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 Water-speed record attempts by Donald Campbell. The swim will start on Saturday morning, 16th of July 2022, from the beach near to the… Read more →
100 Ice Miles I was struggling to think of what to write for a fitting review of our 100th Ice Mile milestone today luckily for me Chris Hill had it covered: “Just another winter Saturday with SwimYourSwim”… The team arrive early DCLT’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster; there is a quiet bustle of activity. Boats are fuelled, checked and… Read more →
It was worth the wait! At 09:15 on Saturday morning at DCLT’S Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster, Sam Farrow became the first swimmer to attempt an ice mile with us since Helen Smith’s swim in February 2019. The ice mile is undoubtedly one of the most extreme events of physical endurance. Swimming one mile in open water below… Read more →
New for 2022 and in partnership with The Swimcube, The Outdoor Swimming Company and Nick Hinde, Swimyourswim will be co hosting an AWEsome opportunity for you to join us in Scotland for a 3 day swim camp on June 2nd -5th. Located in the beautiful Torran Bay on Loch Awe you’ll be in for a packed few days of… Read more →
Coach Development Day Following on from the successful launch of our coaches development day in January we will be hosting another opportunity for six open water coaches to join us in March. So If you’re an open water swimming coach looking to develop your personal technique, whilst learning how to identify and correct stroke flaws in the swimmers you coach,… Read more →
Swim Bala 2022 – Registration Open We’re now starting to release event start dates and registration links for our 2022 swims starting with the amazing Llyn Tegid (Bala) end to end swim in June. This beautiful lake swim is 3 miles long and as with all of our events it’s all about completion and personal achievement. The SYS team will… Read more →
Sunday saw six STA open water coaches attending the first coaching development day held in partnership with SYS & Stuart Hacker at the Swimcube. The day consisted of pool time for each coach with video analysis, stroke corrections and drill training. The in water feedback and general discussions were a great way to not only improve their personal… Read more →
Happy New Year! Bookings are now open on Wix Spaces for our coached lane sessions at the following pools – Armthorpe – Monday Mornings 06.15 -07.15 Chesterfield – Tuesday evenings 20.00 – 21.00 Aston Leisure Centre – Sundays 15.30 – 16.30 & 16.30 – 17.30 The sessions are available to everyone and all abilities, we… Read more →
A very festive thank you to everyone that joined us last Sunday for our celebration of all things swimming, especially given the extra precautions we had to put in place to make the event as safe as possible for everyone attending. To recap on the awards presented …. Most Improved Swimmer 2021 – Louisa Paintin Nautical Hero Award… Read more →
3 disciplines 3 costumes 1 great charity fund raiser. This morning started off at 06.15am with our coached lane session at Armthorpe Leisure Centre in Doncaster where team member Tracy Mistry usually starts her week off with a 3k swim. Not content to settle at that Tracy has completed a 5k triathlon challenge this morning with a 5k swim,… Read more →
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