Swim News The Brockwell Swim club is based at Brockwell Lido; an unheated open-air Lido in Herne Hill, South London, SE24. The pool is open all year for both Winter and Summers swimming. Challenging during the colder months and blissful on a hot sunny day. The Brockwell Swimmers club was formed in January 2016 by a group of Lido users keen to see more swimming activities at this historic South London landmark. The aims and objectives of the Club are to promote participation of the whole community in the sport of swimming. We work to facilitate and encourage the teaching, development and practice of good swimming both at the pool and open water. We also work with Lambeth Council and Fusion Management to ensure the continued accessibility of this public facility for the local community. As well as events at the Lido, the club organises indoor Water Polo and Swim Sessions at local indoor pools, as well as taking part in national and international club events and swims. We also organise Summer walk/swims, club socials and liaise with other swimming clubs.
Testing the Watering Holes of Hampstead
Great to see some new faces at our annual trek round Hampstead Heath on Sunday 19th August. Yet again we found a new route which this year included a pub for lunch thanks to Sue’s recommendation. Starting at sister Lido Parliament Hill Fields for a refreshing 18·8°C plunge followed by some very tasty coffee and […]
Stock Exchange Races July 2017
With so many Summer swimming events happening, July was a busy time for Team Brockwell and included an invitation from Tooting Lido to take part in the annual Stock Exchange Races. We first entered two teams for the 4 x 4 Relays on Wednesday evening 19th, where we actually didn’t come last! We must be […]
Henley Classic 2017
On Sunday 25th June eight brave Brockwell Swimmers headed for Henley to complete the dawn, laser beamed, 2.1Km, upstream, mad-for-it, Thames swim. Bit of a shock to the system waking up at that unearthly hour, but at least the roads were clear and after just one hour of driving we were there. Very quickly marshaled […]
Tooting Relay Results
The results are in from the Tooting Mid-Summer Relays and our two Teams Brockwell thankfully, despite tradition, did not come last! In fact we came a respectful 12th and 16th out of 22 in our age categories. Well done Gillian , Alexandra, Timothy, David, Kathryn, Paola, Sabrina and Peter for swimming the 4 lengths each […]
Recruiting for Tooting – 21st June Relays
Tooting Bec Lido are inviting local clubs to their annual Midsummer Relay Races on the evening of Wednesday 21st June at 7:30pm. This will also be the venue for our regular Swim Social evening (normally held at the Prince Regent) so even if you are not swimming please come along and support our teams. Brockwell […]
Swimathon 2017 for Marie Curie
Team Brockwell took part in Swimathon 2017 at the Lido on Saturday 8th April raising £1,407.32 [now risen to £1,662.20] for Marie Curie; an amazing charity who care for people living with terminal illness, offering expert care, guidance and support for them and their families. Our JustGiving page is still open so if you wish […]
Who is running the Lido?
There seems to be some confusion from members as to who is running our lido so we thought we would have an attempt at trying to unravel the mystery of what is going on. Here goes… The property is owned by Lambeth Council, the appointed managing company is Fusion Lifestyle and the body set up […]
Flying the flag for Brockwell
Brockwell Lido Swimmers fought off another successful battle to come last at the annual Heron Cup Invitation Relays at Tooting Lido. If nothing but consistent our ten strong team battled through the sixteen races to come third out our three. New to the team was Ashleigh McLeigh who produced a jaw dropping first width of […]