A group of midwives in Northumberland have a secret to their ongoing determination and positivity: sea swimming. Wind, rain, or shine, they venture to the Northumberland Coast and unwind in the waves. We interviewed them and found how this is crucial in order to destress after a hard day’s work. Using our drone and underwater camera housing, we followed them into the water to capture these health professionals in their element.
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We Test Sydney Harbour’s New Swimming Spot, a ‘Beach’ in the Heart of the City at Barangaroo | Guardian Australia
It’s been dubbed ‘Sydney’s first city beach’ after a ban on swimming at Barangaroo Reserve’s Marrinawi Cove was lifted. Guardian Australia went to test out the waters in the heart of the CBD and found the cove teeming with swimmers and even some snorkellers. It’s the first swimming spot to open in 50 years west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as water quality improves in what was once a heavy industrial maritime site. A shark net is in place to allay fears of an encounter with one of the many bull sharks in the harbor and there are showers to wash off the water after a dip. The new swimming area is aimed at improving access to the water for more Sydneysiders Water worlds: the magic of New South Wales’ ocean pools
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Tiger Shark Filmed Weaving Through Clueless Swimmers at Perth Beach | The Independent
A tiger shark has been filmed close to swimmers at a popular beach in Perth, Australia.
In stunning aerial footage, the shark can be seen weaving between two apparently oblivious people close to the shore at Mullaloo Beach.
Toby Nicol, who shared the video, said lifeguards “quickly jumped in their buggy and sped down the beach to evacuate the water” after being alerted.
According to Sky News, the beach was then closed due to the shark sighting, for the second time in less than a week.
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A Grandma Learns to Swim | Float | The New Yorker Documentary
Before she dies, the 82-year-old Bubbe wants to learn how to swim, as chronicled in a short documentary by her granddaughter, Azza Cohen.
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Water Polo Coach Teaches Underserved Students How to Swim | CBS 8 San Diego
Generations of goodwill are colliding at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. In this Zevely Zone, I caught up with a Coronado water polo coach who is helping underserved students thousands of miles apart.
Last August, I introduced you to Asante Sefa-Boakye. The Coronado water polo coach introduced the sport he loves to the people of Ghana. “The kids you don’t see in the water, the kids who never really had much of a welcome,” said Asante.
He grew in the United States playing water polo, but his father is from Ghana, Dr. Kofi Sefa-Boakye. “I deliver babies and I’ve delivered about 30,000 babies but this is my one greatest baby that I delivered,” said Dr. Kofi Sefa-Boakye.
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Lee Mack’s Prescription Swimming Goggles Problem! | Would I Lie to You?
David Mitchell and Greg Davies investigate whether Lee Mack’s prescription swimming goggles caused him to take his trunks off in the lady’s section of the changing rooms. However, Greg Davies offers some drastic measures to prove whether Lee Mack is telling the truth!
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Swim Safety Advocate Laurie Lawrence Calls for Better Swimming Lessons in Queensland | 7NEWS
Of the 84 people who drowned in Queensland in the year to June 2022, 16 were under 17.
It’s prompted swim safety campaigner Laurie Lawrence to call for swimming lessons in Queensland schools to be overhauled.
“Water safety is not a wet session … a lot of the schools are getting around saying they’re doing water safety but they’re not doing swimming lessons.”
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New Calls to Overhaul Swimming Lessons in Queensland Schools | 7NEWS
One is a high-profile safety campaigner; the other is an Olympic swimmer turned swim teacher.
Together, Lawrie Lawrence and Glenn Buchanan have joined calls to overhaul swimming lessons in Queensland schools following devastating drowning figures.