Swim Coniston 2016

In 2016 we are running two SWIM CONISTON events: The Swim Coniston One Mile event will take place on the morning of Saturday 16th July 2016, and will involve a swim of approximately one mile starting from the beach by the Browne Howe carpark and swimming around Peel Island.  This swim is IDEAL for those new to open water events! This event costs £40/entrant.… Read more →

Swim Bala 2016

In 2016 we are running two SWIM BALA events: The Swim Bala One Mile event will take place on the morning of Saturday 25th June 2016, and will involve a swim of approximately one mile starting from the beach by the Llangower model railway station.  This swim is IDEAL for those new to open water events! This event costs £40/entrant.… 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 date change…

The next SYS Aquathon is now to be on Saturday 19th September at Harthill Reservoir. We have had to move the event from 5th September due to other events running that day – we hope that this date change does not cause any issues with all our committed Aquathon-ers! You can sign up for the event by clicking HERE. The event involves… 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 →

SYS Aquathon Results – Harthill 04.07.2015

A fantastic Aquathon at Harthill Reservoir today saw the Long Course race won by Matthew Horsfield and the Short Course by Clive Marsden. All the athletes taking part today should be very proud of their performances – well done to everyone who took part, and a massive thank you to the volunteers from Yorkshire Outdoor Swimmers and Chesterfield Triathlon Club, who did an… Read more →

Freestyle Coaching Sessions (Open Water)

SYS will be running freestyle (front crawl) coaching sessions on 9th and 16th July for open water swimmers wishing to learn how to swim front crawl OR improve their technique. The coaching takes place over two sessions of one hour each, at Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, near Doncaster.  Sessions start at 6.30pm.  The course costs £20.00 plus a booking fee*… Read more →

The Swallows & Amazons Swim

The Swallows & Amazons Swim has come about due to us receiving lots of requests for a shorter event from swimmers who felt they might not be able to complete the whole Coniston End-2-End swim. The Swallows & Amazons Swim will be running alongside the SYS Coniston End-2-End event on Saturday 18th July 2015. Starting from the Brown Howe car park at… Read more →