ITSC RETURNS

The ITSC or Iwatobi Swimming Club Returns was originally known as the Iwatobi Swimming Club (ITSC or Iwatobi SC) and was the community-based club where Haruka, Makoto, Rin and Nagisa used to practice swimming during elementary school. The original club closed some years ago and was about to be demolished and turned into a health resort when the company handling the construction went bankrupt. That's when Goro Sasabe, one of the boys' former coaches, bought the club with funds he received from selling his late grandfather's squid fishing boat. He restored the property into a modern facility and renamed it "Iwatobi SC RETURNS".

Once the Iwatobi High School Swim Club was re-established, the team realized that it needed an indoor pool in which to practice during the winter months. Sasabe once more proved an invaluable ally in allowing them to use the indoor pool for practice and guiding them as their coach and mentor. It is not clear if they became members of the club at that time or simply used the facility.

ITSC RETURNS Members include:

Events
Splash Fest is the name given by Goro to the grand opening of ITSC RETURNS - an event held at the restored Iwatobi Swimming Club community complex now under his ownership and management. He announces to the Iwatobi boys that he wants to host lots of "fun stuff," including a kickboard race in which kids who can't swim can take part, a "how far can you swim without taking a breath?" water race and the Armored Sidestroke, a contest in which swimmers wear replica armor from history. The main event of Splash Fest, however, is a medley relay between Team Shark (consisting out of Rin Matsuoka, Aiichiro Nitori, Sosuke Yamazaki and Momotaro Mikoshiba) and Team Dolphin (consisting of Haruka Nanase, Makoto Tachibana, Nagisa Hazuki and Rei Ryugazaki). Team Dolphin wins, briefly reaching the goal before Team Shark. Other events which take place during Splash Fest are the Muscle Contest won by Makoto despite Gou being a judge and giving the most votes to Rin. One of the events that Goro plans but which doesn't occur is having Miho sing in a swimsuit.

Trivia

 * Toraichi Matsuoka, Rin's father, was the first generation of Iwatobi SC and won the medley relay championship when he was in the sixth grade.