Whats in a name

In Uncategorized by Charlotte OBeirne

Over the past year I have pondered the best name for the collective of Swimming Women who have completed their introductory course. Today the name came to me, not in …

New term starting soon.

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Its Winter, its wet, its cold you feel like you want to rug up and bed down like a bear and snooze the winter away (wouldn’t that be nice!). Having …

1 today!!!

In Uncategorized by Charlotte OBeirne

A year ago today the very first group of swimming women hit the water. All 12 girls some more scared than I, arrived at the pool unaware of what to …

Counting and playing SNAP!

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This week more than 35 swimming women spent the sessions counting their strokes and their times. The initial concept was to see if they played SNAP. Did the number of strokes they took match the time it took to swim the distance? e.g they took 50 strokes for a 50m and did it in 50 seconds – SNAP! The question I was asked repeatedly was : “Is more, less or the same better than the other?”

Working out in Winter

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Margaret River is a strange place sometimes in this instance with swim schools not operating in the winter months. Coming from the UK where it was the norm for my …

Improving from Where?…….

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During this past week those swimming on Thursday and Friday got the chance to assess their current ‘diesel engine’ level by conducting two timed swims. The results fell into a few categories – mind blowing improvement, a good level of improvement, and an improvement, everywhere an improvement (whoop whoop says the coach!). There are several reasons for the improvements, which I would like to expand upon here.

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Swimming to Rotto

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Swimming to Rottnest Island, to me, is a very West Australian thing to do. Having moved to WA it was something I did to feel a little more local…..that’s where it began anyway. It would be amazing to have lots of Swimming Women and Swim[Men] and even those Swim~Girls who are old enough over on the Island, having swum there, and feeling fantastic!

Savings in the piggybank

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It is so cliched, yet so blinkin’ true…..time is racing faster and faster all the time. Also, the more I keep waiting for this and that to finish before I …

Margaret River Ocean Swim

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Saturday January 4th will see a return of the Margaret River Ocean Swim. Ran previously as the Gnarabup K in the Bay, the only things that have really changed are …