U Swim, I Swim, We All Swim…At Least In England
David Quartermain, a Manchester, England-based coach, will offer open water swimming sessions (USwim) throughout the summer months in Salford and Boundary Park. The weekly sessions will be held at Dock9, Salford Quays, next to the new Media City development and at Boundary Water Park.Amazingly enough, according to a recent survey by Sport England, swimming remains England’s most popular sports to take part in with 7.63% of the English population or 3,2 million people, regularly getting in the pool (i.e., swimming for 30 minutes or more at least once per week).
USwim‘s David said, “We are excited to bring this new recreational facility to the region. Dock9 is a superb venue having hosted the Salford ITU and the 2002 Commonwealth Games Triathlons. My ambition was to create a new facility for swimmers at Salford Quays right in the heart of the new waterside community being generated by the Media City development.”
David is gaining the help of someone who knows: Olympic silver medalist and 10K world champion Keri-Anne Payne (shown above) who lives in the area.
USwim sessions start May 1st. In a growing service that has taken root in various locations around the world, David intends to offer GPS tracking to measure each swimmers progress.
Photo of Keri-Anne Payne by Frogfish Photography.
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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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