In early 2025, Workington Swimming Club lost one of our most promising swimmers and one of our poolside supporters: Roick Curtis and Sarah Glencross. We wanted a way to remember Roick and Sarah.
In November 2024 we extended our distance club champs events to other Cumbrian clubs and this proved very popular. Following on from this, we have decided to make this an annual event and have named the meet the ‘Curtis-Glencross Distance Meet‘ as a way to remember our friends.
Click the link below to download the meet information and conditions:
Level 3 gala, Licence number 3NW….tbc, Provided under licence from SE
Our annual Presidents Gala will take place over the weekend 25-27 September 2026. We are keeping the usual format of distance swims on Friday evening with all other events taking place on Saturday & Sunday.
Latest Update 25th Sept – Please see road closure info from highways also draft timings to help you all schedule your time on the balcony. Looking forward to seeing you all and getting the swimmers some great times, please send them with lots of none sugary drinks.
24th Sept “Air Handling Unit at the leisure centre”, we have been informed by the centre that this is still running at 50% capacity, so they have introduced measures to try and bring the temperature and humidity down with additional fans and ventilation over the weekend. This means they will perform checks every 2 hours and inform us of any restrictions if temperatures exceeds those allowed, this is out of the clubs hands.
We have agreed additional areas for breakout and we will set up a TV to be able to follow the event when you need to escape the heat of the balcony, we ask that everyone vacate the balcony when there swimmers are not in a race to try and keep the temperature in that area as low as possible, if people encamp on the balcony like normal, the temperature will more than likely get excessive and result in further reductions to spectators, please all work together so everyone can watch live and not on a TV screen.
Entries now CLOSED – closing date 17th August or when gala is full
LINK to the Photographers site for pictures <LINK> code will be sent separately
Spectators will be allowed to all sessions, charges will be £5 for a session or £8 a day each day, with raffle tickets at £1 per strip (Friday entry will be free of charge as always)
To avoid unnecessary cash handling, it is requested that spectators please bring the correct amount of money for their entry and raffle tickets for each session.
Car parking is on the pay-and-display car park, no free parking is available as was available in previous years, the first 2 hours are confirmed as free of charge for the weekend as long as you enter your registration onto the iPad at the leisure centre reception (if the system is down a sheet may be in uses in the sports centre reception), parking on the car park opposite the centre and at the side of the football field will incur the standard charges for the duration of your stay and are not free.
Large swim bags are not allowed on the poolside and should be placed in a locker for a refundable charge of £1, please only bring a small bag 30cm x 30cm onto the poolside with your spare cap, goggles & snacks for the session.
Please note that only swimmers entered into that session and coaches/support staff with passes will be permitted onto the poolside due to limited numbers for H&S.
Warmup schedule
Friday 6pm for 1500mtr 6:45 for 800mtr
Saturday Session 2 – 8am (30mins)
Saturday Session 3 – 12:30pm (30mins)
Sunday Session 4 – 8am (30mins)
Sunday Session 5 – 12:30pm (30mins)
Calling all Officials, we still need officials for all event, please use this page to submit your availability >>>> OFFICIALS <<FULL>>
Please see the following links for the gala schedule, entry requirements etc:
Masters swimming is now running on Tuesdays at 7:30pm and Thursdays at 7:30pm, the session will be 1 hour long and coach lead, if you are interested you will need to book onto the session by emailing the club workingtonasc@outlook.com. You need to arrive swim ready to the rear emergency exit (not the main reception) and bring your kit and towel to dry down afterwards, if you wish to change before leaving you will need to exit the pool 10 minutes before the end and change in the designated group change room, or exit towel dry with your over clothes on top of your swim kit with the other swimmers via the side emergency exit.
Update 2024: The masters squad now also has a lane available on Sunday mornings from 8:00am to 10:00am. Also, changing facilities are now accessible so you can enter via the main entrance and get changed before/after the sessions.
