Pool Closure. 30th Sept – 6th Oct

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.

Summer Break 2024

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 

Summer 2023 Arrangements

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.

 

Island Games and Summer Arrangements

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.

Island Games – Fundraising Quiz Night

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

Christmas 2022 and Champs Arrangements

Here are the arrangements for lessons and squads whilst the 2022 Club Champs are taking place and over the Christmas season.

Lessons

Lessons will run every Saturday as normal with the final session on Saturday 17th December. On the 17th of December all lessons can from on 08:15-09:15 and we will have a fun session. Lessons will return after the summer break on Saturday 7th January 2023

Squads

During the Club Championships where ever possible the sessions will run with the following exceptions.

Saturday 26th November – Squads will be on as normal however as there are lots of races on Saturday evening if you are swimming we would recommend not attending in the morning of the 26th.

Saturday 3rd December – There will be no squad training in the morning

Saturday 10th December – Training will be on as normal

Wednesday 14th December (evening) – There will be no squad training on this day

Friday 16th December (evening) – Fun session for all squad swimmers 18:15-19:30

Saturday 17th December – There will be no squad training on this day

All other sessions will run as normal

Christmas

The final session before the Christmas break will be Wednesday 21st December. 

There will be one session between Christmas and New year on Thursday 29th December, 06.00-07.15

Normal training will return on Wednesday 4th January 2023

Club Championships 2022

Session 1 Results – 26th November Results

Fantastic swimming on day 1 with 72 PB’s set and 17 new club records.

Spectators are welcome and there will be no charge for spectators on this event. No printed programmes will be created. Entries will be on Meet Mobile. Whilst finishing times will be published on Meet Mobile placings will not reflect that there are separate results for each club.

The club championships for 2022 will take place on the following dates:

26/11/2022 (Session 1)

400 IM, 50 Back, 100 Br/s  (15.30 start)

26/11/2022 (Session 2)

50 Br/s, 100 Fly, 100 IM, 200 Back (~18.00 start)

03/12/2022 (Session 1)

400 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Back (15.30 start)

03/12/2022 (Session 2)

200 IM, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Fly (~18.00 start)

14/12/2022

1500 F/C

17/12/2022

50 Free, 200 Br/s, 800 Free (17.00 start)

Age Groups will be:

9-10 Years
11-12 Years
13-14 Years
15-16 Years
17-18 Years
19 Years and over.                     

Championships are open to all Junior, Pre-Senior and Senior Squad swimmers and Masters squad members. Junior squad swimmers we recommend speaking to your coach for advice on which events to enter.

We will run the championships with Ryde Swimming Club and West Wight Swimming Club and swimmers will race against each other, but results will be for each individual club. This will help us ensure we can have enough officials to run the gala according to licensing requirements.

If you are interested in helping as an official please find out more here.

Entries cost £3.50 per event.

Supporting Documents:

Schedule of Events

Promoters Rules 2022

Summer Break 2022

Summer 2022 Arrangements

Extra sessions – as the morning sessions have been popular this week and it has been great too see so many swimmers here there will be two extra sessions for squads before we break for summer. Saturday 6th at 07:45-09:15 and Thursday 11th at 06:00-07:15


As normal we will be taking a break over the summer weeks. Everyone has worked hard after our return from COVID so enjoy some rest ready for the new swimming season.

The dates / sessions will be:

Lessons

The last lesson before the summer break will be July 30th. Lessons will return on Saturday September 3rd.

Squads

Squad swimming will continue as normal until Saturday July 30th returning fully on Saturday 3rd September. There will be a small number of sessions in August as follows:

Tuesday 2nd August – 06:00 – 07:15 – all squads and masters

Thursday 4th August – 06:00 – 07:15 – all squads and masters

Extra session Saturday 6th Aug. 07.45-09.15 all squads

Tuesday 9th August – 06:00 – 07:15 – all squads and masters

Thursday 11th August 06.00-07.15 – all squads and masters

Wednesday 24th August – 18:15 – 20:15 – Junior / Pre-Senior and Senior Squads

Saturday 27th August – 07:15 – 09:15 – Junior / Pre-Senior and Senior Squads

Wednesday 31st August – 18:15 – 20:15 – Junior / Pre-Senior and Senior Squads