A huge thank you to all of our team who finally saw the last of our windermere swimmers in at the weekend bringing what was a very doubtful 2021 at the start of the year to a hugely successful season with every swimmer completing their swim. Topping almost a combined 1000 miles up and down the lake this August /… Read more →
A long long time ago the wonderful Caroline Saxon sat down and said she had a challenge in mind to complete the three peaks AND three lakes ( ok again, 2 lakes and 1 loch ) challenge, and would we be interested in covering the water safety element for her and the superb team consisting of Laura Nesbitt, Lars Abrahams… Read more →
Massive congratulations to Caroline McFarland who successfully completed her two way Windermere swim on Sunday. Supported by her husband Brian who skilfully navigated the shore vantage points in the dark as Caroline passed by on her way to Fell Foot and the finish of her 14 hour marathon swim. Caroline made the swim look easy but battled shoulder pain after… Read more →
Online booking is now open for our coached lane sessions at Queens Park Chesterfield. The sessions will run on Tuesday evenings from 8pm – 9pm for a block of four weeks in September. You can book online via our Wix Spaces app by using the invite code P8XMCA or via the booking website www.swimyourswim.org . If you… Read more →
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 →
With today being national thank you day we would like to say a huge thank you to all our swimmers, volunteers and partner organisations who’s help and support has been greatly appreciated since we started our little swimming adventure in 2013. We would also like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you and good luck… Read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
