The word Propel is defined as to drive or push something forwards.     We are hard wired to pull on our limbs, to pull and kick to move us [...]

  If you are moving forward when you swim, it’s safe to say you are doing something right.    Improvement is determined by skill and to progress you need to [...]

Our three person Channel Relay has now been ratified by two members of the CS&PF Committee and is now an officially recognised Channel Relay swim. I love the report, precise [...]

Like a musician, a swimmer needs to practice and fine tune their own skills.   Learning to swim and train as a competitive swimmer was the same for me as [...]

The biggest challenge we face as land mammas is that swimming efficiently is not hard wired in to our DNA, we are four limbed mammals,  we have no gills or [...]

Luxborough Lake runs alongside the River Roding on the border between Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell, just around the corner from Bancroft's School. This beautiful lake has remained closed to the [...]