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Rykneld Swimming Club runs four programme strands: Learn to Swim lessons, Competitive Swimming squads, Artistic (synchronised) Swimming squads, and Masters Swimming for over-18s. The club states it currently has spaces in its Learn to Swim programme and capacity in its squads, so the practical next step for most families is to register interest rather than wait for a formal enrolment window.

The four programmes at a glance

Learn to Swim

This is the entry point and the only strand the club explicitly flags as having open spaces. Teaching is delivered by the club's own teachers rather than outsourced, and the programme sits alongside the competitive pathway, so a child who progresses can move into squads without changing clubs.

If you are starting from zero, this is the programme to ask about first. The site does not publish lesson times, fees or venue details for Learn to Swim, so those specifics need to come from the club directly.

Competitive Swimming

The competitive side is organised into squads with named coaches. The website supports it with:

• Squad times and a calendar of events
• Upcoming competitions, plus a parents' guide to open meets
• Your swimmer's times, swimming times conversions, and disqualification codes
• Guidance on the different types of swimming events

That combination matters if you are weighing up clubs: published times, conversion tools and disqualification codes are the things parents actually use during a season, and their presence suggests a squad set up for regular competition rather than casual training.

Artistic Swimming

Artistic (synchronised) swimming is treated as a full programme, not a side activity — it has its own squads and its own coaches. The club's history supports this: it was founded in 1971 with the goal of promoting both swimming teaching and synchronised swimming, so the artistic strand is part of its original purpose.

The club asks that anyone interested in artistic swimming contact it through a separate message route rather than the general interest form, so use that channel if this is your focus.

Masters Swimming

Masters is for adults over 18, and the club frames it around returning to swimming rather than competing at a set level. The site gives no session times or eligibility standards beyond the age threshold, so adults should ask what a typical session involves before committing.

How to register interest

The club directs prospective members to a short online form: you provide a few details, and someone from the club gets in touch. The same page carries a separate contact route for artistic swimming.

Two things to keep in mind:

• Availability is stated, not guaranteed. "Spaces" and "capacity" reflect the site's current wording; confirm your specific age group or squad level when the club responds.
• Practical details are not on the homepage. Fees, term dates, trial sessions and the exact pool schedule at Sharley Park Leisure Centre in Clay Cross are not published there, so raise them in your reply.

The site also links to welfare contacts and a welfare concern reporting route, which is worth knowing about before your swimmer starts.

To register interest in joining Rykneld Swimming Club, use the quick online interest form linked from the club's homepage and provide a few details; someone from the club will then get in touch. The club states it currently has spaces in its Learn to Swim programme and capacity in its squads. If your interest is in artistic (synchronised) swimming, the club asks you to message it through a separate contact route instead.

Before You Start

• Check the programme fits. Rykneld offers Learn to Swim, Competitive Swimming squads, Artistic Swimming (including its own squads and coaches), and Masters Swimming for over-18s. The interest form is the general route; artistic swimming has its own contact link.
• Have your details ready. The form asks for "a few details" so the club can respond — expect to give basic contact information and the programme you're interested in.
• No account needed. The form is described as quick and is separate from the site's member login area, so you don't need to log in to register interest.

Step by Step

1. Open the club homepage at rykneldsc.swimclubmanager.uk.
2. Find the interest form link. The homepage text explains the club has spaces in Learn to Swim and capacity in its squads, then links to a quick form to "register your interest and give us a few details."
3. Complete and submit the form with your details and the programme you want.
4. Wait for contact. The club says "someone will be in touch" — the form is an enquiry route, not an instant enrolment.
5. For artistic swimming, use the separate link. The homepage directs artistic (synchronised) swimming enquiries to a dedicated message link rather than the general form.

Expected result: your interest is logged with the club and a representative follows up to discuss next steps.

Common Snags

• Using the general form for artistic swimming. The club provides a distinct contact route for artistic swimming; using it avoids your enquiry going to the wrong place.
• Expecting immediate confirmation. The form registers interest only — placement in a programme is arranged through the follow-up contact.
• Looking for prices or schedules first. The homepage doesn't list fees; squad times and the events calendar are separate pages, and cost details would come from the club directly.

If You're Not Sure Which Programme

For anything unclear, the site also lists committee and contact details under its Contact us section.

Rykneld Swimming Club is based at Sharley Park Leisure Centre in Clay Cross, and its website provides three main ways to get in touch: a general "Contact us" page, a committee contacts page, and dedicated welfare contacts for safeguarding concerns. Venue and direction details sit under "How to find us." The club also uses Heja and SwimClub Manager for communications and membership, and directs joiners to a short online interest form rather than publishing a single general email address.

Contact routes on the club website

The site's navigation lists these contact-related pages:

• Contact us – the general enquiry route.
• Our committee / Contacts – named committee roles and their contact details.
• How to find us – location and directions to the training venue.
• Safeguarding & Welfare → Welfare contacts – the route for welfare matters.
• Report a welfare concern – a prominent link on the homepage for raising a safeguarding or welfare issue directly.

For joining enquiries, the homepage asks prospective members to complete a quick registration-of-interest form with a few details, after which "someone will be in touch." If the interest is artistic (synchronised) swimming, the club asks you to message it through a separate link on the same page.

Which route to use

Where the club trains

The homepage states the club was established in 1971 at Sharley Park Leisure Centre in Clay Cross, which is the venue referenced for its swimming activity. For practical travel details, use the "How to find us" page in the site navigation; the homepage excerpt does not reproduce the address or directions, so check that page before travelling.

Welfare and safeguarding contacts

Safeguarding has its own section of the site rather than sitting under general enquiries. It contains a welfare contacts page and a link to report a welfare concern. If your query concerns the conduct of a coach, another member, or a child's wellbeing, use these routes rather than the general contact page — the club separates them deliberately.

Communications and membership systems

The site references two platforms:

• Heja – listed in the main navigation, used for club communications.
• SwimClub Manager – the membership management system that powers the site; the footer and a navigation link both reference it, and the site includes Login and Logout links plus a Dashboard entry, indicating a members' area behind a login.

Existing members who need account help should raise it through the committee contacts rather than the joining form.

What the site covers beyond contact details

The navigation also covers Learn to Swim, squad swimming with squad times and coaches, a calendar of events, upcoming competitions, a parents' guide to open meets, swimmers' times, disqualification codes and time conversions, equipment and swimwear, artistic swimming, Masters swimming for over-18s, and finance and policies including kit orders. News and awards include a DASA International Award (February 2025) and East Midlands Club of the Year 2025.

The homepage notes the club has spaces in its Learn to Swim programme and capacity in its squads, so a joining enquiry is worth making if that is your aim.

The Rykneld Swimming Club site gathers its competition and swimmer resources under a single navigation menu, so families can move from a meet listing to a time conversion or a disqualification code without leaving the site. The most useful pages for competitive swimmers are Upcoming Competitions, the Parents' Guide to Open Meets, Your Swimmers' Times, Disqualification Codes, Swimming Times Conversions, the Calendar of events, and Squad times. These are aimed at members and parents preparing for meets; the site does not publish entry fees, closing dates, or results in the excerpt available, so those details still need to come from the club or the meet organiser.

Upcoming competitions and the open meets guide

The site lists Upcoming Competitions as a menu item, which is the starting point for finding what meets are on the club's radar. Alongside it sits the Parents' Guide to Open Meets, a page written for parents who are new to the open meet format.

Open meets differ from club galas: swimmers enter as individuals, events are usually grouped by age, and results feed into official times. The guide is the place to check before a first entry, because it explains the format rather than a specific fixture. For the actual fixture list, dates, and entry instructions, use the Upcoming Competitions page and confirm with the club, since the site excerpt does not reproduce the listings.

Swimmer times, disqualification codes, and conversions

Three pages form a small toolkit for reading and using a swimmer's results:

• Your Swimmers' Times — the record of a swimmer's own results, the reference point for tracking progress and checking entry eligibility.
• Disqualification Codes — explains what the codes on a results sheet mean, so a "DQ" entry can be understood rather than just noticed.
• Swimming Times Conversions — converts times between short course (25m) and long course (50m), which matters when a meet is held in a pool of a different length from the one where a time was swum.

A practical example: a swimmer with a short course 100m freestyle time wants to enter a long course open meet with a qualifying time. The conversion page gives an approximate long course equivalent, and the swimmer's times page confirms the original mark. Conversions are estimates, not official qualifying times, so the meet's own conditions still govern entry.

Calendar, squad times, and event types

The Calendar of events and Squad times pages cover the weekly and seasonal schedule. Squad times tell a swimmer which sessions apply to their group; the calendar shows what else is happening, including competitions. A separate page, What are the Different Types of Swimming Events?, explains event formats, which helps when reading a meet programme or choosing entries.

For artistic (synchronised) swimming, the site has its own section with Artistic Swimming and Artistic Swimming Coaches pages, so competitive artistic swimmers should look there rather than in the squad swimming pages.

What the site does not provide

The excerpt shows navigation and page titles, not the contents of the competition pages. Entry deadlines, fees, travel arrangements, and results are not confirmed there. The club directs general enquiries through its contact and registration-interest routes, and the site also carries a welfare reporting link. For anything time-critical before a meet, contact the club directly rather than relying on the website alone.

Rykneld Swimming Club is a Derbyshire club, established in 1971 at Sharley Park Leisure Centre in Clay Cross, that teaches swimming and artistic (synchronised) swimming and runs competitive squads. Its website at rykneldsc.swimclubmanager.uk is the club's public information and member hub: it explains what the club offers, lists contacts and committee members, publishes squad times and an events calendar, and gives parents and swimmers guidance on competitions, times and kit. The site is built on SwimClub Manager, and parts of it sit behind a login.

What the club offers

The homepage sets out four routes into the club:

• Learn to Swim — the teaching programme, which the club says currently has spaces.
• Artistic Swimming — synchronised swimming, with its own coaches and a separate contact route.
• Competitive Swimming — squad swimming, with published squad times and coaches; the club says its squads also have capacity.
• Masters Swimming — for over-18s who want to get back into swimming.

The club began with the goal of promoting the teaching of swimming and synchronised swimming, and both strands still run today. It also notes recent recognition: a DASA International Award in February 2025 and East Midlands Club of the Year 2025.

What the website covers

The navigation reflects a club site rather than a single landing page. Sections visible on the homepage include:

There is also a prominent route to report a welfare concern, and a login/dashboard area for members.

How to join or make contact

The homepage gives a direct next step: fill in a short registration-of-interest form with a few details and someone from the club will be in touch. If you are interested in artistic swimming specifically, the site directs you to message the club through a separate link. For general enquiries, the Contact us and How to find us pages are the starting points.

Practical points to know before you use the site

• Some content requires an account. The site shows Login, Dashboard and Logout links, so member-specific areas such as swimmer times or kit ordering may sit behind a login. The homepage does not state costs or membership fees, so treat pricing as something to confirm with the club directly rather than assume.
• Squad times and the events calendar are the pages to check first if you are comparing the club against another for a specific swimmer — they tell you whether training schedules fit your week.
• The competitions section is aimed at parents new to open meets, with a parents' guide, disqualification codes and time conversions, which is useful if your swimmer is moving from lessons into competing.
• Welfare is handled visibly. Contacts and a reporting route are published, which matters if you are choosing a club for a child.

If your goal is simply to find out whether the club has a place for you, the registration-of-interest form is the fastest route; if you want to understand the club's structure and standards first, read the committee, safeguarding and squad pages before making contact.