Cape Town Aquatics - Curro Durbanville & Century City

Cape Town Aquatics. Curro Aquatics Club has become a force to be reckoned with in the Western Cape region. The recent Cape Town Aquatics A & B Championship at the University of the Western Cape was the perfect stage for more than 100 swimmers from the club to make a statement.

As the waters settled, the club bagged an impressive 93 gold, 66 silver and 69 bronze medals, emerging as the top club. This is in addition to an impressive 300 personal best times – securing the highest points in the men’s and women’s team categories. This is no mean feat considering 24 clubs competed overall.

In May last year, Curro Durbanville Aquatics and Curro Century City Aquatics merged to launch Curro Aquatics, a club geared toward providing training and opportunities for new and experienced swimmers from across Cape Town. The club allows all swimmers, young and old from any school and even adult swimmers, to swim and compete under the Curro Aquatics banner. The recent addition of the Curro Somerset West hub has increased the base to uncover exceptional swimming talent in the region.

Afternoon schooling model

To accommodate unconventional training routines, Curro Durbanville offers an afternoon schooling model, Curro PM. This alternative school schedule allows learners an option to focus fully on sport and train in the morning during `normal’ school times and attend classes in the afternoon.

“This achievement of being the top club in Cape Town did not happen overnight. It was years of hard work and dedication not only from all our staff, but from the swimmers and parents as well. We will continue to strive for excellence and maintain our work ethic to offer the best opportunities for our swimmers.” said Mickey Olivier, Head Coach of Curro Durbanville Aquatics and Manager of Curro Aquatics.

Dedicated sport

“Swimming is a dedicated sport that provides huge opportunities for those who put in the hard work to make their sacrifices worthwhile,” said Riaan Stroebel, Executive Head at Curro Durbanville. “In an effort to continue investing in our swimmers, we’ve appointed a biokineticist to provide further support and enhance our athletes’ performance. The senior squad will also be using Polar Verity Sense heart rate monitors, providing coaches with live, reliable data to help swimmers meet their individual goals,” explained Stroebel.

With professional coaches in place, the club can only rise to great heights. The championships in Cape Town have shown that the club and its swimmers putting in the hard yards does indeed reap rich rewards.