Two Fins’ swimmers, Erin Taylor and Mark Scott, qualified for the prestigious Edinburgh International Swim Meet, held in the Royal Commonwealth Pool from Friday morning through to Sunday evening last week. The meet attracted a very large entry from all over the UK and Europe, including four national teams from [...]

The next event we focus on is the 1500m Freestyle and, as you will see, this will be a relatively short account. The reason for this is that up until about nineteen/twenty years ago, females did not compete in the event, at any level in World Swimming, and when it [...]

Pathway to the Top With no competition last weekend, we return to ‘Pathway to the Top’ where we will focus on the 200m Butterfly. Although the girl’s record for this event is not the oldest it is certainly one of the oldest and was set by Carole Lewis at Carnegie [...]

The second round of the Scottish East District Age Group Championships were held last Saturday and Sunday at the Bathgate Xcite Sports Centre. All the events were contested over 200m, in each of the four individual strokes. Fins had six swimmers competing, and despite a couple of misfortunes still managed [...]

Fins Competitive Swim Club With the restrictions over the past two years, and swimmers not having up to date times, Fife Region Swimming held two time trials last Saturday at the Michael Woods Centre. A distance meet comprising 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyle, plus a 400m individual medley, with the [...]

Pathway to the Top - 1oo Back Unfortunately, it is proving too difficult to upload all 50 rankings, male and female, for all the various events to the website. What we will do, therefore, is to continue with more descriptive information starting with the 100m Backstroke. Top of the girls’ [...]