City of Newport Swimming & Waterpolo Club

Fixtures

Spytty Pool - Home of City of Newport Swimming and Waterpolo Club

Please refer to our meet information for forthcoming events.

Competition Schedule

Regional Performance is a high performance squad for swimmers with the commitment, ability and ambition to compete at National and International level.

Regional Performance offers up to 18 hours of advanced swimming training per week + 2 hours per week of swimming specific land training.

Regional Performance

Newport Performance

High Performance

Newport Performance is the City of Newport’s second high performance squad. The squad is for swimmers aged 10 –16 years who qualify to compete at regional and national level.

Newport Performance offers up to 13.5 hours of advanced swimming training per week + 1 hour per week of swimming specific land training.

Newport Performance

Junior Performance

Potential and Ambition

Junior Performance is the City of Newport’s third performance squad. The squad is for swimmers aged 8 -14 years who show the potential and ambition to compete at regional and national level in competitive swimming.

Junior Performance offers up to 7.5 hours of swimming training per week in accordance with British Swimming’s Long Term Athlete Development plan.

Junior Performance

Junior Development

Developing Skills

Junior Development squad is designed to develop the high levels of technique and technical skill required for competitive swimming. The squad is for swimmers aged between 7-12 years who are competent in all four strokes and show a willingness to compete in competitive swimming.

Junior Development offers up to 3 hours of swimming training per week in accordance with British Swimming’s Long Term Athlete Development plan.

Junior Development

Dolphins

The Ken Edwards Trophy

The Ken Edwards Trophy that was donated when Ken Edwards sadly passed away in 2011. Mrs Jean Edwards who still coaches our young Dolphin swimmers presented the trophy for the most improved swimmer of the year.

Dolphins

Coaches

James 'putting his feet up'

Please refer to coaches page for more information..

Coaches

Water Polo

ASA Inter Regionals Academy Boys Tournament

Action shot featuring Llewelyn from the ASA Inter Regionals Academy Boys Tournament held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in March this year.

Water Polo

City of Newport Swimming and Water Polo Club

The City of Newport Swimming and Water Polo Club is a competitive swimming club which is affiliated to Swim Wales (formerly known as The Welsh Amateur Swimming Association). Above all the club prides itself on providing a safe, enjoyable, stimulating and challenging environment for all swimmers whatever squad they attend.

Newport Swimmong and Polo Club Image

Swimming Club

The club has 6 squads ranging from Dolphins where swimmers at Stage 7 from the ASA National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS) are coached to improve their stroke technique, swim speed and stamina thus increasing fitness, through to Regional Squad where our elite swimmers train over 10 sessions per week and compete in National and International events.

The City of Newport Swimming Club is one of the top five competitive swimming clubs in Wales and a fully affiliated member of Swim Wales. The club has three professional coaches and a team of fully qualified volunteer coaches who look after the five swimming squads and two water polo teams.
The squads train at the Regional Pool located in the International Sports Village, Newport, Newport Leisure Centre and Active Living Centre in Bettws.

If your child would like to improve, with their hard work and our coaching skills we can help you achieve that goal. Above all the club prides itself on providing a safe, enjoyable, stimulating and challenging environment. Whatever your standard we have a squad for you.

During your time with the City of Newport Swimming Club you will achieve your potential and be 'AS GOOD AS YOU CAN BE'

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Latest News

No training for any squad at NISV on Saturday 18th May 2013.
No training for Junior Development at NISV on Sunday 19th May 2013

Meet Manager - After several years as Meet Manager, Andrew Walton has decided to step down from the position. Andrew picked up the role in difficult circumstances for the Club and has been an inspiration in developing, managing and ultimately transferring the role. We sincerely wish him all the best for his future.
The new Meet Manager is Mr Christopher Jones. Chris has been picking up the reins over the last few weeks and we welcome him into the Club in this role and look to all our members to support him in this transition.

Swim Wales Annual Renewals - see resources (under information) on the main menu to download the form - Forms must be completed and payment must be made by 15th March 2013.

Next competition - Wyvern League - 20/04/2013.