Why Join Us?
1) Fun and friendly environment.
2) Boost your swimming skills.
3) Competitive & Social
4) Social events
What do we do?
The BU swim team is a fun, friendly club that caters for all levels of swimming abilities.
We offer both a social and competitive side, so either if you want to compete, get fit or just meet new people our club is definitely for you.
On the competitive side, our main focus is towards BUCS nationals and other smaller meets across the year, so there's plenty of opportunities to compete.
The fee for BU swimming is £270 for all three semesters, roughly £27 per month. This price includes:
- FREE BU Swim Team hat with your membership
- Annual ASA membership affiliation to Poole Swimming Club
- All training costs
- Annual membership to Poole Swimming Club
- Five coached pool sessions a week
Key Events
BUCS Nationals short course competition (25 metre) - Friday 15th - Sunday 17th November 2019
BUCS Nationals long course competition (50 metre) - Friday 14th - Sunday 16 February 2020
Activities Awards - March
Sports Ball - May
More info in the events tab!
When and Where?
We train with Poole Swimming Club at the following times and venues:
Tuesday 21:00-22:00
Rossmore Leisure Centre: Herbert Ave, Poole BH12 4HR
Wednesday 14:00-15:30
Talbot Heath: Rothesay Rd, Bournemouth BH4 9NJ
Thursday 20:00-21:00
Talbot Heath: Rothesay Rd, Bournemouth BH4 9NJ
Saturdays 06:30-8:00
Dolphin Leisure Centre: Kingland Rd, Poole B15 1TN
Sunday 18:30-20:00
Talbot Heath: Rothesay, Bournemouth Rd BH4 9NJ
Note: During university holiday periods, swimming will be available but it will be un-coached so swimmers are encouraged to join with Poole SC Masters squads.
Meet the Committee
President: Lucy Castle
Communications: Ben Strover
Treasurer: Meghan Corby
Health & Safety: Lucy Farmer
Equipment & Events: Harriet Brocklehurst
Recent Events: 2018/2019 on the Swim Team
16/03/2019 - Society Swap with the Archery Society
So it turns out hand-eye co-ordination transfers quite well from swimming to archery, who'd have thought? We had a really great time with Archery today and we're really thankful for how welcome they made us feel!
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05/02/2019 - SUBU Refreshers Fair
Swimming is at the Refresher's fair today! Come sign up!
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02/02/2019 - Bag-packing at ASDA Castlepoint
The team returned to ASDA Castlepoint to raise money for our trip to Sheffield and to commit to our five-star criteria.
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09/01/2019 - Team Photos
Today was Team BU's Official team photo day. The whole team got together to take a serious and...slightly less serious photo.
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01/12/2018 - Society Swap with BU Climbing
We sent some of our swimmers to go try out bouldering with the Climbing Society at the Dolphin Project centre. We had a great time and were made very comfortable by our friends on that society!
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29/11/2018 - Gift Wrapping
The Swim Team showed up at the SUBU Building to participate in wrapping shoeboxes for the less fortunate!
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26/11/2018 - Band-Aid Christmas Song
The swim team got together to participate in a SUBU-video rendition of Band Aid's 'Feed the World' to help support those in need. High notes were definitely struck.
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09-11/11/2018 - BUCS Short Course
The first BUCS of the academic year happened this month. Lots of PBs accross the board and a crazy night in the Sheffield Hallam Student Union. A very successful weekend all-in-all.
