Lancaster City Amateur Swimming and Water Polo Club is a SwimMark accredited competitive Swimming and Water Polo club based at Salt Ayre Sports Centre.
We are a friendly, relaxed, yet competitive club with a focus on helping each member to develop their ability to be the best they can be in every aspect of their chosen aquatic sport. Get in touch to find out more, or click here to book your trial.
LANCASTER CITY
Amateur Swimming & Water Polo Club
SWIMMING
We offer a development programme for athletes from stage 6 swimming to National events. The club encourages it’s swimmers to enter our club galas each year as well as Open Meets that are held across the region and beyond, where they can improve their personal best (PB) times before entering County Championships, Regional Championships and National Championships.
We also support athletes swimming for multi-sport competition.
#BeTheBestYouCanBe
WATER POLO
We are arguably one, if not the most successful club, in the UK with a record breaking nine British Championship titles and a staggering eleven Senior National titles. Our members include five Olympic water polo players, two Great Britain water polo coaches and over 20 Great Britain and regional players. We offer mini polo for children who want to have some fun! Our teams enter a number of national and regional competitions as well as encouraging our members to play for the regional and GB teams.
HISTORY
The club was established in 1889 and has over 130 years experience in both swimming and water polo. We are the only club in the Lancaster District to provide both competitive swimming and water polo. We are well represented in various competitive leagues, from local to national and hold many national and regional titles.
If you want to be part of our future, complete our request for a trial form and arrange to try swimming, water polo or even volunteer to help.
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Accredited
- 24 Oct 2024Swim England release new safeguarding elearning for young volunteers
Swim England has created a free interactive course to give young volunteers a basic understanding of safeguarding, welfare and best practice. - 04 Oct 2024Head Coach Harry
We would like to congratulate our Masters head coach and all round good guy Harry Sykes for his nomination for the Volunteer Of The Year award within Swim England North West.
It's been an absolutely fantastic year for our masters and Harry has been the driving force for the team.
I would also like to congratulate one of our clubs ex Presidents - Mike Hesketh has been leading the charge within water polo for a number of years. He has also been nominated inthe volunteer of the year category.
Well done both - 03 Oct 2024Congratulations Philippa
Well done to our very own Philippa Molloy for being nominated in this year's Development Coach Of The Year category.
She's an awesome coach and all round awesome person and we are so proud that she's has been recognised for the effort and support she puts into the club and our athletes. - 08 Aug 2024Have you been inspired by the Olympics?
Why not try a new sport?
We are currently looking to expand our Water Polo program. Opportunities for all ages in both our male and female teams.
Book your free taster session now - from a beginner to winner. - 21 Jun 2024Lancaster City To Blackpool In July
We are taking a team of 52 athletes to the North Lancs Development meet in July - 05 Jun 2024Good Luck To All Volunteers Supporting Their Clubs
The Swim England National Awards will return to the Great Hall at the University of Birmingham on Saturday 30 November 2024.
The awards will celebrate the incredible spirit of aquatics by showcasing individuals, groups and organisations for their passion, dedication and outstanding commitment over the past year. - 02 Apr 2024Building Communities Through Sport
Well done to Lancaster City Football Club for beating Bamber Bridge yesterday. Thank you for allowing us to be your match day sponsor - we really enjoyed the match and day. - 28 Mar 2024Welcome to our new Club and Swim Captains for 2024
Matt Wilson takes over from Rob Simpson as this years Club Captain and Zara and Jad become our new Swim Captains.
These three have been amazing members of our team for many years, Zara swimming since 2015, Jad since 2020 and Matt joining our masters squad and coaching team in 2021.
Since joining the club Matt has been very proactive on developing the club as a Committee member and has enjoyed his time in the pool achieving numerous PBs and representing the club at the Masters National events.
Both Zara and Jad have represented the club over many years at both home and external galas and they will hopefully continue to inspire our younger athletes as their predecessors have in 2023.
We wish them well and are looking forward to seeing how they progress our athletes in and out of the pool this year. - 10 Feb 2024A Masterly Performance
What an amazing set of results for an amazing team!
15 Gold medals
11 Silver Medals
2 Bronze medals
And 12 pbs
Well done, Masters - you've done us proud yet again!
Thank you, Harry, for coming to support us
Thank you, @carlisle.aquatics, for having us.
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#gohardorgohome
#bringtheboom
#bekindtothewaterandthewaterwillbekindtoyou
#redrose - 26 Jan 2024Swim England Volunteering Team looking forward to support more people in 2024
Volunteers form the backbone of everything in aquatic sports. Without them, clubs and events simply could not run which is why Swim England’s Volunteering team are determined to support and encourage more people to get involved in 2024.
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