Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

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Jellyfish encounters in the Varsity Channel Relay

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Almost every other year since 1988, Cambridge and Oxford Universities have raced across the English Channel in the Varsity Channel Relay.  Six swimmers, three male and three female, from each university race across the English Channel in hour long rotations from Dover until the French coastline of Calais is reached. The first ever race saw […]
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2022-23 Winter Edition Newsletter

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Anybody know where the past few months since September have disappeared to? If you’re anything like us, you are not quite sure how we’re in 2023 already. It’s an exciting part of the season ahead for our swimmers and it kicks off with the Swim England Hertfordshire County Championships starting on 21st Jan. We wish […]
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Demystifying DQ codes

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Unfortunately there will be occasions when a swimmer gets disqualified (DQ) for an event. All swimmers go through this, but it is important that they understand why it happened and learn from it. The results listings from the meet will contain disqualification (DQ) codes and we have a guide to their interpretation. If you need […]
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