Local mum-trepreneur Laura Skilton celebrates her baby swim school business going national having already helped more than 5,000 children in Devon and Hampshire learn to swim since launching seven years ago.
Laura Skilton, who runs swim sessions in Exeter and Crediton, has rebranded her successful Baby Paddlers swim school this month launching as a national franchise programme which is already gaining interest from all over the country.
Baby Paddlers – now known as Baby Squids – is a well-established, highly successful swim school for 0-4-year olds focusing on building...
People are being warned about the dangers of swimming in or jumping into rivers or canals. The warning comes from Exeter City Council as the schools break up for the summer holidays. It follows a spate of incidents where people have been jumping into the Exeter Canal, some at Double Locks. Signs have been put up warning people about the dangers of drowning as well as the disturbance to wildlife. The move has been backed by the Fire Service and the Environment Agency. Cllr David Harvey, Lead Councillor for Place, said the Council was concerned for the safety of people jumping into the Canal...
Exeter-born Olympics swimmer Liam Tancock took time out from the fast lane recently to help an East Devon holiday park make a big splash with its guests. Gold-medallist Liam was at Ladram Bay Holiday Park in Budleigh Salterton where he declared open the new Splash Zone, aimed especially at energetic youngsters. The 160-square metres of wonderfully wet activities and challenges is already proving a hit with grown-ups as well. Set alongside the park's main swimming pool, the zone includes interactive water features, spray guns, and even a sea serpent that sprays water. In front of a large...
When Neil Brown, aged 53 from Dunkeswell, started swimming regularly at the age of 28 he had no idea how large a part of his life it would become. Neil’s mum originally suggested he take up some form of exercise to keep fit, but swimming lengths at his local pool in Honiton has become something of an obsession.
Neil explains: “I keep a record of every single swimming session I do and log how far I’ve swum. This January I hit 3,714 miles, which is 237,744 lengths of the pool. It’s like swimming from Exeter to New York and then some! My preferred stroke is freestyle and I usually do...
Cannings H2O based in Exeter, Devon are celebrating after collecting two Silver and a Bronze Award at the prestigious British Pool & Hot Tub Awards, hosted by BISHTA and SPATA, held on Tuesday 30th January, at the Ricoh Arena, in Coventry. The British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA) and the Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association (SPATA) are the relevant bodies upholding standards within the Wet Leisure Industry. Rebranded in 2015, the first BISHTA awards were won in 2008, while the first SPATA awards were won in 1978. These well-established awards are the UK’s...
Exeter School is celebrating the opening of its new indoor pool.
Chairman of Governors and former pupil Andrew King officially opened the pool during a ceremony on 28 June.
A generous donation from an anonymous benefactor enabled Exeter School to build the first-class, 25-metre four-lane pool for the benefit of Exeter School pupils and local schoolchildren. The Governors agreed to match fund the donation in order to integrate the pool fully with the existing sports facilities.
Director of Sport Andy Mason said the inauguration of the new pool marked the completion...
Exeter City Swimming Club enjoyed their best ever county champs this year, with a record number of swimmers qualifying.
The Devon County Swimming Championships take place at the Plymouth Lifecentre on three consecutive weekends at the end of January and swimmers from all over Devon have to achieve stringent qualifying times throughout the preceeding year to be able to take part.
This years’ championships saw 85 Exeter swimmers qualify, achieving eight super champions, 45 Super Final places, 42 age group gold medals, 25 silver and 30 bronze as well as another 129 county age...
Exeter head coach, Jo John, has been selected to take part in an exciting new programme aimed at creating the next generation of top class coaches. The World Masters silver medallist from Hemyock is one of 15 coaches selected from across the country to take part in Coach 2024. The 14-month programme has been created by the ASA’s talent development team, England Programmes Swimming, to support the best coaches in the country develop their abilities even further. It will cover all aspects of coaching, from enhancing their technical skills to developing a greater awareness of themselves that...
Exeter City Swimming Club had a hugely successful South West Regional event this year with more of its swimmers than ever achieving the qualifying times required to enter. In total 43 swimmers qualified with 39 swimmers taking part in 182 individual races, with 47 finals being swum and a total of 20 medals achieved. All those that took part either beat their entry times or confirmed personal best times which is excellent given the hard racing they had taken part in recently.
In the Youth event which attracts swimmers of 15 years and older, Exeter had gold medals from Dominic...
