Parliament Hill to the Ponds
Starting at Parliament Hill Lido Saturday 27th August, we’re off for another gentle stroll round Hampstead Heath and finishing with a glorious swim at the ponds. This is a repeat expedition of last October’s event… with warmer water. Meet outside Brixton Tube Station at 10am. We then travel to to Kentish Town, via Victoria and […]
Welsh Wales Weekend Walk
An amazing weekend in Snowdonia with the Facebook Swim Walks gang. Challenging terrain but well worth the slog to get to those remote Llyns (lakes in Welsh). Big thanks to Claire Towers and Philip Nice for some very tasty food and well planned walks. Looking forward to the next weekend away. [slideshow id=12]
Brockwell Water Polo July 2016
Mainly through word of mouth Water Polo in July proved to be even more popular with the last session filling the pool with 37 players. But with the evenings now too dark that’s it for another year. Sad, but “all good things…” as they say. A big THANK YOU to our amazing coach Jim who […]
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 […]