Latest News – Swim England Open Water Swimming Hub https://www.swimming.org/openwater The home of open water swimming in England Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:50:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 Kinsey and Peacock double up on golds as masters nationals conclude https://www.swimming.org/openwater/masters-national-championships-2024-3km-relays/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 17:50:55 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=3116 Preston’s Michael Peacock and Stroud’s Sean Kinsey double up on national titles as the GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Masters Championships concluded at Rother Valley. The 3km races were the final individual events of the day where Kinsey added 3km gold to the first-place he took in the 5k earlier in the day. Kinsey, … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/OW_Masters_Champs_City_of_Sheffield_relay_finish_1200x675.png National Masters Championships takes centre stage with thrilling opening session https://www.swimming.org/openwater/masters-national-championships-2024-5km-2km-races/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:10:33 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=3111 After Saturday’s National Age Group Championships, the GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Masters Championships took centre stage at Rother Valley Country Park. On a beautiful summer Sunday morning, the 5km and 2km races kicked off the day with Simon Scully of Woking the first overall finisher, completing 5km in a time of 01:08:01. Hannah … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Open_Water_Masters_2024_5km_race_start_1200x675.png Portsmouth Northsea take top club award at National Age Group Championships https://www.swimming.org/openwater/portsmouth-northsea-top-club-nags-2024/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 18:53:44 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=3102 Portsmouth Northsea came away with the top club award as the GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Age Group Championships came to a close at Rother Valley Country Park. They took away Wycombe District’s grasp on the award that they’ve held since 2018 to stop them making it five years on the bounce. Portsmouth picked … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Portsmouth_Northsea_top_club_Nags_2024_1200x675.png City of Sheffield double kicks off National Age Group Championships https://www.swimming.org/openwater/national-age-group-7-5k-races-2024/ Sat, 27 Jul 2024 15:27:55 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=3092 City of Sheffield swimming club took home two gold medals in the 7.5k races at the GoCardless Swim England Open Water National Age Group Championships 2024. On a sunny start to the day, the home town club began the day in style as Ava Cook secured top-spot in the 16 years female category, whilst Molly … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2024/07/Open_water_nags_2024_scenary_1200x675.png Amelie Blocksidge wins 5km gold at European Junior Championships https://www.swimming.org/openwater/blocksidge-european-junior-championships-gold/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 15:03:56 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2847 Amelie Blocksidge continued her stunning 2023 by becoming European Junior champion in the girls 5km race in Corfu, Greece. Blocksidge swam clear of the rest of the field to win by more than a minute, finishing in a time 1:00:20.0 in the 14/15 Years race. It added to her senior British gold in the 1500m … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/10/Blocksidge_Euro_Juniors_2023_1200x675.jpg Great Britain select European Junior Open Water Championships squad https://www.swimming.org/openwater/british-junior-open-water-championships-squad-2023/ Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:09:23 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2827 British Swimming have named a squad of seven marathon swimmers for the 2023 LEN European Junior Open Water Championships in Greece next month. The British group will head to Corfu from September 29 – October 1 for four days of racing across U19, U17 and U15 age categories. The squad has been chosen based upon … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/08/Fox_Ross_Lee_OW_Nags_2023_1200x675.jpg Scale of sewage discharges remains ‘unacceptable’ says Swim England https://www.swimming.org/openwater/sewage-discharges-remain-unacceptable/ Sat, 01 Apr 2023 13:50:01 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2679 New figures released this week by the Environment Agency have laid bare the continued scale of sewage pollution harming the nation’s rivers. The figures revealed that there were more than 300,000 discharges from storm overflows in 2022 – amounting to some 824 spillages every day. And whilst this is a decrease from 2021, the Environment … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2019/12/Fenwick-embed-1.jpg Swim England release Open Water National Age Group Championships event conditions https://www.swimming.org/openwater/national-age-group-championships-2023-event-conditions/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:17:36 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2665 Swim England has released the entry conditions for the 2023 Open Water National Age Group Championships. The competition takes place at Thrybergh Country Park in Rotherham on 29 July 2023 and welcomes the nation’s best up and coming open water swimmers to compete for national titles. Thrybergh hosted last year’s running of the event where … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2023/03/Open_Water_NAGS_2022_Action_1200x675.jpg New plan a ‘missed opportunity’ to urgently tackle sewage discharges https://www.swimming.org/openwater/new-plan-missed-opportunity/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:00:20 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2598 A new Government plan to prevent sewage being pumped into country’s rivers, lakes and seas is a ‘missed opportunity to urgently tackle the huge damage being done to our precious water environments’. Swim England chief executive Jane Nickerson says the newly-published Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan needs ‘far more ambitious targets’. The plan aims to … […]

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]]> https://d1s9j44aio5gjs.cloudfront.net/2021/04/Pledge-page_560x330.jpg Win x2 places to the Outdoor Swimmer Henley Swim Festival plus camping! https://www.swimming.org/openwater/win-x2-places-outdoor-swimmer-henley-swim-festival-plus-camping/ Wed, 18 May 2022 13:04:06 +0000 https://www.swimming.org/openwater/?p=2443 Subscribers to the Swim England outdoor swimming newsletter will get the chance to win two places to the Henley Swim Festival in this month’s email. The lucky winner will win two swim caps, along with eight other runners up, who will receive one each. Check out the May newsletter for instructions on how to enter. … […]

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