Swimming

The 70th Pier2Pier Sea Swim Challenge from Sandown Pier to the site of the old Shanklin Pier - organised by the Isle of wight Marlins Masters Swim Club - was held at noon on Saturday (20th July). 157 swimmers -...

Top male swimmer and winner of Charles Ambler Trophy: Jevgenijs Putans The 23rd Isle of Wight Marlins Masters Open Swim Meet was held on Saturday (3rd February). The meet attracted swimmers from various Masters clubs in the South as well...

3 masters swimmers from Ryde Swimming Club competed in the 2024 Swim England South East Masters open long course (50m pool) meet at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley. Despite being early in the year after the Christmas break, the...

Veteran swimmer Jenny Ball - who lives in Newport and competes for Ryde Swimming Club - took 4 golds at the Swim England National Masters in Sheffield last weekend. Swimming in the 85-89 years age group, Jenny competed in 1,500m,...

Masters swimmers Marilyn Linnington, Kim Holmes, Jenny Ball and Matthew Sussmess, from Ryde Swimming Club, competed at the South East Region Short Course Masters Championships at K2 Crawley Leisure Centre last weekend (30th September).  Each swimmer achieved outstanding results, with...

Island swimming star Zac Lacey added another medal to his impressive medal collection after he won gold in the 200m butterfly event at the 2023 European Down Syndrome Swimming Championships in Italy on Tuesday (5th September). Competing in the T21...

Isle of Wight swimmer Abigail Lacey has won the Isle of Wight's 1st gold medal in the pool by topping the podium in the 100 metres individual medley. Abi took gold in a time of 1:05.09, 0.32 seconds ahead of...

A competitive team of 12 swimmers will head aim to make a splash at the 2023 Island Games in Guernsey next week. Team Isle of Wight will be made up of the following athletes; Will Davidson, Rossen Martin, Ben Van...

Zac Lacey travelling to Global Games Zac Lacey from Ryde has won Silver in the 100m butterfly at the Virtus Global Games in Vichy, France. Zac – who is a member of Seaclose swimming club – came 2nd in the...

Charles Ambler Trophy being presented The recent 22nd IOW Marlins Open Swim Meet attracted swimmers from no fewer than 31 clubs, with those from as far away as Leicester and Exeter joining local swimmers from the Island's Seaclose, West Wight...