About Us

The club is situated at Southern Cross Catholic College’s Scarborough campus, on Scarborough Road in Redcliffe. Next to the Primary campus at 297 Scarborough Road, you can’t miss it as you head north on Scarborough Road. If you get to Sunnyside Street, you’ve gone too far!

CLUB COMPETITION  

Southern Cross Saints club nights are held weekly on Thursday evenings commencing at 6pm sharp.  Admission is $3.00 per family.  

 

Swimmers must be accompanied by a responsible adult when attending any club activities and competitions.

 

Nominations close by 6pm the prior Monday. Swimmers who fail to nominate may be permitted to swim in a vacant lane, but please note NO SWIM TIMES WILL BE RECORDED or POINTS  ALLOCATED. Nominations can be made at the pool, by filling out the nomination form and dropping it in the Nominations Box.

 

Providing lanes are available, non-financial competitors may compete as visitors on two occasions only, however points will not be allocated until he/she becomes a financial member.

 

Events for the evening will commence at 6pm sharp, on the Referee's whistle. Marshalling will commence at 5.50pm.  Those events to be swum on a particular evening are listed in the Club Handbook.

 

SWIMMERS NEED NOT BE EXPERTS.  Swim distances start at 12.5 metres( quarter the length of the pool).  There are no “races” at Club Meets.  The first time a child swims, his/her time in each event is recorded as his/her best time, for which no points will be awarded.  If the swimmer has attended Club meets from the previous season, his/her “time” for the commencement of the current season will be his/her BEST time from the previous season.  As he/she swims faster in the following weeks this time becomes his/her best time.

 

Points are awarded for every swim – the better the time, the more points.  (The points scale is also set out in the Club Handbook – pg 9).  At the end of the season all the points are aggregated and trophies awarded.

 

From this it can be seen that the maximum number of points can be gained by swimmers who swim every week, swim in all events offered each meet and regularly improve their times.  In this way swimmers are encouraged to develop their own swimming ability and do not have to win ‘races’ to gain Club points.

 

The following attire is required of all swimmers:

Girls are required to wear an appropriate one piece swimming costume.

Boys are required to wear ‘racers’ and are not allowed to wear board shorts.

All swimmers must wear a cap while in the pool.  This is a school rule and cannot be varied.

 

Throughout the season, swimmers will be selected to represent the Southern Cross Swim Club at competitions. Selection will be based on personal best times set by the swimmers and the Head Coach’s discretion. Club swimmers wishing to nominate for outside swim meets, please check notice board for upcoming meets, visit the Meets page on website or ask a club official on club nights.