many people are taking cover from the shelling in basements and bomb shelters, but are...
‘EVERYONE CAN SHINE’ is a new children’s book written by one of our 12 year old swimmers! Hannah Barrios, who swims in our County Squad, has written a children’s book for 4-7 year olds promoting children’s mental health. Hannah loves writing and during lockdown started thinking of other children and created her first book in...
September 30, 2021 Dates for the 2022 domestic swimming competition season have been unveiled – with British and home nations events taking place around the Commonwealth Games. The Swim England National Summer Meet is scheduled to take place from 5-9 August, with the British Summer Championships booked in for 23-28 July. This is to ensure...
The Henley Marathon Swim usually starts at Henley Rowing Club. Unfortunately, this year the Regatta was moved from June to August and the first 4K section to Hambleden Lock could not be used. So, the distance was reduced to 10k. This is a good spectator swim as there is a riverside path. The Course:...
Saturday 17th July 2021 Ullswater Cumbria Aquasphere Chillswim Ullswater Swim 2021 was held on Saturday 17th July at Parkfoot Holiday Park on the outskirts of Pooley Bridge, this is the 2nd edition of this incredible swimming challenge! Swimmers completed the full length of lake swim in separate starts based on each swimmer’s average mile pace to give each one the...
Swimming pool water can inactivate the Covid-19 virus in only 30 seconds under the right conditions, reveals a study by virologists at Imperial College London The findings, which have not been published in a peer-reviewed journal, suggest the risk of transmission of Covid-19 in swimming pool water is incredibly low. Swim England worked collaboratively with...
We are currently in preparations to return to full swimming training on 12 April 2021. All training venues are planning to open on this date. All squads will return on this date except for over 18 swimmers. (Masters and over 18 swimmers are planned to return on 17 May 2021). Any swimmer who have...
Following the Government’s announcement last night, we’re excited and hopeful to restart pool training from Monday 12 April. We won’t know this for definite, until the Government provides an update on Monday 5 April, but we certainly have our fingers crossed. Ahead of this date, We would like our swimmers to remain fit during the next few...
In the wake of the recent announcement by the PM this afternoon that all the 32 Boroughs and the city of London will move to Tier 4 from midnight. Tomorrow’s morning sessions for all squads are cancelled. As you might be aware, stay at home orders have been issued for Tier 4 and the gyms have...
