On Tuesday SwimYourSwim had the privilege of delivering a water safety message at Eastwood Village Primary School. The talk was delivered utilising the RNLI’s float to stay alive initiative and the STA’s own comprehensive and fun water safety message booklet, specifically created for younger children . STAnley saying hello to the assembly. The Head was keen to deliver a water safety… Read more →
Our first Jersey team are all set and ready to swim on tomorrows tide, we would like to wish Jenny, John, Catherine, Cathy, Sallie and Jim all the best for their round Jersey adventure. We’ll be following you all the way. They’ll be in good hands on The Lionheart, Matt Clarke’s boat who we’ve had the pleasure of crewing… Read more →
Coniston 2019 has almost, without doubt, been the best and busiest swims we have had the privilege of overseeing. With perfect weather and near mirror flat water, everything was in the swimmers favour on Saturday. With only one withdrawal due to a shoulder niggle (we hope you’ll be back next year) all of the remaining swimmers took full advantage of… Read more →
Swimyourswim in partnership with TriYourTri will be running a junior open water coached session at Thrybergh this Wednesday from 6.30 – 7.30pm (registration opens at 6pm). The sessions are for juniors from the age of 6 – 16 who are interested in taking part in their first triathlon or improving their open water skills for the next race. The… Read more →
The summer solstice saw 21 swimmers taking part in a massive marathon swim at DCLT’S Hatfield Outdoor Actitivy Centre in Doncaster last Thursday. The final 21 were out of a field of 24 that initially signed up, with training injuries sadly reducing the number of swimmers to our final starting line up. The weather conditions were absolutely perfect for… Read more →
We would like to share this lovely email from Julie Taylor who has been training with us at our combined SwimYourSwim and TryYourTri coached lane sessions at Queens Park Chesterfield on Tuesday evenings…. “In a world where people are sometimes quick to complain or criticise, it is always nice to be able to say something positive … which is why… Read more →
The weekend saw the team setting up in Wales for our fifth annual Swim Bala event, this year saw a reduced number of swimmers taking part ( rearranged swim date & date clashes with the Welsh triathlon and GNS ) however, the weekend definitely didn’t disappoint. Starting line up, all finished safely. With forecast high winds and the… Read more →
New Course Date released 28th 29th 30th June. If you would like to join us on our next available course please visit the STA website to register your interest, you can do that by clicking here Read more →
It has been an absolute pleasure tutoring this weekends STA Open Water Coaching Award course at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster. With a combined total of over 150 years of open water experience, it’s definitely been a learning curve for all of us. This months course has pulled together people from all walks of life, including a surgeon, a… Read more →
Following on from the hugely successful Qualifier event on Sunday ( event pics to follow ) you only have a short amount of time left to join us for the second event in our 2019 festival of open water swimming, the 12 hour marathon swim. Channel relay this year? get your team involved the transition training and team… Read more →
