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There are lots of posts going up on Swim England around how to keep fit and mobile during these times. Keep looking out for them and We will try and post as many as we can.

Olympic and world champion Adam Peaty has some great advice for all athletes‼️

Also, read the full story on how he is planning to ‘train even harder’, after the news that the Olympics and Paralympics will be postponed 👉 bit.ly/Peaty-Olympics ... See more

So who’s up for the ‘Fin Challenge’? Here’s Bridgwater’s attempt, can we do better? Get your parents to post to their Facebook pages and tag in The club and we will pick one as our contender. Looking forward to seeing your attempts. ... See more

So to keep ourselves entertained, our swimmers and some of our coaches have been doing the ‘Fin Challenege’.

Everyone at Bridgwater Swim challenge – Burnham-on-Sea Swimming Club Wells Swimming Club Wellington Swimming Club Weston-super-Mare Swimming Club Taunton Deane Swimming Club Cheddar Kingfishers Swimming Club

Post your video to your public Facebook page, but don’t forget to tag our page in so we can see one of your swimmers best attempts!

Then tag in and nominate 6 other clubs that haven’t yet been nominated.

Here is our video of Theoni Kane: ... See more

Hope you are all keeping well and managing to keep safe. Unprecedented times to be sure.
Here’s some land training ideas for you all which you can try whilst in lockdown.
Look after each other.

https://www.speedo.com/uk/en/explore/blog/swim-training-and-fitness/4611072f-9bd9-479e-b66d-ff5e87887c6b.html ... See more

Develop more explosive power for starts and turns with these 5 exercises, designed for you.

Thanks for sharing! Would love to see people enter this while we are unable to swim!

This just popped into my inbox

Abit of fun amongst the gloom

https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/events-cancelled-coronavirus/

Swim England has cancelled a number of forthcoming events due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak following the latest Government guidance.

Swim England has issued the following advice regarding novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for its members, clubs, learn to swim providers and volunteers.

I’ve been away from swimming for a while on Presidential and Somerset ASA duties and when I returned this young lady had progressed amazingly. Well done Sophie W.

Round 3 Cotswold Series last night at Brean Splash, points were, Wells 158, Backwell 136, BOS 120 & Bristol Henleaze 53. 5 1st places, 14 individual PBS, 2 Speeding tickets, 2 DQs. An excellent 120 points against teams currently ranked 1st & 3rd in the league. Thank you to Simon, Darren, Kelly, Andrew, Steve F&S (Officials), Lisa D, Rachael, Kirsty, Michelle & Melissa (Volunteers), Sam R, Zoe, Oriole & Lisa L (Team Managers), all parents, supporters and swimmers. On to Round 4 28th March hosted by Dursley at Brockworth. ... See more