Elite Coaching Support for UltraSwim 333 Participants

UltraSwim 33.3 has agreed affiliation credentials with the following growing number of coaches and clubs. We aren’t making a judgement on coaching ability, but these are people we are already working with who have brought or sent swimmers to one of our events, and who actively promote the event. They also understand what kind of preparation is needed for a 33.3km open water swimming event like UltraSwim 33.3 - so why not make use of that knowledge!

Affiliate Coaches

  • Marieke Blomme, MOVE² Sportstudio Gent

    www.move2.org

    www.allcovercoastswim.be

    Email: mariekeblomme@move2.org

    I have been working as a full time swim/triatlon coach the last 6years. And have been swimming / coaching the last 25years. 

    After swimming the Belgian Coastline, I started up a swimming team and swim event along the Belgian coast to be able to share the experience of open water and sea swimming. I participated at Ultraswim 33.3 Montenegro for the first and second edition. Next to being an IM certified coach I'm finishing my Swim Smooth certification as we speak. And I'm training for my next swim challenge - swimming Lake Geneva 70km - so to summarize: swimming is a passion that I like to share and I love to keep learning and keep improving as a coach and swimmer.

    Coaching courses offered. 

    Individual swimming lessons (pool and open water)

    Individual training schedules

    Video analysis 

    Lactate tests 

    Location

    - Ghent

    - Belgium 

  • DTTT Sports Ltd UK

    Ian.tyers@tttsportsltd.co.uk

    Experienced Swim England Level 2 coach of Masters and Junior swimmers (pool and Open Water) with affiliated club in the UK;

    Experienced OW swimmer having raced various OW distances up to 11.3k at swim events and iron distance triathlons;

    Committed Ultra 33.3 participant, having swum at Montenegro 1 (2022) and 2 (2023) as well as Croatia (2024), developing a good understanding of the demands of this event.

    Particularly strong reputation for developing technical aspects of each individual swimmers’ stroke; developing their confidence; enjoyment of the water and their ability to swim faster for longer.

    Courses: 1. Work 1:1 with swimmers and develop bespoke programmes, and 2. Deliver warm weather winter / spring training camps, currently using Tenerife Top Training (T3), La Caleta, Tenerife, Spain.escription text goes here

  • Pool2lake Open Water Training

    Heather.schelhase@gmail.com

    Website: www.pool2lake.uk

    +44 (0)7810350715

    Location: Hertfordshire, based in Harpenden, UK

    Dive into the world of swimming with Pool2Lake Open Water Training! Heather offers professional swim coaching for mixed ability swimmers in the pool and open water. She is passionate about coaching the front crawl stroke and loves swimming the stroke too. Her open water coaching sessions take place at the stunning Denham Waterski, which is an awesome lake for you to learn all your open water techniques and grow in open water confidence. text goes here

  • Swimsquad Belgium (a subsidary of Endurance Peak Coaching bv)

    www.swimsquadbelgie.be (for all swimming related services)

    www.endurancepeakcoaching.com (for all coaching and testing related services)

    filip.rigole@telenet.be

    +44 (0)7810350715

    Location: Zwevegem/Kuurne  Belgium

    I’m already active in the swim coaching world for many years. I have been Swim Smooth certified coach from 2016 till 2024 with a lot of focus on open water swimming.

    I have successfully coached athletes to several long distance swim events in the past years. 

    We are running a swimsquad in Belgium with 4 coached swim sessions a week and I already performed over 1000 swim video analyses from front crawl swimmers.  

    Every year, I’m running a training camp in Club La Santa - Lanzarote. There are 2 consecutive camps next year. The first camp will start on 29/03/2025 (for 7 nights) and the second camp starts at 05/04/2025 and I’m willing to focus on preparing swimmers to the UltraSwim events. Last year, I had 26 participants to the camps.

  • email: fatima.lindo@gmail.com


    I believe the different levels of swimmers make my work evolve. Each person is a world apart and I improve my coaching and skills thanks to that. The UltraSwim 33 welcomes an infinite number of levels and ages so I will be in my element. Swimmers are my inspiration and I will be fully there for them 

    Coaching courses offered. - Technical training all strokes , turns , starts ( swimming pool ). Open water training .

    City: Geneva and Algarve 

    Country: Switzerland and Portugal 


  • Email :  rhimanley@hotmail.com

    I have been ocean swim coaching as Devon Sea Swim  for 4 years and open water swimming since 2000.    But my swim and ocean journey started well before that.    As a teenager I won national titles and British silver medals as a sprinter.  Yacht sailing became a passion after university, along with surfing and both took me traveling recreationally round the world , experiencing many different oceans and coastlines as skipper including Croatia, Greece and Turkey.   My ocean swimming and distance swim challenges started when I worked in New Zealand and included being part of a team that came second in the very competitive 45km  Lake Taupo  relay race and Mount Maunganui swim  where I was 3rd lady out.    I have ocean swum extensively in the Chanel islands.  I have also swum with the RnLZi round the whole or Torbay. 

    I now live in Devon and am growing my own team of ocean swimmers as back in 2012   I could not find any swimmers to train with for my first Dart 10k.  I have since trained swimmers who have successfully completed 2 x Ultraswim 33s, numerous swimmers for the Dart 10k and the  rough Hurly Burly 10k and one swimmer who this year completed a non stop 24km swim round Torbay. Made more amazing by the fact that he could not do 25 meters front crawl 1 year ago.  I have also supported training for our own ICE  mile world record holder. 

    My coaching emphasis is getting swimmers to feel confident in the water, to understand how they move in the water and how the water moves them.  Spending time in the sea is key to a good enjoyable distance  swim.  I spend most of summer mornings and weekends coaching swimmers along the coast of Torbay so that they feel at home in the water. 

    Rhian offers  sea swim coaching sessions from introductions to safe sea swimming right through to distance building coastal swims.  Video analysis and sea swim confidence  building sessions also available. 

  • Fay Edgar - Jurassic Coast Swimming
    jurassiccoastswimming@gmail.com

    Jurassic Coast Swimming was started after I swam a charity swim of 75k over 4 days. Born from a passion for endurance swimming we now work with beginners and experienced swimmers alike.
    I have swum both #3 Croatia & #5 Montenegro and took a team with me to Montenegro to swim both 22.2 and 33.3.
    We have extensive knowledge and experience of not only the Ultra 33.3 events but endurance sea swimming as a whole and can help you with all aspects of training from nutrition & mental resilience to sea swim technique and dryland strength & conditioning.

    We have an enthusiastic and experienced swim team to help you develop your long distance dreams.

    Long distance coaching days and weekends in 2025, including our Ultimate Jurassic Coast Adventure, 18k over 3 days.

    Year round sea swim coaching and events in Dorset, UK.

    www.jurassiccoastswimming.co.uk 


Affiliate Communities

  • Contact: Mika Ruusunen

    Email : ruusunen.mika@gmail.com
     +358401867714

    - City : All Finland, all cities
    - Country  : Finland

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/owefinland

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openwaterexperiencefinland/

  • Contact - Anders Nyberg

    Email – anders@ollden.com

    Instagram - @krakenswimrun

    We are a bunch of friends that have met during various swimrun activities. Some of us are swimmers from start, some not. We are up to 20 people that swim together 3 times a week and do all sorts of activities together like swimrun, running, swimming, concerts, movies but most important – fika (drinking coffee and eating cinnamon buns)

  • Lawrence Naested – Swim Coach and Swim Captain, and committee member

    lawrencenaested@hotmail.com

    +44 778090 1871

    https://www.steyningac.co.uk/

    Steyning Athletic Club was formed in 1951 to accommodate the walkers and other athletes who at the time actively participated in race-walking and running in the Steyning area.

     

    The club has expanded and changed since those early days, now covering many disciplines, including Running, Race Walking, Swimming, Cycling, Triathlon, Circuits, Yoga and a thriving Junior section. The club has its own premises in Charlton Street, Steyning, and caters for athletes of all ages.