Ten years ago, one our coaches, Kim McConville left South Ayrshire Swim Team and returned to her home in Perth Australia. Kim had been involved for 14 years with South Ayrshire Swim Team through her children, Eilidh, Finn and Rory all swimming with the team and as a coach of Prestwick Development Squad, Junior squad at the time and was one of the initial coaches with the Para squad. Before she left, she arranged to have a trophy awarded to a swimmer in one of the Development Squads who has...

Congratulations to the following swimmers for being selected on to Scottish Swimming's Squad Programme for the 2025/2026 season: National Senior Squad Charlotte Hardy (also Millfield) National Youth Academy Jasper B Gracie H Cameron M National Junior Academy Sophie A Jamie P Aidan O Felix B Lewis R Max C National Disability Squad Emma I Cerys M Rachel H Christian H Nicole M The swimmers have been selected due to their performances across the 2024/2025 season, and will take part in a number of different training days during the season. We...

Congratulations to the following swimmers for being selected on to Scottish Swimming's Squad Programme for the 2024/2025 season: National Senior Academy Charlotte Hardy (also Millfield) National Youth Academy Benji J National Junior Academy Felix B Jasper B Max C Sam C Ray D Connie H Ruby McI Cameron M Cameron M Lewis R Brooke S The swimmers have been selected due to their performances across the 2023/2024 season, and will take part in a number of different training days during the season. We are delighted to have so many swimmers...

When any new member joins the club, we convey to them our desire to develop better swimmers but more importantly better people. Swimming is a fantastic sport, one which develops a range of different skills which sets individuals up for later life. We are seeing that more and more, with many of our ex-swimmers going on to be a success in their chosen field, some returning to the sport in our Masters Squad or even becoming a coach to help develop the next generation. Developing better people isn't an easy...

Congratulations to the following swimmers for being selected on to Scottish Swimming's Squad Programme for the 2023/2024 season: National Junior Team Charlotte H (also Millfield) National Senior Academy (15-16s) Lewis G National Youth Academy Eilidh R and Benji J National Junior Academy Kyle H, Jasper B, Ruby McI and Sam C National Disability Squad Emma I and Cerys McC The swimmers have been selected due to their performances across the 2022/2023 season. Well done everyone! Also congratulations to SAST Alumni Lucy Grieve (University of Stirling) who has been selected for...

Many thanks to SAST Masters swimmer and our resident Open Water expert, Robin Szmidt, for the following piece on Open Water advice at this time. As hope of easing lockdown restrictions increases, swimmers will be thinking about what happens next. There’s no obvious route to reopening centres such as Ayr Citadel so we might all just be thinking of alternatives for the summer. The Ayrshire coast has a lot of outdoor swimming opportunities: river, sea and loch. BUT hold on, don’t just leap in. Scottish outdoor water is NEVER warm...

We are delighted to announce that the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) has confirmed that South Ayrshire Swim Team (SAST) meets the charity test and has been entered into the Scottish Charity Register. This means that SAST now has charitable status under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005. The advantages of becoming a charity: we can benefit from an increase in public recognition and trust (because we cannot use assets for any purpose other than the pursuit of charitable objectives); we can benefit from tax relief;...