Bishop's Stortford Swimming Club

Affiliated to Swim England East Region

News

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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2023 East Region Open Water Championships

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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 […]
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BSSC Masters on Record Breaking Form

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The annual British Masters Championships recently returned to Ponds Forge in Sheffield for the first time in seven years.  Three BSSC Masters, Alyson Fordham, Lizzie Bellinger and Sally Winter joined more than 800 masters swimmers from across the home nations to compete in the 50m pool event. It was a thrilling and inspiring weekend, with […]
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