Provisional return to training

Thank you all for your patience over the spring and the summer. Some of us met with Caerphilly County Borough staff today, and we are hopeful that we can start getting swimmers back into the pool from 21st September.

Session times will be different and we will be restricted to the number who will be able attend, as such each swimmer will have fewer sessions per week to start with.

Thank you to those of you who have confirmed that your child would like to return to the club. We are now at the place that we need definite numbers so if your child would like to restart training could message Lynne on 07967 191518 with your child’s name/ squad and preferred pool ( Caerphilly/ Bargoed/ Cefn Fforest – we may not be able to accommodate everyone’s preference).

Annual fees and WASA

We hope you are all keeping safe and well. The committee were told by Swim Wales yesterday that Swim Wales Club & Membership renewals will be processed as usual from 01 April 2020. (WASA) Membership fees include insurance cover which remains in place throughout this period as do the development staff employed by Swim Wales who support the membership across our 83 clubs and your 11,000+ club members. Please can you therefore ensure that you have paid your WASA fees to Ruth (treasurer@caerphillycountyswimsquad.com) by the end of March 2020.

We also agreed last night that during this time we are not going to ask you to pay your monthly contribution to our annual fee. If you could all therefore cancel your standing orders so you don’t pay in April, we will ask you to reinstate these when we return to training.

ALL TRAINING CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE AS OF TODAY ( 17/03/2020)

As a committee our obvious priority during the evolving Coronavirus outbreak is the safety and well-being of our swimmers, their families and our staff and volunteers . Therefore, in light of the Prime Minister’s press conference yesterday we are going to cancel all our training sessions. We will keep this under continuous review and will keep you all updated.

Caerphilly County Swim Squad at the Swim Wales Open Meet 2019

The Swim Wales Summer Open continues to be one of the largest open competitions in the UK, hosting over 1000 swimmers over 5 days of competition at the Wales National Pool, Swansea.

The Summer Open accommodates the invited Welsh top 16/8 swimmers after those selected to attend; and Caerphilly County Swim squad have a squad of 18 swimmers qualified to compete at this year’s meet with a full range of races from 50 Free to 800 Free , competing against some of the best swimmers in the UK. 

All members of the Club, Coaching team, Committee and supporters wish you well.  Next year we hope to have more swimmers competing at the top level.