Big Ricks Swim Team

Big Ricks Swim Team

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Sharing the swim love . 'Big Ricks Swim Team'
are Open Water Swimming Team, we were set up in 2008 in memory of our good friend Mr Mark Rickhuss..

(aka Big Rick )
Over the past 11 years the team have participated in over 50 open water swimming events around the UK and abroad , including 6 English Channel relays
1 - single crossing in 2011
3 double crossings in 2012/13 and 16
1 - 4 way crossing in 2018
1 - all ladies Medley relay 2020

The team also do indoor pool races , plus cycling, running , and triathlon events ,
even climb mountains

08/04/2026



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Jane Asher is a grandmother of 11 and great-grandmother of 6... and she's won another 5 swimming world records in her age category 🏊‍♀️

At 95, the South Londoner now has more than 100 age-group world records to her name, competing across multiple events and strokes.

With 26 gold medals, a British Empire Medal and a place in the International Swimming Hall of Fame, she credits her love of the water for her health and happiness.

Morden woman, 95, breaks five more swimming world records 04/04/2026

A 95-year-old woman from south London has broken five age group world records for swimming, adding more accolades to her decades-long career.
Jane Asher's achievements in March came on top of her 100 Masters swimming records throughout her career.
She said the sport "just makes you feel well" and "makes you healthy."
She is in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and has a British Empire Medal for her dedication to swimming.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c248qzld0deo

Big Ricks Swim Team

Morden woman, 95, breaks five more swimming world records Jane Asher has set more than 100 Masters swimming records throughout her career.

01/04/2026

Siân Clement, an intrepid open water and ice swimmer dividing her time between South Wales and Orkney and rarely choosing the easy path.
In this episode, we learn about her remarkable journey from swimming alongside penguins in Antarctica to taking on the iconic Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and becoming the first woman to complete the Original Triple Crown of open water swimming: the English Channel, Bristol Channel, and the formidable North Channel between Ireland and Scotland.
Siân shares insights into balancing life as a doctor with extreme endurance challenges, her recent experiences racing at the European Ice Swimming Championships, and her unexpected title as a world champion in bog snorkelling. It’s a conversation full of adventure, resilience, and humour, capturing not just the extremes of the sport, but the joy and connection found within the open water swimming community.
Presented by Helen Gorman.

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/freestyle-media/id1633227274?i=1000758310478

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