Nine Fins swimmers were at the Excite Centre in Bathgate last weekend, 14/15 October 2023, to compete in the Swim West Lothian Distance Meet, and did so very successfully, both in terms of achievement and performance. The swimmers competed in 16 swims, achieving five 1st, two 2nd, five 4th, two [...]

Fins CSC swimmer, 13 year old Adam Selbie from Kirkcaldy, had his first representative swim last Sunday, 8 October, having been selected to represent Scottish East District at the GoCardless Swim England Inter Counties Championships, held at the Ponds Forge International Centre in Sheffield.   The Championships are the first [...]

30 September/1 October 2023 Sixteen Fins’ swimmers travelled to the Xcite Centre in Bathgate to compete in the East District Time Trials. The main objective was to either improve on an existing time or set a time for a specific event to enable the swimmers to be able to qualify [...]

  With no competitions at the weekend, it provides an opportunity to continue ‘Pathway to the Top’. In fact, the 200m breaststroke is the penultimate event, and it is also the second of two special events in Fins CSC’s relatively short 43 year history.   We will start with the [...]

Eighteen Fins’ swimmers were at the Excite Leisure Centre in Bathgate on 2nd September 2023 to compete in the Dunedin Challenge meet. Back Row L to R – Steven, Jennifer, Blair, & Jack,Front L to R – Cole, Millie, Bailey, Sadie, Grace Mills, & Summer. The swimmers had [...]

In an attempt, to try to highlight the selection process for swimmers to the various squads within the Scottish Swimming Programme I have extracted what I think are the main areas of the National Aquatics Programme, Selection Policy, 2023/24. Because of the current interest in Open Water Swimming, I have [...]