South Ayrshire Swim Team

South Ayrshire Swim Team (SAST) is a thriving and growing swim club based in Prestwick, Scotland. SAST was formed in 2001 when clubs from Ayr, Troon and Prestwick merged to share resources and pool facilities to form a larger, more competitive and inclusive club which caters for young and older swimmers of all abilities.

Their pathway provides swimming opportunities for everyone. Working closely with South Ayrshire Council and Scottish Swimming, they are run by an elected Committee of parents, coaches and volunteers. SAST has charitable status under the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 [SC050025].

They are a swimming club who looks to develop life skills through the challenges that the sport brings. They offer competitive and non-competitive options, from swimmers aiming to compete at the highest levels of the sport to swimmers looking to just maintain fitness and see friends.

Citadel Leisure Centre, Troon Leisure Club, Prestwick Leisure Club and Maybole Leisure Club.

All squads train across the week and across all our venues. Squad requirements increases as swimmers progress through our pathway. More information can be found here: https://uk.gomotionapp.com/team/sast/page/training/timetable

Activity Information

• Advanced Booking Required: No
• Frequency: Weekly
• Joining / Referral Method: Self Referral

For swimmers looking to join their entry level squads and are in South Ayrshire Council's LTS programme, they expect swimmers to be a minimum of Skills 4 level and at 50% or above.

For swimmers in another programme, they expect swimmers to be able to swim a minimum of 25m (ideally 50m) with proper technique in Frontcrawl, Backcrawl and Breaststroke, as well as a knowledge of the basics of Butterfly. For Masters swimmers, we expect members to be able to swim competently across most of the strokes.

Each squad has a monthly fee, starting at £16.00 at the entry level, with prices increasing through the pathway. Information be found here: uk.gomotionapp.com

All swimmers must also be a member of Scottish Swimming by paying an annual fee.

Acceptance in the club is based on swimmers’ ability (ensuring that they could cope with the expectations within a squad), their own safety in the water and the space available in applicable squads.