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.
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:
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.
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.
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
Here are the arrangements for lessons and squads whilst the 2022 Club Champs are taking place and over the Christmas season.
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
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
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:
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:
The last lesson before the summer break will be July 30th. Lessons will return on Saturday September 3rd.
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
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