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With the temperature hovering around 3C, members of Dorset’s EDOW Club joined 400 competitors of all ages at the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships on 22 January at Tooting Bec’s lido. And, despite the damp weather and very cold water,…
The South West Youth team returned from the ASA Inter-Regional Water Polo Youth Championships as national champions after demolishing the opposition at the Cardiff International Pool on 15/16 January. The initial draw saw the South West in the tougher of…
Following outstanding performances at trials in Cardiff, three Dorset water polo players have been selected for the England Talent Squad. Cianan Mann, Jackson Mullins and Charlie Roberts, all from Christchurch Seagulls, are among only 20 players nationwide who made it…
Synchronised swimming first began in Dorset in the 1970s and today there are now around 100 swimmers involved in the sport. The AquaFun Programme which is designed to encourage children to learn the basics of synchronised swimming while having fun…
Diving has been a popular sport in Dorset since 1931 and today there are over 100 swimmers involved in springboard and highboard diving. The two main centres for teaching and coaching are Wessex DC and Tornadoes of South Dorset, but…
On Saturday 16 October our County Team travelled north to Sheffield for the annual Inter-County Competition held at Ponds Forge. With good team spirit, everyone swam well and supported each other enthusiastically but this year’s competition proved strong and Dorset…
he 2010 ASASWR Water Polo Championships held in December has resulted in a silver medal for Dorset’s Junior Men’s team. Competing against Somerset, Gloucester and Devon, all county sides with a long history of water polo competition, this was only…
The past few weeks have been some of the most eventful in the short history of Littledown Masters. Building on the success of becoming Half Iron Man World Champion in December 2010, James Gilfillan will once again be heading to…
An impressive performance from Littledown Masters’ James Gilfillan in the Florida sunshine earlier this month has resulted in the club celebrating its’ first amateur Half Iron Man World Champion. Finishing the half Iron Man course in a time of 3hrs…
In a stunning weekend of water polo, Christchurch Seagulls simultaneously took silver medals in two of the most prestigious tournaments in the country. Seagulls U19 squad arrived at the ASASWR Championships in Exeter looking to improve on their fourth place…