History In The Making – The Brighton Swimming Club
Although millions of people worldwide are beginning to enjoy open water swimming, the citizens of Brighton on the east coast of England have been doing it since 1860 – coming up on 151 years of history.The founders of the Brighton Swimming Club started annual open water swims in order to learn to swim and to encourage others.
With the weather and sea conditions permitting, members swim year-round at 7:30am every day, 11:30 am Monday – Saturday, and 10:15am on Sundays with other times during the evenings and summer.
The Brighton Swimming Club has a fascinating history and archives. From raw beginners to some of the best marathon swimmers in history including Michael Read, Brighton Swimming Club has had a great first 150 years of history and looks well-positioned for at least another 150.
Other open water swimming teams, clubs and organizations are posted here, but none have the lengthy history of the Brighton Swimming Club.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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