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Medi Harris defended her British crown in style on Wednesday night as she held off Lauren Cox and Kathleen Dawson to clinch 100m Backstroke gold. The Commonwealth bronze medallist had qualified third for the Ponds Forge final after competing in the 200m Freestyle final a day earlier. But Harris showed her class as she exploded […]

The Swim Wales National Championships 2023 will now be held at Cardiff International Pool after unforeseen issues with the facilities at Wales National Pool, Swansea. We have been made aware that the moveable ‘boom and floor’ which can be raised to split the 50m pool into two sections in Swansea has a mechanical fault which […]

Georgia Davies and Lily Rice have been selected as two of the 13 athletes who will join the new Team Wales Athletes Commission. The pair of Commonwealth medallists will join a group of current and former athletes who will be the voice for athletes as Team Wales prepare for Trinbago 2023 and Victoria 2026. 13 […]

The Swim Wales Challenge Series will return to two iconic open water locations for the 2023 edition. Llandegfedd Reservoir near Pontypool and Pembrokeshire’s Llys Y Fran Reservoir will play host to a variety of competitive races and come and try events in June and September respectively, and swimmers will be able to take advantage of […]

Rhys Darbey will make his Para Swimming World Championships debut in Manchester after being named in a 28-strong British team. Darbey made a splash at the Citi World Para Swimming Series inc. British Para Swimming Meet at Sheffield’s Ponds Forge earlier this month, where he was the top British male athlete in the MC200m Individual […]

Welsh Wanderers Men have secured promotion to the top flight of the British Water Polo League with two games remaining of the season. Promotion was secured after an exciting 8-6 victory over Sheffield in Manchester at the end of February. Wanderers will now aim to secure the Championship 1 title when they face Watford and […]

Swim Wales has issued an update following the announcement of the UK Government’s Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday afternoon. Swim Wales is bitterly disappointed with the UK Government’s decision to exclude Welsh facilities from the targeted package of financial aid they will provide to support leisure centres and swimming pools in England. Chancellor of the […]

Swim Wales can provide the following update relating to the age eligibility for the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 in light of recent changes announced by World Aquatics. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) will now be adopting the updated World Aquatics Junior age range for the Trinbago 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games, which will now be as […]

Lily Rice decided it was her time to quit swimming the last time she competed at Pond’s Forge, but her career has come full circle as she returns a Commonwealth Games medallist six years later. Lily, alongside another eight Welsh para swimmers, will take on a stellar field at the Citi Para Swimming World Series […]

It is International Women’s Day 2023, and this year’s theme is ‘Embrace Equity’. The inaugural IWD took place in 1911 and remains an important annual milestone for working to advance women’s equality with the day belonging to everyone, everywhere. In previous years, I have used the day to make extra effort to celebrate the truly […]