Category: Swimming News

100th Ice Mile Draw

To celebrate this amazing milestone we are planning a draw which will be made up of all the names of our previous Ice Milers. With a full calendar of ice mile attempts in February we are now drawing close to our 100th Ice Mile. The draw will be made by our 90th Ice Miler in February and the first name… Read more →

After Eight ( ice miles )

Saturday 26th January saw an amazing 8 individuals ( subject to ratification) complete an ‘ice mile’ with Swim Your Swim at DCLT’S Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster. This comes one week after 6 successful completions , and Swim Your Swim featuring on Songs of Praise. To recognise the nature of this achievement, there are currently only 277 individuals worldwide… Read more →

Chesterfield Coached Lane Sessions

Join us this evening for our new regular Tuesday night sessions at Queens Park in Chesterfield click here for their website and address. Sessions are from 8pm – 9pm, if you haven’t already registered with us please arrive early to complete one quick registration form. Sessions cost £7, there will be fully qualified STA Level 2 coaches on hand to… Read more →

Super 6 (ice miles)

We’ve been kept waiting for the water temperature to fall and the wait was definitely worth it!. Today saw 6 ice milers (subject to ratification) complete the ultimate winter swimming challenge the “Ice Mile”. First away was our plucky colonial friend Nick Hungerford who completed his swim in 34m.48s claiming his second ice mile. Nick has very kindly commissioned the… Read more →

Swimmers on the tele

My first conversation at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre with the fantastic force of nature that is the Rev Kate Bottley went something like this, me “Hi” The Rev “this place would be fantastic for a Songs Of Praise episode” and thats how it started. So this Sunday afternoon get settled in front of the tele and prepare to tune into… Read more →

Chesterfield – coached lane session tonight

Come and meet the SYS coaching team at Queens Park Leisure Centre tonight for a coached lane session between 8pm & 9pm. Registration will be open from 7.30pm and tonights introductory session will only cost £4 ( usually £7 ). Heres the link for directions https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/sport-and-leisure/queens-park-sports-centre.aspx We look forward to meeting you and helping you with your swimming. Read more →

Winter Swimming CPD

SwimYourSwim are delighted to announce that in association with the STA, the launch of our new winter swimming CPD course in January 2019. The course has been created to develop the knowledge and safe recovery processes of those wishing to help and assist individuals swimming over winter in cold water ( ideally, but not limited to, water temperatures of 5ºC… Read more →

Christmas Party 2018

Here are a few pictures of a great night, I’m still really tired and everything that I write to celebrate the night is utter drivel, the complete opposite of everyones amazing efforts in 2018. I’ll let you enjoy the pictures, have a fantastic Christmas and New Year from everyone at SYS. Read more →