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Arena Swim Keel
It took a bit of time to figure out how to use the new Arena “Swim Keel”. It looks like…
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Alice Dearing and Hector Pardoe secure marathon swim spots for Tokyo Games
The pair secured their places after strong performances at the Olympic open-water marathon swim qualifying event hosted in Setubal, Portugal
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How to stop the discharge of raw sewage into inland waterways
The #EndSewagePollution Coalition is calling on the public to encourage their MPs to support the Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill
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Ötillö Engadin is first major post-covid swimrun
Ötillö, the creators of swimrun, hosted their first event since lockdown with Swimrun Engadin, in Switzerland last weekend (26 July).
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Keri-anne Payne hosts first global open water coaches conference on Zoom
Former open water swimming world champion and Olympic medallist Keri-anne Payne hosted a Zoom conference for open water swimming coaches…
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Events re-starting: Across Mersey Swim 2020
In what we think was the first post-lockdown mass participation open water swimming event in England, the annual Across Mersey…
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Open water upgrade for FORM goggles
FORM will connect with Apple and Garmin watches this summer
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Where to swim – which open water swimming venues are opening, and when?
There's still a lot of uncertainty about how and when venues can open
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BLDSA announces cancellation of all its 2020 events
The British Long Distance Swimming Association (BLDSA) has decided to cancel all of its events for the 2020 season due…
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How coronavirus will impact outdoor swimming
Not only is coronavirus frightening in itself, the changes it’s forced on society, and the speed with which those changes…
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Swim 100 x 100s with the Outdoor Swimmer team
We're organising a 100 x 100m swim at Charlton Lido on 1 March 2020
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New world record for swim across The Wash
Alex Begg swam across The Wash in 5 hours 11 minutes to set a new world record
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Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival 2019 – Highlights and pictures
Last Sunday (14 July) we welcomed more than 1200 swimmers along with their friends and families to the new look…
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IISA Announces Winter Event Dates including GB Championships in Cheltenham
The International Ice Swimming Association (IISA) has updated its northern hemisphere winter events listing. The series now includes 10 events…
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Cameron Bellamy completes 151km Barbados to St Lucia swim
In November 2018, Cameron Bellamy completed the first ever solo circumnavigation swim of Barbados, a 90km journey that took 40…
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Richard Royal claims first Humber 2-way swim
Richard Royal, who last year completed the first documented swim from the former pirate radio station platform of Sealand, is…
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Matlock Bath’s historic lido celebrates its 85th birthday and re-launch in style (& sunshine)
In 1934, members of the British Olympic swimming team had the honour of being the first to take a dip…
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New association launched for False Bay swims
False Bay, in South Africa, is the latest body of open water to get its own body to co-ordinate, officiate…
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T30 renamed and extended to open water swimmers and non-members
Swim England’s annual T30 challenge has been renamed as The Just Swim Challenge 30. In addition, the challenge can now…
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After the fire – how open water swimming venue Divers Cove recovered from an arson attack
Divers Cove, in Godstone, Surrey, is a 7.3m lake that was originally excavated as a sand quarry. It is now…
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John West survey says 30% of British adults haven’t been swimming in more than 10 years
Seafood brand John West recently carried out a survey of attitudes to swimming as part of its Get Yourself Shipshape…
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Event report: Dartmoor Open Water Swim, Roadford Lake, 16 June 19
With the forecast spitting out high winds and rain, it was never going to be a walk in the park…
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Changes to Ice Mile rules
In an email to members and interested parties on 11 February, the International Ice Swimming Association announced a couple of…
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Marathon Swims announces second venue and new charity partner for 2019
Marathon Swims offers regular swimmers the chance to complete the Olympic open water marathon distance in the pool. It launched…
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Lindsey Cole completes Thames mermaid swim
Adventurer and campaigner Lindsey Cole completed her 120-mile length-of-Thames swim exactly on schedule on 24 November 2018 at the Anglers…
