Sep13
International Island Games
New information around the International Island Games is available here.
Jun11
Isle of Wight Champs 2024
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.
Jul27
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.
Jul02
2023 Island Games – Why is there no Swimming?
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
Feb17
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
Oct30
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:
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26/11/2022 (Session 1) |
400 IM, 50 Back, 100 Br/s (15.30 start) |
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26/11/2022 (Session 2) |
50 Br/s, 100 Fly, 100 IM, 200 Back (~18.00 start) |
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03/12/2022 (Session 1) |
400 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Back (15.30 start) |
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03/12/2022 (Session 2) |
200 IM, 100 Free, 200 Free, 200 Fly (~18.00 start) |
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14/12/2022 |
1500 F/C |
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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:
May25
Isle of Wight Championships 2022
In session 1 we trialled the use of Meet Mobile – this worked well on the night and we will again be publishing results to Meet Mobile for Session 2.
Seaclose Swimming Club are pleased to be running the 2022 Isle of Wight Championships returning for the first time since 2019.
The first weekend was a great success and look forward to having swimmers back for session 2 on July 16th
As a reminder events will be swum over two weekends on the 9th and 16th July 2022.
Saturday 9th July – 100m Breaststroke, 200m Individual Medley, 100m Backstroke
Saturday 16th July – 100m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly
The event will start at 17.00 on each evening. Doors open at 17.00 with warm-up due to start at 17:10.
At the moment as there are no COVID restrictions the balcony will be open for spectators with a fee for spectators of £3 per person.
There will be a medal table in operation on the night with medals available as soon as event results are confirmed.
Download the Session 1 Results.
The provisional programme for session 2 can be downloaded here.
If you have any experience officiating or time keeping and would be available to help with the gala please let us know on coaches@seaclosesc.co.uk
Apr10
COVID Arrangements – April to June 2021
Arrangements for April 2021 – June 2021
As restrictions are lifted we are able to restart some sessions at Medina. We are limited on numbers so sessions have been arranged with squad members and we are unable to take any more swimmers at this time. The sessions are also limited to under-18’s based on current restrictions.
Session times are:
Monday 18:30-20:00
Wednesday 18:30-20:00
Friday 18:30-20:00
Saturday 08:00-09:30
The same rules apply as previously.
- Swimmers arrive and leave beach ready.
- Entry and exit is via the fire exit at the side of the pool.
- Please do not arrive more than 5 mins early for the sessions and swimmers will need to be collected promptly
- All swimmers will need to bring filled drinks bottles and their own equipment – we are not able to lend any out.
- Swimmers should have spare goggles in their kitbags.
- Plastic buckets for their belongs is recommended.
- If your swimmer is unwell – please do not send them to training.
- Please let us know if you are not able to attend on the days requested.
We are still currently unable to run any lessons and will update on this aspect when possible to do so.
Jul01
Sqaud Swimmers – Catch up call
As we look to try and return to swimming sessions we would like to offer the squad swimmers a chance to meet with Val and Michelle via Zoom.
These sessions are to help answer any questions you may have, and help support you in getting back into training. For many of you this will be the longest break from swimming you have had so it may be a daunting prospect.
Sessions will be in 20 minutes slots and will be held virtually via Zoom. We are hoping to run the first sessions from 6pm on Monday July 6th. To arrange a session please email Val – valgard@ymail.com
For those under 18 we will need a parent/guardian in the background too but the meetings are to hear the swimmers views and any concerns.
Mar08
Awards Evening – Friday 20th March
AWARDS EVENING: 7pm start (doors open 6:30pm)
Awards night for the Club Champs (held late 2019)
Friday 20 March at Isle of Wight Community Club, Park Road, Cowes
finger buffet provided.
Swimmers – free,
Volunteers – free,
Adults – £7.50
Please pay directly to club account. If you would like to attend please email me bengardiw@gmail.com so we can confirm numbers