With open water venues being closed during lockdown we would like to share these basic steps of water safety to help you stay safe and be in a better position to help if you are unfortunate enough to be involved in an incident around water. It’s a snapshot and not a comprehensive guide to open water rescue but hopefully the… Read more →
During lockdown we’re all looking for ways to exercise safely. Whilst we usually leave the dry land training to the experts we thought we would share our closely guarded secret to successful sit ups. This isn’t for the feint hearted and requires a degree of dexterity, swimmers should find this method easy and perfectly tailored for their needs. Please… 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 →
We would love to keep in touch with you all over lockdown so have decided to organise a regular Friday night fun quiz starting next Friday at 7.30pm. All you have to do is download the Zoom app, use the link below to join us and type in the passcode when prompted. The quiz is open to everyone, the more… Read more →
Lake Temperatures 2019 / 2020 In between boot camp house cleaning and using the new rower before it turns into a clothes horse, we have had a little time to collate the lake temperatures over the last two years, If I get really, really bored I’ll sort the previous years temperatures out and post for those that are interested. Our… Read more →
Thank you to everyone that voted in our first pumpkin competition, we are delighted to announce that your winner is …. Congratulations Izzy Fisher, you’ve won a new Iswam Hoody! Read more →
So here we go, quick update to let you know what’s happening with us this month. Chesterfield Queens Park Coached Lane Session Coaching this Tuesday as normal. Closed in November and if restrictions allow, we’ll be back on the 8th of December. The sessions will be advertised on Wix after the 2nd of December. Aston Leisure Centre Coached… Read more →
We received an amazing pair of these winter warmers in the post earlier this month, sent to us by the lovely Julie Lloyd. Julie is knitting these toasty hats and socks to raise funds for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, so we thought we would share her details so you can keep your toes warm this winter and help a… 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 →
