Happy Birthday Swim Buddy Network

Happy Birthday Swim Buddy Network

WOW !!!! On 17th February 2020 the Swim Buddy Network celebrates its first birthday and If you’d have told me this time last year it would grow to the size and amazing group it has become I wouldn’t have believed you !

Walpole Bay New Years Day Swim

Walpole Bay New Years Day Swim

I’ve wanted to do a sea swim over the festive period for a long long time……so a friend and I hit Walpole Tidal Bay for New Years Day.

Injury Is A B!tch

Injury Is A B!tch

However much we might kid ourselves, when we start to train and compete we put our bodies under stress and something is going to give eventually – be it a simple twisted ankle, a sprain or something more serious. 

Castle Swim Series – Hever Castle

Castle Swim Series – Hever Castle

28th September was the final race of the year for me, doing the Castle Swim Series at Hever Castle. Given I started this year with no plans to do anything more than give open water swimming a try, I’m slightly chuffed I’ve done two Aquathons, two river swims, far too many lake swims and a 2.5km race.

Discord Chat

Discord Chat

From the 22nd August Facebook will be stopping group chats linked from Facebook Groups so we have moved the chat element of the group over to Discord. You can join in from your web browser, desktop app and mobile apps on the go. Pop by https://discord.gg/jasAmmu and...
Will Swim For Food

Will Swim For Food

There is an ‘I’ in swimming but you can’t forget the team part too Swimming is considered an individual sport. It is, when you are racing, but that is only one component of this sport. Swimming really is more of a team sport than an individual sport because of all of...