About GBM
Greenwich Borough Mariners (formerly Woolwich Training and Swimming Club) is a long-established swimming Club with a proud history stretching back over many years. We are (and have been for over 50 years) one of the leading competitive swimming Clubs in the County of Kent and in the Greenwich borough area.
We are committed to providing the best in coaching and training facilities to enable all our swimmers to achieve their full potential. We therefore have a modern, progressive, structured training programme catering for all abilities, from Learn to Swim all the way up to Top and Masters Squads.
We currently have around 200 members of varying ages and abilities, ranging from our Learn to Swim through to a World Record Holder and a Senior GB International.
Our swimmers regularly qualify for the annual Kent County Championships where in 2009 we achieved 125 Top Six Places, 10 Event Best Performances, 1 Senior County Record and 2 BAGCAT winners and the ASA National Championships where 6 swimmers competed in 2009 where we had 6 finalists and 1 medallist. One of our swimmers also qualified and competed at the British Championships 25m Grand Prix 2009 where he got into the B Final of 100m Backstroke. Similarly, one of our swimmers also qualified and competed at the Beijing Paralympics 2008. Swimmers also take part in the London Borough of Greenwich Championships where in 2008 we achieved 153 Top Six Places. A number of our swimmers have also represented their schools at the Kent Schools Championships, London Schools Championships and the English Schools ASA National Championships.
Our most able swimmers compete in Division 1 of the prestigious National Swimming League (London Region), whilst our younger swimmers compete in Division 2 of the Kent Junior League and in Division 2 of the M11 Region of the National Junior Swimming League. GBM also takes part in various Inter-Club trophy galas and Open Meets throughout the year, to ensure that competition is available to all our swimmers at levels appropriate to their ages and abilities.
Our success has only been made possible by a dedicated team of qualified Swimming Coaches and Teachers headed by Gil Levy.
Implementing our success and excellent training by the coaches, GBM became Swim 21 accredited (a Club of Excellence) in 2005.
We believe our training fees to be very competitive in relation to the other major Clubs in South-East London that offer similar levels of water time and qualified coaching expertise.
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