With lockdown restrictions lifted on Tamworth and pools permitted to reopen, Tamworth City, 360 Scully Park and Kootingal-Moonbi all resumed training at their winter base - 360 Fitness Club - over the weekend.

Tamworth City coach Nicholas Monet said the news that they could get back into the water was "unexpected" and "very good news", and was very thankful that 360 had kept the water in and heated, so as soon as the green light was given they were good to go.

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He had around 15 juniors and 13 seniors across the two hours for their first session back on Saturday morning.

"They were all excited to get back into it," he said.

Not just to get back in the water but also to see each other again.

"In the evening we had a catch-up together and the juniors had a bit of a get back together brunch," Monet said.

The sentiment was similar for Scully Park's swimmers.

"We had about 16 swimmers and they were all excited to be back," coach Kate Bolte said.

Likewise, Kootingal-Moonbi co-coach Greg Poetschka said the swimmers were "very pleased to get back in the water".

They are now just waiting for their respective pools to open, which is expected to be some time next month, to commence the summer season.

"We're looking forward now to starting the outdoor (season)," Monet said.

Bolte said she is "pumped" for what will be her first full summer season as the Scully Park head coach, although she concedes it is a bit of an unknown at this stage about how the season will look.

"At the moment everyone is still just taking it one day at a time and seeing what's around the corner," she said.

She said after the after the continual cancellations of the last year, and the deflating feeling of that, she isn't really looking at any carnivals with her swimmers until next year.

Swimming NSW have already amended it's 2021-2022 Summer Championships calendar with the first major meet not until the first weekend in December. That will be the NSW Long Course Qualifying Meet.

The Country Regionals have meanwhile been pushed back to January.

As for the lockdown, Bolte said while it was hard it also have the swimmers a good break after what was seeming a long and slow winter with virtually no carnivals since the Gunnedah Short Course back in June.

She said she would just post workouts online and "if they wanted to do them the opportunity was there".

Monet said from last year's lockdown experience, he knew there were two important things they needed to do.

One was to keep the communication going and maintain that contact. The other was continuing some form of activity. He set programs for them incorporating some gym-type work and running.

But there is, he said, no compensation for training in, and feeling, the water.

"The water is so specific. The technical part of it you lose it; there's no substitute," Monet said.