Adam Metcalf and Pia Murray Swimmers from Ellesmere College have been named in the latest Swim England international squad. Three of the 20 squad places for the FFN Golden Tour are filled by Ellesmere College Titans. Adam Metcalf represented GB at the 2019 European Junior Championships, and Pia Murray competed at the latest World Junior Championships. Angharad Evans, who raced at the 2018 European...
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Credit: Kelvin Trautman Swimmers from Taunton School recently joined ocean campaigner Lewis Pugh on his epic The Long Swim of the English Channel Emma Hounslow, Emily Lawton, and Skyla Coate, from Nether Stowey, all aged 15, supported the United Nations Ocean Advocate and swimmer in his quest to rid the oceans of plastics as he swam his longest leg of the English Channel offshore across Lyme...
A swimmer from Bishop’s Stortford College has been awarded the ‘Wilkinson Sword’ for her swimming achievements. Elinah Philip received the accolade at the recent Hertfordshire Swimming Association Annual Awards. This is the first time the sword has been awarded to a Bishop’s Stortford Swimming Club member for 25 years. The Wilkinson Sword is kept in its presentation case on permanent...
Clevedon Long Swim 2018 Members of staff and students from Taunton School participated in The Henley Swim and Clevedon Long Swim events this weekend. At Henley, 13 pupils from Year 9 -13 and four staff raced on the course of the Henley Royal Regatta on Sunday morning. Ollie Heard was the fastest swimmer from Taunton School, coming 2nd in the Henley Classic adult category. Skye McLaughlin finished...
Taunton School pupils have recently taken to the swimming pool for two charity events. Swimmers from the preparatory school swam as many lengths of the school pool as they could in 30 minutes to raise money for the charity Holiday for Heroes. They aimed to match the 41 mile distance they will be swimming around the island of Jersey this summer, which they exceeded by swimming a combined 156...