About
Welcome to Stroud Masters. We’re a friendly, open, and inclusive club.
Swimming in Stroud
We welcome everyone, whether you swim for fitness or competition, and whether that’s in the pool (most of the time), lake or sea. We simply ask that you are at least 18 years of age and can achieve the following standard:
- 8 * 100 metres frontcrawl on 3 1/2 minute intervals
- The 3 1/2 minute interval should include the 100 metres swim and associated recovery time (e.g. 2 minutes 45 seconds swimming, with 45 seconds recovery)
- The 3 1/2 minute interval should be repeatable for a total of 8 intervals.
Our pools are 20 and 25 metres long. If you’d like to join us but are unable to meet our minimum standard, please still speak to us as we have aquatic friends far and wide who may be able to help. As a basic requirement for swimming, you will need to wear a standard swimming outfit e.g. costumer or shorts/trunks and use swimming googles. It is advisable to also wear a swim hat.
If you have a disability – and we understand not all disabilities are visible – where we can, we are happy to adapt our sessions or slip you in with swimmers who swim at your pace. To help us help you, please discuss any additional needs you may have when making contact.
Your Coaches
We have Tuesday evening and Sunday morning sessions that are facilitated on poolside by club members, who volunteer to prepare and lead swim sessions. We also have three early morning sessions, which are pool-led. All swim sessions are covered by lifeguards.
See Training for our training times and venues. And Coaches for our session leaders.
Your fees
Annual membership of the club in 2026 is £55. Second claim members will receive a 50% discount and pay £27.50 for membership. For competitive swimmers (Cat 2), there will also be a £10 per year fee on top of the membership fee. Our membership form can be found in the Documents section. The membership fee is made up of Swim England and club fees. We hate to exclude anyone, so please do speak to us if you’re worried about your financial situation and you really want to get wet and join us but feel you can’t.
We don’t change our session fees often, but occasionally things outside our control mean that we have to. At all of our sessions you can pay-as-you-go (aka our occasional swim fee), or monthly, either as a once-a-week swim, twice-a-week swim, or three times-a-week swim. This reduces the price slightly, but due to pool costs it does mean you can’t carry over unused sessions into the following week. More on our sessions, including times, can be found in our Sessions section.
Your Committee
No club can run without its committee, and our club is no different. Where we are different is that we are all swimmers, so it’s rare for one or more of us not to be at a session. If you would like to speak to one of us, please do so (but maybe not in the middle of our set!).