Swimming

8 Isle of Wight athletes braved the chilly waters of Hyde Park’s Serpentine Lake to complete the 2-mile open water challenge last weekend. More than 4,700 swimmers took to the water on Saturday for distances ranging from half a mile...

Seven swimmers from Ryde Swimming Club Masters achieved an impressive medal haul when they competed in the Hampshire Masters County Championships at Portsmouth’s Mountbatten Centre last weekend. Facing a strong field of competitors from over 16 clubs - some entering...

13 master swimmers from Ryde Swimming Club took to the water at the weekend for the annual Marlins Swim Club Pier to Pier race, tackling the 1.8-mile course between Sandown and Shanklin on a sunny but windy day. The event,...

Swimmer George Hayward has taken the Isle of Wight's 6th gold medal on Day 6 of the Orkney Island Games in the 100metres backstroke. Earlier in the week, George bagged silver in the 50metres backstroke. Swimming from lane 4, George...

A competitive team of 9 swimmers will aim to make a splash at the 2025 Island Games in Orkney next week. Team Isle of Wight will be made up of the following athletes; Will Davidson, Ben Van der Helstraete, George...

A team of 9 dedicated young swimmers from the Isle of Wight are preparing to represent their home at the 2025 International Island Games in Orkney next month - and they’re marking the moment with a 48-kilometre sponsored swim. The...

More than 60 members of Yarmouth Sailing Club, West Wight Swimming Club, and their families and friends recently gathered at the West Wight Sports & Community Centre for an ambitious challenge: to swim the equivalent of the Isle of Wight’s...

A team of 5 from the Ryde Swimming Club Masters team flew to Guernsey last weekend to compete in the 32nd Guernsey Masters International Swim Meet.  Held at the Beau Sejour Leisure Centre in St. Peter Port, the Island cohort...

Swimmers from 23 swimming clubs enjoyed an afternoon of rivalry at the 24th IOW Marlins Open Masters Swim Meet at the Medina Pool on Saturday (8th February). The programme included 38 events across all the swimming strokes, ranging from 800m...

The Isle of Wight Marlins Masters Open Swim Meet will take place at Medina this Saturday (8th February) from 13:45. Masters swimmers from across the Island will be competing against swimmers from the Home Counties. The afternoon's competition includes events...