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Eastleigh Lakeside under new management
Management of open water swimming at Eastleigh lake, near Southampton, changed hands this winter with the new operators promising to…
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In praise of masters swimming
Don’t worry, we’re not planning to drop open water swimming and return to the confines of the pool, but with…
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Records demolished at Hong Kong’s ‘Cold Half’
Now in its fourth year, the Hong Kong ‘Cold Half’ is earning a reputation as a must do race in…
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Copenhagen open water event claims to be the world’s hyggeligste swim
Entries are now open for the 11th running of the Christiansborg Rundt on 26 August 2017.
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Swim Safe: teaching children to stay safe in open water
At H2Open we take the view that it’s far better to teach people how to stay safe in open water…
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Can we have this in the UK please?
Here’s an idea for how local authorities in seaside towns can support open water swimming. Firstly, identify a suitable swimming…
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Man dies due to inactivity
Firstly, apologies for a slightly misleading title on a serious subject, but there’s a point that will become clear below.…
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Interview: Scott Dawson – swimming around the Isle of Wight
A few years ago, Scott Dawson weighed 19 stone (~120kg), and decided he needed to do something about it so…
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Brownsea Island Swim 2016
When I was about 10 I did a sponsored swim where I had to do as many lengths as possible…
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Pioneering swim becomes a stage performance
A theatre company has made a play based on Wayne Soutter’s pioneering swim across the North Channel from Scotland to…
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Becoming an open water coach
Two weeks ago I took a trip to Walsall and the offices of the STA (Swimming Teachers’ Association) to do…
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Sabrina Wiedmer becomes first woman to cross the Dál Raita Channel
On 29 June 2016, Swiss swimmer Sabrina Wiedmer crossed the Irish Sea, starting on Mull of Kintyre and finishing between Cushendun and…
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Open water swimming venue Heron Lake under new management for 2016
Heron Lake, a popular open water swimming venue located just off junction 13 of the M25, will be operating under…
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Life lessons from open water swimming: nothing great is easy
Can what we learn through swimming help us elsewhere in our lives? I think it can, although the lessons are…
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FINA announces cancellation of second leg of Grand Prix
The 25km race at Villa Urquiza-Parana in Argentina scheduled for 7 February has been cancelled says FINA
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Doubling up around Manhattan Island
Between 17 and 18 September this year, Christian Jongeneel from Malaga in Spain became one of only a few people…
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Entries open for the V Cup MARNATON eDreams
Four events covering more than 20km of the Catalan coast line.
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#31miles6days – Harder than expected
When I signed up with #TeamBetter from GLL to swim 31 miles in 31 pools in six days, I didn’t…
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Interview: Chloe Harris
Chloe Harris, who moved to New Zealand from Suffolk when she was 16, has just set what is believed to…
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The Channel: There and back again
Sally Minty-Gravett has swum the English Channel in every decade of her life since she was a teenager. Her first…
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Cross Channel racing with Oxford and Cambridge
Their boat race is more famous, but this bi-annual contest between Britain’s two most famous universities could potentially be more…
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Councils should ban walking or running near water
In 2014, 138 people in the UK drowned after falling in while running or walking alongside water. Forty-six of these…
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Baies de Anges swim to pay homage to Nice attack victims
A new open water swim will take place this year on 11 September in the Baies de Anges, Nice, which…
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Radford and Webby finish on top in final of New Zealand Ocean Swim Series
Local swimmers Kane Radford and Charlotte Webby wrapped up the New Zealand open water swimming season with convincing wins in…
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Swimmers wanted for cold water research study
Does cold water swim training affect your immune system? And if so, how?
