Beacon Swimming Club

Beacon Swimming Club You will find Beacon Swimming Club an ideal place to start a swimming career (for fitness or competitions) Bill Johnston became our coach.

BSC was formed by at a public meeting in Crowborough in 1976. Our first chairman was Charles Hudd and our secretary David Reeves (who went on to become Secretary of the ASA). The Club was based at Beacon school with the majority of swimmers being pupils at the school. We attended our first away gala in November 1976 at Burgess Hill. In 1977 three Beacon swimmers represented Sussex in the Inter-cou

nty championships and our first club championship was held in the same year. One of our swimmers, Anna Dadswell represented England on a number of occasions in the Age group International Matches in 1978 and in1980 competed in the Olympic trials. In January 1981 BSC started a teaching programme at Walshes Manor, Crowborough and Bill Johnston obtained his National Coach's Certificate. In June that year the club made it's first trip abroad to Crowborough's twin town, Montargis, in France. In January 1983 BSC jointly with Crowborough swimming club (non competitive) agreed to support a scheme to raise 20% of the cost, estimated at £600,000, of providing a public swimming facility in Crowborough. This joint venture would be known as Crowswim. Crowswim raised the tremendous sum of £175,000. The swimming pool was constructed on the present day Freedom Leisure site and in August 1985 was handed over to the town. Two of our lifesaving members were chosen to represent GB in the 1994 Commonwealth Life Saving championships held in Melbourne. One swimmer came away with a silver and bronze medal and the other with two bronze medals.

A super start to the season in Brighton yesterday. Lots of amazing swims and pb’s! Huge thanks to all of our volunteers ...
13/09/2026

A super start to the season in Brighton yesterday. Lots of amazing swims and pb’s! Huge thanks to all of our volunteers who kept the show on the road and without whom we wouldn’t be able to compete. Also thanks to Ben for coaching all day.

Our medalists were:

Jonny: 9yo, 🥇50m Breaststroke, 🥈100m Breaststroke, 🥈100m Freestyle, 🥇50m Freestyle

Felix: 10yo, 🥇50m Freestyle

Harry C: 10yo, 🥈100m Backstroke, 🥈50m Butterfly

Florence: 9yo, 🥇100m Backstroke, 🥉50m Freestyle, 🥉50m Backstroke

Lottie: 11yo🥇100m Freestyle

Georgie: 9yo, 🥈100m Butterfly

Joel: 14yo, 🥇50m Butterfly, 🥇100m Freestyle, 🥇100m IM, 🥇50m Freestyle

Isla: 15+, 🥈50m Breaststroke, 🥇100m Backstroke, 🥇100m Freestyle, 🥈100m IM

Alfie: 15+, 🥇100m Butterfly, 🥇50m Backstroke, 🥈100m Backstroke, 🥇50m Butterfly, 🥈100m Freestyle, 🥇100m IM, 🥈50m Freestyle

and Olly won a prize in a hot heat!

Thanks to Brighton Swimming Club for a great event!

All ready to go for Session 2 of the Ken Deeley Open in Brighton. Swim fast and have fun!
12/09/2026

All ready to go for Session 2 of the Ken Deeley Open in Brighton. Swim fast and have fun!

Good luck to our swimmers at the first open meet of the season! We are in Brighton today for the Ken Deeley Open meet an...
12/09/2026

Good luck to our swimmers at the first open meet of the season! We are in Brighton today for the Ken Deeley Open meet and look forward to some fast swimming and lots of fun

Congratulations to Alfie who competed in the Aquatics GB Next Gen Champs today. He travelled to Sheffield with the best ...
17/07/2026

Congratulations to Alfie who competed in the Aquatics GB Next Gen Champs today. He travelled to Sheffield with the best of the best to swim a fantastic race and improve his ranking. Well done Alfie, a huge achievement to qualify and a great swim.

Thanks also to Sharon for travelling and coaching Alfie today.

Congratulations to all of our swimmers for taking part in the annual club championships. You were all amazing 👏👏👏
29/06/2026

Congratulations to all of our swimmers for taking part in the annual club championships. You were all amazing 👏👏👏

Congratulations to Samson, Felix, Finley and Sam who attended the Sussex County Development Camp yesterday. A fantastic ...
15/06/2026

Congratulations to Samson, Felix, Finley and Sam who attended the Sussex County Development Camp yesterday. A fantastic achievement 👏👏👏

We had a fantastic day at the East Grinstead May Gala. All of our swimmers did amazingly well with so many pbs! Our meda...
17/05/2026

We had a fantastic day at the East Grinstead May Gala. All of our swimmers did amazingly well with so many pbs!

Our medal winners were:

100m Freestyle:
9yo Florence 🥈

50m Butterfly:
9yo Harry 🥇

50m Backstroke:
9yo Florence 🥇
13yo Bethany 🥉

100m Breaststroke:
10yo Felix 🥈
13yo Harrison 🥇

100m Backstroke:
13yo Bethany 🥈

100m IM:
13yo Harrison 🥉

50m Freestyle:
9yo Harry 🥈
10yo Felix 🥉

Thanks to all of our team managers and coaches for helping everyone have a successful day at the pool!

The 3rd and final session of the East Grinstead May Gala gets underway shortly. Our team are warmed up and ready to go!
17/05/2026

The 3rd and final session of the East Grinstead May Gala gets underway shortly. Our team are warmed up and ready to go!

Ready to go for session 2. Good luck swimmers! 🏊🏻
17/05/2026

Ready to go for session 2. Good luck swimmers! 🏊🏻

An early start for our swimmers in Crawley today but they are ready to go for session 1 at the East Grinstead Swimming C...
17/05/2026

An early start for our swimmers in Crawley today but they are ready to go for session 1 at the East Grinstead Swimming Club May Gala. Have fun and swim fast! 🏊🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Address

Erige Road
Crowborough
TN62SR

Opening Hours

Monday 7pm - 10pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 7:30am
Wednesday 6pm - 7pm
8pm - 9pm
Thursday 7pm - 10pm
Friday 6:30am - 7:30am
7:30pm - 8:30pm
Sunday 4pm - 7pm

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+441892665488

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