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Annual Swimming Fees:
FEE STRUCTURE FOR 2025 COMMENCING JANUARY 1ST and 1ST of each month thereafter into the club account.
  • Junior fees will be increased £360 per annum which will be paid by standing order at £30 per month.
  • A/B/C/D fees will be increased to £450 per annum which will be paid by standing order at £37.50 per month.
The annual fee for all sections takes into consideration sessions cancelled for bank holidays or to facilitate a club gala’s, Xmas/ Summer closure and any closures not under our control.
  • Non - Swimming Members who are at National level £20.00 per annum.
  • For those who fulfil the criteria ( ACSC Swimming Fees policy) for reduced fees will be increased to £225 per annum which will be paid by standing order at £18.75 per month. Applications for reduced fees to [email protected].
  • Extra sessions (at coaches decision) £14 per month paid by standing order.
  • Swim Clinics £3.50 per session 
Download our Swimming Club Fees Policy.
Swim England Fees:
CLUB TRAIN: £20.75
CLUB COMPLETE: £43.95
Club Handbook
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Newsletter | February 2025
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Newsletter | March 2025
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Newsletter | April 2025
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​Newsletter | May 2025
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Newsletter | June 2025
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Newsletter | July 2025
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Newsletter | September 2024
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Newsletter | October 2024
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Newsletter | November 2024
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Newsletter | December 2024
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Annual Club Gala:
Annual Club Gala Records
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Annual Club Gala Results 2024
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Badge Gala Results:
06.23
04.23
09.24
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Time Trials:
January 2025
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​October 2024
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Guidance for Movement between groups:
Written May 2016
Reviewed July 2016
Reviewed March 2023
 
 Please note this document is for guidance ONLY. Coaches will only allow a swimmer to move if they have achieved the minimum requirement set out in this document and they are able to cope with the demands of the next group.
For safety reasons swimmers will only be able to move to the next group if places are available.
 
Junior Swimmers
 
Before leaving Starfish the children will be able to:
  • Swim 10m on front with face in the water
  • Swim 10 m backstroke
  • Float on front and back with confidence
  • Blow bubbles in the water
  • Jump safely into deep water
  • Complete Swim England Learn to Swim Awards levels 1 & 2
Before leaving Seahorses the children will be able to:
  • Swim 25m front crawl with face in the water (breathing to the side)
  • Swim 25m back stroke
  • Swim on front with face in water using a float and one arm
  • Follow instructions
  • Jump in at the deep end and swim back to the wall, learn basics of diving.
  • Retrieve object from bottom of pool
  • Be confident in the water.
  • Complete Swim England Learn to Swim Awards level 3
Before leaving Seaturtles the children will be able to:
  • Swim 50m front crawl with face in the water and 50m back stroke without stopping
  • Swim 25m front crawl, using a float and one arm with face in the water, breathing to the side.
  • Swim 25m breaststoke
  • Swim through hoops at the bottom of the pool
  • Perform pencil jumps, sitting dives and collect objects from the bottom of the pool deeper than body height.
  • Be confident in the water.
  • Swim 10m butterfly leg kick
  • Complete Swim England Learn to Swim Awards level 4
 
Development Groups
Before leaving Dolphins the children will be able to:
  • Swim front crawl breathing to the side showing good technique
  • Swim backstroke with straight arms, good body position and strong leg kick
  • Using two floats swim 25m using breast stroke leg kick
  • Swim 25m butterfly leg kick
  • Swim 100m front crawl followed by 100m back stroke with a rest between.
  • Complete a standing dive
  • Complete surface dives, forward and backward rolls
  • Be competent in head first sculling
 
Before leaving Sharks the children will be able to:
  • Swim front crawl breathing every three, showing good technique.
  • Swim backstroke with straight arms, good body position and strong leg kick.
  • Swim breastroke with good technique
  • Swim 10m butterfly
  • Swim 100m frontcrawl, 100m backstroke and100m breastroke, with a rest between each stroke.
  • Perform a standing dive
  • Perform a frontcrawl turn and begin to learn a backstroke turn.
  • Complete Swim England Learn to Swim Awards level 5
 
Before leaving D group the children will be able to:
  • Swim front crawl, back stroke and breaststroke demonstrating a good technique.
  • Perform a standing dive
  • Perform basic technique of legal tumble turns
  • Work towards the following:-
                  Swim 25m front crawl in under 27 seconds
                  Swim 25m back stroke in under 30.5 seconds
                  Swim 25m breast stroke on under 35 seconds with good technique
                  Swim 25m Fly in under 35.50 seconds.
  • Tread water using egg beater kick
  • Work towards Swim England Learn to Swim Awards level 6
  • At current time trials, meet 3 of the 4 strokes
  • Correct stroke technique on all strokes
25 metres Fly  35.5
25 metres Back  30.5
25 metres Breast 35.0
25 metres Front crawl 27.0 
NB Movement to C group will be at the direction of the group coach using the guidelines above.
 
 
Competitive Groups
C Group
In C group and Top C swimmers will practice:
  • Legal starts, turns and finishes on all four strokes
  • Swim all four strokes legally
  • Sculling
  • Swim on average 1600 metres per session
  • Start to use the clock to take rests
  • Appropriate lane discipline.
To move into Top C swimmers must:
  • At current time trials, achieve 4 out of the 5 times below for consideration of movement to next group.
 
50m Back  55.25
50m Breast  1.03.20
25m Fly  27.25
50m Front 46.25
100 IM  2.03.50
  • Complete legal starts, turns and finishes.
 
To move to B Group from Top C swimmers must:
 
50m Back  51.00
50m Breast  59.00
50m Fly  54.4
50m Front  43.7
100IM 1.53.50
Complete legal starts, turns and finishes.
 
B Group
In B group and Top B swimmers will:
  • Continue to develop good technique and efficiency in all strokes, turns, starts, finishes and takeovers.
  • Complete an average of 2000m per session
To move into Top B swimmers must:
  • Achieve I.M time plus one other time.
50m Back  44.00
50m Breast  49.00
50m F/C  37.90
100IM  1.38.00
50m Fly  42.50

To move to A group swimmers must:
  • Have achieved 4 out of 5 in current time trials.
 
50m Back  43.00
50m Breast  48.00
50m F/C  37.20
100IM  1.34.10
50m Fly  41.50

A Group
In A Group swimmers will:
  • Develop speed and efficiency in all strokes
  • Perform track starts
  • Perform good transitions on all strokes
  • Turn with speed and efficiency
  • Complete on average 2500 per session.
  • Participate in a minimum of 1 Time trial per year
 
Swimmers non attending time trials or not achieving the minimum times set may be asked to change groups, bearing in mind that A group is a competitive swimming group.
 
ELIGIBILITY FOR EXTRA SESSIONS

  • Swimming in this session is by invitation only. The Chief Coach will have sole discretion for admission and exclusion of swimmers from this session.
  • The aim is to support our talented swimmers who are unable to access more than one session at squad or are ineligible for a squad place, to gain extra pool time to enhance stroke development and stamina, to enable them to compete in Open Competitions.
  • Swimmers must evidence attendance at swimming 80% or over of the allocated club sessions.
  • There are limited places, however in the event of there being places members swimming over 70% of the allocated session will be offered a place.
  • No swimmer who is in AGD/AGP and National groups at squad will be eligible for these places.
  • Payment will paid prior to the month and paid by BACC’s payment into the club account on the 1st of the month. There will be no reduction in fee for non-attendance. Fee structure on request.
  • Invitation will be for swimmers in A group.
 
 
The sessions will be held on :-
(A group) Friday 7.30 to 8.30
                                                                                                                                                                                    
 AND
Tuesday 7.45 to 8.45
Only available as group numbers allow. Sessions may cease if numbers cease.
 
NB This is on a trial basis so on a month to month allocation.
Annual Training Programme
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