Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club is a club of around 250 swimmers and, as the name suggests, it was formed in 1975 to provide competitive swimming for people in the geographic area now covered by Sedgefield Borough Council.
The founder members, Cyril & Sylvia Harris, both taught swimming and Cyril went on to become Chairman until 1985. Both are now Life Members of the Club.
The Chief Coach up until 1982 was Fred Hall, when he John Moore, the present Chief Coach took up the post.
The club has always done well at N & D, NEC and National Age Group events, also Angela Lambert and Samantha Purvis both swam at International Level.
The club now has a Water Polo section, established in 1997, and already has four players representing NEC and one player representing England.
Although we emphasise that Sedgefield 75 Swimming Club is an independent club and NOT run in any way by the Borough Council, it must also be said that the Club works closely with the council and there are routes for swimmers to enter the club from the council run swim scheme.
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