Mar17
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Events
Seaclose Swimming Club are happy to be running the Isle of Wight Championships in 2025.
This competition is open to all Swim England Registered clubs on the Isle of Wight.
The competition is run over two weekends as follows:
Saturday 29th March – 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Fly
Saturday 5th April – 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Backstroke
Doors will open at 16.30 for a 16.45 warm up.
Weekend 1 – 29th March Results
Mar08
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Events, Island Games
We are running a swimming competition which is open to all of the swimmers in our lessons groups (Saturday mornings – 08.15 and 08.45 groups). The competition will be on Saturday 5th April, 08.00-09.30 in place of our normal lessons.
This will be a great opportunity for our younger swimmers to experience racing at Medina swimming pool, with a Medal for everyone that competes and a chance to win prizes on a ‘chuck a duck’ competition.
All funds raised through the event will go towards supporting our swimmers to attend the 2025 Orkney Island Games.
To enter the competition please complete the form here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/lessonsgala
The Island Games is a bi-annual, international competition. Being selected for the team is a huge achievement and we are proud to be supporting the team.
To read about the Island Games visit this page: Seaclose Swimming Club » International Island Games
And to find out about the team selected for the 2025 Games visit: https://iowswimming.games
Dec03
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar
Christmas Break 2024
Please see details of our Christmas break for 2024.
Lessons – The last lessons of the year will be on Saturday 14th December and will return on Saturday 4th Jan 2025
Junior Squad – Last session the Friday 20th December. This will be a fun session from 18.15-19.30
Junior squads will return on Saturday 4th Jan.
Pre-senior and Senior Squads will have the following sessions:
Friday 20th December fun session from 18.15-19.30.
Saturday 21st December from 07.45-09.15
Last session Monday 23rd normal time – 18.15-20.15.
There will be one session between xmas and new year on Saturday 28th December, 07.15-09.15.
Training will return on Saturday 4th Jan.
Please note there will be no lessons or squads on the weekend of 11/12 Jan due to the Brighton Open meet and County Swim Champs.
Sep29
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, News
As the pool is shut for maintenance to remind everyone there are no sessions from 30th Sept – 6th Oct. Training is back as normal from Monday 7th.
This means NO Squad sessions until Monday 7th, and NO Lessons on Saturday 5th October.
For our squad swimmers we have arranged some land based sessions during the week which you are welcome to attend.
On Monday 30th we will Ellie King will be running a nutrition session for us. This is 18.15-20.15 at Medina Leisure Centre in the ‘Carabiner’ meeting room (near the main sports hall). The session is for Parents and Swimmers. Ellie will make the session interactive and has asked if you can attend to take some photos of the food/snacks you eat over a day to use in the session.
On Wednesday 2nd Rosie Gard will be taking some strength and conditioning sessions. This is again in the Carabiner room in Medina. These are for swimmers. For Junior and Pre-Senior squads the session will be 18.15-19.00 and Senior squad from 19.15-20.15. It will involve exercises so wear suitable clothes / footwear and bring a drink.
On Friday 4th there will be information sessions for swimmers and parents. These will be at the main hall at Christ the King college from 18.15-20.15. We will cover a range of topics including pre/post workout exercises, information on how different competitions work and goal setting.
Aug04
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar
To help with planning we have a provisional calendar for the 24-25 season available – download here.
This identifies provisional dates for Club and Island Championships, confirmed dates for Rother League Round 3 and Arena League as well as open meets we will support as a club.
Provisional 24-25 Calendar
Jul16
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, News
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 can now confirm that there will be squad sessions on the following dates:
Wed 21st & Fri 23rd August – 18.15 – 20.15
Tues 27th 06.00 – 07.15
Fri 30th 18.15 – 20.15
May10
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, News
Due to a number of events at the weekend of 18/19 May and availability of coaching/teaching volunteers here will be not swimming on the morning of Saturday 18th May.
This includes squad swimming and lessons.
Jul27
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Events, News
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.
Jun28
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, News
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.
Feb17
Written by sscAdmin. Posted in Calendar, Events, News
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
