Swimming and Club swim

Coach: Grant Muller

Overview

Swimming is the primary skill required of surf lifesavers!  Swimming is a high calibre competitive Surf Sport event and also forms part of multi discipline events like the Ironman and Ironwoman, the cameron, taplin and surf belt races.  Swimming training at West Beach runs year round and is held at Immanuel Pool from 7.00pm – 8.00pm on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. These sessions are coached and all members are welcome. The cost is $5 for adults and $4 for children.

During the season, the Club Swim is held every Saturday afternoon at 4.00pm at the Club. The Club Swim is a timed handicapped event of approximately 600 meters open to all club members and members of the public.

Training Times

Club Member  Training Times 

Tuesday

  • Start time: 7.00pm

  • Finish  time: 8.00pm

  • Venue: Immanuel Pool

  • Coach: Grant Muller

Thursday

  • Start time: 7.00pm

  • Finish  time: 8.00pm

  • Venue: Immanuel Pool

  • Coach: Grant Muller

Cost:

  • $5 per adult

  • $4 per child

All club members are welcome

Immanuel Piranhas

Immanuel is home to the Piranhas Swimming Club.

The club was formerly known as PBA Piranhas, has a proud history of swimming and was originally developed by Olympian Glenn Beringen.

Our head coach, Carolyn Veldhuyzen brings with her a reputation for developing athletes of a high standard. With qualifications in Sports Science, Open Water Swimming, Multi Class Paralympic Development and Masters Swimming, there is a lot of diversity she brings to the team. Grant Muller the Club development coach is an ex-PBA swimmer, he currently swims at a national level and has coached at Immanuel for the past 5 years.

Together they have developed a team of swimmers and coaches that love the sport, are passionate about developing individuals and teams whether that is for pool, surf or triathlon.

Please email manager@iswim.sa.edu.au if you are interested in trial sessions.

Upcoming Events / Important Dates

Club Swim Calendar

Please download your copy of Club Swim calendar below

Your first club swim of the year will incur  a $5 once off fee and will include your cap. Pink for all members with their SRC and above and light green for non-SRC.

The club swim kicks off on the 26th October 2024 Registration: Registration: 3.30 - 3.45pm – meet downstairs at the club.

Start Time: 4.00 - 4.15pm

 

Other Information

Club Swim

The Club Swim is a timed handicapped event of approximately 600 meters open to all club members and members of the public provided that: 

  1. Members either hold an Surf Rescue Certificate (“SRC”) or Bronze Medallion (“Bronze”) qualification

  2. Junior members can swim at the discretion of their age group managers and are able to provide confirmation of the red patch

  3. If junior members do not have their SRC, they must wear the lime green caps as these are more visible and will distinguish all juniors regardless of age grouping and their age coloured caps.

  4. Junior members who do not have a red patch are not eligible to participate in the “Club Swim”

Entry into Club Swim 

  1. Registration will occur at the club at 3.30pm on Saturdays. You will be required to provide your name and will be given a timed handicap, which dictates what time you begin to swim. The swim will commence around 4 - 4.15pm (depending on numbers)

  2. A once off fee of $5 will be introduced which will include a high visibility cap, to assist with visibility in the water

    1. The Caps colours will be lime green for a non SRC swimmers.

    2. Pink for all other swimmers - SRC qualified swimmers and above

    3. Yellow for the "Maillot Jaune’ " - the previous weekly winner

    4. There will be a guaranteed weekly prize for the winner of a $20 cafe voucher, with the prize awarded at the end of season presentation night.

  • The club swim will be conducted when the beach is open for swimming. This indicates that the environment is appropriate for the swim to take place and that water safety provisions can be provided, per the policy, by a patrol or additional water safety as required or at the Head Coach or others discretion.

  • The club swim will require a number of water safety people – SRC or Bronze accredited.

  • The ability of West Beach Surf Club to provide water based training sessions is largely dependent on the availability of water safety personnel. The club adheres to the Water Safety policy stipulated by SLS Australia.

The key principles of the policy are: 

  1. Water safety is to be provided for all SLS aquatic activities.

  2. Each activity is to have an appointed water safety supervisor (a leader in the group to oversee safety of all participants)

  3. Where an activity is undertaken consistently at a single location, a thorough risk assessment maybe undertaken at a point in time, and then re‐used and adjusted according to the risks presenting at the actual time of training.

  4. All swimmers must stop and aid assistance to anyone who may be in trouble.

  5. Follow standard operating procedures relating to use of rescue equipment, uniforms and beach patrols. SLS risk assessment provides that the ratio of swimmers to water cover is:

20+

1:20 ratio of Water Safety Officers (1 of these must hold an IRB Driver or crew person qualification) and 1:20 ratio of Rescue Boards for Water Safety