To earn a distance award at AquaNewts, we make the swimmers complete TWO strokes - they will be required to swim the specific distance for however many metres they are trying to earn so they technically swim double the distance but there is a short break in between two two stroke challenges.

• A distance must be performed on both front and back. 
• The front stroke can be Breaststroke, Front Crawl or Butterfly. We require that Breaststroke is the mandatory distance for 25m.

Distance weeks are informally assessed; or at our quarterly distance weeks across all venues.

• Puffin - Frontpaddle (5m with an aid) then Backpaddle (5m with an aid)
• 5m - Any Stroke on Front (5m) then Backstroke (5m)
• 10m - Any Stroke on Front (10m) then Backstroke (10m)
• 20m - Any Stroke on Front (20m) then Backstroke (20m)
• 25m - BREASTSTROKE (25m) then Backstroke (25m)
• 50m - Any Stroke on Front (50m) then Backstroke (50m)
• 100m - Any Stroke on Front (100m) then Backstroke (100m)
• 200m - Any Stroke on Front (200m) then Backstroke (200m)
• 400m - Any Stroke on Front (400m) then Backstroke (400m)