1 Aug 2010 - Rother Valley Country Park

With the rise in popularity in Open Water swimming over recent years, some of the nation’s best young swimming talents took to the water, some for the first time, with the hopes of making their mark on the discipline.

The Boys’ 15-16 years race, swum over 1,750m, was won by Harry Payne of Thurrock in 19:17.20 and the Girls’ 14-15 years race by Madeleine Tichborne (Barnet Copthall) in 20:23.11.

If you’ve ever considered swimming in the great outdoors like Keri-Anne Payne or David Davies and giving Open Water Swimming a try, now is your chance.

The inaugural ASA Open Water 1km Swim is taking place on Sunday 1 August 2010 at Rother Valley Country Park in Sheffield and is open to anyone 12 years or over who can swim 1,500m non-stop.

www.swimming.org is the new website for everything aquatic.

The site features everything you might need to know about swimming, from what to expect at your local leisure centre through to how to keep kids safe at the seaside.

As the official home to British Swimming, the site also covers the latest news on Britain’s top athletes, as well as being the website for the ASA – the English governing body for swimming – and the Institute of Swimming, the education provider for all aquatic courses.

On Friday 6 February 2009, the asa board approved plans, which will come into effect on 1 March 2009, to change the way the asa delivers its services to its clubs and partners throughout England. More information is available in the letter below from David Sparkes for download.

The membership fee is only part of the funding the asa receives, which includes income from our award scheme and government funding for agreed projects and outcomes. The money is spent on achieving its primary aims below: