Welcome to St AustellSwimming Club

Our Swimming Club is a competitive swimming club based in St Austell. We train at St Austell Leisure Centre where our professional coaches work with our swimmers to help them achieve their potential and prepare them for competition.

Welcome to St Austell Swimming Club

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About St Austell Swimming Club

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St Austell Sharks

St Austell Swimming Club (also known as St Austell Sharks) is a long-established swimming club based at St Austell Leisure Centre.

We are a volunteer-run club that is supported by fantastic coaches and a team of volunteers who work towards providing and delivering high quality training and development programmes for competitive swimming.

Our aim is to create a positive learning environment for children and young adults to achieve their full potential. We have a friendly and family-orientated approach that enables and encourages swimmers to achieve their best.

Safeguarding / Welfare 

St Austell Swimming Club committed to a club environment in which all children and young people participating in its activities have a safe and positive experience. If you have any safeguarding or welfare concerns please contact our safeguarding team.

Tash Coon - Welfare Officer and Pastoral Care - 07783 351654

Tash has been trained to deal with welfare concerns and this is your first point of contact.

Find Out More About Safeguarding At The Club

Training at St Austell Leisure Centre

Looking to join St Austell Swimming Club?

St Austell Swimming Club would like to hear from any swimmer who is interested in joining and wanting to develop their competitive swimming skills. 

To find out more about how you can join and our requirements, click below.

4 Steps To Joining

Our Selection Process

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Step 1

Contact us if you are interested in joining via our online form which can be accessed by clicking here.


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Step 2

One of the team will then contact you to discuss taking part in a trial and request any additional information required.


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Step 3

You will be invited to come and take part in a trial swim. Our coaches will assess your level in the pool and decide whether you are a fit for the club and which squad would suit you.

Step 4

You will then be contacted by us to let you know if we have space for you to join or whether you have been added to the waiting list. If required we will send you the joining information.

Expert Performance Training

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Our Head Coach

Joseph Schenk

Join Our Team of Volunteers

Volunteers are vital to ensure that St Austell Swimming Club can run and we would welcome anyone who feels that they can contribute to come forward.
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