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 […] Read more...
Paul Palmer, BSSC Masters swimmer and Olympic Silver medallist (400m freestyle, 1996 Atlanta) recently took part in the 10th Anniversary of the Aquasphere Chillswim Coniston End to End event in the Lake District and shared his experience with our swimmers. Read more...
The East Region organises Open Water Championships in July each year and has, for successive years, had the highest swimmer entry numbers of any regional open water event. They also serve as the individual County Championships. Races are held over 1K, 2K, 3K and 5K and are split into gender and age groups categories. BSSC […] Read more...
Although this season seems to be disappearing fast, we’ve had plenty of great achievements to write about in our latest edition of Babble, our BSSC newsletter. Happy reading! Read more...