The purpose of a time trial is to give the swimmers the opportunity to improve on existing times so that they may qualify for higher level competitions or, to record a time in a stroke and distance that they haven’t swam in previously. As all age groups are all mixed [...]

Eight Fins’ swimmers got their short course season started by competing in the Dunedin Challenge, held at the Xcite Centre in Bathgate, and although they had just one week’s training since the summer break they still managed to have a successful day. The swimmers had a total of 38 swims, [...]

Three Fins’ swimmers had a very successful day at the Scottish North District Open Water Swimming Championships, which took place at the Knockburn Sports Loch, near Banchory, on 30th August 2025. This was the final Open Water competition of the year. Caleb Gray, 13/14 years male, is now the Scottish [...]

The Scottish long course season ended a few weeks ago but what did Fins’ swimmers achieve during this period in terms of the top 25 long course age group rankings? There has been a slight change since last year with 5 girls and 6 boys achieving a top 25 finish, [...]

Two Fins’ swimmers, Caleb Gray and Lilian Blair, won the right to compete at the highest level of age group competition in Britain by finishing in the top 3 in a designated event at the Scottish Open Water Championships. This gave them the opportunity to compete in the British Open [...]

The Scottish Summer Meet was the final major age group competition of the 2025 long course season and was held in the Aquatics Centre at the Aberdeen Sports Village from the 10th to the 13th June, inclusive. The meet covered the ages from 12 years to 18 years. All the [...]