Gladstone South Swimming Club

Gladstone South Swimming Club would like to extend a massive thank
you to Rio Tinto Gladstone and Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL) through their Dollars for
Doers program for their generous donation to our club.

Thanks to this support, we have been able to purchase a new printer for the club!

While it might not be the most glamorous piece of equipment, our new printer will make a big difference behind the scenes helping with
club administration, meet programs, certificates, communications and so much more.

We are incredibly grateful for QAL's support of our club and for programs like Dollars for Doers, which help local community organisations thrive.

☀️ Learn to Swim enrolments are NOW OPEN! ☀️

With the warmer weather on the way, now is the perfect time to get your little swimmers back in the pool and building their confidence, skills and safety in the water.

Our Gladstone Learn to Swim Program caters for a range of ages and abilities – from children just starting their swimming journey through to swimmers ready to develop stronger skills and technique.

✨ Why Learn to Swim?
💦 Build confidence in and around the water
🏊 Develop essential swimming and water safety skills
⭐ Progress through skills at their own pace
😊 Learn in a fun and supportive environment

Whether your child has never had swimming lessons before, has had a break from lessons, or is ready to continue building their skills, we’d love to welcome your family to our Gladstone program.

📅 Starting Monday 31st August
📍 John Dahl Pool (Opposite Duck Ponds)

Spaces are available but limited – we would love to see plenty of new faces joining us this summer and welcome those back who are already part of our learn to swim family☀️

📧 Enrol or enquire: [email protected]

Help us spread the word! Tag a family who might be looking for swimming lessons this summer season.

☀️ SUMMER IS COMING! ☀️

Kick off the swimming season the right way with our Intensive Swimming Weeks! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Our intensive program is a great way to boost swimming skills and confidence with daily lessons across the week. Back to back lessons help swimmers build on their skills each day, progress faster and feel more confident in the water.

Not currently enrolled in weekly swimming lessons? No problem! Our Intensive Swimming Weeks are also a great option for families who can’t commit to lessons throughout the year, but still want their children to build important swimming skills during the school holidays.

Choose one week or join us for both. Whatever works best for your family!

** All levels & abilities welcome

📅 September Intensives
21–25 September
28 September–2 October

📅 January Intensives
11–15 January
18–22 January

📧 Enrol now: [email protected]

Get summer-ready and build confidence in the water! ☀️

Gladstone South Swimming Club A fantastic family friendly swimming club

We are very proud to announce that Emily Goodwin has been selected to represent Queensland at the 2026 Tilly Cup!

Next month Emily will travel to the Gold Coast to compete for her selected team.

The Tilly Cup is a prestigious competition hosted by Swimming Queensland, bringing together Queensland’s top young swimmers aged 13–16 with a focus on promoting teamwork, coach development and strengthening the overall swimming culture within Queensland. This program offers emerging swimmers and coaches the opportunity to gain elite-level experience and prepare for future state and national teams.

Congratulations Emily and Coach Adam, we are very proud of you both and so excited for you Emily!! Good luck but most importantly enjoy this wonderful experience.

🎉 Happy Birthday to our wonderful Coach Beccy! 🥳

Today we’re celebrating someone who gives so much to our swimmers and our club.

Beccy, thank you for the time, energy and heart you put into everything you do. For the encouragement on the tough days, the excitement when things go right, and for always believing in our swimmers and instructors and helping them become the best they can be, both in and out of the pool.

We’re incredibly lucky to have you as part of our club, and we hope today you feel just how appreciated you are by our whole swimming family.

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, Beccy! We hope you’re thoroughly spoilt and have a fantastic day.

Happy Birthday from all of us!

❤️ Please share the birthday love and send coach Beccy a message below ❤️

💥 CLUB NIGHTS ARE NEARLY HERE 💥

It’s nearly time for our Wednesday evening club nights to start. The first one is on Wednesday 2nd September.

Please make sure your membership is up to date to enable your swimmer to participate.

For any of our new members there will be an email sent (about a week prior) with information on how to nominate etc

If you are not yet part of a club contact us today on [email protected] and find out why we are the largest club in Central QLD.

‼️ PLEASE NOTE: Even our learn to swim members can come and enjoy this family friendly night. We have our senior swimmers on standby to give them some help and encouragement ‼️

Calliope is running a swim camp in the school holidays before their season kicks off.

This is a fantastic opportunity for any squad swimmer.

Open to all our Calliope and Gladstone squads.

If you are interested please email [email protected]

💥 CALLIOPE SWIM CAMP 💥

SQUAD INTENSIVE WEEK

We are excited to be planning a special Calliope Swim Camp during the second week of the September school holidays!

This will be a 5-day squad intensive, giving swimmers a fantastic opportunity to get back in the pool, build fitness and sharpen their skills before regular squad training kicks off the following week.

📅 Monday 28 September – Friday 2 October
⏱️ 5 x 1-hour sessions
🕐 Time: TBC – likely 1:00pm or 2:00pm
🏊 🏊‍♀️Open to: Any of our Transition, Junior, Intermediate & Senior squad swimmers from either our Calliope or Gladstone pools

All squad levels will come together for this special intensive week, making it a great way to get a head start on the new squad term after the school holidays.

📣 At this stage, we’re gauging interest!

If your swimmer would be keen to take part in the Calliope Swim Camp, please send us an email at [email protected] with the name/s of the swimmer/s who would be attending.

We’d love to see a great group of swimmers on deck for our first Calliope Swim Camp!

💥 Sponsorship Shoutout 💥

We want to take a moment to give a very special shout out to Glo Juice Gladstone and say a genuine thank you for the support they have shown our club.

Since taking over the business, they have been incredibly generous supporters of our club. Not only have they provided financial support and meals at club night, they also purchased a BBQ for the club.

For a small local business to put their hand up and support a local sporting club like ours really does mean a lot. Small businesses work incredibly hard, and when they choose to give back to their community, we think that deserves to be recognised and supported in return.

So, from everyone at the club, thank you GLO Juice. We genuinely appreciate everything you have done for us and are very grateful to have you as part of our club community.

If you’re out and about, please remember to support the local businesses that support us. Pop in, grab a juice and an absolutely delicious meal (hint: go the pumpkin salad 🤤) and show GLO Juice some love!