As you will now be aware, the Coronavirus situation has led to correct, but very drastic measures to keep everyone as safe as possible during this unprecedented and difficult time. As a result, the club has suspended all face to face, or social engagement, which includes training, meets, face to face meetings and social engagements. This is regrettable, but absolutely the right thing to do in these circumstances, in the global attempt to reduce the spread of this virus. The

As a club, the health and well-being of our swimmers and their families, is paramount. We are following Government, Swim England, Public Health England and NHS advice and we are also monitoring the ever-changing situation very closely. At this time, it is business as usual in terms of training, as we have not been advised to cease training sessions. This is with the obvious caveat of asking our members to maintain good hand and face hygiene, as per the well known advice we

This month's featured member of ECSC will probably be familiar to visitors of our website and social media after his amazing endeavours for charity last year! Neil Gilson is a former swimmer and close friend of Liam Tancock, after they came up through the ranks at Exeter City Swimming Club during the 1990's. Neil swam a remarkable 24 miles in 24 hours in June last year at Loch Lubnaig, Scotland, to raise money and awareness of the charity PANS PANDAS, a charity very close t

Well.....Steve Hurley and Katie Townsend take a bow! Masters swimmer, long distance and open water specialist, Steve Hurley, competed in the Swim Wales Masters Long Course Championships 2020 at the Swansea International Pool this weekend. Steve has carried on his success of winning numerous Open Water events in 2019, by transferring his talents to more pool events this year. Following breaking the Devon County record for the 1500m Freestyle back in January, Steve took part i

The weekend of Saturday 29th February and Sunday 1st March saw the ESSA (English Schools Swimming Association) Inter-Divisional National Championships take place at Ponds Forge, Sheffield. This is where the swimmers have previously represented their secondary schools at regional level and then if their schools qualify, they then compete for their schools at a national level, with the secondary team championships taking place in November 2019. The Inter-Divisional National Ch