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Welcome to East Grinstead Swimming Club!


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Whether you simply want to keep fit whilst making new friends, or swim competitively and go all the way to national level, East Grinstead could be the club for you! EGSC is a local and expanding club which was founded in 1912. It is run by a committee of parents and all our coaches and teachers are ASA qualified.

WHY NOT COME & JOIN US? For an informal discussion, in the first instance, contact our membership secretary John Herbert, further details can be found on the joining EGSC tab from the home page.

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Hundred Years of Making a Splash -

article in East Grinstead Observer 2nd Feb 2012

IN 1911 a small public swimming pool was built in Brooklands Park, between Brooklands Way and West Hill. It was filled with spring water, with no changing rooms and no mixed bathing allowed.

A swimming group called the East Grinstead Water Rats had existed as far back as 1898. The men are pictured here in their baggy woollen costumes.

Water_Rats

 

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