Welcome to Hallam Swimming!

Who are we?

Hallam Swimming is a very popular and successful sports team at Sheffield Hallam University, who cater to students with a range of abilities from Recreational swimmers to performance athletes competing at a National and even International standard, with several previous Olympians graduatiing from Hallam. 

Hallam Swimming is one of Team Hallam’s “Performance Sports”, meaning that the team benefits from increased investment for high performance athletes. In addition, the team is run in close partnership with City of Sheffield Swim Squad, ensuing access to world class facilities and high-quality coaching. This is offered both in the pool and in gym sessions at the Strength and Conditioning Suite.

Training

Recreational Squad 

This Recreational Swimming Society has been created by people who enjoy swimming and staying fit, for those who want to do the same. We will be holding weekly coached sessions at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre and will provide a mixture of different routines strokes, speeds and lengths to encourage a more varied and challenging workout than traditional lane swim. The group gets 2.5 hours of pool time (short course) a week with a choice of an evening session on Monday, a morning session on Wednesday, or both!

Please note that this is NOT a learn to swim class, but rather a relaxed coached class, building fitness and stroke improvement (however, all abilities are encouraged and welcomed).

if you're interested please contanct: shusocialswimmingsoc@outlook.com  

Hallam Squad

The Hallam Squad is our main group which caters to students who want to train to compete. Our competitive focus within the Hallam Squad is BUSL (British University Swim League), which we were crowned champions in 2019/20 and are reigning champions for 2023/24, in addition to BUCS, Varsity and other meets swimmers may qualify for. There is also additional sports science support including S&C, physio, nutrition and psychology available to all who purchase the Team Hallam Ultimate Membership, which we highly encourage all of our members to do, to make the most out of our status as a performance sport. 

The group gets 5 hours of pool time per week plus 3 x S&C and 2 x land based conditiong sessions provided by the professional coaches at Team Hallam, and additonal sets written by our coach for the athletes to complete in their own time, allowing them flexibility around their academic schedule. 

With capacity and logistics in mind, as much as we try to get as many people involved with the sport as possible, the Hallam Squad asks for swimmers to have reached county level competitively as a minimum. P.N, sessions highlighted in bold are long course.

Performance 1 & 2:

Run in partnership with City of Sheffield Swim Squad, P1 & P2 are our full-time performance programmes. These squads have a high-performance focus aimed at BUCS, British Champs and Summer Nationals. With 18 hours of pool time per week, there is also additional sports science support including S&C, physio, nutrition and psychology. These groups have a selection process and requires swimmers to have achieved or show potential to achieve 700 WA (FINA) points for Performance 2 and 800 WA points for Performance 1. Find further information regarding City of Sheffield Swim Squad here.

Performance 1                                                                                                         Performance 2

Monthly Fee: £149                                                                                                    Monthly Fee: £126

Note, sessions highlighted in bold are long course.

Socials

Both in and out of the pool, we are a close team. Every Wednesday we hold our weekly team socials as a joint group of both Recreational and Competitive Squads , each week with a different theme, it is a great way for the swimmers across all groups to get together and blow off some steam. Whether or not you're into going out, or have important competitions coming up, there are a range of events and activities including a number of sober socials and events, and occasional trips out to Heathersage Lido and the Peaks throughout the year, which allows all members to get involved. Other activities we have hosted include, laser tag, bowling, meals and trips to inflatable parks.

Where we train

Our home pool is Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, which is home to the British National Championships and other major swimming and sporting events. The 10 lane 50m pool allows us to train in an exceptional facility with a mixture of both SC and LC training and access to diving blocks and other technical equipment.

For our gym sessions, we have land circuit sessions at Hallam Active and Strength and Conditioning sessions are held at the Pearson Building on Collegiate campus. This is an exceptional facility provided by the university and in conjunction with the high-level coaches, allowing our athletes to reach their full potential.

Interested?

If you are interested in trying out to be part of Hallam Swimming, or have any questions, please get in touch with us via email. Tsh.swimming@gmail.com or shusocialswimmingsoc@outlook.com for recreational enquiries, Please also follow us on Instagram @HallamSwimming and @shu.social.swimming and Facebook to keep up to date with the team. For interest in City of Sheffield Swim Squad, please get in touch via email with Performance Coach Jack Moulton - jack.moulton@cosss.co.uk