🏊The Coorparoo State School Swim Club welcomes young swimmers from both Coorparoo State School and the wider community. 🏊
The Club caters for swimmers of all ages and abilities; children do not have to be good swimmers to enjoy the benefits of our Swim Club. Members of other clubs are also welcome too. Coorparoo State School Swim Club members enjoy the benefits of:
✔️25 metre, 8 lane pool
✔️Electronic timing system
✔️Enthusiastic team of volunteers and supporters
✔️Canteen and bar
❓ HOW TO JOIN? The Swim Club is a great way for the kids to race and have fun while parents catch up. Prospective members are welcome to come along for up to TWO Club Nights before committing to membership for the remainder of the season. At this time full membership fees are due. Please click on the link - https://coorparooswimclub.com.au/online-registration/ to register online. Registration fees can be paid either via bank transfer or at the bar on one of the club nights.
🙋 HOW TO GET INVOLVED? Club Nights offer an opportunity for members to be involved either as swimmers, volunteers or supporters. There are many roles to fill each night including:
📢 Announcer
🏁 Race starter
🍹 Bar & canteen attendants
🗒️ Results recorders
🍖 Cooks at the BBQ
⌚ Time-keepers
🩹 First-aid officers
🧍 Marshalls
Swim Club is a great way to meet other members of the school and wider community. Swim Club is operated by volunteers and it is expected that, whenever possible, member families will make themselves available to assist with the Club’s operations.
🏊🏻♂️ CLUB NIGHTS
Friday nights are Club Nights where swimmers take part in time trials over 25m, 50m or longer in all strokes, with the aim of improving their own times. Once swimmers have achieved a qualification time over 25m they are eligible to swim in the 50m events. Members swim according to their PB (personal best time) rather than age, ensuring that swimmers race against others of similar standard. Times are recorded and improvement points are tallied at the end of each season, with trophies for each stroke awarded to the swimmers attaining the most points. 🏆
The focus is on personal achievement and improvement and not whether individuals are the best swimmer in any given stroke or age group. A 25 metre assisted event is offered for BEGINNER swimmers ("Little-Uns"). Older children are encouraged to participate by assisting the younger swimmers in this event. This is an untimed event and improvement points are not awarded. Club policy is that we swim "rain or shine". The only time an exception is made to this policy is when severely inclement weather (electrical storm) is imminent and the safety of members may be affected. In this instance the Committee will make a decision to cancel Club Night no earlier than 6pm.
📆 CLUB CALENDAR
The Swim Club season is from October to March (coinciding with Term 4 and Term 1 for Queensland State Primary Schools). Club Nights are not held during school holidays. In any season there are typically 14-16 Club Nights. Highlights of the season include:
🏊♀️Participation in a number of formal carnivals (or meets) on selected Saturdays and
Sundays throughout the swimming season
🎄 Christmas Break up night
🥇Club Championships
🏆 Trophy Presentation Night
📓 TYPICAL CLUB NIGHT PROGRAM
5:30pm
- Gates open
- Nominations at the computer desk open
- Club Night "pre-start" checklist completed
5.45pm
- Warm up commences
6.00pm
- Canteen, BBQ and Bar open
6:15pm
- Nominations close
- Warm up finishes
- Timekeepers called
6:30pm
- First events are called to marshalling
- First "assisted swimmers" race
6.35pm
- First event
7.30pm
- approx. Half-time break (10) minutes – Timekeeper rotation
- Canteen open for treats (chips, ice creams, snakes)
8.15pm
- Final event
8.15 – 8.30pm
- Tidy up
On Club Nights and other Club events, all children are to be accompanied by a parent, guardian or other nominated adult who remains responsible for their child's conduct and safety at all times.
💲 MEMBERSHIP FEES
Full Season Fees:
⚈ 1st Swimmer in Family: $100
⚈ 2nd Swimmer in Family: $80
⚈ 3rd Swimmer in Family: $55
⚈ 4th Swimmer in Family: $35
⚈ Little-Uns: FREE
Half Season Fees: (If attending only one of Term 4 / Term 1)
⚈ 1st Swimmer in Family: $70
⚈ 2nd Swimmer in Family: $50
⚈ 3rd Swimmer in Family: $35
⚈ 4th Swimmer in Family: $20
⚈ Little-Uns: FREE
"Little Uns"
- swimmers of all ages that take part in ASSISTED untimed races on Club nights / not eligible to swim at Club Championships. Note: CSSSC Membership Fees do not include Swimming Australia (SA) fees, Swimming Queensland (SQ) or Brisbane Swimming Association (BSA) membership fees or insurances.
❓ NEED MORE INFORMATION? Contact our Registrar at 📧 [email protected]
P&C, MEMBER & CHILD WELFARE POLICIES & CODES OF BEHAVIOUR
The management of the Swim Club is vested in the Coorparoo State School Swim Club Committee; a sub-committee of the Coorparoo State School P&C Association. The Swim Club is affiliated with Swimming Queensland. Coorparoo State School Swimming Club also expects swimmers, parents and officials to comply with the CSSSC Code of Behaviour. Please view the CSSSC Code of Behaviour in the Club Handbook. Everything you need to know about the Swim Club including rules and regulations is detailed in the CSSSC Handbook. https://coorparooswimclub.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Club-Handbook-2019-20-v1.pd
