Welcome to Gloucester City Swimming Club

Our primary objective is to create a fun, positive and happy environment for children and young adults to learn and enjoy competitive swimming. The Club’s secondary objective is to provide swimmers with the right opportunities throughout their development in order to achieve success and fulfill their true potential in competitive swimming.

Welcome to Gloucester City Swimming Club

Interested in Joining Us?

Visit our Team GCSC page for more information, or Contact Us to arrange a trial swim.

Swimming Squads

A competitive swimming pathway that consists of nine squads progressing from 4 hours training per week up to 18 hours.~
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Para Swimming

A squad that works with the individual needs and abilities of the swimmer, focusing on what they can do, not what they can’t.
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Open Water Swimming

Open water sessions run during the summer months. Swimmers train to compete in regional and national events.
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Latest News

Talent ID Session December 2024

02 November, 2024

We are excited to announce our free Talent ID session on Thursday 12th December at GL1 Leisure Centre. Talent ID session...

GCSC Summer Open Meet 2024 Now Full

06 June, 2024

Gloucester City Swimming Club’s Summer Level 3 Open Meet to be held from 6th to 7th July 2024 at GL1 Leisure Centre...

Closure of GL1

02 October, 2023

Gloucester City Swimming Club is devastated by the sudden closure of GL1. Please read our open letter to the Council, and...

GCSC Spring Meet 2023- Live Stream

17 March, 2023

We are pleased to announce that we are planning to stream sessions 2, 3, 4 and 5 of our GCSC Spring Meet 2023. Please either...

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Team GCSC Coaches

James Richards

HEAD COACH

James Richards is the Head Coach of Gloucester City Swimming Club and is responsible for all programmes across the Club, though his focus is on developing and supporting our National & Regional Performance, Regional Development and County Performance squads.

Charlie Barnard/Carla Tuck

SWIM SKILLS

Charlie Barnard and Carla Tuck are our Swim Skills Coaches at Gloucester City Swimming Club and are focused on developing stroke technique and racing skills for our Swim Skills squads.

Lily Lowe

DEVELOPMENT COACH

Lily Lowe is the Development Coach at Gloucester City Swimming Club and is focused on supporting Development and County squads through to Regional level.

Members Quick Links

Login to Active Portal to manage your membership, enter events and buy swim caps

Visit our Club Policies page

Our Sponsors and Partners

Team GCSC are proud to work in partnership with local providers across Gloucestershire and beyond. We are grateful to have been awarded a Sport England return-to-play grant in 2021 to support our return to the pool, and are committed to the ethos of ‘paying-it forward’: our Club is run entirely by volunteers; our coaching team supports youth swimming across the South West region through development camps and inter-Club events; we support our local food bank at our fun galas.

We are interested in working with like-minded organisations who can support us to develop our Club. If your passion is to provide inclusive opportunities for youth development and sport in Gloucestershire, we’d love to hear from you via our Contact Us page.