Friday night races are great fun and open to swimmers in Marlin or above. They are held every Friday night at Carlile Swimming Killarney Heights, while swimmers from other pools are welcome to join the Carlile Swimming Team for Friday night races at the Ryde Aquatic Centre. Ryde dates vary depending on other competitive events you can find out more here.
Marlin
Barracuda
Shark
Orca
It’s about doing your personal best, improving and building confidence
Embracing the nerves while waiting for the starter’s gun.
It’s great preparation, so when its school carnival time they’re ready.
Carlile staff and parents mixing together to create a supportive and fun atmosphere.
The chance to feel what it might be like to be part of a swimming club that is welcoming and fun.
Swimming races that are fun, with time to enjoy being with friends in a healthy environment.
Carlile coaches have produced Olympic champions, World Record holders and more than 50 Australian representatives.
A system that nurtures each individual and delivers proven results by developing swimmers who stand out for their great technique.
While Carlile coaches have produced World Record holders and Olympic champions, our goal is to help every child build self esteem and reach their potential.
We love children and watching them progress to Squads, while loving swimming and confidently tackling whichever water sport they choose.
We constantly monitor and address your child’s progress and provide regular feedback so you know what we are working on.
Your child may choose to be a competitive swimmer, or take their swimming to any other pursuit.
Our newest pool opening soon Caringbah. The Sutherland Shire’s most advanced swimming teaching pool.
Carlile Swimming has two facilities in Northern Sydney
With three convenient locations Carlile Swimming is a favourite in the Hills District.
Carlile has two facilities on the beaches and another just ten minutes away.
There are two Carlile facilities on the North Shore.
Carlile Swimming Five Dock services the inner west with Ryde not far away.
The original home of Carlile Swimming, with two facilities in the district.
Swimming is Australia’s most successful Olympic Sport, it is what Australians do. At Carlile swimming, our first goal is to help children learn to swim well, it makes them safer in and around water and opens the door to a world of other opportunities.
If your child wants to be a competitive swimmer, then Carlile Swimming is the place to be. Carlile coaches have produced Olympic champions, more than 240 Australian Open Gold medals, 50 Australian Dolphins and nine world record holders.
UPDATE - April 2025: Special shout out to my child's instructors Evelyn and Natalie 👏🏽 Evelyn has a wonderful way with kids – her warm and encouraging manner really clicks with my child. She strikes a great balance between keeping things fun and making sure the environment feels secure. My child is...
UPDATE - April 2025: Special shout out to my child's instructors Evelyn and Natalie 👏🏽 Evelyn has a wonderful way with kids – her warm and encouraging manner really clicks with my child. She strikes a great balance between keeping things fun and making sure the environment feels secure. My child is always excited for lessons and has come a long way in developing her swimming skills. Original review from September 2024: I can’t say enough good things about the swim school - friendly staff, great clean facilities, excellent dedicated instructors, and easy car park. Special shout out to my child's instructor Tilly! My 5-year-old has shown incredible progress in both confidence and comfort in the water, all thanks to Tilly’s amazing teaching style. Her stern yet friendly approach has really worked well – it’s clear that she has a deep understanding of how to motivate young children while maintaining a fun and safe environment. My child looks forward to every lesson and has made good progress in her swimming skills. Highly recommend Carlile Swimming 🙌🏼👏🏼
Very good centre, better than the other pools that my daughter swim before, and the coach Tily does an excellent job teaching my daughter swimming! She is very nice and patient to the children!
Very good centre, better than the other pools that my daughter swim before, and the coach Tily does an excellent job teaching my daughter swimming! She is very nice and patient to the children!
Both of my daughters have been swimming in the center for many years! The staffs are very friendly and my kids love the centre very much! From baby to now, they have been support on my daughter’s swimming journey! They always been flexible on parents’ schedules and super helpful! I...
Both of my daughters have been swimming in the center for many years! The staffs are very friendly and my kids love the centre very much! From baby to now, they have been support on my daughter’s swimming journey! They always been flexible on parents’ schedules and super helpful! I will rated them 10/10. Special mentioned to the staffs and teachers in the centre: Jackie, Claire, Maddie and Ben!
“Swimming is a means to an end….to build self-confidence, self-discipline, integrity and courage for life,” Forbes Carlile.
Carlile swimming coaches and teachers believe deeply in that message. Competitive swimming helps build self esteem and resilience, young swimmers are encouraged to aspire to swimming their personal best. You can’t ask more than that.
There is a pathway from great learn to swim lessons, through to stroke correction and swimming squads and onto all levels of swimming competition. The training and discipline of swimming helps produce capable students who are expert time managers and take responsibility for their decisions. Carlile’s alumni includes Harvard graduates, business leaders, media stars, lawyers and judges. People who have carried the lessons they learnt in swimming onto successful lives.
Learning to swim doesn’t just happen naturally. Carlile’s nurturing approach, refined over years of industry leading innovation, allows children to build the skills they need at one level to confidently springboard to the next. Your child will learn to swim well and love the water.
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