In a career that has seen him compete at the highest level for the best part of a decade, Stephen Milne has taken the decision to retire from competitive swimming. With medals won at the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships and most recently at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Stephen leaves the sport on… Continue reading Stephen Milne calls time on illustrious career
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New season starts with Youth and Senior Academy Programme Weekends
With squad selections having taken place last month, the new programme to launch the 2022/2023 season has begun in earnest, with back-to-back training weekends for athletes on the Youth and Senior Academy Programmes. New National Coach, Ian Wright, explains the importance of hitting the ground running this year. What’s the thought around the new squads,… Continue reading New season starts with Youth and Senior Academy Programme Weekends
Olympic Gold Medallist Duncan Scott marks Learn to Swim success in Orkney
Young swimmers in Orkney welcome six-time Olympic medallist and Commonwealth champion Duncan Scott as he ‘dives in’ to their swimming lessons. Duncan will be in the county to mark the success of the Learn to Swim programme in Orkney which sees around 646 children each week take part in regular swimming lessons with The Pickaquoy… Continue reading Olympic Gold Medallist Duncan Scott marks Learn to Swim success in Orkney
Two more medals on final night of swimming
After another outstanding night in the pool, Scottish swimmers have delivered 12 medals for Team Scotland, equalling their best ever result from a Commonwealth Games, which was secured in Melbourne back in 2006. Two more medals were added tonight, in the 200m IM and the 4x100m medley. Duncan Scott raised the roof of Sandwell Aquatics… Continue reading Two more medals on final night of swimming
2022 Commonwealth Games Day 6 heats round-up and finals preview
Safe to say that the final session of swimming from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games is set to be a thrilling finale to a superb week from our Scottish athletes. Mark Szaranek and Duncan Scott (University of Stirling) will both contest the final of the 200m IM. Szaranek looked strong during his heat and his… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 6 heats round-up and finals preview
Brilliant bronze for Murdoch to complete Commonwealth Games breaststroke set
Ross Murdoch swam the race of his life to provide Team Scotland with their tenth medal from the pool on the penultimate night of swimming action of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Murdoch, swimming in his last individual event at his last Commonwealth Games, finished strongly to take the touch for the bronze medal in… Continue reading Brilliant bronze for Murdoch to complete Commonwealth Games breaststroke set
2022 Commonwealth Games Day 5 heats round-up and finals preview
While it may have been a quieter heats session, the fact that all the Scottish swimmers in action this morning progressed, means another busy finals session is on the cards this evening. Craig McNally (University of Stirling) posted a season’s best time of 1:58.36 to secure a place in tonight’s 200m backstroke final, while Stirling… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 5 heats round-up and finals preview
Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool
Three more bronze medals tonight bring Team Scotland’s medal tally from the pool to nine, with two more days of racing to go at Sandwell Aquatics Centre for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Duncan Scott started the proceedings off tonight in the final of the 100m freestyle, the event he won on the Gold Coast,… Continue reading Scottish swimmers win three more medals in the pool
2022 Commonwealth Games Day 4 heats round-up and finals preview
It was a busy morning for the Scots in the pool at Sandwell Aquatics Centre, at the halfway mark of the swimming competition of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Katie Shanahan (City of Glasgow Swim Team), Holly McGill (Hearts) and Cassie Wild (University of Stirling) all made it through to the final of the 200m… Continue reading 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 4 heats round-up and finals preview
Swimmers continue drive for more medals in Birmingham
There may not have been any Scottish medals won in the pool on day three of the swimming competition at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, but it was certainly a night of high emotion, drama and world class racing. Duncan Scott continued his relentless schedule with another double, taking on the final of the 200m… Continue reading Swimmers continue drive for more medals in Birmingham