Link to South Lanarkshire Schools 2009 Swimming Championships pre meet results.
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Swimming Development

Swimming is one of the most popular sports in Scotland for all ages. It provides opportunities for learning, fun, relaxation, competition, fitness. Swimming also provides access to all sorts of other water-based activities. Most important of all, the ability to swim can save lives. There are a wide range of activities within each of South Lanarkshire Leisure’s pools giving opportunities for all local residents to be involved in swimming in some shape or form.

Swimming Development news





South Lanarkshire Leisure pools

South Lanarkshire Leisure has swimming pools at the following leisure centres:



Swimming lessons

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Swimming lesson memberships are available at all South Lanarkshire Leisure centres. Some centres also offer lessons for adults. For a descriptions of all the swimming lesson levels, go to the swimming lessons page To book a place, contact your local leisure centre.




Swim Safe

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South Lanarkshire Leisure has put in place an innovative scheme aimed at improving the current primary school swimming programme.


Swim Safe project





Swimming membership

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A variety of memberships are available that include use of South Lanarkshire Leisure’s swimming pools, ranging from our Fitness membership to our basic Swim membership.





Swimming clubs

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South Lanarkshire Swimming is the competitive name which the six South Lanarkshire based SASA registered clubs compete under at national levels. The clubs also train together and take part in development events for younger swimmers.



The six clubs are:



Coach education

UKCC Level 1 courses for those wishing to become swimming teachers are fun in South Lanarkshire on a regular basis. For further information, call 01698 476117.





Holiday classes

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During the holidays, South Lanarkshire Leisure pools offer a wide range of classes covering such skills as: snorkelling, water polo, starts and turns and diving in. Contact your local pool for more information.




Swimming Development news

Active Award

South Lanarkshire Leisure is highly commended as meeting all the right criteria, displaying a high level of commitment to improving health and wellbeing in South Lanarkshire, and, demonstrating very good practices in many areas which could be used as examples to others.

Read more on Active Award for South Lanarkshire Leisure

Environmental and Energy Policy

South Lanarkshire Leisure is committed to ensuring that appropriate approaches to environmental management are developed.

Read more on New Environmental and Energy Policy, 2010

Coaching conference

South Lanarkshire Leisure and sportscotland have teamed up to host the first 'Coach in Action' coaches' conference.

Read more on Coach in Action

More swims for South Lanarkshire Swimmers at Scottish Schools Championships

Following withdrawals from other swimmers throughout Scotland, the following changes are noted for South Lanarkshire swimmers:

Read more on new swimmers qualifying for schools finals

Scottish Schools Swimming Finals

The annual Scottish Schools Swimming Championship Finals are taking place at Tollcross Leisure Centre on Saturday 31st January 2009. Swimmers from the most northerly parts of Scotland down to the Borders will be converging on the pool which is the swimming site of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Read more on swimmers qualifying for schools finals

Contact details

Andy Figgins, Swimming Development Co-ordinator
Tel: 01698 476117
Fax: 01698 476198
Email: andy.figgins@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk

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