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  • Swim Club Founder Rick Curl Sentenced to 7 Years

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    Read for instance NBC Washington The co-founder of a prominent Northern Virginia swim club was sentenced Thursday to serve seven years in prison for sexually abusing a student. Rick Curl pleaded guilty back in February to abusing Kelley Currin 30 years ago. Currin was a swimmer at the Curl-Burke Swim Club, which Curl co-founded. Curl…

  • Roger Auster – Sea Swimmer

    Roger Auster – Sea Swimmer

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    20 year old Roger Auster from the landlocked town of Cirencester in the Cotswolds, talks about his experiences to do with sea swimming in the cold waters around his new home of Falmouth on the south Cornish coast. Roger Auster – Sea Swimmer from Benjmain Wormald on Vimeo.

  • Simi Valley Family YMCA – “You Shared Your Story”

    Simi Valley Family YMCA – “You Shared Your Story”

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    Every day, people’s lives are impacted through their involvement with the YMCA. These are just a few of their stories. Simi Valley Family YMCA – “You Shared Your Story” from Shawn Cross on Vimeo.

  • Davis Aquatic Masters Promo

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    Yeah, groovy music! See damfast.org Davis Aquatic Masters Promo from Peter Fuszard Cinematography on Vimeo.

  • Gorsedd honour for David Davies

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    Read BBC Olympic swimmer David Davies, former Wales footballer Malcolm Allen and leading chef Bryn Williams will be honoured by the Gorsedd of the Bards. Every year people who have made a contribution to Welsh culture or society are chosen as new members for the Eisteddfod Druidic Order. David Davies, from Barry, won a bronze…

  • Swim coach from Walnut Creek pleads not guilty to sex crime charges

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    Read MercuryNews.com and ktvu.com A former swim and water polo coach pleaded not guilty Monday to felony charges alleging sex crimes against a teenage girl, according to the Contra Costa District Attorney’s Office. Christopher Yang, 27, of Walnut Creek, was charged in April with nine felonies, including four counts of unlawful sex with a minor.…

  • Capcom cancels “Blood Swimming Pool” event after Woolwich attack

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    Read for instance VG24/7 Capcom has cancelled a Resident Evil: Revelations marketing stunt, which would see an open air swimming pool filled with fake blood and fake human torsos, following an alleged terrorist attack in Woolwich yesterday. The pool near Hackney Wick Station was to be manned by zombified lifeguards, and feature intestines for lane…

  • Cash injection for Swimming SA

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    See Eyewitness News Sport Minister Fikile Mbalula has announced his department will offer financial assistance to cash-strapped Swimming South Africa. The R2.7 million sponsorship will help the national team’s campaign at the Swimming World Championships in Barcelona. Mbalula said the sponsorship will make sure South Africa is represented well at the competition and that the…

  • David Carry takes on Swimming Scotland role

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    See BBC Sport Scotland Double Commonwealth Games gold medallist David Carry has been appointed to the board of directors at Swimming Scotland. Carry retired after the 2012 London Olympics , but won gold in the 400m freestyle and individual medley at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. He now works as a business coach for…