SwimTrek Party It's Back!!!
On
Saturday 17th November, we will once again be hosting SwimTrek's end of
season party in Holborn in Central London. Together with good food,
fine drinks and fellow swimmers, it should all add up for a great
evening. Everyone is welcome, whether you have been on a SwimTrek trip
or not. You can chat with our guides and meet other swimmers from
varied backgrounds.
Also,
If you're thinking of coming on a trip next year, then this is an
excellent way to chat with our guides, look at photos and meet those
swimmers who have experienced the trips first hand. There's plenty of
time to get yourself a ticket. Just click on the link below for
information on getting there and how to get a ticket....See You There!
We
start off with swimming in the stunning Oasis Heated Open Air Pool from
3.30-5.30pm.This will then be followed by drinks and a buffet at
Truckles of Pied Eyed Bull Yard in Bloomsbury from 6pm onwards, where
you can catch up with other SwimTrekkers and the Guides.
Please RSVP by Monday 5th November with monies. Numbers are limited, so don't miss out. See you there!!!
Party Invite...
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Dear Simon,
Welcome
to SwimTrek's September Newsletter, where you will find a selection of
interesting stories about SwimTrek as well as open water swimming in
general.
We always appreciate your comments, so if you would like to see anything covered in the newsletter, then please let us know.
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| Hydrotherapy - Georgina Bowden
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 At
SwimTrek's end of season party last year, we raised money for the
hydrotherapy pool at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability in Putney,
where SwimTrek guide John Coningham-Rolls works as an Aquability
assistant.
Georgina
Bowden another SwimTrek guide, when not guiding on SwimTrek trips works
as a physiotherapist and has a particular interest in hydrotherapy. The
linked article gives a brief overview of the history and development of
hydrotherapy, its basic principles and some of the techniques used.
Read the article...
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| Open Water Swimming Tip of the Month
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 As
you will know that when swimming in open water you don't have a black
line for you to follow. We have asked Josh Santacaterina, an elite
Australian Open Water swimmer for his tips on sighting techniques that
he uses whilst racing.
I've
been swimming open water for roughly 10 years and I wouldn't say that I
know everything there is to know about it. I am forever learning new
techniques and tricks during my races. One aspect that I find is very
important in open water swimming is the ability to swim straight. The
main reasons for this is because the quickest route from one point to
the next is a straight line, so you don't want to be swimming more than
you have to. Another reason is that if you're not swimming straight,
you have more chance of colliding with other swimmers, which can be
frustrating.
Josh's sighting technique...
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| English Channel Record Beaten
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 Bulgaria's
Petar Stoychev broke the 7 hours mark in setting a new world record for
his successful English Channel solo crossing on 24th August.
Captain
Mathew Webb started his successful swim of the English Channel on
exactly the same day but 132 years ago in 1875. Captain Webb took 21
hours 45 mins to reach French soil. One wonders what he would have
thought of Petar's time?
Info on Petar's World Record swim...
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| Guiding in Gozo - Lizzie De Bono
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 SwimTrek
guide Lizzie De Bono tells of her first season working with SwimTrek
and her trip back to Gozo & Malta, the land of her father's birth.
Guiding in Gozo & Malta
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