Guildford City is continuing to support the local swimming community by offering our High Performance Stroke Clinics. The 90 minute Clinics are designed to give developing swimmers the opportunity to work on the fine details of their strokes. With our expert world class coaches in place we are able to provide exceptional education for young […]
News & Media
Mar 5th
Richard Garfield Announces Retirement
After 28 years at the helm, Richard Garfield will step back from the day-to-day management of Guildford City Swimming Club. The succession process started some time ago and the leadership reins will be passed in September 2025 to Chief Coach Lee Spindlow who has been with Guildford City since 2010. Having built one of the […]
Mar 4th
National Arena League Champions 2025!
Guildford City Swimming Club retained their National Arena League Championship title on Sunday 2 March 2025 in Cardiff coming out on top as the best swimming club in Britain. In a day of high drama that saw the lead change hands multiple times the Surrey club won by a very thin 4 points over closest […]
Oct 22nd
COACHING AND TEACHING VACANCIES AVAILABLE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION L2 TEACHER
Guildford City is the largest leading competitive swimming club in the Southeast of England and has been Junior Arena League National Champions for several years. We currently have several paid opportunities for Squad Lead Coaches to join our highly successful Academy, please see the Staff Recruitment Page for a list of the vacancies. Applicants would […]
Jul 24th
Matin Balsini at the Paris Olympics
Guildford City swimmer Matin Balsini will be competing for the IOC Refugee Team at the Paris Olympics. We are so proud of you Matin!Read the article published by the BBC here https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wvjlggk2po
Jul 8th
A Great Swimming Year !
Guildford City Swimming Club team honours have been auspicious this year. We continue to be one of the most successful clubs in Great Britain and this past year has only gone further to emphasize that fact National Arena League Champions – 2024 National Arena League Junior Champions –2023 National Arena League Southern Champions – 2005 […]
Mar 8th
National Champions 2024 !!!
https://www.gcsc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/b1af7283-8a8a-4d34-b389-849eff2d0dd2.mp4 Guildford City travelled to Cardiff Sunday 3 March to compete in the National Arena Swimming League Final against the top 10 swimming clubs from around the country. After a thrilling gala with the lead changing hands several times Guildford City proudly raised the trophy as CHAMPIONS!!! Final Results 1. Guildford City 382 2. Mount […]
Nov 13th
CITY MAKE NATIONAL ARENA SWIMMING LEAGUE HISTORY
In an unprecedented year a truly unprecedented competition took place on Saturday, 11 November at Spectrum. Guildford City is the first club in the National Arena League South history to have three teams competing in the Premiership and in round two all three teams competed against each other together with Woking, Rushmoor Royals and Chelmsford. […]
Jun 9th
New Sponsorship Deal
Guildford City Swimming Club are delighted to announce the signing of a new multi-year sponsorship agreement with local Guildford businesses, Kitkabin and Print My Kit. This continues the fantastic relationship the club has had over the years with Guildford based sports retailer Kitkabin. Print My Kit will be producing the new club kit at their […]
May 17th
RICHARD GARFIELD – 25 Years
Congratulations to our Director of Swimming, Richard Garfield, who celebrates 25 years as the Head of Guildford City Swimming Club this week! Under his watchful eye the Club has expanded from 160 to over 800 swimmers, been appointed a Swim England National Performance Centre, reigned as Surrey County Champions for 20 consecutive years, Southern National […]
