Olympian Marc Jenkins shows how to prepare for the open water swimming leg of a Triathlon. Marc and a training partner demonstrate deep-water starts and tips for how best to be positioned in the water whilst waiting for the gun.

Marc also covers sighting, practising turns, tumble turns and the rolling technique when pulling round the buoy, which helps maintain momentum. Marc also shows how best to exit the water.

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Carina Bruwer from the multiple award-winning instrumental pop group Sterling EQ, has made a successful return to open water swimming after a 6 year break. She successfully rounded Cape Point on 23 April 2013, finishing the 8km extreme swim equipped only with a standard swimming costume, cap and goggles, according to open water swimming rules.

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During the open water swimming season, we will be keeping you informed of how we are catering for the increased popularity of our Club and sport.

Our first taster session of 2013 on 7 May went well with thanks to Gerry, Jan and Mark. We had 36 swimmers in the water including 13 tasters so it can be a little hectic!

This year our membership is likely to exceed 100. So we want to spread our volunteers’ workload whilst ensuring enough people are available to assist on Tuesday club nights, particularly when we are running taster sessions.

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Daniel Start will already be known to many of you as an award-winning travel writer, photographer and author of best-sellers “Wild Swimming” and “Wild Swimming Coast”.

Start, Tania Pascoe and Jo Keeling have written the “Wild Guide to the South West” which promises night walks and campfires, wild swimming and secret coves amongst more than 500 suggestions to help you plan the perfect escape in Cornwall, Devon, Dorset or Somerset.

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Jan Shepherd has kindly prepared and Gerry Griffin circulated to our club membership a list of duties and volunteers for our Seahorse Swim on Sunday 23 June 2013.

This will be our fourth event in Studland Bay and competitors and volunteers have a really enjoyable day. The event finishes around lunchtime and so the afternoon will be yours to spend on the beach, in the sea or however else you fancy.

If you are a club member named on the list, or not and you or a friend / relative would like to help on the day, then please email Jan (janishep@hotmail.co.uk) to confirm your availability to help us run the event.

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A distressing video via Formosa English News reports how big waves and a strong current put many of the 4000 swimmers participating in the 2013 International Olympic Hengchun Open Water Swim at risk.

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swimswam video interview (9m 34s) via Mike Lewis with 2012 USA Swimming national champion Ashley Twichell who talks about the past year and the upcoming 2013 USA Open Water Swimming Championships.

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13 brave swimmers headed out in 9.9 degrees at Eastleigh Lakeside on 16 April 2013. View video below (3m 05s). If you are interested in going along for a dip visit www.trytri.co.uk.

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In view of the very unseasonal weather, we need to consider delaying the start of our open water swimming season. The water is going to be much cooler than usual and Gerry Griffin, Membership Secretary has emailed our 2013 club membership to establish how many intend swimming on 16 April.

Please respond to Gerry on 01929 556 009 by Monday 8 April. Based on the response, Gerry will announce on the 9th when the season will start.

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Swimmer magazine testers take us through various open water goggles for the March/April 2013 issue.

View video (6m 23s) via US Masters Swimming

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