News

Henry Wright

Dear Parents and Swimmers Please refer to the ATTACHED new timings of squads in response to the relaxation of the number of swimmers per coach The attached schedule will start from WEDNESDAY JUNE 24TH Please also note that THURSDAY 25TH and WEDNESDAY JULY 1ST ARE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS – NO TRAINING ON THOSE DAYS. All squad parents please remember that you must attend your assigned group days - this is very important at the moment to ensure that we comply with all social distancing rules. CHARGES FOR JULY AND AUGUST WILL...

Henry Wright

After needing to be cancelled due to the restrictions we can now offer the underwater race turns analysis again! For those of you who signed up before the shut down and didn't get a chance to do it, please see your e-mail for an e-mail from Henry shortly! This is the perfect opportunity to brush up on turns and practice during training before the competitive season starts again! Race Turns analysis: The average swim team swimmer will do between 150-300 turns per session! As most young people in the modern...

Henry Wright

Dear Mantas Parents and HWI Community, On behalf of all of the Mantas coaches and the Wright family we would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the creation and donations to the recent Coaches Hardship Fund. At a time where up to 90% of Hong Kong’s swimming teachers and coaches have become unemployed we have shown the strength of our community and team by coming together to support our coaches. In a time of extreme instability and uncertainty, the Mantas community has shown itself as...

Henry Wright

A huge well done to Kiran Malviya who swam 101 lengths on May 17th in a bid to raise money for his two chosen charities! Kiran is in our WIS Bronze squad, so 101 lengths is absolutely fantastic. The family has also just sent 1000 face masks to Doctors based in the U.S.! It's amazing to see such generous and giving families involved in the programme. A huge well done and thanks to Kiran and family for helping the world in a time where giving is so important! Please support...

Henry Wright

Join in the fun by joining the HWI ‘Art Of Swimming’. Draw or paint a A4 size landscape swimming themed art piece. It could be a stroke specific realistic swimmer, a compilation of all your favourite swimming items, or a portrait of your teammate or coach! It can be a sketch, a painting, or something creative. The only rule is that it cannot be a digital image. There will be special HWI prizes for the most creative, most realistic, coaches favourite! Upload to Instragram or Facebook and tag @hwiswimminghk, and...

Henry Wright

Thank you for all of your support for the club and the various undertakings of coaches over the pool closure weeks. Hopefully this will be the last week before we see at least a restricted opening of SCAA, I will send out any good news in terms of opening as soon as I get confirmations from the club! This coming week we will run the same schedule as last week - see the attached news photo for reference. Coaches will send Zoom pre registration invites 24 hours in advance of...

Henry Wright

Last chance to sign up to our first ever family quiz tomorrow at 19:00PM! Learn all about swimming, your team's legends, the coaches, and get involved with our epic win or epic fail video round! HWI Family Quiz Night Date: Saturday 2nd May Time: 19:00 - 20:00 Where: Zoom Price: $100 per family - this is going directly to supporting coach salaries! Prizes: T-shirt for each member of the winning family. T-shirt for the best costume - theme: superheroes. We are inviting all our HWI families to our first ever...

Henry Wright

HWI Family Quiz Night Date: Postponed until Saturday 2nd May Time: 20:00 - 21:00 Where: Zoom Price: $100 per family - this is going directly to supporting coach salaries! Prizes: T-shirt for each member of the winning family. T-shirt for the best costume - theme: superheroes. We are inviting all our HWI families to our first ever family quiz night this coming Saturday at 19:00PM via Zoom! It will be a multiple choice answer quiz run through a website - instructions will be sent to you later about how to...

Henry Wright

Thank you for all of your support for the club and the various undertakings of coaches over the pool closure weeks. Please note this week that even though Thursday and Friday are public holidays we will still provide the live sessions. We have tried to give back and offer as much free content over the last few weeks as possible. It has now got to the stage where we need to start charging for the live dryland sessions that we are running. Starting from this coming Monday April 27th all...

Henry Wright

After a factory delay due to the shutdowns in China, the HWI SCAA parkas have finally arrived! For all of those who have ordered the parkas you will receive an e-mail on Monday with the choice of either picking up the parka from the Streamline Sports warehouse in Wong Chuk Hang or your respective training venue once training resumes again! For those of you who missed out and would like a parka, we will be looking to put another order in in time for when winter comes back around!