This is going to be England Hockey's last international event before the Olympics. It is going to be the best 6 female teams in the world competing in Chiswick. More than half a million people watched on TV as Great Britain's women won the silver medal at the Champions Trophy. Now you can see them take on world class opponents live at the Investec London Cup this June. ...more
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Sporting Legacy
Forthcoming Events
This Summer, Saracens will be heading out into the community for a variety of coaching camps for children aged 6-16. The camps will take place at a number of partner clubs and schools and we invite you to join in the fun with 2010 – 2011 Aviva Premiership Champions.
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BREEZE - British Cycling's new network of local bike rides for women has arrived in Aylesbury Vale! Courses will cover Aylesbury Vale, Bucks, Oxfordshire County, Slough Borough, Berkshire Boroughs, , Surrey and West London areas. ...more
Come and find out what it is like to be a Paralympian at this Free event at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Wednesday 13th June, 7.00-8.00pm. ...more
The FA, with support from local County Sports Partnerships, are holding England Talent Days across the country this summer to find the next potential England Disability star. ...more
Reactivate Bucks, the initiative which draws on the excitement of the 2012 Olympics to connect adults across the county with sports activities, has launched the Reactivate Workplace Challenge. ...more
These championships are being Co-ordinated by Disability Sport Events (DSE) and will be held at Westwood Indoor Tennis Centre Warwick University, Coventry, CV4 7AL on 7-8 July 2012. ...more
Swimming
History of Swimming
Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross rivers and lakes – we know this because cave paintings from the Stone Age depicting swimmers have been found in Egypt. Swimming was also referred to in Greek mythology.
The first organised swimming races did not take place until the 19th century, when the National Swimming Society of Great Britain was created.
There were still no official rules or standards when Aquatics featured in the programme for the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, Paris 1900 and St Louis 1904.
The Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) was formed during the London 1908 Olympic Games competition to act as a governing body for the sport.
Swimming at the Games
Swimming has featured in every edition of the Games since 1896. Early Olympic events were conducted in freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
At the first three modern Olympic Games, Swimming took place in open water – in seas, rivers and lakes. A pool was used for the first time at the London 1908 Games, where the rules were finally standardised.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered they could go much faster by bringing both arms overhead together. This was soon banned in the breaststroke, but became the butterfly stroke, which is now the fourth stroke used in competitive swimming.
The newest Aquatics event in the Games is the Marathon 10km, which took place for the first time in Beijing in 2008.
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Dates: Saturday 28 July – Saturday 4 August; 10km Marathon: Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August
Gold medals up for grabs: 34
Athletes: 850
Where can I try Swimming?
Amersham Swimming Club
Aylesbury District Swimming Club
Wycombe District Swimming Club
Bucks Athletes to follow
Craig Gibbons
Simon Burnett
Former Bucks Athletes
Adrian Moorhouse
Prehistoric man learnt to swim in order to cross rivers and lakes – we know this because cave paintings from the Stone Age depicting swimmers have been found in Egypt. Swimming was also referred to in Greek mythology.
The first organised swimming races did not take place until the 19th century, when the National Swimming Society of Great Britain was created.
There were still no official rules or standards when Aquatics featured in the programme for the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, Paris 1900 and St Louis 1904.
The Federation Internationale de Natation (FINA) was formed during the London 1908 Olympic Games competition to act as a governing body for the sport.
Swimming at the Games
Swimming has featured in every edition of the Games since 1896. Early Olympic events were conducted in freestyle (crawl) or breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904.
At the first three modern Olympic Games, Swimming took place in open water – in seas, rivers and lakes. A pool was used for the first time at the London 1908 Games, where the rules were finally standardised.
In the 1940s, breaststrokers discovered they could go much faster by bringing both arms overhead together. This was soon banned in the breaststroke, but became the butterfly stroke, which is now the fourth stroke used in competitive swimming.
The newest Aquatics event in the Games is the Marathon 10km, which took place for the first time in Beijing in 2008.
Venue: Aquatics Centre
Dates: Saturday 28 July – Saturday 4 August; 10km Marathon: Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August
Gold medals up for grabs: 34
Athletes: 850
Where can I try Swimming?
Amersham Swimming Club
Aylesbury District Swimming Club
Wycombe District Swimming Club
Bucks Athletes to follow
Craig Gibbons
Simon Burnett
Former Bucks Athletes
Adrian Moorhouse
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