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Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE Opens Pool With Re Enactment of Peter Kay’s Iconic Commercial ‘Top Bomber’

FAMOUS faces from the world of professional swimming made a splash at the launch of a new £400,000 pool at a Blackpool hotel this week.   Hotel Sheraton unveiled its refurbished leisure facilities in memorable style – by recreating the...

Blackpool Pier to Pier Swim 4th September 2021

5th September 2021 | Tags:

On 4th September 2021, the Annual Official Blackpool Pier Swim took place. It was an exciting event and all the more special given that it had been cancelled the previous year due to COVID. Thanks to everyone who made it...

Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE Speaking with John Gillmore, BBC Radio Lancashire: Open Water Swimming and the Blackpool Pier Swim

A few days before the 2021 Blackpool Pier to Pier Swim, John Gillmore 'Gilly' of BBC Radio Lancashire spoke with Julie about her own Openwater Swimming career spanning over 40 years, her first English Channel Swim aged 15 (1979) then...

BBC Radio Lancs 26th July 2021: Nishma Hindocha & Julie Bradshaw MBE – Adam Peaty MBE Olympic Gold

Nishma Hindocha of BBC Radio Lancashire spoke with Dr Julie Bradshaw MBE on the day that Adam Peaty MBE became the first British Man to retain an Olympic title with his Gold for Team GB in the Men's 100m Breaststroke...

Dr. Julie Bradshaw & Summaya Mughal BBC Radio Leicester: Anxiety with lockdown restrictions lifted

26th July 2021 | Tags: ,

On 24th July, 2021, Summaya Mughal of BBC Radio Leicester, spoke with Psychotherapist and Life Coach, Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE about anxiety due to lockdown restrictions being lifted. In the interview, Julie gives her thoughts about what some people will...

Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE talks with Gilly and Shigufta on BBC Radio Lancashire 3rd April, 2021

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Gilly (John Gilmore) and Shigufta of BBC Radio Lancashire speak with Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE, a Performance and Mindset Business Coach about Open Water Swimming, it's benefits and how Julie is able to help people in all walks of life...

BBC Radio Leicester – Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE with Summaya Mughal: The Pandemic and People’s Anxiety

20th March 2021 | Tags: , , , , , , ,

In 2021, Summaya Mughal spoke with Psychotherapist and Life Coach, Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE, about the effects of the pandemic on people and the resultant anxiety experienced by many across the country. Julie offered tips and tools to help combat...

Blackpool Pier Swim a Red Bull Top Ten Iconic Event

14th December 2020 | Tags:

The Blackpool Pier to Pier Open Water Swim has just been listed as a top ten iconic event by Red Bull. In 2019 the Pier swim takes place on 27th July and is open to both wetsuit and non-wetsuited swimmers....