Big Ricks Swim Team

An annual memory of Honor Organization Varne Ridge Holiday Park. Unfortunately no longer a haven for English Channel aspirants and cFrom mid-1990s to 2019 it was simply HOME for many preparing, celebrating Channel experience. At one point over 150 success plates on the walls

Congratulations Steve . Fantastic swim today . #channelswimer Steve Stievenart of France today completed his solo in skins in a time of 16 hours 22mins Subject to ratification he now holds the record for the earliest crossing as well as the latest crossing.

So Much More To Swimming Beyond The Black Line With Rob Woodhouse dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com/so-much-more-t…

Drum roll please ..... Entries will open on 14th December. All information is on bldsa.org.uk #newbathhotelandspa

Even ex British Olympic swimmers find the channel tough to swim . Great swim by Dan Wallace .. Excellent video of the swim youtu.be/PeS-EZlJ_tY @TeamGB @ScottishSwim @CSAswimmers

Congratulations Petar Ocean seven ☑️ in just 173 days Incredible. dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com/petar-stoychev… #sharetheswimlove

Swimming the Channel, one eye blind Mel could be about to become the first blind woman to swim the English Channel. Melanie is a Paralympic champion, 6 x world champion & world triathlon champion, . bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0j…

❤️ Daniel .. Even the Olympic champion finds the step up to open water not easy #Paris2024 #openwaterswimming @Andyjamesonswim facebook.com/share/r/vaZV3c…

Having fun at the pool . ❤️ it ladies #Paris2024 #teamgb #sharingtheswimlove #loveswimming

We are so sad To hear the news of David Wilkie today . What a swimmer .. he was our swimming idol growing up .. 💔 #davidwilkie @Andyjamesonswim @TeamGB @ScottishSwim

The Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden won gold in Beijing, having been diagnosed with cancer seven years earlier. he decided to stop competing, and turn attention to fundraising - his own foundation and raising millions for cancer research through bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

We love this picture from Carrie carlberg .. reminds us it time to get open water swimming again .. yippee ❤️ #openwaterswimming etsy.com/shop/wildartby…

Wow . We had to check this wasn’t an April fools joke.?? The bbc are actually going to show swimming on television after years of not .!!!! … swimming was team gb most successful sport at Tokyo games . bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming…

James Guy: Olympic swimmer on his late ADHD diagnosis and health anxiety bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming…

THE 5TH STROKE Why 'distance fly' might be just what you need and how to make it part of your swim routine Patrick Naylor outdoorswimmingsociety.com/the-5th-stroke/

Ricks thought of the Month .” we all know as swimmers , When you swim a mile for the 1st time ( Any Time ) , you really do feel " Too Tough To Kill " 🙂 #sharetheswimlove #bigrickswimteam

#InternationalWomensDay Big Ricks Ladies team . WR English Channel swimmers

Flashback to celebrate #InternationalWomansDay . Big Ricks Chicks WR team . Who 2020 became The only team to have ever swam the English Channel as an IM relay team . Claire, Mel , Sarah and Lucy . #channelswimmers #worldrecord #bigrickswimteam

Good luck to everyone swimming in memory of Iain over the next two days 👏 Nearly 50 friends of Iain Hughes, a firefighter who died during a charity swim in the English Channel, are set to take on a 36-hour challenge in his memory. bbc.com/news/articles/…