Program Information

Our Royal Knight Academy is our new program replacing our Mini-Knight groups for swimmers ages 9 & under.  With 3 levels, swimmers can now join the program as early as passing Red Cross Level 1!  Class sizes are small, with 5-6 swimmers/coach in each course maximizing the attention your swimmer receives!  With coaches in the water for hands-on teaching, swimmers receive assistance with skills and the opportunity to practice and master these skills within arms reach of the coaches.

Pre-requisite for lowest group:

• Completed all preschool lessons or Swim For Life Swimmer 1
• Comfortable with head fully underwater
• Float in starfish on front and back for 3 seconds
• Flutter kick for 5m front/back with a kickboard
• Front swim for 5m

• RKA White
• RKA Red
• RKA Red/Black Combo
• RKA Black

Swimmers who can swim multiple 25s of front crawl and back stroke should look into our Development Program.

Our Development Program is our main precompetitive program for our 10 & under swimmers and an entry point for 11-13 year olds interested in competition.

Pre-requisites for Bronze:

• Passed RKA Black Group or in Swimmer 5
• 25m of freestyle (front crawl) and backstroke unassisted
• 4x25 freestyle @1:30
• At ease or comfortable in deep water

This program runs September to June, with special two week development camps through July and August available.  Competitions are encouraged through these groups.

Swimmers are divided into 3 groups based on their abilities and previous swim experience.

10&U Swimmers

• Bronze - 2x week
• Silver - 3x week
• Gold - 4x week

11-13 Swimmers

• Silver 11 - 3xweek
• Gold 11 - 4xweek

Weekend Groups for 11&U Swimmers.  Great for BCSSA swimmers!

• Weekend Bronze - Sat/Sun
• Weekend Silver - Sat/Sun
• Weekend Gold

Swimmers in these groups are working on all 4 competitive strokes and competitive skills.  They will attend both in-house competitions as well as local development meets with other local teams.

Surrey Knights Swim Club is a professionally-led, athlete-focused and parent-supported swim club, striving to provide opportunities to achieve excellence in life through swimming.

These groups serve a wide range of ages and abilities ranging from 10&U new competitive swimmers through to senior national level athletes.

Pre-requisites:

• Under 4mins 200IM
• Legal in all 4 competitive strokes
• Can do a racing start and flip turns

Groups from September through to July.  Swimmers are grouped by ages and abilities.

• Youth Regional - 11&U LMR
• Competitive 2 - 12&O LMR
• Competitive 1 - 13&O LMR Champs/3:00 200IM
• Youth Performance - 12&U LMR Champs/Divisional
• Junior Performance - 13-14 Divisional/12 Provincial
• Senior - 15&O Divisional
• High Performance Red - 13&Over Provincial
• High Performance Black - 15&Over Provincial and 14 year old Western Qualifiers

Our Community Fitness program is designed for swimmers 11 & Over swimmers who are looking to swim for non-competitive reasons, such as fitness, life guarding prep and cross training.

Prerequisites:

• Swimmer 7 or Youth Swimmer 3
• 100m front crawl, 50 backstroke, 50 breaststroke

New for 2024-25 Season: This is has now shifted to a sessional program.

Session 1: Sept-Dec

Session 2: Jan-Mar

Session 3: April-June

Guildford based workouts you can choose 1 or 2 days a week.  SSLC is two days per week.

This is programming for Adults that are swimming for fitness, competition or for cross training.

Pre-requisites:

• 16&Over (must be 18 to attend competitions)
• ability to swim 100m (4 lengths) front crawl continuously (Swim for Life Swimmer 6, Youth Swimmer 2/3, Adult Swimmer 2/3)

This program runs Sept-June, with July being optional.  You can either attend via a set monthly schedule, or purchase a drop in card for 10 swims.

Swimmers who are interested in attending swim competitions will be given the opportunity to attend them.

Outdoor Summer League

New program this season!  Our outdoor summer league start in July and runs for 6 weeks with 5 days a week (no weekends!). 

With two time slots available divided by age, there will be a small racing opportunities 1-3 times through the course of the camps.  This summer league is designed for swimmers who are able to swim 50m, up to 4mins in the 200IM.

Summer Camp Program

Summer Camps

Three 2-week Summer Camps sessions, running workouts 3 days a week at SSLC and Guildford.

10&U Camps - swimmer 5 & Up (25m front crawl and backstroke)

11&O Camps - swimmer 6 & Up (50m front crawl and backstroke)

Looking for a longer summer session with some racing?  Check out our summer league!

For 9&U swimmers between swimmer 1-4, please see out Royal Knights Academy Summer Sessions