Medical History Updates As we move into cooler water the importance of us having your correct and updated medical information is even more important. If you have any medical condition that could affect your swim please let us know as you check in for each session, ingrowing toe nails and athletes feet we don’t need to know about, but heart… Read more →
Category: Thrybergh
Preparing yourself for Winter Swimming…
With so many new open water swimmers heading into their first winter swims we’ve put together our usual advice for having fun, safe winter swims. We hope you find it useful. Pre-swim Stay warm for as long as possible Prepare your exit strategy Know where your hat and warm clothes are, have your them laid out in the order you’ll… Read more →
Introduction to Winter Swimming..
Events, Day 6 … INTRODUCTION TO WINTER SWIMMING With the huge interest in open water and winter swimming this year we have decided to run a new ‘Introduction To Winter Swimming’ course at Hatfield and Thrybergh on Saturday October 16th. These courses will provide you with the information necessary to make your winter swimming safer and hopefully more enjoyable,… Read more →
Thrybergh Illuminated Night Swim
Starting off a week of upcoming event posts we have the first of our illuminated night swims. Taking place on the 6th of October 2021 at Thrybergh Country Park, with registration opening at 6.30pm you’re guaranteed a fun filled evening swimming under the stars ( or clouds, it is the north you know ) . On arrival you will… Read more →
Gladmiral ..open water safety courses for young people
In the hope and belief that we can provide the knowledge to make young people safer around open water, we will be starting a series of four introduction to open water safety courses on Saturday 31st July at Thrybergh Country Park. The sessions will start at 2.30pm. There are 20 FREE places available per course. Parents/Guardians all you… Read more →
2021 First Aid Course….
Well done to the SYS Team and swimmers today on completing your first aid training. A big thank you to Andrew for providing a comprehensive and enjoyable course and to Scott for arranging. Our thanks also to Kevin from Thrybergh Country Park for hosting us. Well done everyone, Read more →
First Aid Training
We have a team emergency first aid at work training day this Sunday (27th) at Thrybergh Country Park and have a few spare places due to self isolation. The course starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm and you’ll receive your emergency first aid at work certificate on completion. If you would like to take part in this course… Read more →
How to book your swim ….
We’re welcoming large numbers of new members this season so we thought it would be a good time to post a reminder covering the most frequently asked questions, so here we go…. How do I book a swim?… You can join us by downloading the Wix spaces app on your smart phone using our invite code P8XMCA. You’ll the find… Read more →
Defibrillators really do save lives….
We would like to thank everyone for their messages and emails enquiring after the swimmer on Saturday. We are delighted to say that they are safe and recovering well in hospital after suffering a heart attack. The teams quick response, CPR and use of the Thrybergh defibrillator were all factors in the positive outcome, not to mention the amazing… Read more →
Swifts, Swallows & House Martins a swimmers guide…
If like us you’re having the fantastic privilege of swimming with birds zooming over your heads here’s a quick guide to help you identify them, chances are at the moment they’re house martins with the first one at Hatfield feeding on the lake at the end of March ( early for us ) but given the waters 29ºC they must… Read more →
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