The final day of competition at the British Para Swimming Winter National Meet produced a fifth British Record of the Meet from Lyndon Longhorn, while double Paralympic Champion, Maisie Summers-Newton again dipped inside another world record time, the latest being for 400m freestyle (S6). Reece Dunn (S14) and Poppy Maskill (S14) provided a superb finale,… Continue reading Records continue to tumble on final day of Para Swimming Winter Nationals
Month: November 2022
Strong start to British Para Swimming Winter National Meet in Glasgow
A number of British para swimming short course records fell on the opening day of the British Para Swimming Winter National Meet 2022, which is taking place at Tollcross International Swimming Centre in Glasgow this weekend. Indeed, such was the quality of racing on show, that Maisie Summers-Newton, Ellie Challis and Rebecca Redfern all posted… Continue reading Strong start to British Para Swimming Winter National Meet in Glasgow
Health in Mind benefit from Awards Evening celebrations
Edinburgh-based charity, Health in Mind, are to benefit from proceeds raised at Scottish Swimming’s Awards Evening, held at the end of September at the National Museum of Scotland. £2,000 was raised during the ever-popular Heads and Tails quiz and will help support Health in Mind’s ongoing work providing services and courses to support people and… Continue reading Health in Mind benefit from Awards Evening celebrations
Volunteer Development Strategy sessions
Scottish Swimming is in the process of creating a new Volunteer Development Strategy designed to support and develop existing volunteers as well as enable clubs to attract new volunteers into our sport. To support the development of the Scottish Swimming Volunteer Strategy, it is important that the volunteer community is consulted as part of the… Continue reading Volunteer Development Strategy sessions
Coaching Futures 2023-24 cohort
Coaching Futures is sportscotland’s performance athlete-to-coach apprenticeship scheme. The aim of the programme is to assist Scottish Governing Bodies of Sport to utilise the experience of performance athletes and create opportunities for them to transition into coaching. The apprenticeship provides a unique opportunity to ‘earn while you learn’ by focusing on the development of coaching… Continue reading Coaching Futures 2023-24 cohort
Three more athletes selected for Team Scotland
Gregor Swinney
Scots show up well at European Juniors
Image Credit: LEN/Simone Castrovillari
Ian is the “wright” person for the job
Ian Wright will take up his post in August
Britain’s best swimmers light up capital on opening day of racing in Edinburgh
Photo of Duncan Scott in action in the 200m IM final (photo by: Ian MacNicol)
Trio head to Indianapolis for World Cup Finale
Three Scottish Swimmers are on the Great Britain squad for the World Cup finale in Indianapolis this weekend, as the three-legged FINA short course competition comes to a close. University of Stirling trio Lucy Hope, Evan Jones and Duncan Scott will be amongst the British contingent in competition this weekend, with the latter pair making… Continue reading Trio head to Indianapolis for World Cup Finale