| Soundwell Swimming Club was formed in 1962 and from small beginnings is now one of the most respected swimming clubs in the South West of England. The club has a professional head coach, Eric Henderson, who now has the job of further developing the club in all aspects. Soundwell has about 300 members which is broken down to around 120 competitive swimmers, and 180 in the "Learn to Swim" groups . Regular competitive swimming at all levels enables Soundwell to improve the standard of all its swimmers. All competitive swimmers enough are trained and encouraged to reach the standard for the Gloucester County Championships, which then opens the door to progress to Western Counties level and beyond. Our home pool is the "Kingswood Leisure Centre" in Bristol and we also use "The Ridings School Pool". Competitive swimmers are given the chance to compete in a number of open meets of various standards and the Club also competes as a team in a number of competitions. the Speedo League First Division, the National Junior League, and local Mini Series competition. |