Big Ricks Swim Team

08/04/2026

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Jane Asher is a grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of 6... and she's won another 5 swimming world records in her age category 🏊‍♀️

At 95, the South Londoner now has more than 100 age-group world records to her name, competing across multiple events and strokes.

With 26 gold medals, a British Empire Medal and a place in the International Swimming Hall of Fame, she credits her love of the water for her health and happiness.

04/04/2026

A 95-year-old woman from south London has broken five age group world records for swimming, adding more accolades to her decades-long career.
Jane Asher's achievements in March came on top of her 100 Masters swimming records throughout her career.
She said the sport "just makes you feel well" and "makes you healthy."
She is in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and has a British Empire Medal for her dedication to swimming.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c248qzld0deo

Big Ricks Swim Team

Jane Asher has set more than 100 Masters swimming records throughout her career.

01/04/2026

Siân Clement, an intrepid open water and ice swimmer dividing her time between South Wales and Orkney and rarely choosing the easy path.
In this episode, we learn about her remarkable journey from swimming alongside penguins in Antarctica to taking on the iconic Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and becoming the first woman to complete the Original Triple Crown of open water swimming: the English Channel, Bristol Channel, and the formidable North Channel between Ireland and Scotland.
Siân shares insights into balancing life as a doctor with extreme endurance challenges, her recent experiences racing at the European Ice Swimming Championships, and her unexpected title as a world champion in bog snorkelling. It’s a conversation full of adventure, resilience, and humour, capturing not just the extremes of the sport, but the joy and connection found within the open water swimming community.
Presented by Helen Gorman.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/freestyle-media/id1633227274?i=1000758310478

01/04/2026

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28/03/2026

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26/03/2026

Talking jelly fish .

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21/03/2026

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Swimathon

Swimmers at 550 pools take part in the world's largest annual pool-based fundraising event.