Neptune Finswimming Club
Neptune Finswimming Club is Bristol based finswimming club affiliated with British Finswimming Association.[1]
History
The club was formed in June 2011. The very first session ran on 22 June 2011 in Thornbury Leisure Centre with just 2 people attending. Currently (January 2015) Neptune Finswimming Club is the biggest club in the UK with over 20 members and providing sessions for children and adults.
Competitions
Over last several years Neptune Finswimming Club took part in number of national and international competitions. Also the club took the lead on organising national finswimming events in 2013 and 2014.
Participated and organised competitions:
- 30/04/2016 - Finswimming Gala, Bristol
- 5/12/2015 - British Open Finswimming Championships, London
- 29/11/2014 - 1st LondonFin Cup, London [2]
- 7/06/2014 - Finswimming Gala, Bristol [3]
- 7/12/2013 - Finswimming Gala, Bristol [4]
- 21/09/2013-22/09/2013 - Belgian Open Finswimming Championships, Nivelles
- 2/4/2011 - As part of FinWorld club some of club members took part in BFA Short Course Championships, Edenbridge[5]
Achievements
Currently (January 2015) Neptune Finswimming Club members hold 3 National Records [6] and many age group records[7] in different events.
National records:
- Long course (50m pool)
- 50m apnea men : 17.40 by Andrei Oleinik
- 200m surface men : 1:49.09 by Andrei Oleinik
- Short course (25m pool)
- 50m bi-fins men : 23.75 by Andrei Oleinik
Allies
Apart of other finswimming clubs Neptune Finswimming Club has got tight relationships with Bristol Freedivers club [8] providing coaching for finswimming technique to their members.
References
External links
- Neptune Finswimming Club
- Neptune Finswimming Club on Facebook
- Finswimming Gala in Bristol, 7/12/2013
- Finswimming Gala in Bristol, 7/6/2014
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