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Royal Commonwealth Pool. / 55.939202; -3.172731. The Royal Commonwealth Pool is a category-A-listed building [4] in St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Scotland that houses one of Scotland's main swimming pools. It is usually referred to simply as the Commonwealth Pool and known colloquially as the 'Commie'.
Scottish records in swimming are ratified by Scotland's governing body in swimming, Scottish Swimming. Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools, with records currently recorded in the following events for both men and women. Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, 1500 m.
Ross Murdoch (born 14 January 1994) is a Scottish competitive swimmer who has represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in 2016 and 2020, the FINA World Championships and the LEN European Championships, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games from 2014 to the present. Between 2014 and 2016, Murdoch became a World, European and ...
Leith (/ l iː θ /; Scottish Gaelic: Lìte) is a port area in the north of Edinburgh, Scotland, founded at the mouth of the Water of Leith.. The earliest surviving historical references are in the royal charter authorising the construction of Holyrood Abbey in 1128 in which it is termed Inverlet (Inverleith).
Warrender Baths Club is a swimming club which originated at Warrender Baths in Edinburgh, Scotland, established in 1888.In 2013 the Club had 600 members with an active membership of 350 swimmers training at nine swimming pools across Edinburgh.
The school was founded as a hospital school for the daughters of Edinburgh burgesses [5] in 1694 as the Merchant Maiden Hospital by Mary Erskine (a prominent Edinburgh banking businesswoman [5]) and the Company of Merchants of the City of Edinburgh in the first Merchants' Hall in Cowgate, Edinburgh. [6]
In his junior years he swam for Reading SC in England, and joined Warrender BC as his Scottish club team. In 1996 he relocated to Edinburgh for University and swam with Warrender and the City of Edinburgh Swim Team under coach Tim Jones. Edmond was the silver medallist at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships in the 200 m breaststroke.
Edinburgh City Football Club is a semi-professional senior Scottish football club which plays in Scottish League Two, the fourth tier of the Scottish Professional Football League. The club play at Meadowbank Stadium, returning to the rebuilt arena in 2022 after five years at Ainslie Park . A club known as Edinburgh City was first formed in 1928.