Welcome!

Welcome to Ringwood Seals Swimming Club! Our aim is to coach swimmers to achieve their potential in a competitive swimming environment but also in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. We want our swimmers to not only improve their skills but also to make new friends.

The Club has been in existence since 1928. Back then, swimmers trained in the River Avon! Fortunately, we now have the modern facilities of a heated 25m pool at Ringwood Health and Leisure Centre (Hampshire, UK). Ringwood Seals is independent of the Centre and is run entirely by volunteers: parents, former swimmers and enthusiasts. It has strong links with the Centre’s Swim Academy, local schools and other swimming clubs in the area.

The Club is affiliated to Swim England (formerly known as the ASA). Training is supervised by qualified teachers and is geared towards achieving stamina, speed and good technique. Swimmers are grouped according to ability rather than age. Training takes place on Tuesday and Friday evenings and on Sunday mornings. We accept swimmers from age 5 and upwards and aim to give them all the skills and techniques they need to make them good, competitive swimmers. We have a thriving club with swimmers all regularly taking part in galas and local league meetings.


Introducing Anne: Local Hero

Anne Nugent is the Director of Swimming at Ringwood Seals Swimming Club. With her inspirational outlook and devotion to helping others, Anne was the regional finalist for the prestigious BBC Unsung Hero Award in 2011’s Sports Personality of the Year. She was also selected to carry the Olympic torch through Christchurch. This short film, shown on BBC’s “South Today”, introduces Anne and shows the older Seals in action.

We are always pleased to hear from new swimmers so if you are interested in joining our Club please have a look at the Joining page or contact Anne directly.


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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF RINGWOOD SEALS

Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of Ringwood SEALS will be held at 7pm on Friday 8 November at the Freedom Cafe, Ringwood Health & Leisure, Parsonage Barn Lane, Ringwood, BH24 1PX to conduct the following business:

  1. to receive the Chairperson’s report of the activities of the Club for the year ended 31 December 2023;
  2. to receive and consider the Club’s accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023 and the report on the accounts of the independent examiner of the Club and the Treasurer’s report on the financial position of the Club;
  3. to remove and elect the independent examiner (who must not be a member of the Committee or a member of the family of a member of the Committee) or confirm that he/she remain in office; 
  4. to elect the Executive Officers and other members of the Committee;
  5. to decide on any resolution which may be duly submitted in accordance with Rule 9.6;
  6. to elect or reaffirm the Custodians of the Club.

Nominations for election of members to any office (Chairperson, Treasurer or Secretary) or for membership of the Committee shall be made in writing by the proposer and seconder to the Secretary (Diana du Luart) not later than 21 days prior to the published date of the meeting (18 October 2024)

Both proposer and seconder must be a fully paid member of the Club and Swim England at the time of nomination. The nominee shall be required to indicate in writing on the nomination form (see link below) his/her willingness to stand for election. 

Any member shall be entitled to put any proposal for consideration at an Annual General Meeting provided the proposal in writing is received by Secretary (Diana du Luart) not later than 21 days prior to the published date of the meeting

No less than 14 days before the published meeting date, together with the resolutions to be proposed, a list of the nominees for the Committee posts and a copy of the examined accounts will be circulated to all Club members.

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