Swimmers

The City of Oxford Master's squad offers quality training and opportunities to compete for all levels of adult swimmers.  Club swimmers participate on a regular basis in competitions at local, national, European and World Championship levels.

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If you are interested in joining the squad, please contact Tim Samwell (timsamwell "at" yahoo.co.uk)

Training

The Oxford Masters squad has 5 training sessions a week, each lasting 1.5 hours. Swimmers may attend as many or few of these sessions as they wish.
Read more about training times, costs, etc...

Coaching

Tim Samwell MBE has coached the squad since 1999. Tim employs a cyclical, performance-related training programme, the success of which is exemplified by some of the achievements of City of Oxford Masters. The club includes:

One World Silver Medallist -  Tri athlon
One World Silver Medallist X 4 Swimming
Three European Record holders
Four National Record holders
Many National Champions

Social

The Club holds an annual Christmas dinner and a club summer event. See the Social Events page for upcoming events. In addition, a regular coffee klatch assembles at Costa Coffee on Saturday mornings after training.

A quote from the Coach

"I believe that each athlete/swimmer should be encouraged to attain their own true potential. By using the objective training methodology instead of subjective, we ensure that the valuable training time results in no "Garbage Yardage"sessions."

Contacts

Coach:
Tim Samwell
timsamwell "at" yahoo.co.uk     07764-689582

City of Oxford Swimming Club Committee Representative:
Chris Scotcher
chris.scotcher "at" eng.ox.ac.uk