Melton Swimming Club is situated on the south side of the market town in the grounds of
Established in 1964, and celebrated its Silver jubilee in 1989. The club has since grown from its original 6 or so members who used to swim just after the first world war in the nearby River Eye which had a 25yard area specially prepared for the locals to practice in, to its current home, Waterfield Leisure Centre and since then the membership has grown to its present level of well over 300 swimmers all who compete at various levels for the club.
The club has several teams and competes in various leagues of differing standards and encourages individuals to enter "Open Meetings".
The senior A Team competes in the National Speedo League East Midlands Division 1, The Senior A and B Teams compete in the Leicestershire & District Leagues, while the club has 2 Diddy teams A and B for 12 and under swimmers who compete in 2 leagues, the Reliant League and the Leicester Diddy League. A golden year in 1989 saw the club compete in the 1st Division of the Speedo league, both East and
The Diddy A team won their 7th consecutive Reliant League title in 2008 and are undefeated during the last 7years stretching an unbroken run of 28galas in the league.The Diddy B team is a relatively new team in only its fourth year but have performed very much to the standard that the club expects and great things are expected in the years to come.
Apart from the League commitments the club runs its own Championships in Sprints, Annual and Long Distance events as well as organising an Annual Disabled Gala and Primary Schools competitions whilst taking part in invitation trophy galas. Swimming galas for those who may not quite be team standard are also supported to ensure that all swimmers are given the opportunity to be competitive, and all are encouraged to take part in the Leicestershire Age Championships, especially as part of these games are in a 50m pool.
The club has in the past produced some top class swimmers, notably Jo Jennings,
Many of the coaching staff at the pool have at sometime or another represented the County or have held county records, and one of our 18year old girls until recently was the current 100m Long Course County Butterfly Champion and Record Holder, while our Masters swimmers hold several
We place the safety of the children first above all else and none of the poolside staff, be it coach or steward, are permitted to work with the children without first gaining qualifications to the standard they wish to teach and are all registered with the Leicestershire ASA and the club is committed to the requirements of the ASA Child Protection policy. We also have as a permanent member on the coaching staff who is a fully qualified British Sign Language Speaker
The club operates a non-bullying or racist policy and all are given equal opportunity to succeed, and we welcome swimmers from ethnic communities.
The swimmers are encouraged to be friendly, courteous, to respect the opinions of others, to be a team player as well as supporting individual talent and are expected to compete at all times in Internal galas.
Every 14 weeks the club will look at swimmers who wish to join the club. We expect the swimmers to be at least 7 years of age and to be able to swim 25metres using 2 strokes. Once accepted, they are known as "course swimmers" and will train in the small pool under the watchful eye of senior coaches through all the strokes and progress through into the big pool.
If you wish to know more about certain aspects of the club then speak to any of the personnel, usually the ones wearing Blue swimming club T shirts and they will provide you with or direct you to the information you require
Latest news.. The Diddy "A" Team are Champions of the Leicestershire Diddy League for the 3rd year running They have won the Reliant League Title for the 8th consecutive time - the Senior "A" team have completed their 3rd year in the Speedo League and in 2009 the Senior B Team finished 4th in the Leicester Winter League Division 2 Final and have been promoted to Division 1, while the A team finished 6th in their final
MMSC Committee
Sponsors
