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 […]
Book Review – Wild Swimming Spain
The lovely people at Wild Thing Publishing have sent us another one of their wonderful Wild Swimming books to review. This time John Welle and Lola Culsán explore Spain to discover secluded rock pools and spectacular waterfalls. They start their adventure in the north-west of the country meandering through the lush valleys of Galicia where […]
Taking on Tooting – 15th June
Tooting Bec Lido are inviting local clubs to their annual Midsummer Relay Races on the evening of Wednesday 15th June at 7:30pm. This is always a fun and friendly event, and to wet our appetite they are promising a post-race Felafel Feast. Sounds interesting. Brockwell Swimmers are looking for team members to represent our wonderful […]
Water Polo Summer Madness
We now have four Water Polo dates fixed for more aquatic antics at the deep end this Summer. Sessions are being led by our firm-but-fair coach Jim who last year somehow managed to transform a bunch of beginners into semi-convincing Water Polo players. Miracles can happen! [slideshow id=3] These sessions are definitely for fun, […]