Crystal Open Meet is returning for 2026 and will take place on 7–8 March at Wolverhampton Leisure Centre. This popular Level 3 competition is a fantastic early‑season opportunity for swimmers to gain race experience, chase new PBs, and enjoy a full weekend of friendly competition. Our coaching team see the meet as a valuable stepping stone for athletes preparing for County, Regional, and National pathways later in the year. We look forward to seeing strong performances, enthusiastic support, and plenty of memorable swims across the weekend. Entries are now open,...

We're proud to announce a generous £500 donation from Stourbridge Rotary Club, that will fund vital equipment to support young deaf swimmers — including nine-year-old Ted York, a rising star who recently made his competitive debut with GB Deaf Swimming Club. Ted, who was born deaf and received cochlear implants at 18 months old, holds an S15 classification for swimmers with hearing impairments. His passion for swimming has flourished, and he competed at the GB Deaf national championships in April this year. Thanks to the Rotary Club’s donation, the club...

Heartiest congratulations to Olivia (Liv) Robins. It has been announced Wednesday that Liv has been selected by Team GB to participate at the Skopje 2025 Youth Olympics at the end of this month. Well done Liv wish we could be with you but all the best from all at Stourbridge .

Win Amazing Prizes While Supporting Local Swimming Talent Stourbridge Swimming Club is excited to announce our Summer Prize Draw, offering fantastic prizes while raising vital funds for our young swimmers. Incredible Prizes Up for Grabs Our generous local businesses have donated some wonderful prizes that you could be in with a chance of winning: Top Prizes: 1st Prize: Escape Hunt Worcester voucher for 4 people - Perfect for a fun family day out solving puzzles and mysteries! 2nd Prize: £50 voucher for The Crown At Iverley - Enjoy a delicious...

Congratulations to Bernard Simkins for having been awarded the Harold Fern Trophy for services to swimming. This is a Swim England prestigious award for services to swimming. Well done Bernard and well deserved. For the full story, please follow the link: https://www.swimming.org/swimengland/bernard-simkins-harold-fern-award-winner-2024/

We had a fantastic evening earlier this month celebrating all of our wonderful swimmers achievements at this years club championships! Over 170 members of our swimming community and their families attended the evening at Luxor Events, where everyone enjoyed a disco, fish and chip dinner, awards ceremony and raffle. Swimmers aged 9+ all came along to recieve their awards for their achievements at club championships where those who came in first, second or third place in each race were awarded a medal. It was a fantastic evening and it was...

Thanks to all of the fantastic swimmers who came along to this year's SToRMFORCE meet at WV Active Central, in Wolverhampton. Over 300 swimmers took part in the event across two days, challenging themselves, representing their clubs and achieving new personal best times, swimming a range of strokes and distances. Head Coach Lucy Walters said: "We've seen brilliant progress from everyone, and all of our members should be so proud of all that they continue to achieve. We were so pleased to see new faces joining and representing Stourbridge as...

Please help us raise funds! We are really pleased to announce that Stourbridge Swimming Club has been selected for the Tesco Stronger Starts (blue coin) Scheme. We will feature in Stourbridge Tesco from October to mid January plus a few smaller local Tesco stores (Oldswinford, Audnam and Lye). We are raising funds towards purchasing an underwater camera and tablet which will enable focused coaching for our swimmers, better equipping them to reach their full potential in the pool. We are guaranteed to be awarded £500. However this increases to £1,000...

This weekend club members and their families have enjoyed a brilliant afternoon at Cliff Lakes, Tamworth. Organised by the social committee, over 50 swimmers and their families took on the Aqua Park and much fun was had by all. Committee member, Gayle said: "knowing everyone loves their swimming this seemed like the perfect opportunity to get the squad together socially! It was fantastic to see the children and their families all enjoying themselves and having a great day out. "Our swimmers work incredibly hard and it was great for them...

It is with great sadness that we heard last week that one of our Life Members, Alan Bartlett, has passed away. Alan joined the club at a very young age, his father being a lifelong member of Stourbridge before him. He did a lot of work for the club and also for the County and Region. Even during his illness, he was still on hand to offer advice whenever we asked. There are not enough words to say how much Alan was appreciated by the club and how much he...