The sport has spread all over the world and in the UK there are over 6,000 swimmers of masters age with over 400 clubs for masters. To see the full list of the top 12 Master Swimmers 2006 click here and for World Records 2008

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Kings Cormorant's Masters Swimming Club is for adult swimmers. Our training sessions are designed to improve our strokes, get fit and prepare for local, national and international competitions.

Sessions are held on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday evenings at King's College School Pool, 9-10pm and on Sunday mornings 8- 9am. Contact: christine@kcswimmingclub.org.uk

We regret that we currently have no places for new members but we can add you to our  waiting list. We do run a session for a fee on Mondays 8-9pm for those wanting to return to swimming and training. To join this you need to be a member of the Kings Sports Club run by Kings College School.

Details of other clubs in London can be found on the London Swimming website

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ADVICE ON COMPETING

After you feel you have mastered the strokes and want to put your skills to the test, you may wish to consider entering some competitions that are suitable for a new-comer to the sport. It is good practice to seek guidance from your coaches or fellow swimmers who will be able to advise you on whether you are ready for competitions and which events are the best to enter.

At Kings Cormorants, the coaches advise swimmers as to when they are ready to compete. We advise members to enter postal competitions, which are swum in your own pool, like the ASA half hour swim, and the BLDSA one-hour swim. These events are good training since they demand good technique and help to develop stamina. Members of your own club supervise and help, so the atmosphere is not intimidating, but there is a challenge, and there is also a list of the results, country wide, so one gets an idea of one's place in the scheme of things.

The next step we advise is to enter a local meet with other club members, where you can be a member of a relay team, or take part in a short race, 50 or 100 metres, and begin to learn the rules of the sport with the support of the rest of the team.

There are rules for strokes, turns, starts and competing, which can be downloaded from the ASA website http://www.britishswimming.org/vsite/vnavsi/page/
directory/0,10853,5157-183010-200228-nav-list,00.html.
Most clubs have some officials among their members who can assist with queries concerning disqualifications, legal turns, starts etc.

Details of forthcoming competitions are on the events page

Swimming stalled  this article from the United States Masters Swimming  site advises on what to do when you hit a swimming plateau

Better turns - Steve Parry's tips http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/swimming/
7552672.stm

 12 tips on how to swim successfully from one of the USA's top master swimmers look at http://www.aquaticedge.org/stepssuccess.htm

Legal swimwear FINA  brought in  new rules regarding costumes list of approved costumes

The Times 31st Oct- stretching before a workout may actually be detrimental to your performance for full article

Swimfit- provides stretching exercises for swimmers stretches

Sports Massage - treatments are available Fridays and Sundays at the King's Club contact Daire Brehan 07808 726877 or daire@brehan-therapies.co.uk

Kings Club - for details of other sports facilities at Kings go to www.sportkings.org