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Thursday mornings start in the sea. Fitness, technique, stamina or just half-asleep floating around… we welcome all 😎
Following on from a successful time at the Commonwealth Games, including PB’s and an Island Record, .bourgaize is back in training!
We’re now working towards her new goals of specialising in the 100m Fly and Breaststroke. Emma is well trained at racing 50m so now we have work to do to make sure she can maintain her strength and power when fatigue builds.
S&C is the perfect compliment to the work she’ll be doing in the water. Working with Laura, the gym offers a place to build pure strength, explosiveness, push lactate threshold and maintain power as fatigue builds.
As it’s summer, Emma has also been joining Friday advanced open water sessions with Strive. These sessions not only work the aerobic engine but add new mental and physical stimulation to her training, keeping things fun and challenging!
We’re certain all this hard work is going to pay off in her upcoming competitions 💪🏽😎
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Friday evening is when we do advanced open water training!
Delivered by open water specialist, James Dickinson (who will shortly be heading off to compete in the European Aquatics Masters Championships), we learn and practice those fundamentals that will give us the edge in any open water race.
Perfect for triathletes and competitive open water swimmers, or anyone who wants to be pushed in their swim training. Join us every Friday throughout the open water season, 6-7pm. Email us to book in!
13/08/2026
Last weekend, Emma completed a 13.3km swim around Sark with her swim buddies, and an amazing kayak support team 🙌🏽
We were particularly proud to be part of this one as Emma started her open water journey with Strive! At this time (2020), Emma joined a beginner group and developed confidence, technique and stamina. Within a year, Emma completed the Paradise Island swim
(Guernsey to Herm) and has since completed the Herm 360 with GSA, taken part in the jersey to France relay swim and now, swam around Sark. Her next adventure is the Bosporous swim - famous because you start in one continent and land on another 🤩
As well as these incredible swims, Emma is also part of our junior coaching team, so it really does look like swimming is in her DNA ❤️
Swimming opens up a world adventure. It’s so much more than laps in a pool or racing triathlons. It can be social, solitary, serious or fun. In water, we connect to those deeper parts of ourselves that only stir when we feel totally free… those are the kind of moments and opportunities we hope to give more swimmers.
Want to know more? Check out our website!
10/08/2026
Did you complete the Open Castle Swim this weekend? Feel like you might want to do a bit more swimming in the future but need a little help swimming front crawl?
Strive is a great place to learn and develop technique, fitness, and a love for the water. Our adult beginner courses teach and develop front crawl - the most efficient stroke for the open water. You'll work with some of the Island's best swim coaches who make learning fun and rewarding, and join our thriving community of multi-sport lovers.
New pool-based courses start again in October. Click the link to find out more and EMAIL US to make sure you're notified of the course dates as soon as they're released.
LEARN FRONT CRAWL | Strive Ltd | Guernsey Adult beginner courses, teaching the fundamentals of the Front Crawl stroke. Learn from our experienced swim teachers in a welcoming environment.
That’s a wrap, folks!
Another year of Salty Bums summer camps complete, and here’s a little taste of what we got up to last week: loads of swimming, fitness, team work, and lifesaving skills.
We run these camps at the start of the summer holidays, 8.45-12pm each morning, for children aged 6+ who love the beach. Bookings open at the start of the year each year so keep an eye on our social feeds to make sure you don’t miss out!
05/08/2026
‘Wind chat’ is not as dull as it sounds, and could be the difference between a fun time in the water and an experience that changes everything.
Our Salty Bums summer camps fit within our wider swim curriculum that is designed to nurture Island children who are confident, competent, knowledgable and love the water. Our wind chats teach wind direction, what difference wind can make to a swim / SUP / surf, and how to choose a sheltered spot!
We’ve heard so many tragic tales of what can happen in the summer when young people search for a way to cool off that this year, it feels like our summer camps mean so much more than having fun on the beach.
To find out more about our philosophy and methods, check out the Juniors section on our website.
31/07/2026
Our MULTI-SPORT week ❤️😎, and it’s not even over yet 🥳 !!
Adult swimmers - still time to join us this evening for Open Water Fitness with coach James and Amy. 6-7pm. Or if a Sunday morning is more you vibe, join Laura and Amy for the 10am open water swim, ideal for beginner and intermediate swimmers.
Find all info on our webby. Email to join in!
We’ve only been with this group for 2 mornings and look how hard they’re working / how much fun they’re having already 😎🙌🏽
This year, we’re running 2 Salty Bums summer camps, training our island children to be the fittest lifesavers and multisport athletes. This morning we learned about how the wind affects where we swim, paddle or play, how to sight and keep swimming in a straight line, how and why we need to pace ourselves when running, and what a Dab is (essential knowledge for a game of Dabs and Crabs).
Good work, Salty bums!
28/07/2026
MORE SWIM SUCCESS!
A huge congrats to Cooper for winning Bronze in the 200m Fly event at the Summer National Meet in Sheffield today. Cooper also achieved a 6 second PB at the Meet, which makes this week a pretty special week for him!
Cooper is another hugely dedicated swimmer and along with his training with the Barracudas, works super hard in the gym following S&C plans that we’ve developed with his goals in mind. We couldn’t be more pleased to see all the hard work paying off 💪🏽🙌🏽😎🤩
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