Scottish winter swim camp 2024. Join us for a fun weekend of safe winter swimming with the opportunity to complete your ice mile qualifier or ice mile ( subject to temperature ). If you want to join us but don’t want to do an ice mile we’ve got you covered as well, they’ll be a team on hand to take… Read more →
Saturday the 20th of January turned out to be the busiest ice mile day in Swimyourswim’s history . In our 10th anniversary year, we saw 10 successful ice miles being completed ( subject to ratification ) at DCLT’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster. In crystal clear water which was a nice chilly 4.5ºC all of swimmers that were attempting… Read more →
SYS are holding a number of ICE MILE SWIM attempts across the winter of 2023/24. Each Saturday swim day we will have spaces for a number of swimmers to attempt their ICE MILE – a one mile swim in water under 5ºC, wearing only one swim costume, one swim cap and a pair of goggles. You can REGISTER your interest HERE,… Read more →
Congratulations to all of yesterdays swimmers who braved 4ºC water temps at both venues and especially the three swimmers who attempted their first ICE MILE’s. The morning saw Sam starting of on her attempt and finishing in 43m 38s ( all miles are subject to ratification by IISA ) with a good recovery. Air temperature was hovering around 0ºC… Read more →
With water temperatures now below 5ºC our regular winter swimmers can add an official ice distance badge to their collections. Simply book in as normal, let us know which distance you’re attempting and complete your swim. After you’ve warmed up you can pay & collect your badge from Susan. Look how happy they can make you .. Read more →
When we all set off yesterday morning with the air temperature at -6ºC there was absolutely no doubt we would be heading for three more ice mile attempts at DCLT’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster. The morning didn’t disappoint. Tracy left Alistair this message on his windscreen. First swimmer away was the lovely Gillian… Read more →
A very big thank you to everyone that has swum and supported us in 2022, we’ve loved every minute of it and hope you have too, see you in 2023. Read more →
Today saw three new ice miles (subject to ratification) being completed at Hatfield, unbeknown to us and only coming to light in the recovery room all three swimmers had also previously completed an Iron Man making them eligible to join the even more elite group of IronIce swimmers. Ian Wright started off this mornings fun with a… Read more →
A very big thank you to everyone that made our first winter swim camp at Torran Bay, Loch Awe such an enjoyable and successful event. We’ll be back again for our summer camp in June 2023 so keep an eye out for the release date in January. The “awesome” swimmers couldn’t complete their planned ice miles due to… Read more →
Thanks to Coire Smth we have a great opportunity to complete an ice mile medical complete with ECG at our Loch Awe swim camp in November. To book your medical please email Coire direct at mermedicmedicals@gmail.com Channel medicals also available. Read more →
