Introducing
The VY Club
Charlottville’s Premier Community Swimming Club
Be part of a community swimming once a week — learning everything from endurance to racing skills and stroke technique, alongside your friends.
Squads & Entry Levels
Term membership from £240
Development Squad
EntryYear 4 and above · 25m front crawl · deep end
Performance Squad
EntryYear 5 and above · 200m · block dive
Elite Squad
EntrySecondary school and above · 500m
Strive, Advance and Excel tiers. The Gym — strength & cross-training, Wednesdays 7.15pm at Guildford High School, five to a group, coached by Sissy, 10 gym places in total.
Where We Train
Guildford & the villages
Surrey Sports Park
Surrey Sports Park is a world-class sports facility.
Guildford High School
A dedicated six-lane, 25-metre indoor swimming pool located in its sports centre on London Road.
About The VY Club
Your coach & our vision
Your Coach
Sissy Gasson
Technique at the heart of everything
Level 2 Swim Coach, 10+ years poolside. Specialising in one-to-one and small group work — stroke technique, starts and turns, race skills and competition preparation.
Recent clients include Channel 4, Deloitte, Charterhouse and Priorsfield School, where Sissy was Head Coach. An endurance swimmer with 15+ years in Channel and open water, also preparing athletes and teams to cross it.
Our Vision
Every swimmer, their goal
Small squads, individual attention
We believe every swimmer can reach their goals with the right support. Small groups mean individual attention, and a caring environment means every swimmer feels able to perform at their best.
We are committed to building a sense of family, helping each swimmer develop their swimming alongside their confidence, discipline and resilience.
What Families Say
Reviews
Sissy is a fantastic swim coach – calm, encouraging and knowledgeable, while still working the girls hard. My daughter has developed strong technique, grown in confidence and especially loves diving. Swimming has also been brilliant cross-training alongside her athletics and running.
What I value most is that she’s maintained her love of swimming, made great friendships and received excellent coaching without the pressure or commitment of club-level competition. This season, she and her team also came second in the Junior Girls Schools GB Pentathlon – Schools Biathlon UK.
I’d highly recommend Sissy!
Charlotte
A top swim coach who really has taken my swimming to the next level. I cannot recommend Sissy enough, with her pool, open water and English Channel experience. She uses traditional and modern techniques to analyse a swimmer’s stroke and make necessary improvement. All with great humour!
Keith
Distance and successful channel relay swimmer
Sissy has already made a huge difference to my technique and confidence at the start of my cross training for a cross-channel attempt. As a channel and competitive swimmer, she knows what and how to deliver and does so with confidence, consideration and an all-sense of humour.
Helen
Successful solo channel swimmer, 2025
And a final ‘hero moment’ to Sissy. She knows stuff. Quite a lot in fact. Massive thanks. Brilliant stuff.
Tom
Youngest boy to swim the Channel
Coached by the amazing Surrey Open Swim; thank you for your support and knowledge! We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
Channel 4 SU4C Team
Join Us
Be part of the club
Small squads, individual attention, and a caring environment — get in touch to find the right squad for your swimmer.
VY — an old form of “vie”: to compete, to contend, to strive.