Meet the team

I have always loved swimming and from a young age swam for Poole Swimming Club and Dorset county.  I want to pass on to the children the fun and freedom of being able to swim and to be confident in water.  

I have taught swimming on and off since 1995 in Dubai, Australia and the UK, between having 4 children and also delivering athletics & cycling. 

I enjoy helping people learn to swim and improving their swimming skills. 

Pool swims at Sedbergh help me to relax and keep me physically and mentally in good health. I also enjoy swimming outdoors feeling the smooth glide of cool water from local rivers and lakes. Swimming is also a great way to meet swim buddies and supportive friends.  

I have been involved with Sedbergh Swimming club for over 10 years and have a variety of roles including chair, lifeguard secretary, lifeguard and teacher.  I love to see our swimmers progress. 

I have enjoyed swimming since a very young age both in the pool at Sedbergh and in the outdoors.   I enjoy taking part in triathlons and swimming events across the county and qualified as a swimming teacher in 2016. I love teaching the local kids to swim and hope they too will develop a love of the water.

Swimming has always been a major part of my life - & I first qualified as a Lifeguard in 1974!! I especially enjoy Scuba Diving.  Learning to swim early has given me so much confidence in the water - it feels like a natural environment for me

I co-ordinate and promote the annual programme of continuing professional development for the Club's swimming teachers, lifeguards and volunteers. Developing in-house learning is important and ensures our staff are up to date with training and development.  I also assist with the induction of new staff. 

I am a swimming teacher and teach people of all ages and abilities to develop swimming skills, technique and confidence in the water.   I love teaching the little ones,  I also lifeguard and have responsibility for safeguarding for the club.

I will be lifeguarding the sessions as a life saver qualified with RLSS’s Emergency Response Swimming Pool award.

I also love to swim, mountain and road bike.

I have been involved with the club for over 9 years and enjoy my role as lifeguard.  I also provide CPD in first Aid to the other members of the team on a regular basis.   

All  three of my children have been taught to swim by the swimming club, as was I .  I really enjoy giving a little back through my role. I enjoy swimming, listening to music and spending time with my family. 

I have a lifetime love of swimming.  I enjoy teaching at the club,  creating a positive and fun environment in which to motivate and encourage children and adults to swim. 

I have been a swimming teacher for over 30 years. I have worked in schools and the leisure industry spending time teaching swimming from toddlers to pensioners. 

I learnt how to swim at Sedbergh Swimming Club as a child.  I relearnt my technique through the club again as a source of fitness and fell in love with it all over again.  So much so that I have trained to teach swimming