Who are we?

Gardens Swimming Club Mission Statement

The Gardens Swimming Club and its Coaching Team aim to provide a place for young people to develop, not only as swimmers but also as confident, healthy, and independent individuals.

The Club endeavours to provide a strong foundation from where every swimmer can go on to achieve their full potential, carrying the lessons learnt, through with them for the remainder of their lives. It is the Club’s intent that each and every member enjoys this journey.

Our History

Gardens Swimming Club was established in 1950 and the club has been continuously operational since. Gardens is a strong competitive club with a tradition of producing state and national champions, as well as having a grass roots club for swimmers just starting out.

Gardens Swimming Club is Townsville and North Queensland’s most successful competitive club in regards Australian Representatives, Australian Champions and Queensland Champions and is also renowned as one of the leading regional swimming clubs in the nation.  The honour boards in the clubhouse show the champions that have represented our club.

The club has had Australian Champions and/or Representatives every year since 1998 at Open and/or Age group level.  The club has many others in these categories dating back to the early 1960’s. Our Australian Representatives, National and State Champions are proudly displayed on our Honour Boards in the clubhouse.

Originally using Tobruk and Kokoda swimming pools, Gardens members made the Long Tan Pool its home in 1974. The current club house was built at the Long Tan pool in 1983.