Giving to the Swimming Club

Over the past 126 years, Oxford University Swimming Club has evolved into one of the country’s most successful university swimming teams, now regularly placing in the top 8 nationally at the annual BUCS Teams Swimming Championships. Individual members have also competed at national and international levels in recent years.

The club now has over 70 members spread through its two competitive squads, a para squad, an open water squad and a development group.

Whilst much of OUSC’s success can be attributed to its swimmers’ raw talent and hard work, the team also requires quality coaching and equipment to realise its full potential.

Another key to the club’s success is its annual warm-weather January training camp. This is a prime opportunity to focus purely on swimming and team relationships in the run-up to Varsity.

Here are some ways in which your donation would make a difference:

• £10 will pay for a new stopwatch
• £90 will pay for subs for a Blues athlete for a year
• £500 will pay for a qualified coach for the Second Team for a term (currently only 50% of OUSC’s Blues Team sessions are coached by a Level 3 qualified coach, and the Second and Social Teams are coached by a student volunteer)
• £1000 will send a student on warm weather training camp (this will enable more people to attend the camp, improving team inclusion and Varsity performance)
• £4000 will subsidise the cost of the Varsity Cross-Channel Relay