SwimYourSwim are very proud to introduce the following coaches that are now available to help you achieve your swimming goals and develop your swimming technique and skills. Each coach is fully insured and qualified to the STA Level 2 award for open water coaching. They all have a vast amount of open water swimming experience, from Guinness world record… Read more →
Hi everyone Unfortunately due to the severe weather situation Hatfield is closed this weekend. The roads, jetties, slipway and footpaths are icy and hazardous, we appreciate that swimming in the snow is amazing and hopefully the centre will be up and running next weekend whilst we still have a snowy backdrop. To minimise the risk of accidents in… Read more →
Last weekend saw the third IISA GB Championships being hosted at DCLT’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster home to SwimYourSwim.The event was a huge success, now we’ve started to recover I would like to pass on our sincere thanks to the following people that made the event run as smoothly and successfully as it did. Doncaster Culture & Leisure… Read more →
IISA GB CHAMPIONSHIPS With only 26 days to go we’re all really excited and looking forward to welcoming you to the IISA GB Championships at Hatfield in Doncaster. The IISA GB board and volunteers have all been working extremely hard preparing for your arrival. It’s shaping up to be a multi cultural championship event with swimmers from Russia, China, New… Read more →
We saw two new ice miles being completed today at Hatfield ( subject to ratification ) in water temperature of 3.9ºc. Both miles were well earned as the wind created interesting swimming conditions over the usually calm lake. The first mile was completed by the thoroughly nice Nick Hinde who travelled down from Whitehaven to swim with us. Nick… Read more →
Thanks to a massive team of volunteers today, and subject to ratification, we saw 4 new ice miles being completed at Hatfield this morning in 4.1ºC water. The successful Ice Milers were Erin Hope, Catherine Pendleton, and to our knowledge the first mother and daughter duo Heidi and Vicki Brice. Also on the long course today was… Read more →
Since our initial swim into the ice in 2013, Alistair and myself have had the honour and pleasure of helping winter swimmers achieve their ice mile goals here in the UK (an ice mile is one mile in open water below 5ºc wearing just one swim cap, one pair of goggles and a standard swimming costume), in fact we… Read more →
Hi Folks Just a quick reminder for the weeks ahead. Friday – Registration at 6.00pm,Swim from 6.30pm Hatfield It’s the last in our night swim series of 2017, to book your place CLICK HERE. Food available from the cafe, ample parking and full safety cover. There will be no swimming at HATFIELD this weekend [saturday 4th ] The… Read more →
Dr Duncan Marlow has very kindly agreed to hold a series of appointments for us to get people through their ice mile and event medicals. These appointments are open to all winter swimmers so please share. The appointments will be held at – Phoenix Health Solutions Ltd. The White Rose Surgery Exchange Street South Elmsall Pontefract, WF9 2RD… Read more →
