New data from a survey conducted by the Institute of Swimming (IOS), the leading provider of Swim England qualifications, highlights swimming teaching as an exceptionally fulfilling career, delivering high levels of job satisfaction. In the survey of IOS members a remarkable 99% of swimming teachers reported their job makes them happy. The statistic is supported
It was a historic weekend for University of Bath sporting scholar Ranjuo Tomblin as he won two breakthrough gold medals for Britain at the World Aquatics Artistic Swimming World Cup season opener in Paris. The Sports Performance student, who is supported by a Trendell Sporting Scholarship, became the first British male to win a World
Freya Anderson added to her international medal collection when the University of Bath-based swimming star anchored Aquatics GB to women’s 4x100m medley relay silver at the 2024 World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Bath Performance Centre swimmer dived in for the freestyle leg in third place after strong swims from team-mates Abbie
There was another two-medal haul for University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe as they continued their Paris 2024 Olympic Games preparations at the European Championships. Shortman and Thorpe secured silver in both the Tech Duet and Free Duet competitions in Belgrade, following on from their silver and bronze
Everyone Active has been awarded Swim England’s Learn to Swim Accreditation for all 140 of its leisure centres delivering swimming lessons in partnership with more than 65 local authorities across the UK. The new two-year accreditation means the charitable leisure trust will have held the quality mark for ten years in a row. The accreditation
World silver medallists Kate Shortman and Izzy Thorpe were named today by the British Olympic Association (BOA) as Team GB’s sole artistic swimmers for Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The duet who will be competing at their second Olympic Games were announced at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium. Historic performances at the World Aquatics Championships in
University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman enjoyed another moment of history as she and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe claimed gold in the first Olympic discipline to be contested at the new Olympic Aquatics Centre in Paris. The duo, from Bristol, followed up their breakthrough silver and bronze medals at this year’s World Aquatics
Olympic Champion Tom Dean and Paralympian Suzanna Hext both recorded Paris 2024 nomination times when University of Bath-based swimmers contested the Speedo Aquatics GB Swimming Championships in London. University of Bath Swimming Club’s Ben Proud also booked his place at a third Olympic Games in fine style, while Tokyo gold-medallist Anna Hopkin is heading to
Places in the Team GB squad for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be on the line when 40 University of Bath-based swimmers compete in the 2024 Aquatics GB Swimming Championships next week (2-7 April). Competition will be fierce in the London Aquatics Centre as swimmers seek not only a place on the podium but
An incredible second World Championships medal in the space of three days saw University of Bath sporting scholar Kate Shortman and artistic swimming partner Izzy Thorpe book a Paris 2024 Olympic Games spot for Team GB in the duet programme. Having made history with their Tech Duet silver in Doha on Monday, British Swimming’s first-ever
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