Walking and Swimming Down South
Brockwellites went walking and swimming again, this time to the South Downs on a perfectly sunny day Saturday 23rd July. Starting at Brixton Tube early in the morning we picked up folk along the way and headed for our first splash at Pells Pool in Lewes, just East of Brighton. Claiming to be “the oldest […]
Join the team
We’re putting a team together to raise money for the MacMillan cancer charity’s All Out Swim happening Saturday 8th October. We have pledged to swim 2K (40 lengths) in relay and need four members. If more people join we’ll make up another team or change the length to 5K (100 lengths). It’s the perfect combination of […]
Seahorse Swim 2016
An amazing day at the annual 2K and 3.8K Seahorse Races held at Studland Bay, Dorset. Sun glinting on an almost flat sea made perfect conditions for a very enjoyable swim for a mixed group of wet-suited and and non-wet suited competitors. Winner of the 2k crossed the finish line after 33 minutes followed by […]
Double Water Polo fun for July
Fusion have agreed to one additional Water Polo session giving us double the fun for July. The first takes place Wednesday 20th July and the second on Tuesday 26th July, so make a note in your diary. Both sessions start at 8pm, or come early at 7:40pm to help set up the goals. As usual […]
Brockwell Teams hit Tooting
Brockwell Swimmers entered two teams for the South London Swimming Club Mid-Summer Races held annually at Tooting Bec Lido. As usual it was an amazingly well run event with 34 teams entered, totalling 136 swimmers in the pool. Impressive stuff. Other teams included the Metropolitan Police, Out to Swim, Tooting, Hampstead and Serpentine swimmers. It […]
South Coast Swim/Walk
Make a note in your diary for a coast swim/walk on Saturday 23rd July. We’ll be taking the 9:17am train from London Victoria to Lewes for a swim at the charming Pells Pool lido. Suitably refreshed we’ll then be taking an 8 mile walk along the South Downs Way to Saltdean for a bracing sea […]
Water Polo – Brockwell Style
The 2016 Brockwell Water Polo season opened to an unusually chilly 16·2°C start on Tuesday 31st May. Big thanks to everyone who came and braved the low temperature. Also big thanks to our wonderful coach Jim who kept us so busy none of us seemed to notice how cold it was. [slideshow id=5] Our next […]
Suffolk Swim/Walk 4th June
An eleven mile stroll and swim next to the beautiful Suffolk coastline orgnanised by the entrepid Philip Nice, creator of the Swim Walks Facebook group. This all day event will include swims in the sea near Dunwich, Walberswick and Southwold. The day starts at Liverpool Street Station meeting next to the ticket office at 7:45am […]