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A Bank Holiday Schwim

Mon 31 August 2009

Giles tells us about his Baltic swim, part of his 1000km challenge more …

Swimming The Hellespont

Sun 30 August 2009

The Ancient Greek youth Leander swam it nightly, guided by the torches lit by his beloved Hero, so the legend goes, until one stormy night he succumbed to the treacherous currents and drowned. more …

Finding Myself

Fri 31 July 2009

Since the age of nine, I have wanted nothing more than to swim the channel. more …

A Weekend Break in the Lakes

Thu 16 July 2009

Going into 2009 I decided that this was going to be a big swimming year. The word seemed to be that 1,000km was very difficult to achieve while holding down a job and having some resemblance of a life. more …

Gibraltar Strait Swim

Thu 09 July 2009

Simon Murie and Tom Hudson swim from Europe to Africa in 3 hours & 34 minutes There are four SLSC…

Exmouth Fairway Buoy 2009

Sun 07 June 2009

Four go for a Westcountry Paddle Sunday 7th June was the date for the annual Exmouth Fairway Buoy swim. Being…

Goldmans Sacked

Tue 12 May 2009

There are sporting moments in life that, with the passage of time, attract the old cliché question “where were you…

SLSC Win Award

Sat 29 November 2008

SLSC Win “Volunteer Team Of The Year” at the Wandsworth Volunteer Awards Thursday 27th November 2008, Wandsworth Civic Hall To…

Serps Gala

Sun 02 November 2008

Serpentine & South London Swimming Club annual gala It was the eyes of the old timers that got to me.…

102 Lengths Challenge

Tue 30 September 2008

Celebrating 102 Years at Tooting Bec Lido with the 102 Length Challenge The Annual 100+ length challenge took place on…