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Ice Yorkshire Badges – Order yours now!

This winter season we have seen an unprecedented number of winter swimmers stay the icy-course and swim through the whole winter – and to celebrate such a wonderful season and promote the success of Yorkshire Ice Swimming, we are proud to announce that you can now order an ICE YORKSHIRE badge through the Swimyourswim website for only £4.00 We are so proud to be a… Read more →

It’s nearly Bonfire Night… Are you coming swimming?

Swimyourswim are hosting a special BONFIRE NIGHT SWIM at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, near Doncaster on Thursday 5th November 2015.   Swimming will be happening from 6pm-7.30pm and followed by lots of fun, food and hot-drinks in the centre’s cafe afterwards*. All you need is to book in, pay the £6 entry fee, then turn up on the night and swim! To register/book… Read more →

SYS Aquathon Results – Harthill 19.09.2015

This years final SYS Aquathon at Harthill Reservoir was a fantastic event and saw the Long Course race  won by Tony Ditchburn and the Short Course by Robyn Dyson – who has now won ALL THREE of this seasons short course events!!! EVERY athlete taking part today should be very proud of themselves – well done to everyone who took part! We’d also like to that the… Read more →

3 Lakes Challenge Results 2015

This weekend saw the first Swimyourswim ‘3 Lakes Challenge’ event take place with 10 swimmers taking part in swimming one mile in each of three venues. The swim began at 8am in Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, Doncaster with the team starting their first timed mile, after which they journeyed to Activities Away, Lincoln to complete their second mile, and then onto Harthill… Read more →

SYS Aquathon Results – Harthill 01.08.2015

Another fantastic Aquathon at Harthill Reservoir today saw the Long Course race won by Daniel Yarwood and the Short Course by Robyn Dyson*. All the athletes taking part today did an fantastic job and should be very proud of themselves – well done to everyone who took part, and a massive thank you to the volunteers from Yorkshire Outdoor Swimmers and Chesterfield Triathlon Club, who… Read more →

Youngsters take on the Gladmiral challenge

Swimyourswim (SYS) are excited to be in partnership with Windermere based charity GLADMIRAL who hope to inspire young people through swimming.  The Gladmiral team, Thomas Noblett and Andrew Tighe (part of the management team at the Langdale Chase Hotel in Windermere), are keen open water swimmers and have a passion to see young people experience the joys of their sport. This… Read more →

First iTOWS of the season!

This band of merry swimmers took to the water at Harthill Reservoir near Sheffield on Saturday as part of Swimyourswim’s first iTOWS course of the season. The iTOWS course – or Introduction to Open Water Swimming course (to give it its’ full title) is designed to support and encourage people that are new to open water swimming or ‘wild’ swimming as… Read more →

Wendy Figures – Ice Miler!

We are pleased to announce that YOS and Swimyourswim member WENDY FIGURES has had her Ice Mile attempt confirmed by the IISA board, completing her ice mile attempt in 35 minutes and 27 seconds, and becoming the 122nd Ice Miler in the world! Last Saturday afternoon was an anxious two hour wait for the temperature to fall within the accepted range… Read more →

Success is No Accident…

Our coached lane swimming sessions at Aston Leisure Centre continue to see people succeeding in their swimming goals.  Our sessions are open to swimmers of all abilities. We aim to help you find success in swimming YOUR swim – so whether you are an ironman (or woman), triathlete, wild swimmer, channel relayer, winter dipper or new to swimming our sessions… Read more →