Masters Information

Masters’ swimming in Carlisle officially started life back in 1996 and continues to go from strength to strength. The club encourages the three tenets of Masters’ swimming: Fitness, Friendship and Fun. We try to strike a balance between swimming to compete, with swimming for fitness - and attempt to have fun in doing so.

Many of our members compete at galas across northern England and Scotland, and some also swim nationally and internationally. We also recognise that not everyone wants to compete, but hope that everyone will contribute to the life of the club and offer their support to the events we run. Many of us also head off to training days and open water swims - and we will usually have a couple of nights or meals out during the year.

Training Hours: 3 (additional 4.5 hours for competitive masters with suitable fitness level)

(please see the timetable below for days and times)

The core masters sessions are Monday and Wednesday. Access to all sessions, which run alongside the A squad sessions and have limited lane space will be made availbale depending on ability.

Fees: per calendar month (due 1st of every month)

1. One session: £25
2. Two sessions: £35
3. Access to all sessions: £45

In order to minimise the amount of time and effort our volunteers have to spend chasing membership and training fees we would ask that all training/membership/ASA fees are paid by standing order through your bank using a simple online bank reference (found on the back page of the membership page). If in doubt the reference is first six letters of surname followed by first six letters of forename, for example: EXAMPLSWIMMER. If either part of your name is not long enough just follow on with the next 6 characters, for example: SMITHDIANE.

Followed by a brief description of what the payment is for, for example: TRNA (Training A Squad)

EXAMPLSWIMMER-TRNA

Please do not mix more than one swimmer into one payment as our system will attempt to match a swimmer to the reference given above.

We try to cater for and welcome all abilities of swimming but cannot currently cater for non-swimmers. Our only membership criteria is that you must be over 18 and want to swim in an organised manner.

We have a structured programme which includes numerous evenings and morning time slots in a 25m pool. There will usually be between three and six swimmers per lane. The lanes tend towards different speeds and each swims a programme with appropriate times - we are a very mixed group! 

There are some training sessions each week where we swim in lanes of similar ability to a timed programme. These are usually sufficiently varied and challenging to help alleviate the monotony of lane swimming and improve ability. In addition, we have the option to train with the younger (i.e. faster!) squads on some mornings.

It would be useful, but not necessary, to have a kickboard, pull buoy and fins as these are used regularly in planned sessions