The City of Southampton Swimming Club is the major
swimming club in
Southampton,
Hampshire in the United Kingdom and is currently based at The Quays Swimming & Diving Complex near
West Quay
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.
History
The club was founded in 1963 and was one of the earliest members of the UK's National Swimming League. It celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in May 2014.
The club has been National League winner on five occasions and Regional Division winner on fourteen.
Membership
the club has approximately 250 members ranging from 5 years to masters, who compete at local, county, regional and national competitions.
Notable former members include:
*
Gary Abraham
Gary Abraham (born 8 January 1959) is a male English former competitive swimmer.
Swimming career
Abraham represented Great Britain in the Olympics and FINA world championships, as well as England in the Commonwealth games, during the 1970s an ...
, Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist who is a current coach
*
Keith Bewley, triple Commonwealth Games medallist
*
Ricky Burrell, Olympian and triple Commonwealth Games medallist
*
Colin Cunningham, Olympian and three times Commonwealth Games medallist
*
Dave Haller, Olympian
*
Alan Kimber
Alan Kimber (1949 – 6 September 2012) was an English international swimmer.
Swimming career
He won a silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships.
He started swimming aged 14, at Southampton Swimming Clu ...
, European medallist
*
Malcolm O’Connell, Olympian
*
Ray Terrell
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, seven times Commonwealth Games medallist
Coaches
The current head coach is Matt Heathcock who himself trained at Southampton when his father David Heathcock was the coach.
Current assistant coaches include Gary Abraham (ex Olympian), Paul Dollery, Mark Taylor, Aislinn Murphy and Brooke Wilkinson.
Notable former coaches include:
* Derek Snelling (founder) 1963
* Dave Haller (Olympian) 1967
References
External links
Club websiteClub YouTube channel
{{Swimming in the United Kingdom
Sport in Southampton
Swimming clubs in the United Kingdom