STA, a national charity dedicated to the teaching of swimming and water safety, has announced that Laila Dore, a 9-year old schoolgirl from Nottingham has been chosen to be one of the associations’ young water safety ambassadors for 2019. After a nationwide search and hundreds of applicants, STA … [Read more...]
Rushcliffe Swimming Club hold charity swimathon
Rushcliffe Swimming Club recently held a swimathon, inviting swimmers of all ages to join in and see how many lengths they could swim to raise money for West Bridgford charity, the Friary. The swimmers swam an amazing 98km in total, which is almost three times across the Channel. The … [Read more...]
Seven-year-old Max achieves mile swimming badge
A seven-year-old school boy from West Bridgford has just achieved his mile badge for swimming an incredible 64 lengths without stopping. Max Barnes-Bayles, a pupil at Greythorn Primary School, has been swimming three to four times a week since he was eight weeks … [Read more...]
Bingham’s Keith undertakes five-kilometre swim
Bingham’s Keith Wenborn has recently undertaken a grueling five-kilometre swim at the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierrepont. He told the Local News: “The idea for the challenge started last summer. “I have had both knees replaced so since 1996 my main exercise … [Read more...]
More success for Bramcote Swimming Club’s Aquastars
Bramcote Swimming Club's Aquastars synchronised swimming team have recently returned from the UK Nationals at the Olympic Park swimming pool in Stratford, London with an impressive medal haul. It was the second time the event had taken place and was watched by over 1,000 spectators, … [Read more...]
Successful competition for Green Arrows
The Green Arrows Synchronised Swimming Club of Nottingham sent their senior team down to London to take part in the National Combo Cup at the London Aquatic Centre. The day began for the swimmers and parents at 4:30am when everyone met to travel down south in a … [Read more...]
SWIMMING CLUB CELEBRATES ANNUAL GALA
Rushcliffe Swimming Club (RSC) held its annual gala at the Nottingham University swimming pool. A total of 47 young club members, aged between six and 15, took part in a total of 38 events, all of which were electronically timed to 100th of a second. Competitors raced over distances from 25m … [Read more...]
COMPETITIVE SWIMMING ALIVE AND KICKING IN RUSHCLIFFE
Nottingham Leander Swimming Club’s chief coach, Maggie Kelly MBE, knows a thing about big events, having swim at three Olympic Games and been captain of the Great Britain women’s team from 1975 to 1980. But she also knows that you have to start small and she is concerned that there is a lack of … [Read more...]
EX-NOTTINGHAM OLYMPIAN AIMING TO REVOLUTIONISE WATER TREATMENT
A former Olympian from Nottingham is aiming to revolutionise the way water is treated in the UK with the introduction of a natural product, which will drastically reduce chemical usage in our water. The use of Sphagnum Moss to treat water used in industry, swimming pools, spas and in the home is … [Read more...]
SWIMMING SUCCESS FOR LOCAL CLUB
The first weekend of the Nottinghamshire ASA County Championships got off to a great start for Calverton & Bingham Swimming Club (CABSC) at Beechdale Pool. Jacob Carrington (13) dominated the podium in the junior age group, winning gold medals in the 14 & under 200m frontcrawl, 50m … [Read more...]