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Private lesson client Joe Lipworth has been working with Gary Vandermeulen for 3 years. Joe has been now offered a full scholarship from George Washington University for his swimming successes. Another private lesson client Katherine Johnstone, and sister of our Tulliallan instructor Jenni Johnstone, swam at the Commonwealth Games in India this past month. At the Games Katherine swam in the 50m breaststroke final and also was a member of the 4x100m Medley relay for Scotland who came 5th. And, Harris Academy in Dundee will be starting its new programme on 23 October and will run until 18 December.

Register for more information

For more information on swimming lessons please send in a registration form and we will be able to contact you via email. Pleaes give as much detail as possible to allow us to give you the most detailed information.

Swim Camps

Our swim camps run at Easter, Summer and October break. We also have regular Sunday training at Glenalmond College with Olympic Coach Gary Vandermeulen. We have training weekends this season on Oct 23/24, Feb 5/6 and May 28/29

Racing events

Our racing events are for pre-competitive swimmers and any swim team not affiliated with SASA can join in the race events. These events are for fun and are held in a non-intimidating environment. We take time to allow swimmers to learn how to race before they are encouraged to join a swim club and then race in registered competitions. These events take an hour or up to two hours in total.

Club visitations

a visit from Gary Vandermeulen can stimulate your swimming groups to understand balancing in the water and 'holding water' much better. This will also give the coaches a new platform from which they can build their drills programme from.

Competitive training opportunities

each Sunday morning you can visit Olympic Coach Gary Vandermeulen either as a coach on the poolside or as a swimmer. Each training sessions from 7:15-9:15 consists of 60 minutes of drills, 45 min of aerobic training on the drills from the first hour and 15minutes on diving exercises.

Private lessons

Gary Vandermeulen can look at the timing and balance of your technique and work out the exact drills which will help you to correct any techical faults.

REMINDER: Please check the schedule page for your pool schedule for this current block block.

SHEPPARD SWIM SCHOOL will provide you with all your aquatic needs. We provide for swimming lessons, private lessons, coach education opportunities and swim camps. We believe that you can be taught world class principles in a safe and fun way! We dare to Dream!

New: Sheppard Swim School will staff the newly formed Phoenix Aquatics swimming club. The page on 'Performance Coaching' will give you more info.

Sheppard Swim School is jointly owned and directed by Scotland's most successful female swimmer; five time Olympian Alison Sheppard MBE and her husband, Olympic coach Gary Vandermeulen. The Sheppard Swim School provides swimming lessons for children and adults of all abilities, also provides coach education opportunities and swim camps for competitive and pre-competitive swimmers.

We provide high quality swimming lessons in the Tayside/Fife.

Perth area Glenalmond College pool (PH1 3RY);

St Andrews Fife St Leonards School (KY16 9QJ); or also click here for a detailed map of pool area & parking.

Stirling/Falkirk area at Bannockburn High School (FK7 0HQ).

Tulliallan Police College in Kincardine near Alloa (FK10 4BE).

Auchterarder area Castlebrae Police Treatment Centre pool -Auchterarder (PH3 IAG);

Dundee area Harris Academy pool- Dundee (DD2 1NL). Other venues are soon to be added.