Get fit for summer by swimming outdoors every day of the month of June. Taking an idea posted on the Outdoor Swimming Society facebook page to swim outdoors every day through the month of June, if anyone fancies taking up the challenge it would be fun to collate and publish here or in the newsletter people’s [...]
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FOGL AGM
Details and minutes from last night’s FOGL AGM will be available here sometime over the next couple of weeks or so once we’ve had time to produce and post them up. Any delays are purely down to us all being rather busy in our day jobs and/or getting in a bit of holiday over the coming [...]
Want to star in a film with Olympic Swimmer, Mark Foster?
Back in March, FOGL were asked to help a British film maker produce a film at the Lido which will feature Olympic swimmer Mark Foster. We’re delighted to confirm that the film is going ahead and FOGLs will have the chance to get more involved as extras and get a peek behind-the-scenes. The film is an original, [...]
Finding the Lido again after all these years
Newly recruited FOGL, Hugh Thacker tells us how he’s got involved again with the Lido after 25 years away and how it’s playing a key part in his training for a solo attempt at swimming the Channel this September in aid of 2 charities. On the 1st May I headed off to Guildford for an early [...]
2010 AGM Agenda
The first FOGL Annual General Meeting is to be held on Tuesday 25th May at 8pm. All FOGL members are very welcome to attend, the agenda can be downloaded and printed: AGM Agenda 2010
Lido Opening Day Channel Relay Charity Swim
It wasn’t easy to guess what the weather had in store for us, nor indeed who would turn up and when, to add to the confirmed list of willing Lido supporters in pursuit of the 35,000 metres. As it was, the weather was kind and we had sunny spells most of the day. The swimming started [...]
FOGL AGM
FOGL 2010 Annual General Meeting – 25th May All FOGL members are warmly invited to the 2010 AGM to be held on Tuesday 25th May. The meeting will start at 8pm in the Ice Box 3 on level 2 at the Spectrum. Despite the somewhat amusing name of the rooms we’ll use, Spectrum assure us that [...]
Charity Swim on Opening Day (1st May)
FOGL are organising a cumulative swim to clock up the Channel distance (35km) during the 1st day of the 2010 Lido season in aid of the Phyllis Tuckwell Charity. As the Lido seems to be a hot-bed of accomplished, aspiring and merely admiring Channel swimmers, we hope that through the cummulative swimming efforts of all [...]
FOGL is World Champion
FOGLs were in abundance at the recent World Winter Swimming Championships held at Lake Bled in Slovenia. Swimming in water temperatures close to freezing, Ellery McGowan brought home a Gold medal for 25m freestyle (60+), Rory Fitzgerald bagged a silver for the 50m freestyle (50+) and Jim Boucher’s relay team also gained silver. For some wonderful photos see: http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=WWSC2010&ss=2
Inter-Lido Gala 2010
South London Swimming Club based in Tooting Bec recently had its SLSC v Serpentine Gala and it’s been suggested that similar galas might be organised with Guildford Lido participating with a team. Well, we’ve taken up the invite and Jim is currently getting a team ready for March 2010 for a Gala that will include [...]
