University of Leicester Swimming and Water Polo

This weeks wellbeing post is about invisible disability awareness week. Not all disabilities are visible and you shouldn’t judge someone on how they look. Millions live with chronic pain, mental health challenges, neurological disorders and often facing misunderstanding or judgment because their disability isn’t visible. Let’s use this week to listen, learn, and show support. Just because you can’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not real.

BUSL Match 1! 16/10/25 UoL SWOLO vs Nottingham Trent ❤️💚

The results are in from our first match up!

🎉👏🏻 Congratulations everyone who raced, you all swam exceptionally. We had 2 strong teams totalling 24 swimmers and our A team won 8 of 22 events which meant we just lost out, by the fine margin of 36-42

Our swimmers of the day are:

in his first ever BUSL showed grit and determination in each and every race he swam, putting every last but of effort he had left in him especially in his 100 back 🕺

edwards.x also in her first BUSL brought passion and enthusiasm even though she had to race the 100IM and 100fly pretty much back to back and still posting incredible times 😜

Our next match up is against Birmingham on the 9th Nov. We can't wait to see you all there again bringing the same energy and passion. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Later this month, two of our lovely waterpolo captains (Luke and Alice) are running the Leicester Half Marathon to raise money for Papyrus - our chosen charity this year 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Papyrus is doing really important work to prevent young su***de and all the donations we can raise throughout the year will make a huge difference! 💜

We’re all really proud of our runners and if you’d like to support them, the link to donate is in our bio - every little bit counts!

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Here we are! Our first match up on the swimming calender. We dive into this season against Nottingham Trent late on Thursday at 20.30. Good luck!!! 🏊🏊

Today is World Mental Health day ❤️ It is okay not to be okay. Today is a reminder to check in with yourself and others around you. Please seek help if you need it. You are not alone.

Did you know that October is breast cancer awareness month? Breast cancer can affect anybody. Everybody has breast tissue no matter their biological gender, age or race. If breast cancer is diagnosed early, it can be treated successfully. Coppa feel! is a breast cancer awareness charity focused on promoting early detection of breast cancer by encouraging people under 30 to regularly check their chest. We want to encourage you, your friends, family and colleagues to regularly check your chest to find out your normal. Visit Coppafeel!’s instagram page for more information about the charity

We are excited to announce our partnership with for the 2025/26 season! They will be supporting us with our swim training sessions❤️💚

🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️ FRESHERS WELCOME!! 🤽‍♂️🤽‍♀️

Welcome to the University of Leicester’s best society, get stuck in, come and meet new friends. You’ll have a great time 🎉🎉
All details for our first social will be on the whatsapp (send a dm here for any help with that)
Looking forward to seeing you all there 🛟

Hello everyone and welcome to a new year at university! This year’s first wellbeing post is a few ideas about what to do during freshers week and also how to stay safe during the evenings.

Please download the safezone app if you haven’t already as you never know when you or someone else may need to use it. It’s always better to be safe than sorry!

Coming at the soon are our swim trials!
This is a chance to get into our top squad, the BUCS squad. If you are unable to attend but still want to be in the BUCS squad please let us know. Please use the link below (or in our bio) to sign up!

Even if u dont want to swim for the BUCS squad, please come along to get a race time, so you can track your progress throughout the year :)

This is open to all swimmers, we can’t wait to meet you all during freshers!🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Here is a link to the form: https://forms.gle/t39mYQEMAqJbUSUz7

Here is a bit more info about Water Polo 🤽‍♀️ 🤽‍♂️

From intense games to unforgettable socials, our club has it covered.
Whether you want to compete, try something new, gain some fitness or make some new friends water polo is the sport to try 💧 🤩