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Swimmers, it’s almost time for one of the biggest and best events of the EUSC calendar, that special event that consistently goes down in EUSC folklore… The Exeter University Swimming Club’s annual VARSITY! Every year, we hold this event in order to raise money for our chosen charity. This year we have voted to support MIND, a charity that works closely to help those suffering from mental health, and is a charity close to many of our members. This all … Continue Reading

This Girl Can is a national campaign developed by Sport England and a wide range of partnership organisations. It’s a celebration of active women up and down the country who are doing their thing no matter how well they do it, how they look or even how red their face gets. The Athletic Union along with Exeter Sport organised a number of activities and fitness classes targeted at getting female students more active throughout November and December of 2015. The … Continue Reading

Hi Swimmers! Happy New Year to all of you, hopefully your Christmas period was enjoyable and not too stressful with revision etc. Term 2 promises to be an exciting time for EUSC this year with the all regular fixtures taking place and some new opportunities thrown in. Firstly let me mention that during exam week (4th -11thJan) we’ll be running a reduced training schedule to fit around exams. Please check your emails and the Facebook page/ website to find out which sessions … Continue Reading

The new season for EUSC has begun in a way like no other, with record number of members signing up at Fresher’s Fair, once again. The pool is definitely the place to be; with busy sessions there is a great atmosphere within the club. To accommodate the increase in numbers additional sessions on a Friday morning and development session on Thursday afternoon have been offered and grasped with open arms by our members. Our circuit session has jumped leaps and … Continue Reading

We’re looking to employ some student coaches as part of the AU Student Coaching Scheme to help out at sessions. The pay rate will be £12 an hour with flexible hours available. There’s a limited number of hours available but we’ll try and share them out fairly each week. If you have an ASA Level 1, 2 or similar qualification and you’d like to get involved email me within the next week. [email]swimming.captain@exeter.ac.uk[/email]

The Student Swimming club has seen many successes recently including; Ilya Skliarov 5th fastest in Great Britain in the British Universities and Colleges Sport events and qualifying for GB trials in 2013 with other swimmers competing in Olympic trials. Dominic is a third year medical student who represents the University, whilst simultaneously training with and representing Exeter City Swimming Club. This summer, he travelled to Sheffield to compete at the ASA Summer Championships, where he swam four races; 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, … Continue Reading