Month: June 2020
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Fremantle Leisure Centre reopens
The City of Fremantle is excited to welcome back swimmers and gym goers to the Fremantle Leisure Centre when it reopens on Thursday 18 June 2020 following the State Government’s Phase 3 easing of restrictions.
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Inside with Brett Hawke: Greg Arkhurst
Greg is a two-time Olympic swimmer from Côte d’Ivoire and now a professional swim coach in Montreal, Canada for Camo Natation. He is the host of “All the TALK with Greg Arkhurst” a platform to discuss each other’s unique experiences. Today Brett and Greg discuss the murder of George Floyd and why Greg believes this…
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Bennett Beach opens Friday for swimming, playgrounds at county parks sometime next week
Erie County officials provided updates on parks and recreation activities as the first day of summer approaches.
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Women in Water: Alice Dearing
As part of our Women in Water series, we caught up with marathon swimmer – Alice Dearing to talk staying fit out of the water, furthering her involvement with the Women’s Sport Trust and the Black Swimming Association, which she helped to co-found earlier this year. Read more here – www.britishswimming.org/news/latest-swimming-news/dearing-making-important-impacts-out-water
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‘Health Guards’ help swimmers socially distance at North Little Rock public pools
Pool water generally kills the virus. It’s the playing and lounging around the pool that’s a problem. Health guards help prevent that.
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Call to cancel Tokyo Olympics enters race for Tokyo governor
The contentious issue of the billions being spent on the postponed Tokyo Olympics has entered the debate in the race for governor of Japan’s capital. Incumbent Yuriko Koike is a strong favorite to be reelected — and a strong supporter of the Olympics — in a field of more than a dozen candidates. The campaign…
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Phlex Edge Review… the Best Swimming Wearable?
I review the Phlex by Edge. A Smart Swim Tracker that takes all sorts of metrics while you train such as your heart rate. Purchase at https://phlexswim.com/
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Would You Swim Here? Swimming during COVID-19 when pools were shut
Swimming in a saltwater lake that’s green and has low visibility – would you do it? During COVID-19 we had no choice because the pools were shut. Evandale Lake scares me a little bit because you can’t see anything and it’s dark and green. It reminds me of the Creature of the Black Lagoon.