Last night we completed our first training session back in Riverside Leisure Centre pool - our new home pool! After four long years of closure after the huge fire that took place, we are so happy to finally be back training at Riverside. Thanks to Exeter Leisure, we have been able to make Riverside our main training base, with club branding throughout the pool area, including green and white lane ropes, green and white lane flags, a new banner celebrating Riverside as the ho

He only went and did it! Neil Gilson, AKA Marathon Swimmer, completed his epic achievement to be the first person to swim the Bristol Channel from Swansea to Ilfracombe. Neil swam 28 miles in just 12 hours on Saturday 17th July 2021. Setting off from Swansea at 5am, just after sunrise, Neil began his swim with a support/pilot boat alongside him. On the pilot boat, were some of Neil's friends, including former Olympic swimmers, Liam Tancock and Joe Roebuck, who provided his

Former ECSC swimmer, turned Marathon Swimmer, Neil Gilson has been training hard for months and now he is less than two weeks away from his huge challenge - to swim from Swansea to Ilfracombe, across the Bristol Channel. On Saturday 17th July, Neil is due to arrive on the beach at Hele Bay, Ilfracombe in the evening between approximately 6pm to 8pm if all goes to plan. Neil will have swam the 24 miles across the fearsome tides of the Bristol Channel, to raise further awarene