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 →
We have just added a “Donate a Swim’ session on our Wix Spaces booking app to raise money for wetsuits and safety equipment for young people this summer. Swimyourswim will be running four open water safety sessions for young people and by donating a swim you will be helping us to purchase the wetsuits and safety equipment necessary to facilitate these… Read more →
This is the first year that we won’t be there to take your photos as you come up the ramp, we’re going to miss seeing your jubilant (relieved) faces as you finish your swims. If you get chance please post your pics here, we’d love to see them. We’re sending you all our best for a fantastic day, have a… Read more →
We have just read the great article from Sophie Etheridge in the Outdoor Swimmer Magazine about disability access and disabled swimmers, you can read it too by clicking here Sophie raises some great issues so we thought it would be a good time to let you know that we are really fortunate to have the use of two fantastic venues… Read more →
We’re really excited to announce that the swim sessions at Thrybergh Country Park are now open for online booking with a restart date of Monday 29th March. Covid safety measures will be in place and social distancing will still be required to keep you and us safe, but we’re all used to that now so no stress there. The… Read more →
Sadly we are unable to restart our pool coached lane sessions at the moment, tier 3 restrictions prevent over 18 indoor group training, The STA / Government guidelines can be viewed here When this changes we will email everyone with a start date. Hatfield and Thrybergh open water sessions start again on Saturday and these swims are now… Read more →
With many of us not swimming over lockdown, alternative ways to keep fit are going to be vital for our mental health and personal fitness, mine currently involves moving the house two inches to the right and cleaning like the queens about to visit, but it’s making Jane happy and she buys Kit Kats when happy, so win win. … Read more →
As we draw near to the winter swim club sessions we need to be a little bit clearer on what attributes a winter swim buddy needs, unfortunately Angela is a little confused and thought these two, errm ‘people’ would be ok. The water temperature is dropping nicely, so now’s the time to start buttering up your partners,… Read more →
“Calm” The last in our current series of stories from behind the watercolours, painted by the fantastic artist Emily Moncuit, here she chat’s to Jane Crosby, who some say is a very lucky lady. When I set out with my sketchbook to capture images for this swim club, I had no idea who the people were behind the goggles… Read more →
A big thank you to everyone involved in tonights coached lane session at Queens Park Leisure Centre. It was great to be back and to see so many friendly faces along with some new, very speedy ones, all working hard in the pool to improve their technique and swim fitness. We especially want to thank our amazing coaching team of… Read more →
