Hi Everyone Due to the forecast of high winds tomorrow, we regretfully have no choice but to cancel both swim sessions. The winds are expected to be between 35 – 40 mph which makes boat handling and safe recovery of swimmers in an emergency extremely difficult if not dangerous. We hope you will understand and look forward to… Read more →
What a day, we’re just on the cusp of losing the winter temps so it was a relief today when the thermometers were switched on and read 3.6ºC. The main reason being we had four swimmers booked in to attempt an ice mile, three of whom had travelled a fair distance to join us. The first swimmer away was… Read more →
Hi Everyone Just a quick post to let you all know that we are open for swimming at both venues tomorrow. Hatfield 09.00 – 11.00 Thrybergh 14.00 – 16.00 We look forward seeing you in the water. Read more →
Our very good friend and occasional dipper Jacqui Hargrave has just had her first book published. We’re extremely proud to be mentioned in it and would like to share it with you. The book recounts the bygone times of her open water journey, culminating in an epic End to End swim of Windermere with her swim buddy Andrea Stark. You may… Read more →
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 World Water-speed record attempts by Donald Campbell. The swim will start on Saturday morning from the beach near to the Brown Howe… Read more →
Bala, or ‘Llyn Tegid’, is a beautiful lake set in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales, and is the longest lake in Wales. With a mile one swim taking place on Saturday morning from Llangower public beach, near the railway station, and the full length swim starting in the afternoon, we have distances to suit both new and experienced… 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 →
Ice Miles make you smile…. Kevin Charlton Last weekend saw four ice mile swims being completed at DCLT’s Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre in Doncaster. The hardy cold water swimmers started their solo swims at 9am led by Diane Hewetson who completed her mile in 38 mins 42s, with regular swim buddy Maurice Wheeler following quickly behind as the… Read more →
Graphics courtesy of our Russian swimming friends who we’re looking forward to seeing again next week. Read more →
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