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Golden Girl Alice!

(posted 24th November 2013)

A big well done to Alice Skinner after winning a haul of medals at this years British Transplant Games in Sheffield. (Click here for full story)

Diddy League Final Winners!

Diddy Competitors — 2013 Junior League Team

Hartlepool Swimming Club Juniors are once again celebrating after winning the Diddy League final at Tynemouth on Sunday 23rd June. (Click Here for full story)

British Swimming (Masters)

Medals, records and memories – a Masters year in review for 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, Christine Goodair, a member of the Masters Working Group looks back on a packed 12 months of Masters swimming. It’s been a year of celebration for Masters swimmers in the pool. A first full year of events returning to the calendar meant we were able to spend more time […]

Free coaching sessions at Swim Serpentine

Sharon Lock, Swim England Masters and Open Water Officer, tells us about Swim Serpentine and why you should come along and take part! Free coaching sessions at Swim Serpentine I’m sure 2018 will be remembered as an amazing summer of sun, which has been great for the world of open water swimming. This year many […]

Is swimming abroad different to at home?

Have you ever wondered about letting your swimming take you on new adventures? Maybe to far flung places? Owen Van Renen from South African Masters swimming tells us about their recent National Championships where a few British Masters took part. More than 500 competitors in Pretoria South African Masters Swimming has just concluded their 34th […]

Swimming with the kids

Helen Gorman (World Masters Champion, European and British record holder many times over) reflects on her experiences training at her new non-Masters City of Cardiff swimming club. Being the eldest of the group I refuse to say I’m old (yet), but having joined a new swimming club, here are some of the observed perils of […]

Yet more qualifying times!

Verity Dobbie (Chair of the HCMSMG) explains the reasoning behind the qualifying times for the British Masters Championships 2018. A topic for debate Qualifying times continue to be a topic for debate, particularly because for the first time qualifying times will be required if you want to enter the British Masters Swimming Championships in Plymouth. […]