The biggest question for swimmers right now is when will pools reopen? Post lockdown, the UK's economy and services are gradually being opened back up.
The Swimathon Foundation is delighted to announce the award of grant funding to over one hundred swimming clubs, swimming schools and independent aquatic organisations, through its Covid-19 Relief Fund.
The Foundation has been overwhelmed by the number of applications received and has taken the decision to boost its original commitment of £30,000 to £50,000 to c...
Following the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdown, in many areas of life new rules apply – the much heralded ‘new normal’. So, we wanted to look ahead
While we’re on lockdown, there is one thing that has boomed on Zoom – the quiz! So, we thought we’d share a few marathon swimming relating questions that you could add into your next Zoom quiz. Here goes…
1. Marathon Swimming made its Olympic debut at Beijing 2008. In the Marathon Swimming events, how many of the six medals on offer at Beijing 2008 were won by T...
While we’re on lockdown, there is one thing that has boomed on Zoom – the quiz! So, we thought we’d share a few marathon swimming relating questions that you could add into your next Zoom quiz. Here goes…
1. Marathon Swimming made its Olympic debut at Beijing 2008. In the Marathon Swimming events, how many of the six medals on offer at Beijing 2008 were won by T...
THE SWIMATHON FOUNDATION LAUNCHES COVID-19 RELIEF FUND TO SUPPORT AQUATICS COMMUNITY
The Swimathon Foundation is today (Monday 4 May) launching a COVID-19 Relief Fund to help the swimming and aquatics community deal with the impact and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Foundation will seek to allocate grants of between £250 and £1,000 to s...
International Women’s Day is Friday 8 March 2019. We thought we’d take the opportunity to highlight our sport of swimming; the changes, the participants and the pioneers and celebrate their amazing achievements. So, here’s our reasons to celebrate swimming on IWD
You may think you know the answer to this question (50m) but taking a historical look, Olympic Pools have been much more than just 50m, Until Paris hosts the
What’s your swim strategy? Marathon Swims has been challenging participants to swim a marathon since 2017 and in that time, we have seen many different appro
This time of the year you can’t walk down the street without bumping into someone training for the marathon. After lucking out in the ballot and a big festive
