Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club

Welcome to Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club.

We are a small, friendly and enthusiastic swimming club based at Fleming Park Leisure Centre in Eastleigh but also with training sessions at other local pools in Hampshire.   Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club is inclusive to everyone with a range of training squads at all levels offering every swimmer the opportunity to achieve their full potential.

Eastleigh and Oaklands are justly proud of their Swim21 Accreditation and are committed to an ongoing improvement plan to ensure annual revalidation. As part of the Amateur Swimming Association's (ASA) aim to encourage swimming as a fitness-improving pastime, we at Eastleigh and Oaklands, offer swimmers and non-swimmers a range of training sessions starting with our Learn to Swim programme which has been developed in line with the ASA National Plan for Teaching Swimming (NPTS) and progressing to the competitive side of the Club. We have swimmers competing at County, Regional and National Championships.

Our coaching staff has over 20 years experience between them and hold Level 1 and Level 2 qualifications with the Head Coach being trained to Level 3 and who as a swimmer himself, achieved success at International level. He was part of Great Britain's bronze medal winning medley relay teams in the 1978 World Championships and the 1980 Olympics. Biathle (run, swim, run) is an event which has recently grown in popularity and a number of Eastleigh members have achieved success at national and international level, including representing Great Britain in the World Biathle Championships in 2007, 2008 and 2009.

Aims of Eastleigh and Oaklands Swimming Club

Our aim is to provide a safe, friendly environment where children and adults can develop their swimming skills to their full potential that will act as a sound base for their future sporting careers.

EOSC takes part in a multi-level competition program with the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), which endeavours to provide challenging, success-orientated, competitive opportunities for swimmers of all ages.The club emphasises competition with oneself. Winning medals or trophies is not the main goal. Even when a swimmer finishes first, but has swum poorly in comparison to their own past performances, the will be encouraged to do better. The individuals improvement is the primary objective.Sportsman like behaviour is of equal importance to improved performance. 

Respect for officials; congratulations to other competitiors; encouragement to other team mates; determined effort and mature attitudes are examples of the behaviour expected of EOSC swimmers.

Swimmers are taught to set realistic, yet challenging goals for meets/galas and to relate these goals to practice to direct their training efforts. Swimmers are perpared and encouraged to compete in all swimming events, distances and strokes. This policy promotes versatility and encourages the swimmer to explore their own potential in the wide range of events offered in competitive swimming. Often a swimmers "best" stroke changes as they mature and their body goes through physical changes.