Kamloops Aquatics Club...
serving Kamloops families since 1947!

The Greater Kamloops Aquatic Club was originally formed as a diving club in the summer of 1947. Interested children took part in free diving lessons with John Henderson at Centennial Pool. On Aug. 13, 1947 the Club was host to its first competition that included diving, swimming and surfboard riding events. The Club continued hosting similar events annually for eleven years. In 1972 the club evolved into a registered society. Its name and constitution were amended in 1993, giving rise to Kamloops Aquatics Club. Although our official society name continues, Kamloops Classic Swimming arose in the 1980's as our new business name. 

In 1990, with the Canada Games only three years away, the Executive laid out an aggressive plan to build the year-round program. With the establishment of our "Olympic Way" Learn to Swim program, teaching 5 to 12 year olds the 4 basic strokes and endurance swimming, our newly established year-round competitive Classics Swim Club began to grow. Over the past 65 years we have changed to fill the needs of our community. Evolving from a diving club, to a powerful summer club then into a year-round competitive club operating several successful divisions. Our numbers have swelled from a small Swimming Canada Program of twenty-three swimmers to one of the leading competitive swimming programs in B. C. with an annual membership of over 200 swimmers. Kamloops Classic Swimming is proud to offer quality programming to children just beginning to learn their basic competitive strokes to seasoned competitors, competing successfully at Provincial, National and International levels.

We'd like to thank the community for their support over the past 65 years and we look forward to the next 65!! See you in the water!