The Winter Swim Club a 6 session course designed to safely introduce and acclimatise you to open water swimming at low (winter) temperatures (varying from approximately 12ºC down to 5ºC). If you have NEVER swum in winter-temperature open water WE RECOMMEND completing the WINTER SWIM CLUB course before swimming in water under 12ºC, but the course is NOT COMPULSORY at our venues. … Read more →
Do you volunteer or work at an open water venue ? SwimYourSwim are pleased to offer the two day STA Award in Open Water Safety course excluding life saving skills on the 27th & 28th of October 2018. Qualification Objective: The STA Award in Open Water Safety (OWS) is designed to train candidates in rescue competencies in order… Read more →
The Winter Swim Club a 6 session course designed to safely introduce and acclimatise you to open water swimming at low (winter) temperatures (varying from approximately 12ºC down to 5ºC). If you have NEVER swum in winter-temperature open water WE RECOMMEND completing the WINTER SWIM CLUB course before swimming in water under 12ºC, but the course is NOT COMPULSORY at our venues. We… Read more →
AQUATHON AT CLUMBER PARK We are really excited to announce that on Friday the 14th of September and by kind permission of the National Trust we are able to bring you the first ever Aquathon at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire. With registration starting at 5.30pm and the event starting at 6.30pm you’ll have plenty of… Read more →
SwimYourSwim are pleased to announce a unique marathon open water swimming challenge for 2019. To continue our Festival of Open Water Swimming Events we are introducing the 26.2 mile marathon open water swimming event, this is “four” marathon swims and in running terms an actual marathon. You will need to swim one mile on the hour every hour for 26… Read more →
Hi everyone This Friday see’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre hosting the annual Recovery Games. To allow the centre to prepare the venue and to minimise the traffic on site we have agreed to cancel the swimming session for this Friday (17th). We will be open as usual Tuesday (14th) 6pm – 8pm Thursday (16th) 6pm – 8pm and… Read more →
SYS are holding a number of ICE MILE SWIM attempts across the winter of 2018/19. Each Saturday swim day we have space for three swimmers to attempt their ICE MILE – a one mile swim (1600m) in water under 5ºC, wearing only one swim costume (shorts for the blokes!), one swim cap and a pair of goggles*. To be eligible for… Read more →
SYS are running a 1km ICE MILE QUALIFYING EVENT on Saturday 24th November, from 8am -10am, at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, near Doncaster The event will cost £10 and provide you with an opportunity to swim a 1km distance in temperatures (hopefully) at 6ºC or under… We will then be able to complete your ICE MILE QUALIFYING SWIM… Read more →
ITOWS Tonight saw 6 amazing swimmers completing their introduction to open water swimming course with Angela our brand new open water coach. Angela completed her STA level 2 award in open water coaching last month and tonight was the perfect evening to put her new skills to the test. Judging by the smiles on their faces and the… Read more →
We are very proud to introduce SEVEN new Level 2 Open Water Swimming Coaches, who have today successfully completed the STA’S new coaching award course with SYS. The three day training course was held at DCLT’S Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster, bringing together a vast wealth of pool, triathlon, channel swimming and open water knowledge. … Read more →
