Bucks Swimming 22/23

And just like that our last swimming session of the year was on Tuesday!!

Right from Fresher’s Fair this year has been amazing. Seeing the improvements from all our members has honestly been spectacular!

We hope you have all enjoyed it as much as we have and hope to see lots of you back next year. For those graduating this year well done and good luck on your next adventure!

Thank you to the Students’ Union for your support this year!

And a big thank you to Wycombe District Swimming Club and in particular Jack for coaching and supporting us!

From Bucks Swim Team Committee 21/22 x

Lots of smiling faces which can only mean one thing… WE’RE BACK SWIMMING ON TUESDAY!!

📸: Patrick Fillingham

Today (8th of March) is International Women’s Day. This week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming has been celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. The final inspirational woman in our series is Martha McCabe.

Martha was a Canadian swimmer competing in the London 2012 Olympics finishing 5th in the 200m breaststroke. She then competed in the Rio 2016 Olympics again in the 200m breaststroke. Martha’s greatest achievement was winning a bronze medal in the 200m breaststroke at the 2011 World Championships. Since retiring, in 2020 Martha came out as gay. In recent podcasts Martha had explained that she felt so focused in swimming she didn’t realise her true sexual orientation until she retired. She has also talked about the importance of role models in swimming as she didn’t see many out LGBTQ+ athletes at an Olympic level in women’s swimming and she is now working as a mentor for the next generation with her organisation Head To Head. It has opened a conversation about the importance of LGBTQ+ people coming out in every sport.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Siobhán Haughey.

Siobhán became the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two Olympic medals in any sport at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She is also Hong Kong’s first World Record holder in swimming after breaking the women’s 200m freestyle short course time at the 2021 World Short Course Championships where she also became Hong Kong’s first swimmer to win a medal at that Championships. Before all of this Siobhán became the first Hong Kong swimmer to make the Olympic Qualifying Time and selected to swim at the Rio 2016 Olympics. In the 2021 International Swimming League Siobhán went undefeated in the 200m freestyle throughout the season and finished second in the ISL season MVP standings. To add to the list of achievements Siobhán has won the SwimSwam Asian Female Swimmer of the Year three-times (2019, 2020, 2021). Siobhán is still really young and definitely has a bright future ahead of her.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Mel Marshall.

Mel is a former British swimmer winning medals at World and European Championships, and also multiple medals at Commonwealth Games. Mel also qualified and swam in Athen’s 2004 Olympics and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. After the Beijing Olympics Mel called it time on her swimming career and turned to coaching. Mel started coaching at the City of Derby Swimming Club where she first began coaching Adam Peaty. In 2019 Mel won International Swimming Coach of the Year and four years in a row achieving coaching accolades from British Swimming. Also in 2019 Mel was named as High Performance Coach of the Year by UK Sport. Mel continues her work in promoting female coaches in elite sport and with her work she won the BT Sport Action Women Award 2019. Mel and Adam are still working together at Loughbrough University and continue to write history in the process.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Alia Atkinson.

Alia became the second Jamaican swimmer to place in the top four at an Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the 100m breaststroke in London 2012. Alia’s swimming career saw her reach 5 Olympic Games, being just 15 at her first Olympic Games, multiple World Records, Commonwealth medalist, and the first Afro-Jamaican to win a World Title in swimming. In 2018 Alia was selected to serve as flag-bearer for Jamaica at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. Alia was the Central American & Caribbean Female Athlete of the Year in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In 2020 Alia was declared champion ambassador to the Special Olympics with her outreach efforts focused on the Caribbean Community.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Ellie Robinson.

In Rio 2016 Ellie became a Paralympic Champion and bronze medalist. Late on that year Ellie was announced as BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. At the age of 13 Ellie became a double world record holder in the S6 50m butterfly and 100m butterfly. In the Gold Coast Commonwealth games Ellie then became Commonwealth Champion in the S7 50m butterfly. In 2012 Ellie was diagnosed with Perthes hip disease which can cause chronic pain and unfortunately led to her retirement at Tokyo 2020. Since retiring Ellie has had many TV appearances on the Last Leg and is now in Beijing to commentate on the Winter Paralympic Games.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Siobhan-Marie O’Connor.

In Rio 2016 Siobhan-Marie became an Olympic silver medalist. In 2012 Siobhan-Marie was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis which can cause chronic pain but despite this Siobhan-Marie became a World Record holder, double Commonwealth Champion, World and European Champion. Siobhan-Marie was the youngest swimmer on the Olympic team in London 2012, aged just 16. Since retiring Siobhan-Marie has done a lot of work increasing the awareness of Crohn’s and Colitis and recently commentated for the International Swimming League.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Alice Dearing.

Last year Alice became the first black female swimmer to represent Team GB at the Olympics finishing 19th in the marathon swim. Alice in 2020 co-founded the Black Swimming Association with the aim of championing diversity in swimming across all levels of swimming and also became a partner of SOUL CAP, which aims to promote inclusivity and diversity. Alice is currently part of the Women’s Trust campaign who are looking to influence and impact womens’ sport to raise participation and diversity.

On the 8th of March it is International Women’s Day. So this week leading up to International Women’s Day Bucks Swimming will be celebrating inspirational women from the world of swimming. Today we will be looking at the career of Rebecca Adlington.

Rebecca is the greatest female swimmer that Great Britain has ever produced. During her swimming career she broke World Records and won multiple Olympic, World, Commonwealth, and European medalist. At the age of 19 Rebecca became a double Olympic Champion at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Fours years later Rebecca then won two bronze medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Since retiring Rebecca has set up her swimming program where 10,000 children a week learn to swim. Rebecca is also a proud patron of Women in Sport charities.

This weekend was BUCS Nationals which took place in Sheffield.

Alicia Enslin represented Bucks Swimming in the 200m freestyle, 200m & 100m backstroke. Alicia swam fast across all her race’s placing 31st in the 200m freestyle (2:18.46), 12th in the 200m backstroke (2:26.85 PB), and 21st in the 100m backstroke (1:09.40 PB). At Bucks Swimming we are really proud of everything you achieved this weekend and are so excited to see what’s next for you.

Unfortunately due to the weather and cancellation of trains Olivia Burrow and Olivia Tatton were not able to compete but were cheering on Alicia every step of the way.

Bucks Swimming would like to extend the congratulations to all the other athletes representing Bucks this weekend. Well done to Sophia Potter, Marli Jessop, David Corsy-Dewu, and Jocelyne Guimaraes.

📷: Sophia Potter

Bucks Swim Team wants to say a massive hello to the February intake students.

We train 9pm till 10pm on Tuesday evenings at Wycombe Leisure Centre with a coach from Wycombe District Swimming Club.

If you are interested or would like more information please feel free to get in touch and we will be happy to help!

Great to see so many of you at our first session of Term 2!

If you are interested or would like more information about Bucks Swimming get in touch we will be happy to help.

Happy New Year 🍾🥂

We wish you all the best for 2022!!

Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏼

We would like to wish our members a Merry Christmas! We know that Christmas isn’t an easy time for some, so if you would like to talk to someone you know where we are. The Samaritans are also there for you 24/7: 116 123.

Term 1 ✅

Thank you and well done to everyone who has joined us over this term. It has been great to see so many of you get involved. We hope you have enjoyed it and we look forward to seeing you next term.

Also a special thank you to Coach Jack for coaching and supporting us every week!

Even though we might not be at university and training if you ever want to get in touch with any of the committee members you know where we are. Even if it’s just to chat we are still here for you.

Wycombe District Swimming Club
Bucks Students' Union

Christmas Social 🎅🏼

🎄Tuesday 14th @ 19:00

⭐️ Venue: The Lounge

❄️Theme: Christmas Jumper

🤶🏼Christmas games, film (Elf), and the evening menu is available aswell as the bar

Have you read the Bucks Student Newspaper yet?

Check out the article written by our Chair, Olivia, giving an update on our latest competition and training.

Swimming Social🏊‍♀️
Theme: Dress as your degree🧐
Wednesday 1st December at the Frat House in the SU. The theme is dress as your degree so be creative 🙂 We will be meeting at Wetherspoons/The Falcon and will move to the SU later. Look forward to seeing you all there!🙂

Speedo and BUCs Short Course Swimming Championships.

A weekend full of fast swimming. Well done to our members you have done us proud.

Today is International Mens Day and we have a message from your Captain and Welfare Liaison, Patrick.

Your Mind Matters, everyone has mental health your not alone. This month we are celebrating International Mens Day, sharing the importance of opening and talking about how we feel. As your welfare liaison officer if there is any thing you wish to talk about you can contact me on Facebook any time of day about anything I am here for you, listen, and support everyone.

Patrick Fillingham

Reminder that on tomorrow we are running a 60 mile cycle challenge to raise awareness and money for Movember. Come down to the SU Foyer and get involved and help us reach our target. 🚲

We are supporting Buckinghamshire New University in encouraging students to fill out the vaccination survey 📝

For every response, the University will donate £1 to your 2021-22 RAG charities, DrugFAM and Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's Charity 💙

Please be assured that you won’t be asked to share your name or identifiable personal data and no answers can or will, be tracked back to individuals.

Fill out the survey today 👉http://ow.ly/M3Qu50GQJQ8

Great to see so many of you at our sessions recently!

Remember it’s still not to late to join our team!

We will remember them

Your Bucks Swimming 21/22 committee!
Chair: Olivia (she/her)
Secretary: Amy (she/her)
Captain: Patrick (he/him)
Social Secretary: Chloe (she/her)
Welfare Liaison: Patrick (he/him)