ORCA Swimming Club

A reminder – no training on the following dates:

Join us for our 10 Year ORCA Party — a brilliant night for swimmers, parents, family & friends.

Grab your tickets here before they disappear faster than a 50m sprint:
👉 orca-shop

Parents, swimmers, grandparents, supporters… everyone is welcome.

The more the merrier! 🎉

**Entries are now open**

All the info you need is on the link below, including the online entry system. You will enter & pay directly with Wigan and not ORCA.

If you need a time for your entries, then please get these arranged asap at training.

You must be ‘Swim to Compete’ to be able to race.

This meet is NOT 1st come 1st served but could be oversubscribed as is very popular.

Wigan SC One day Summer Sizzler Meet 2026

We are incredibly excited to share that ORCA Swimming Club is turning 10!

What an amazing milestone for our club — ten years of personal bests, county qualifiers, team spirit, lifelong friendships and plenty of poolside memories.

Please save the date: Saturday 25 April 2026.

We’re planning a fantastic evening to mark the occasion and bring our whole ORCA family together — swimmers past and present, parents, officials and supporters. It promises to be a brilliant celebration of everything our club has achieved over the last decade.

Tickets will be on sale soon, and we’ll share full details shortly — so keep an eye on your inbox and our social channels.

We would like to share an important Club update with you all, regarding our Head Coach, Dave Rees.

After 6 incredible years with ORCA, Dave will be stepping away from his role as Head Coach.

Dave joined us at the height of Covid, a time when many community clubs struggled. ORCA thrived, growing year on year and this is in no small part down to Dave’s influence and leadership as Head Coach.

Dave will be with us as Head Coach up to August which has been agreed to allow Dave & the Exec Committee time to plan for his succession.

As a Club, we are in an incredible position, particularly with the depth of our current coaching team and the number of Level 2 qualified coaches that we retain

It is because of these strong foundations Dave has helped build that the time feels right to appoint a new Head Coach for the future of ORCA.

Dave has been a hugely valued part of ORCA for the past 6 years, we are incredibly grateful for his dedication, commitment, and the positive influence he has had on swimmers at our Club. We look forward to a new chapter for both the Club and Dave.

Many people will be familiar with seeing Dave poolside, however Dave has put an incredible amount of time in behind the scenes and with his fundraising efforts for our Club.

Over the coming months, the Exec Committee will begin the process of appointing a new Head Coach. Our focus will be on ensuring a smooth transition and maintaining the supportive, high-quality coaching environment for our ORCA families.

We thank Dave for everything he has, and continues to do, for the Club. We also look forward to welcoming him as a swimmer to our Masters squad where Dave is keen to compete again (He was once accused of being pretty good).

This will no doubt come as a surprise to many and we will endeavour to  keep everyone updated as plans develop.

This is a reminder that membership renewal forms and payment must be completed by 1 February 2026 to ensure continuous membership.

Failure to renew by this date will result in a lapse in membership.

If you have already completed your renewal, thank you ✅

If not, please ensure this is done by the deadline.

Should you have any questions or require assistance, please contact our membership secretary – Elaine – orcamembership@orcaswimming.club