What a day, we’re just on the cusp of losing the winter temps so it was a relief today when the thermometers were switched on and read 3.6ºC. The main reason being we had four swimmers booked in to attempt an ice mile, three of whom had travelled a fair distance to join us. The first swimmer away was… Read more →
Hi Everyone Just a quick post to let you all know that we are open for swimming at both venues tomorrow. Hatfield 09.00 – 11.00 Thrybergh 14.00 – 16.00 We look forward seeing you in the water. Read more →
Hi everyone Unfortunately due to the severe weather situation Hatfield is closed this weekend. The roads, jetties, slipway and footpaths are icy and hazardous, we appreciate that swimming in the snow is amazing and hopefully the centre will be up and running next weekend whilst we still have a snowy backdrop. To minimise the risk of accidents in… Read more →
Graphics courtesy of our Russian swimming friends who we’re looking forward to seeing again next week. Read more →
Phil Jackson notched up his 3rd Ice mile yesterday morning ( subject to ratification ) in a super quick time of 28.05, knocking a full 2 minutes and four seconds off of last months time, and beating his previous record by 1 minute and 44 seconds, it must have been the warm 4ºc water. Well done… Read more →
IISA GB CHAMPIONSHIPS With only 26 days to go we’re all really excited and looking forward to welcoming you to the IISA GB Championships at Hatfield in Doncaster. The IISA GB board and volunteers have all been working extremely hard preparing for your arrival. It’s shaping up to be a multi cultural championship event with swimmers from Russia, China, New… Read more →
Unfortunately for you Ray Smith is away visiting relatives, so Stuart Livingstone (Braveheart) has filled the gap with an even more northern, north of the border news report, which we’ve had to retitle Och Aye the News we hope it brings a chuckle. Please hurry back Ray 🙂 Read more →
We saw two new ice miles being completed today at Hatfield ( subject to ratification ) in water temperature of 3.9ºc. Both miles were well earned as the wind created interesting swimming conditions over the usually calm lake. The first mile was completed by the thoroughly nice Nick Hinde who travelled down from Whitehaven to swim with us. Nick… Read more →
Today saw four new Ice Miles being achieved at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre (subject to ratification) in 3.5ºc water and 1.8ºc air temperatures. First Away was Carol Lord (birthday girl) who completed her swim in 44.42 finishing strongly and recovering well. See how to wear a hat at the bottom of this page – Second swimmer away was… Read more →
Ray hasn’t let us down, found amongst this weekends Ice Mile videos, here’s the second instalment of Chicken Pate News – Plucky Colonials. Read more →
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