NEWS
The latest news from the world of outdoor swimming. Stay updated with stories and events that matter to the swim community.
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Record number of swimmers take part in sixth Barbados Open Water Festival
Barbados is becoming a must-visit destination for open water swimmers around the world with its annual Open Water Festival, which…
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SwimTrek rewarded for creating a new industry
SwimTrek’s recent receipt of a Queen’s Award in Innovation recognises the company’s pioneering creation of the swim holiday business
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Homelessness charity Crisis wants swimmers to get cold
Each winter, Crisis hold a series of icy plunge swims to raise funds and awareness for those sleeping rough. You…
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Proposal launched to create Scottish Open Water Swimming Association
The Scottish Open Water Swimming Association (SOWSA) is a proposed new charity that aims to promote and grow safe open…
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Becky Horsbrugh attempts to be the first British person to swim the Bangla Channel
On the 29 January 2018, Becky Horsbrugh will attempt to be the first British person to swim the Bangla Channel in the…
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Hundreds of swimmers expected at the Outdoor Swimming Society’s December Dip
Hundreds of swimmers are expected this Saturday at the Outdoor Swimming Society’s December Dip at Parliament Hill Lido on London’s…
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Swell by Jenny Landreth makes William Hill shortlist
Swimming book Swell: A Waterbiography by Jenny Landreth has made the seven-strong shortlist of the William Hill Sports Book of…
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Outdoor Swimmer nominated for WOWSA Award
The changes we’ve made to Outdoor Swimmer magazine in 2017 have been recognised through a nomination for an award by…
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Wild Water photography project
Wild Water is a photography project exploring open water swimming in the UK by award winning photographer Christopher Lanaway, who…
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5k swim announced for 2018 Keswick Mountain Festival
Keswick Mountain Festival has announced its programme of sports events for 2018, which will include a 5k swim for the…
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Cake! Cake! Cake!
Enter our ultimate outdoor swimming cake contest!
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New London open water swimming event to raise funds for MND
The team behind the famous Amsterdam City Swim are bringing their fundraiser for motor neurone disease (MND) to London for…
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Pair set off on Scottish coast-to-coast swim challenge
This morning Graham Donald, 27, and Kerran Traynor, 31, entered the water at Fort William to swim coast-to-coast across mainland Scotland.…
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Avram Iancu completes 2,860km Danube Swim after 89 days
Romanian endurance swimmer, Avram Iancu, has become the first person to swim the length of the Danube without the use…
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Round Rarotonga success!
On 18 September Outdoor Swimmer contributor, swim coach and water advocate Dan Abel, completed a 34km circumnavigation of Rarotonga in…
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Barbados Open Water Festival to support devastated Caribbean Islands
The event organisers of the 2017 Barbados Open Water Festival have confirmed the event is a Go!
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Aspire recruiting 8,000 swimmers to join their annual swim challenge – will you be one of them?
Aspire, the charity who help give back independence to over 40,000 people paralysed through a spinal cord injury in the…
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Jaimie Monahan swims from US to Canada
Latest feat from world renowned ultra-marathon swimmer
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“Everything is a more difficult than I imagined.”
Avram Iancu talks to Outdoor Swimmer about the trials of swimming the length of the Danube
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Video replay determines winners of FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup round six
The winners of both the men’s and women’s races in the sixth round the FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup could…
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Sprint finishes determine both men’s and women’s winners in the FINA 25km World Championships
Anna Marcela Cunha and Axel Reymond take gold in Lake Balaton, Hungary
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Crowdfunding campaign launches for new head-up display for swimmers
This is one for pool swimmers, technophiles and those of you who like to be on the forefront of developments…
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Six swimmers to swim twice around Manhattan Island
Mo Siegel, Jaimie Monahan, Courtney Paulk, Steve Gruenwald, Gilles Chalandon and Michele Walters take on the 57-mile 40 Bridges Double…
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Girl power! Rivard sisters make history at Massawippi
The Fifth Annual 9-mile swim on Lac Massawippi took place on 14 August 2017. Out of a field of eleven…
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Dates for MCS Beach Clean days
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is looking for volunteers to help clean up Britain’s beaches.
