Entries for the Great London Swim close next Monday so here's a final reminder to all OTS swimmers that you still have some time to enter this event: all abilities can join in and this is a great opportunity for first time open water swimmers.
This year the Great London Swim will take place on the 26th May in the Royal Victoria Dock, covering a 1 mile course from the far beach entry up alongside the Excel center. This is an amazing first time open water swim, and over 20 Out To Swim members took part last year. Swimmers are this year swimming in a variety of waves with the most popular being 11.30.
We have recently been informed that Out To Swim swimmer Lizzie Bellinger is ranked 2nd in the world for her age group for long course fly. This amazing achievement was recorded whilst competing with OTS at Cardiff last year, an improvement on an already very good 3rd position the year before.
"This is an amazing achievement, Lizzie's determination and hard work has paid off with this 2nd place world ranking. She is an inspiration to us all both as swimmers and coaches", was the comment of OTS head coach Michelle Weltman.
Lizzie scored a time of 1.06.23 at Cardiff International pool on 7th May 2011. Her time was also a new British Masters record for the 30-34 age group. At the same event, Out To Swim did very well too, winning top visiting club.
In the 2010 top 10 rankings in the world Lizzie was 3rd with a time of 1.06.50, set again at Cardiff a year earlier.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 09:44
Wellbeing - we've all got a role to play
One of the key items discussed at our club's recent AGM was how can we build on the great work we already do around creating a safe and supportive environment for our members.
Under the broad banner of "Wellbeing", a small group of volunteers has come together to discuss how we can continue to support all members and raise awareness of the many great community services that are available should anyone be going through a tough time or need a bit of extra help.
The group are still at the early stages of discussion, but already there looks like a number of things we can do in terms of adding additional information on our website, continuing to build our programme of social events, and review the way that we welcome and orientate new members to the club.
This is going to be an ongoing conversation for us as a club throughout the year and beyond, so we'll share thoughts and proposals as things move forward.
If you've got any suggestions or would like to get involved then get in touch!
OTS 20th Anniversary Video
On the 25th February 2012 Out To Swim celebrated its 20th year of activity with a gala ball and dinner at the Russel Hotel. The video that was shown at the event is now available for viewing (on the left). It is a celebration of what OTS is, what it stands for, and how it can and has changed people's lives. A great way of celerating the 20 years of this amazing organisation and all of the people that are a part of it.
Thanks to all of you who have contributed photos or audio for the video. And thanks to Daniel Morgan for putting it together...
Entries for the Great London Swim close next Monday so here's a final reminder to all OTS swimmers that you still have some time to enter this event: all abilities can join in and this is a great opportunity for first time open water swimmers.
One of the key items discussed at our club's recent AGM was how can we build on the great work we already do around creating a safe and supportive environment for our members.