Guides for UK swimming clubs
Practical guides for swimming club committees, treasurers, welfare officers, coaches, meet secretaries and parents.
Committees and treasurers
- Swim England's new membership system: what clubs should check
Swim England's new membership system replaces OMS from 20 October 2026. What changes, what does not, and what a club committee should check now.
Welfare officers
- DBS renewals in a swimming club: how to stop them lapsing
How often swimming club DBS checks must be renewed in England, Wales and Scotland, why they lapse, and a simple system to stop it happening. - Squad WhatsApp groups and safeguarding
Why squad WhatsApp groups create safeguarding and data protection problems for swimming clubs, and what good club communication looks like instead.
Meet secretaries
- Hy-Tek meet files explained for meet secretaries
A plain guide for meet secretaries to Hy-Tek meet event files (.ev3, .hyv), entry files (.hy3, .cl2) and results files, and what to check.
Parents
- Your child's first swimming gala: a parent's guide
What happens at a swimming gala, what to pack, what to expect on the day and after, explained for parents whose child is racing for the first time.
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