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Matty Lee won gold in the Men’s 10m synchro alongside Tom Daley at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and has now announced his retirement after his absence from the 2024 Paris Olympics due to spine surgery. The 26 year old announced his retirement on Instagram, stating that after 20 years in the sport it is time […]
The University of Gloucestershire swim team are competing in their first BUCS competition this weekend at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. The team have high expectations for the weekend and are looking to improve on their efforts from last year. Vice captain Emmie Parsons believes the club has made a promising start to the new university […]
First year student, Maddie Brown makes her first swimming debut for the University of Gloucestershire at the BUCS Nationals where she made history. Brown shocked herself over the weekend after a build-up of nerves where she had broken her own personal time. “I did so well in my 50-meter fly. I dropped 0.01 on my […]
Emmie 21 has been swimming almost all her life but hadn’t swum competitively since the pandemic however since moving to university she’s decided to jump back into the pool. Up until the age of 18, Parsons said she would train 8-9 times a week, training every single day and saying that she would “prioritize swimming […]
The much-loved annual Christmas swim at Sandford Parks Lido in Cheltenham has been cancelled, due to fears of safety because of Covid-19. Going for a swim in freezing temperatures may not sound appealing. But locals have been diving in on Christmas Day for years. The last time they closed the Christmas swim was back in […]