Swimming

The pilot Islands Athlete Travel Award Scheme launched by SportScotland earlier this year to support up to 24 high-performing athletes from across Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, has been a welcome boon to Orkney [read more…]

Angus Blance and Mia McAllister posted some great times at the Scottish Summer Meet in a brilliant season finale for both swimmers. Highlights were a bronze medal for Angus in the 50m breaststroke and two [read more…]

Fantastic results for Orkney’s swimmers at the T L Dallas Midsummer Meet held at the Clickimin Pool in Lerwick last weekend. With a staggering 83 new personal best times, 8 individual golds, 11 silvers and [read more…]

62 Orkney ASC swimmers, aged from 8 to 23, took part in the Orkney Age Group Championships, at the Picky Pool last Sunday.  Significant successes were seen across the board, with over 20 new and [read more…]

Orkney’s swimmers can by justly proud of a great performance against their Shetland counterparts in this year’s Junior Inter County swimming event. With numerous new personal best times, several first and 2nd place finishes and [read more…]

Orkney Swimmers Victorious Orkney Swimming Club is taking home the Pentland Trophy for winning the first leg of the annual Northlink Cup competition in a closely swum meet against Thurso Swimming Club in Caithness, with [read more…]

Orkney swimmer Mia McAllister has achieved her goal of qualifying for the upcoming British Swimming Championships, to be held in Edinburgh later this spring (1-4 March 2018). Now 17, Mia has trained since childhood with [read more…]

Each year, Orkney Amateur Swimming Club presents the Dave Keldie Cup and medal to the swimmer in the club with the highest European Swimming Federation (LEN) points score for the year (calculated from the sum [read more…]

NatWest Coach Development fund and the IIGA support training of swim coaches in Orkney Orkney Amateur Swimming Club ran a UKCC training course for swimming coaches last week in Stromness. The ten candidates included eight [read more…]

Orkney Amateur Swimming Club held its first competition of the new season on Saturday night at the Stromness Pool. The Orkney and Thurso swimming clubs have competed for the “West Mainland Chamber of Commerce” Cup [read more…]