Commercial Swimming Club

Commercial Swimming Club

Coordinates: 27°27′15″S 153°02′12″E / 27.4541°S 153.03675°E / -27.4541; 153.03675 Commercial Swimming Club is a swimming club that is based at the Fortitude Valley Pool in centre of Brisbane, Queensland. It is one of the most successful clubs in Australia and has produced many Olympic swimmers and medalists.

Notable athletes

Leisel Jones

The Commercial Swimming Club is over 100 years old, commencing as a ladies' club, "The Ladies Commercial Amateur Swimming Club" about November, 1903. A men's club, "The Commercial Amateur Swimming Club" commenced in 1913 and the two clubs amalgamated in 1974.

A history of the club, "A Century of the Natatorial Art, the Commercial Swimming Club 1903 - 2003" was written by Barry T Short, being published in Brisbane in 1904 by Media IQ Pty Limited of Southport, funded by the club, Media IQ and the Brisbane City Council, and is available from the club.

All of the original records and other photographs and documentation relating to the club's first 104 years in the possession of the Club, were handed to the John Oxley Library, part of the Queensland State Library, in Brisbane by Barry Short, in 2007, to prevent the loss of any of these records as did happen to much of the early records. Additional records relating to each season of the club are being forwarded to the John Oxley Library to continue the recording of the club's history, for the benefit of those writing a history of the club's second 100 years.

The beginning of the club in 1903 and after, shows a very different story to the modern swimming scene. The ladies club conducted a 3 mile race in the Bremer River, on the 22 March, 1913, won by Miss Minnie King. Apparently, in this time period, the QASA regularly conducted 3 mile races in the river for men. Jim Dunning, the men's club's original Secretary tells us that "On the Saturday before the three mile swim, the Queensland Ladies Amateur Swimming Association allowed men to be spectators at a ladies carnival for the first time in many years. It was the occasion of the interstate ladies Championship." Another ladies 3 mile race was conducted by Commercial ladies in the following season in 1913. The mens club's first world record holder, James William Thompson, attained it swimming one mile backstroke. He is recorded of being a world record holder early in the mens club's life (from 1913,) and a copy of a Certificate shows he swam a further mile world record on the 18th January, 1918, swimming the distance in backstroke in 29 minutes, 4 1/5 seconds, at the City Baths, Wickham St., Valley, Brisbane. At that time the baths were covered and were 100 feet long, and were also called the Booroodabin Baths.


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