The First Minister has today announced that 11 Local Authority areas are to be moved into Tier 4 of the COVID protection levels from 6pm on Friday night. This means that all non-essential shops, as well as pubs and restaurants, libraries, hairdressers, gyms and swimming pools will close for three weeks in the following areas:… Continue reading #ValueOurSport
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Emergency funding package needed to save leisure industry
Five months in lockdown is unimaginable yet here we are, and the impact of COVID-19 continues to hit hard with the long term future of swimming pools and leisure facilities now hanging in the balance with almost half of all UK public leisure facilities (48 per cent) at risk of permanent closure by the end… Continue reading Emergency funding package needed to save leisure industry
Women in Sport: Caitlin McClatchey
Launched in June 2015, Women’s Sport Week featured original and curated content across local and national media, supported by Government and the wider sport industry, as the nation looked ahead to an exciting summer for women’s sport. Women’s Sport Week was designed and launched to celebrate, raise awareness and increase the profile of women’s sport across… Continue reading Women in Sport: Caitlin McClatchey
Scottish Swimming Holding Statement
With the second wave of COVID-19 beginning to take its toll, the First Minister’s outlined the new tier system which will come into place from 6am on Monday 2nd November. Scottish Swimming can provide the following information: Tiers/Local Authority Areas: Level 1 – Highland, Moray, Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles. Level 2 – Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll &… Continue reading Scottish Swimming Holding Statement
Women in Sport Week: Toni Shaw
Toni Shaw
Women in Sport Week: Katie Robertson
Katie Robertson
10 Scots selected to World Class Programme
Emma Russell is a new selection to the World Class Programme
Significant step as clubs return #BackToTheWater
Swimmers of Kinross Otters return to the water this week.
Children across Scotland celebrate as swimming lessons restart
Children return to their swimming lessons at Aberdeen Sports Village
Aquatics Community Pool Together
It has been a month since we made our first statement around the global pandemic that is Coronavirus, and since then, day to day life as we know it has changed beyond recognition. We continue to support the NHS by staying at home whilst the sports we live and breathe each and every day are… Continue reading Aquatics Community Pool Together