We’re really pleased to say that Wellington School has kindly agreed to host Wellington Swim Club from Tuesday, November 14.
Here is everything you will need to know about using the school site. In particular, please note there will be different arrangements for the start of the early session on Tuesdays.
Our last session at Wellington Sports Centre will be Friday, November 10, There is no training session on Sunday, November 12.
Session times
The pool at the school has four lanes. That means we are having to adjust our sessions as follows:
Sunday
1730-1830 Bronze, Silver and Gold
1830-1930 All other groups
Tuesday
1900-2000 Bronze, Silver and Gold
2000-2100 All other groups
Friday
1830-1930 Bronze, Silver and Gold
1930-2030 All other groups
Parking and access
This picture shows the school site. We are being asked to turn off South Street onto Bulford, follow round to the back entrance and park beside the all weather pitch behind the pool. Please don’t drive through the school site.
You get to the pool entrance up this path:
There are male and female changing rooms. Each has two showers.
The female changing room (right) is slightly larger and has two loos. The door marked boys actually leads to a corridor. In that corridor there’s a door to the right that opens into the boys changing room. The other door at the end of the corridor leads to the viewing area.
Parents are able to watch from this area pictured below. It’s a bit open to the elements so it will get quite cold.
Tuesday arrangements - pool ready for 1900 session
On Tuesdays there is a group in the pool immediately before us. So swimmers for the 1900 session will need to arrive ‘pool ready’ so they can come directly onto poolside from the viewing area while the Synchro group is using the changing rooms.
That means in costumes with hats and goggles and a dry robe or something similar to keep them warm. For the other sessions it's more straightforward in that we’ll have use of the changing rooms before and after our session.
New members welcome
Thanks very much for supporting the club. We’re always looking for new members so if you know anyone looking for a place to swim please get in touch.
Please also let me know if you have any questions about the arrangements at Wellington School or anything else to do with the club.
Thanks very much,
Andrew Enever Chair, Wellington Swimming Club.