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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Entries open for Marathon Swims 2019
Marathon Swims has announced the dates for its 2019 event at the London Aquatics Centre as 9 and 10 November,…
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Embers Aquatics releases dates for new International Swim Film Festival
To celebrate the recent growth in outdoor swimming, Embers Aquatics has launched a new International Swim Film Festival focused solely…
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The Global Swim Series Top 10 European Open Water Swimming Events for 2019
If you're looking for something different in 2019, check out the Global Swim Series top 10 open water swims in…
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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…
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RNLI launches appeal to combat the biggest killer of 1–4-year-olds in Bangladesh
The RNLI has launched a Creches for Bangladesh appeal that aims to tackle the childhood drowning epidemic in Bangladesh, which…
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Samsung Cross Bosphorus Swim adopts plastics reduction methodology
The Turkish Olympic Committee, which organises the iconic Samsung Cross Bosphorus Swim, has announced its participation in a programme to…
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First swim across The Wash since 1976
On 22 July 2018, Robert Howlett and Steve Riches became the first to soloists under traditional rules to swim across…
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Barbados Open Water Festival expected to attract record number of swimmers
The seventh annual Barbados Open Water Festival will take place from 7 to 10 November and a record number of…
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Rottnest Channel Swim entries open on Monday 22 October
The iconic Rottnest Channel Swim, which takes place in February each year, was forced to remove a large number of…
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STA wins FAB Collaboration Award for Open Water Swimming Coaching Qualification
The Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) has recognised the STA’s cross-industry teamwork in the development and re-launch of its Level…
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Xin Xin and Jack Burnell win in China
The penultimate race of this year’s FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series took place in hot conditions in Qiandao Lake, Chun'an,…
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Breca announce UK national swimrun championships after record numbers tackle Swimrun Gower
Breca Swimrun, a swimrun event organiser in the UK and New Zealand, has announced plans to create a UK national…
