Coniston 2019 has almost, without doubt, been the best and busiest swims we have had the privilege of overseeing. With perfect weather and near mirror flat water, everything was in the swimmers favour on Saturday. With only one withdrawal due to a shoulder niggle (we hope you’ll be back next year) all of the remaining swimmers took full advantage of… Read more →
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England at a staggering 10.5 miles long. This end-2-end swim is one of the most iconic in the Open Water season. The swim will start early on the Sunday morning the 25th of August 2019 from the marina in Fell Foot Park, which is located at the southern end of the lake, we will then… Read more →
Open Water Safety-Drowning Prevention Swimyourswim will be hosting in partnership with Thrybergh Country Park, a free introduction to open water swimming course for children between the ages of 10 and 16 on Saturday 21st of July 2018. The course will start at 1pm and lasts 1 hour. It is suitable for children who can swim 50m and will include… Read more →
Hi Everyone We have a small number of deferred places available at both Bala & Coniston this year, please see below for details and to book on. Bala, or ‘Llyn Tegid’, is a beautiful lake set in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales, and is the longest lake in Wales. This swim will start on Saturday… Read more →
Coniston is third largest lake in the Lake District in the north of England. The lake is famous for the children’s novel Swallows and Amazons, which is set around Peel Island, and also as the location for the World Water-speed record attempts by Donald Campbell. The swim will start on Saturday morning from the beach near to the Brown Howe… Read more →
With the 2017 Open Water Swimming season now underway, we are able to announce that there are still limited spaces available on some of our exciting swimming events this year: On Saturday 6th May 2017, Olympic medal winning open water swimmer Keri-anne Payne will be running a SWIMMING MASTERCLASS with us at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, Doncaster. Tickets are available… Read more →
At Swimyourswim (SYS) we are passionate about supporting people to achieve their swimming goals. For years Leon and Alistair, the founding coaches at SYS, have been setting themselves swimming goals – such as swimming Windermere End-2-End, completing Ice Miles, and becoming Channel Swimmers. Now with the help of our fantastic support team, who have themselves completed many of the above challenges,… Read more →
This summer Swimyourswim is running a number of exciting swim events for which we have just extended the registration dates…. Click on the images below for details on how to book your place on our Swim Coniston and Swim Bala events… Please note: The Swim Coniston end to end event is now FULL – but we… Read more →
In 2016 we are running two SWIM CONISTON events: The Swim Coniston One Mile event will take place on the morning of Saturday 16th July 2016, and will involve a swim of approximately one mile starting from the beach by the Browne Howe carpark and swimming around Peel Island. This swim is IDEAL for those new to open water events! This event costs £40/entrant.… Read more →
