The last sessions before the summer break will be Saturday 27th July for both squads and lessons.
Lessons will return on Saturday 7th September.
Squads will return on Monday 2nd September.
We will run a small number of squad sessions in the second half of August – dates will be confirmed nearer the time.
Seaclose Swimming Club are happy to be running the Isle of Wight Championships in 2024.
This competition is open to all Swim England Registered clubs on the Isle of Wight. Seaclose Swimming Club members must use this form to enter.
The competition is run over two weekends as follows:
Saturday 6th July – 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Fly
Saturday 13th July – 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Backstroke
Each day will start at 15.30.
In line with Swim England licensing guidelines entries are open for 9-10 year olds and over, based on ages as at 31st December 2024. Full conditions for entry are here.
To enter the event please complete the form here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/iwchamps2024
Closing date for entries is Midnight Friday 28th June. Entries are £5 per event.
We will be taking a short break over Christmas 2023 with the following arrangements.
The last lessons before Christmas will be Saturday 16th December
Lessons will start again on Saturday 6th January 2024
The final squad session before Christmas will be Wednesday 20th December
Squad sessions will start back on Wednesday 3rd Jan 2024.
We will run two sessions over the Christmas period – Thursday 28th December, 06.00-07.15 and Saturday 30th December 07:45-09:15.
Also – due to club champs there will be no training on the following dates:
Friday 8th December
Friday 15th December
Monday 18th December
We are holding a Christmas fun night on Saturday 16th December from 17.00 – 18.30. All squad and lessons swimmers and families are welcome to come to this.
The final session before our summer break will be Saturday 29th July. This will be for Squads and Lessons.
We will return fully from Saturday 2nd September for lessons and squads. Please look out for emails and updates over the summer as we are looking at our sessions to see how we can add extra capacity.
We will run a small number of sessions for Squads in the second half or August. There will be squad sessions on the following dates:
Wednesday 23rd August – 18.15-20.15 (19.45 for Junior squad)
Saturday 26th August – 07.15-09.15 (08.45 for junior squad)
Wednesday 30th August – 18.15-20.15 (19.45 for Junior squad)
You will have received an e-mail in June around updated fees for September – please ensure direct debits / payments are updated in time for September. Details of the updated Fees are here
Thank you everyone for the on-going support of the club and charity – enjoy a well earned break over the summer weeks.
Why is their no swimming sessions from 8th till 15th July?
This is because the International Island Games will be taking place in Guernsey and nearly all of the coaches/teachers will be at the games either as a coach or they will be watching our swimmers compete in this prestigious event.
Who is in the Isle of Wight Team?
The event is a multi-sport event with the Isle of Wight Swim Team part of the larger Isle of Wight team. The Swim Team is made up of six men and six women and for the swimmers this has been a journey that started a long time ago as they have all worked very hard for their places in the Team.
For some it will be their very first games but for others this is their second and third having competed in Gotland in 2017 and Gibraltar in 2019. The team has a mixture of youth and experience and both Val Gard as the Head Coach and Justine Stewart as the Team Manager will be looking forward to what will be a very competitive event. The Men’s team are Joe Carter, George Hayward, Rossen Martin, Harry Poynter, Ben Van Der Helstraete and Will Davidson. The Women’s team are Grace Poynter, Abi Lacey, Mia Stillwell, Nell O’Brien, Isobel Muncaster and Lucy Isaacson.
Don’t Forget as well that our Club Chairman Ben Gard is also the Secretary for the whole Isle of Wight of Team.
How can I follow the team?
You can see lots of coverage from the games at the County Press social media sites, who are the main media reporter for the Isle of Wight team although I am sure it will be on various other sites such as IW Radio, Island Echo, Vectis Radio to name a few.
The official website is guernsey2023.gg and here you can link up with the swimming results as they happen with heats in the morning and finals in the evening. The event including the swimming events will also be screened live on Guernsey2023 – YouTube.
The Future
The next Island games will take place in 2025 in Orkney, just two years away, could it be you that is part of the team? All of the athletes started their swimming careers on the Island doing just what you all do, training hard day after day, week after week, month after month and now they will have the chance to go and compete on an international stage, could this be you one day?
Good luck to everyone at the Games, lets go Team Isle of Wight
On the 10th of July the Swimming Competition at the Natwest International Island Games begins in Guernsey – https://guernsey2023.gg/
The team will compete in this major international competition with a full programme of events over 4 days. The Swimmers will be supported by Val Gard as Coach and Justine Stewart as team manager. You can read more about the team here
As many of the swimmers and coaching staff will be attending the games we will not be able to run any sessions between Saturday 8th and Saturday 15th inclusive. We’re sorry we can’t provide squads or lessons over this period but would encourage everyone to watch the Island Games as it will be live streamed online. All of our swimmers can aspire to swimming in this event and enjoy the experience it gives you.
No swimming (lessons or squads) Saturday 8th July – Saturday 15th July. Squad training will be on Friday 7th, returning on Monday 17th
As there is no swimming in this period we will run squads and lessons through until July 30th before a short break for the summer.
When we return in the new swimming year there will be a number of competitions with Round 3 of the Rother League on 30th September, we are provisionally planning for the Isle of Wight Sprints on the weekend of 6/7 October, Arena League on 14th October and will be looking at Club champs for late 2023 as well as attending the Southampton James Moreno open meet that is normally late October.
Huge congratulations to the 6 Wightlink sponsored Seaclose swimmers who, following on from their successes at the county championships at the start of the year, qualified and competed at this year’s regional championship.
The competition was extremely tough especially as it is swum over a long course pool however our swimmers excelled achieving 10 personal best times (pb) and 13 top 20 places in their respective age group.
With a special mention to Isobel Muncaster achieving 7th place in the 400 Individual medley, Nell O’Brien 9th in 200 Freestyle and Joe Carter (swimming for Portsmouth Northsea SC at this event) 5th place in the 50 backstroke final.
Isobel, Nell, Lucy and Joe are now looking forward to competing at the Island Games in Guernsey with the rest of the Island Games swimmers.
Thanks to WightLink for their on-going support.
Mylea Gobby 50 Backstroke 35th LC PB
Lucy Isaacson 50 Freestyle 20th
50 Butterfly 23rd
Isobel Muncaster 100 Breaststroke 11th PB
400 Individual Medley 7th LC PB
Nell O’Brien 50 Freestyle 12th PB
100 Freestyle 12th LC PB
200 Freestyle 9th PB
400 Freestyle 13th PB
Sonya Wake 50 Breaststroke 21st LC PB
100 Breaststroke 23rd LC PB
Joe Carter 50 Freestyle 16th
100 Freestyle 18th
50 Butterfly 20th
100 Butterfly 13th
50 Backstroke 5th
100 Backstroke 13th LC PB
This summer a 12 swimmers will be representing the Isle of Wight at the Island Games in Guernsey (Home – Guernsey 2023). The team will travel with a coach and team manager and we are raising funds to help cover these costs.
As part of this the swimmers have organised a Quiz night to be help on Sunday May 7th, 7pm at Urban Saints, Westbrook Centre, Oakhill Road, Ryde. PO33 1PU
The cost is £5.00 per person with all proceeds going towards the Island Games swim team. Nibbles will be provided on the night.
There will also be a raffle. There is a small bar and tea & coffee will be available but feel free to bring your own drinks.
Teams of up to 6 people, payable on the night.
We are limited to 100 people at the venue so to help us manage the numbers please register on the link below. https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/X9PDNMN
Download a poster for the event here.
It should be a great evening and being organised by the swimmers so please come along and support if possible. This is the bank holiday weekend for the Kings coronation so no school or work on the Monday after!
Island Games Quiz Night Fundraiser – download the poster
We hope you all had a good christmas and new year break. Just a reminder squad training begins 4th Jan with all sessions back to normal from then onwards.
Lessons start again on Saturday 7th Jan.