Bec Chat, November 2016 A potted history of the Cold Water Swimming Championships written by South London Swimming Club member…
Telegraph Weekend, 14/01/2006 Article by Dan Synge ahead of the first UK Cold Water Swimming Championships held at Tooting Bec…
Since 2009, the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships have been held every other year at Tooting Bec Lido. The inaugural…
Brightside, No. 96, January 2006 In January 2006 Tooting Bec Lido hosted the UK's first Cold Water Swimming Championships, organised…
The first UK Cold Water Swimming Championships, held over the weekend of 21-22 January 2006, launched the centenary celebrations for…
In 2005 a small group from the South London Swimming Club took part in the Cold Water Swimming Championships in…
Simon Murie joined the South London Swimming Club in the early 2000s and went on to found Swimtrek, a travel…
South London Swimming Club member Lucy Scott Petrie warms up in the hot tub after taking part in the Cold…
Actress Doon Mackichan, a member of the South London Swimming Club, braves the icy water at the Cold Water Swimming…
In 2008, the South London Swimming Club hosted the World Winter Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido - the first…
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Frank Sims (left) and Jack Snelling take to their ice-skates to clear the snow from a completely frozen lido. The photograph was taken in the 1970s.