Kingston Ladies Swimming Club is the only Synchronised Swimming Club in South West London and Surrey. The Silver Lifebuoy trophy that is awarded annually for services to the club was originally won by Daisy Littlewood in1908. This Lifebuoy has now become the logo for the Kingston Ladies Swimming Club (KLSC).
The club swims at The Malden Centre in New Malden, Surrey (see map). The club has a membership of approximately 45 swimmers as well as qualified coaches poolside. The club has enjoyed considerable success of late with the seniors winning the British Masters Competition and the Senior Team winning the Middlesex Synchronised Swimming Competition and then competing for the first time in the Nationals in November 2007 coming 8th.
To join the club the minimum age is 7 and the swimmer must be able to swim a width of the pool reasonably comfortably.
Club commitment
Swimmers can expect the club to offer the following:
· High quality coaching
· Well organised sessions
· Opportunity to develop as a synchronised swimmer
· Support to enter competitions at an appropriate level
Swimmers and parents responsibilities
Swimmers are asked to ensure the following:
· To be willing to attend all training offered to them and be ready on the poolside for the start of the session
· To compete in club championships, the Annual Spring Show and London Region competitions
· To wear club colours, as appropriate to the session
Parents are asked to ensure the following:
· To be responsible for your child before and after the swimming session (coaches are only responsible for swimmers during the time of the swimming session)
· During competitions all swimmers are required to have a responsible adult in attendance
Related Links
www.britishswimming.org
- on entering this site click on explore our site to access Swimming, the ASA. British swimming and the Institute of swimming
www.londonswimming.org-this site is the London Region website
www.surreyswimming.org- this site is the County of Surrey website