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What Are The Benefits Of Learning To Swim?

There are so many benefits in learning to swim, that they are almost impossible to measure. But the good news is that the science is well and truly in. Just like Forbes Carlile always said, “to swim well is an asset for life.”

Forbes and Ursula Carlile with students

CarlileKids in dead heat smash the World Record

  Teenage twins finish with exactly the same time but only one gets the world record. You’re exhausted, there are only a handful of mums and dads left in the crowd. It’s the end of a long night, then you hear an announcement, if you started a stopwatch for this

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The Five Steps To SAFER Swimming.

The first thing to know about water safety is that children can never be completely SAFE around water.

Shane Gould getting out of the pool

Time to celebrate the birthday of the incomparable Shane Gould.

Today, November 23 we celebrate the birthday of one of the greatest swimmers the world has ever seen, the incomparable Shane Gould. Coached by Forbes and Ursula Carlile, Shane was born in 1956, the same year that Dawn Fraser won the first of her three successive 100m freestyle Olympic Gold

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World First For Carlile Swimming

Carlile has done it again, picking up a prestigious international award.

Ursula Carlile holding trophy

Celebrating the birthday of a legend

“No one cares about how much you know, until they know, how much you care,” Carlile Swimming matriarch Ursula Carlile.  

Laurie Lawrence in the pool with some children

Laurie Lawrence turns 80!

The legend that is Laurie Lawrence today turns 80!

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Swimming Schools To Reopen

Indoor Pools will reopen for swimming lessons on the Monday after NSW vaccination rates reach 80 per cent. Swim Schools will be allowed to operate with fully vaccinated staff, with non-vaccinated children accompanied by a fully vaccinated parent or carer. It’s a victory for common sense with the Government reversing

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Lives are at risk. Indoor swim schools must open.

The NSW Government’s decision to delay opening indoor learn to swim centres until the first day of summer, is putting lives at risk and will force many out of the industry.

Forbes Carlile smiling

Forbes Carlile’s 100th

Remembering the life of Forbes Carlile. Born 100 years ago today. Today is a very special milestone, our founder Forbes Carlile, who sadly passed in 2016, would have turned 100. From teaching babies to coaching Olympians the name Forbes Carlile name is entwined with the history of Australian swimming, Forbes

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Rainbow Club, spreading the joy of swimming.

Carlile Swimming and Rainbow Club Australia, a network of social swimming clubs for young people with a disability, are delighted to announce a partnership which will mean young people with a disability will have greater access to aquatic activities in their local community. The partnership between the two organisations gives

Chris Nesbit talking to swimmer

Carlile Swimming in further boost to coaching muscle

Hot on the heels of securing elite coach Chris Nesbit, Carlile Swimming has today announced the appointment of two new assistants to further enhance the club’s coaching staff. Nesbit, one of the world’s leading coaches, will bring current TSS Aquatic assistants Daniel Marshall and Adam Mallett, to the Carlile Swimming

"To Swim Well Is An Asset For Life"

— Forbes Carlile

We make every swimmer safe, strong, and comfortable in the water, whether they’re taking their first splash as babies or refining competitive strokes. With a proven approach that combines world-class expertise and a caring environment, Carlile helps swimmers reach their full potential so they can swim with confidence for life.

Swims Better Guarantee

Join Carlile Swim for 30 days. We’re confident your child will feel safer, more assured and well supported in the water in their first four weeks. If not, we’ll refund the cost of your lessons.