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As Mum to Cooper, Swim Wales’ National Learn to Swim Manager, Hanna, passes on some of her top tips for introducing little ones to the water. Before becoming a Mum herself, Hanna had the pleasure of taking nearly all of her friends little ones for their first swims with their parents. As confident as Hanna […]

Rise in drownings in under-20s in Wales prompts call for children and young people to be safe around open water People of all ages in Wales are being encouraged to learn key safety tips to help children and young people stay safe around the sea, rivers and other open water. The call from the Water […]

Swim Wales will be launching a new series of upskilling workshops and seminars as part of Learn to Swim Week 2023 this month. The ‘From Little Bubbles to Mighty Waves’ Upskilling Series will get underway on the final day of the annual Learn to Swim Week campaign, which will run from Saturday 20th May to […]

Swim Wales has today launched MyVoice, a new system to report safeguarding concerns. MyVoice allows anyone who has a safeguarding concern about someone else or themselves to report it quickly, easily, and anonymously if they wish, via an easily accessible link on the homepage of the Swim Wales website. Swim Wales has implemented MyVoice in […]

Swim Wales is delighted to announce additional long course opportunities for swimmers across Wales following the postponement of the Swim Wales National Championships 2023. After the unfortunate cancellation of the National Championships, Swim Wales has looked to create opportunities to allow swimmers to compete at a high level whilst giving them opportunities to qualify for […]

Swim Wales has updated its Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 Selection Policy due to the unforeseen postponement of the Swim Wales National Championships. The revised policy has been approved by Commonwealth Games Wales (CGW). The significant amendment to the policy is that Swim Wales will consider “All Swim Wales, Swim England, Scottish Swimming, British Swimming, LEN, […]

Swim Wales has issued a further update following the postponement of the Swim Wales National Championships. Swim Wales would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all competitors, coaches, volunteers and supporters who have been affected by the cancellation of the Swim Wales National Championships. We are deeply disappointed by this outcome after working […]

Swim Wales has been forced to postpone the Swim Wales National Championships 2023. Due to extraordinary circumstances with the facilities at Cardiff International Pool that are beyond our control we have had no choice but to postpone the meet. We will look to reschedule the event as a Level 1 Long Course Meet. Last night […]

Update as of 21:00 12/04/23 The Swim Wales National Championships 2023 will now be run Short Course after Swim Wales were informed of an issue with the facilities at Cardiff International Pool on Wednesday evening. We were faced with the difficult decision whether to cancel the event or change the format at 20:00 on Wednesday, […]

Matt Richards, Daniel Jervis and Medi Harris will fly the flag for Wales and Great Britain at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka this summer. The trio are a part of British Swimming’s 29-strong team that will take to the pool at the World Aquatics Championships in Japan this summer, one year out from the […]