Redlands Swim Club

🌟 Three ways to keep swimming after Learn-to-Swim in Redlands

Finished learn-to-swim? There’s no single right next step. Here are the three most common options, so you can choose what suits your swimmer.

1. Non-Competitive Squad

Weekly squad lessons at the pool, grouped by skill level. The focus is skills, fitness and fun. There’s no racing pathway. Note this pathway includes only Junior and Development Squads, there is no progression past Development Squad.

2. School Swimming

Carnivals, then the district, regional and state school sport track. A great experience that happens only once a year for each level, but it doesn’t lead to official State Championships, Nationals or the Olympics.

3. Redlands Swim Club

The competitive swimming in Redlands Coast. RSC members train in the same Junior and Development squads as kids who don’t belong to the club. RSC membership is what lets your swimmer race at club nights, external swim meets, earn recognised qualifying times, and progress toward regional, State and National Championships. At Cleveland Aquatic Centre, this is the only way to progress past Development Squad.

🏊 Competitive swimming in Redlands for kids who love to race

We’re a community club where kids grow as swimmers, teammates and confident young people. Your child is ready for RSC if they show a keen interest in racing — maybe they’ve got a competitive streak, or they’ve told you they want to swim at the Olympics one day. Competitive swimming asks a lot of a swimmer, so it works best when they genuinely want to be there. In short, if they’re keen, we’d love to welcome them.

Why join RSC? School swimming can take talented kids to regional, state and even international school competitions. However, it doesn’t place them on the official pathway to State Championships, Nationals or the Olympics. Consequently, club racing is where that journey begins, supported by accredited officials, recognised qualifying times, and a community that cheers for every lane.

Competitive swimming in Redlands takes commitment. Racing means more frequent training, so it works best when your swimmer genuinely wants to be there. The good news is you don’t have to jump straight in.

Start with a Recreational Membership. This lets your swimmer train with us and try racing at our relaxed monthly Club Nights, with no pressure and no qualifying times.

Upgrade when they’re ready to race. Swimmers can enter official swim meets from the age of 8 (that is, they must be 8 on the day of each meet). There’s one meet each year, in September/October, that welcomes swimmers from age 6. Once your swimmer is eligible and keen, please speak with your child’s Coach to discuss when you can move to a Junior or Competitive Membership.

Our club runs on volunteers. Like most community sports clubs, RSC is volunteer-run, so on top of your annual membership fee, we will eventually ask every family to pitch in. At a minimum, that means timekeeping at swim meets (it’s one of the best seats in the house, and a lot of fun), helping out at Club Nights, or donating food for our family BBQs.

And if you’d like to do more, joining the committee is the ultimate way to give back to the sport that gives so much to your child.

Committee roles are a mark of trust. They carry responsibility for every swimmer in the club, so members are nominated by the existing committee, then voted in. We look for people who are honest, ethical and committed to putting all the kids’ best interests first, not just their own child’s, and every committee member holds a current Blue Card. If you show you care about every swimmer and are interested in more, we will consider you for a position.

Find out more about volunteering.