Crisis Relay Swim 9th December
Brockwell Swimmers are putting Relay Teams together for the Crisis Mid Winter Swim happening at the Lido on Saturday 9th December at 11am. Four members per team each swimming one width. Great fun for a great cause. The registration fee is £26.08 (per person) which welcomes someone who is homeless in from the cold at […]
It’s a Hoot at Parliament Hill Lido
Our sister North London sister Lido will be holding their annual Parliament Hill Icy Swim Hootenanny, PHISH for short, on Saturday 20th January. This is always a pilgrimage for cold water swimmers from across the UK and beyond and always good fun. [slideshow id=21] Swimmers can enter as a team or individually. To join Team […]
Club Swim Sessions 2018
We will be running some pilot indoor Club Swim Sessions starting January 2018 and would like your feedback on what you would like to learn or practice? Please complete this short survey…
Book Review – Swell a Waterbiography
Jenny’s starts her Waterbiography with memories of her chin-wobbling Aunty Mary taking her to Birmingham’s gloomy Sparkehill Baths for her first lessons in swimming, the only real instructions being to just “get in the water”. Not exactly the most inspiring of starts, but this first dip was to lead to a love affair with water […]
Fusion Cold Water Swimming Gala
The Fusion organised Cold Water Swimming Gala happening Saturday 11th November has now been cancelled. Apologies if you were looking forward to this. Hopefully more positive news soon. Save Save Save
CASC Registration for Brockwell Swimmers
At a Special General Meeting on the 1st October members present voted in favour of CASC, Community Amateru Sport Club, status. This has now been approved by the Inland Revenue so if you were unable to make that meeting we thought we’d better explain what this means. The Community Amateur Sports Club scheme was introduced […]
Raising money for MacMillan 2017
Team Brockwell again helped raise money for the MacMillan Cancer Support charity at their annul All Out Swim at Brockwell Lido. Always a great event, well organised and well attended. Well done Paola, Claire, Tim and Betony for swimming the 100 lengths, without wet suits. So far we have managed to raise £860 and would […]
Fun with friends at Frensham
Brockwell Swimmers went for our last 2017 monthly Swim/Walk from Farnham to Frensham Pond on Sunday 24th September. Originally planned for the Saturday, when it poured with rain, the rescheduling of the day proved fortuitous as we had near perfect walking conditions. Warm weather, bit of sun and a bit of cloud. Ten of us, […]