Swimming
Play for fun | Join the club
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Play for fun
If you don’t fancy the commitment of joining a team, then come along to Active Campus Swimming where you can turn up and swim for fun.
Our friendly student activators will be on hand to welcome you and guide you through the session.
Join the club
Manchester Met Swimming is one of our performance sports, which provides an integrated pathway alongside the City of Manchester Swim team (CoMAST). This pathway is the first Swim England Performance Centre and is supported by British Swimming and British Para-Swimming.
BUCS level
The swim club competes in all BUCS competitions as well as hosting various external galas.
The team had a track record of success and have helped swimmers deliver at the highest level including Olympic finals, Paralympic Champions as well as medallists at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships, World University and European Championships.
The team is based at the Commonwealth Games facility in the city centre and is a Swim England Performance Centre. Man Met students in recent years have gone onto represent the country at major games level and the unique partnership between the University, The Swim Team and the City means that duel career pathways are strong and supported.
As a result of this partnership, the University Swim Team has moved from being outside the top 50 team at BUCS level, to a consistent top 5 in the last few years.
Programmes
Beacon Squad - Led by Head Coach Mark Rose. 24 hours of pool time plus access to a range of support services. Must be competing at British Championship, Trials level and above.
National Squad- Led by Matt Turner. 20 hours of pool time plus access to a range of support services. Must be competing at British Summer Nationals and above.
Man Met CoMast - Up to 15 hours of pool time per week and the opportunity to compete for the University.
Partners, links and pathways
British Para-Swimming
British Para Swimming have already agreed in principle to our Memorandum of Understanding and we are already working collaboratively.
British Swimming
We have been working with British Swimming to ensure that this fits both our programmes.
CoMAST
Elite level swimmers are invited to train with CoMAST whilst attending Manchester Met (up to 20 hours of training available a week).
Swim England
Swim England has agreed that the CoMAST / Manchester Met partnership is to become the first Swim England Performance Centre.
