Gerry Griffin marked his 60th birthday in August 2008 by undertaking his greatest ever swimming challenge in aid of four charities. He swam the 22 mile distance of the English Channel in the space of one week in Purbeck Sports Centre pool.
David Davies, Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten talk about the significance of their Beijing glory, their competitive goals leading to the London 2012 Olympic Games, and how to excel in the rapidly expanding sport of open water.
Dr. Jim Miller, the former President of US Masters Swimming, FINA Doping Control Officer at several FINA open water swimming races and the physician for several USA Swimming’s national open water teams, gave an easy-to-understand presentation on Sports Medicine in Open Water Swimming.
A campaign led by the Outdoor Swimming Society and a leading commercial law firm will begin in Jan 2009 with the aim of clarifying and publicising the law regarding outdoor swimming. The campaigners also hope to encourage landowners to open up more of their rivers and lakes for swimming by removing their liability in case of accidents.
Over the past two summers Bob Holman and his friend Dave Pratten from Swanage have been on a challenge to swim a mile in every existing lido in the United Kingdom. This was inspired by a book called “Liquid Assets” written by journalist, Janet Smith. This details the history of the great British lido and gives a wonderful account of the architectural and social influences of open air public baths, particularly during the golden age when literally hundreds were built between the two world wars.
The qualification route to become an Open Water swimming official changed at the beginning of the 2007 season. We now have two new British Swimming qualifications; Open Water officials and Open Water referee. This note tells you how to qualify as an Open Water official and also how to progress to become an Open Water [...]
Six members of East Dorset Open Water Swimming Club, aged 14 to 46, successfully swum the English Channel in relay to raise money for charity.
Having experienced delays for several days due to adverse wind and weather conditions, the team finally set off at 2am on 6 August 2008. Each member swam for an hour until [...]
