ORCA Swimming Club

Training will restart on Saturday 6th January 2024

Please remember to complete your 2024 membership renewal

As we enter into the 2024 gala season – we already have the entry details for the BCM Open meeting for March 2024.

This is a starter open meeting – any swimmer that is 9 years old on the 24th March 2024 can enter – as long as they are not faster than the times shown.

As a competitive seimming club, we would like to encourage as many swimmers to take part in Open galas this year, and as more as the restrictions on galas have now eased we are hoping for more local galas to run this year with less travel involved.

If this is your first gala and dont have any official times yet, if you competed in the ORCA Christmas Club Champsionships, we can use those times – otherwise please ask one of the coaches to do a timing set during training and you can use those times. If you only have a 50M time and want to enter a 100M race – we can convert them for you.

To enter the gala, you will have needed to complete your 2024 ORCA membership and requested a CAT 2 / Swim to Complete membership. If you have renewed your membership with a CAT 1 / Swim to Train and wish to compete, please let us know and we cam upgrade the membership before the gala.

Gala – BCM SWPA Spring Meet 2024

PLEASE COULD WE ASK FOR ALL THOSE ENTERING THE CHRISTMAS CLUB CHAMPS TO COMPLETE THEIR ENTRY BY 9th DECEMBER : Entry form on the Galas, Christmas Club Champs page and the link below.

We would like ALL swimmers to enter AS MANY races as they can – and there will be some relays and game races.

ORCA Christmas Club Champs – 2023

ORCA have been looking into options to increase training / pool time for the swimmers.

Please could I ask you if you could complete the survey below to let us know if you would be interested in doing a Friday session 8:00 to 9:00 PM in the Oldham area.

We encourage as many swimmers able to complete to enter this gala. If you are unsure, please talk to Dave or Charlotte before entering the gala.

GALA – Blackpool Lights 2023

ORCA are pleased to announce the introduction of Group 3 Training.

Group 3 will start in October and introuduces 2 hour training sessions on Monday and / or Saturday.

Moving to Group 3 is open to all existing Group 2 members, with the agreement of the Head Coach only – due to limitation in the numbers that we can open this up to.

WE WILL NOT BE OFFERING GROUP 3 SESSIONS ON A THURSDAY – yet.

If you wish to take up Group 3 training sessions you will need to :

>> AGREE a slot with the Head Coach

>> Modify your Standing Orders – each session will cost an additional £4.50 per month (i.e. Mondays OR Saturdays will increase monthly fees by £4.50 – addinb BOTH sessions will be an additional £9.00 per month)

>> Trainin sessions will be

>>>> MONDAY : 7:00PM to 9:00PM

>>>> SATURDAY : 3:15PM to 5:15PM

This now allows ORCA to offer up to 5 hours of training per week to competitive swimmers.

Group 1 and Group 2 sessions are unaffected, MONTHLY fees will be as below :

Group 1 and Group 2

>> £15 : Advance Trainers

>> £25 : One session per week

>> £30 : Two session per week

>> £35 : Three session per week

Group 3 – One Group 3 Session per week

>> £19.50 : Advance Trainers

>> £29.50 : One session per week

>> £34.50 : Two session per week

>> £39.50 : Three session per week

Group 3 – Both Group 3 Session per week

>> N/A Advance Trainers (Advance Traininers only allowed to train one session per week)

>> N/A : One session per week

>> £39 : Two session per week

>> £44 : Three session per week

The programme for the Wigan gala will not be a paper copy this year. It is available on the BCM website here.

http://bcmswpa.org.uk/

Navigate to Open Meets and you will see the programme on the website.

Warm up times Saturday
Session 1
8.15-8.29am – Girls & Boys age 9-10
8.29-8.43am – Girls age 11-12
8.43-8.57am – Girls age 13+ & Boys age 14+
8.57-9.11am – Boys age 11-13
Racing from 9.15am

Session 2
1.00-1.14pm – Girls age 9-12
1.14-1.28pm – Girls age 13-14
1.28-1.42pm – Girls age 15+ & Boys age 14+
1.42-1.56pm – Boys age 9-13
Racing from 2.00pm The last 5 mins of each warm up
will have dive lanes in 1-3 & 6-8

Warm up times Sunday
Session 3
8.15-8.29am – Girls age 11-12
8.29-8.43am – Girls age 13+
8.43-8.57am – Girls & Boys age 9-10
8.57-9.11am – Boys age 11+
Racing from 9.15am

Session 4
1.00-1.14pm – Boys age 9-12
1.14-1.28pm – Boys age 13+
1.28-1.42pm – Girls age 9-12
1.42-1.56pm – Girls age 13+
Racing from 2.00pm The last 5 mins of each warm up
will have dive lanes in 1-3 & 6-8