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Brockwell Club Relays Spring and Summer 2023
The Brockwell Swimmers club will be holding our usual invitation relays for clubs from around London happening Thursday 25th May 8pm to 9pm and Thursday 20th July 2023 7pm to 8pm. These are more of a fun social event rather than competative and we are keen for as many Lido swimmers to be represented as […]
Channel Challenge 2023
This year Brockwell Swimmers will again be attempting to swim the English Channel as a five person relay to raise money for charity. Are you up for the challenge? We have booked the Connemara, skippered by Kevin Sherman, for the neap tide 14th August. This is a prime slot to swim but if the weathers […]
Open Water Swimming 2023
Challenge yourself in 2023 with a wealth of UK open water swimming events, wet suit or skins. Click on an event title for more information: 1 mile 3 miles 5 miles – Dover Kent Sun Jan 01 skin/wetsuit New Years Day Swim – Salford Quays Salford Sun Jan 01 skin/wetsuit New Years Day Dook – Dundee Fife […]
Your local Swimming Club
The Brockwell Swimmers club was formed in January 2016 by a group of Lido users keen to see more swimming activities at this historic South London landmark. It is a registered, non-profit, Community Amateur Sports Club (or CASC) with an annually elected committee answerable to its members. The current annual membership fee is £20 and […]
Lifeguards Christmas Box 2022
Where would we be without our wonderful lifeguards? Please show your thanks by donating to our annual Christmas Box. All money received will be given as cash to the people who keep us safe throughout the year. Donations are in multiples of £5 so give as many as you feel able. Donations close midnight Thursday […]
Winter Wooly Warmers
Keep you bonce warm this Winter with our fabulously soft Brockwell Swimmers Beanies and Bobble Caps in blue and red. These 100% acrylic knits are guaranteed to insulate your head from the worst of our British weather and keep away that wretched post-swim brain freeze. Click across to our Shopping Page to order yours online […]
We Swam the Channel!
On Thurday 22nd October 2022 four club members attempted to swim the English Channel from Dover to France to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute, RNLI, aboard the good ship Gallivant skippered by Mike Oram. You can find our fund raising page at gofund.me/743e3194. The original date should have been the end July […]
Ramsgate to Margate 4th September
Sunday 4th September – Ramsgate to Margate Swim/Walk – 9·8 miles The Thanet coastline plays host to fifteen sandy beaches and bays and with more Blue Flag awards than any other area of the country, you know you’re in for a real treat. What’s most surprising is how much the beaches differ from each other. […]