Richmond Dales Amateur Swimming Club

                

 
 

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What do we have to offer?

  • High quality facilities at Richmond and Catterick
  • ASA qualified teaching and coaching personnel
  • The opportunity to develop and improve your existing skills to satisfy your personal goals, depending on ambition and ability
  • Provide the opportunity to gain ASA awards
  • Provide the opportunity to swim competitively
  • Provide the opportunity for extra training for the competitive swimmers up to 7 days a week
  • A learning and development programme based on the ASA National Plan for the Teaching of Swimming
  • A structural Cyclical Training Plan based on the Annual Plan
  • All training is planned, organized and monitored by a professional club coach
  • Finally, a friendly atmosphere in which to participate in this enjoyable, health promoting exercise, from improver level to competitive swimming if so desired

 

  
 

Who can join us?

  • Swimmers from the age of 7 or 6 if they have Level 5 NTPS

  • Masters (age 19 and above)

  • Triathletes

  

Club Night and Training Times
The Club meets every Thursday at Richmond Pool from between 18:00 hours and 21:00 hours.  The timing and length of training sessions are from 30 minutes up to 2 hrs depending on age and ability.  The appropriate session will be selected after an initial assessment by one of the Club coaching staff.  Thursday is the main weekly Club event and members will be expected to meet on a weekly basis.
 

For the more committed swimmers there are further 1 or 2 hour training sessions on:

  • Tuesday evenings at Richmond Pool from 19:00 to 20:00 hrs for senior swimmers
  • Wednesday evenings at Catterick Pool from 18:00 to 20:00 hrs 
  • Friday evenings at Richmond Pool from 18:00 to 20:00
  • Sunday evenings at Richmond from 16:00 to 18:00hrs 

As well as being  competitive, it remains a principle of the Club to provide quality swimming coaching for all its members.  With this in mind we have introduced the ASA National Swimming Programme and Awards Scheme to provide a focus for the efforts of members who may not wish to compete.

Additionally we liaise and maintain close links with the Richmondshire Leisure Trust swimming lessons programme, with the aim of providing further opportunities for children to progress in swimming.  Hopefully the natural progression from Swim Scheme into the Dales Club will occur after the Advanced class, but talented and potential competitive swimmers are encouraged to join after level 6 of the NTP and preferably before they are 9 years old.

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