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I started his swimming career way back in the late sixties with Abertillery swimming club. Through the seventies, having become a National Champion with Abertillery, I also swam with a regional group coached by the well respected Des Ward who influenced me later in life to go into coaching. Having completed my Level 1 and Level 2 Coaching Courses, I then went on to assist Des in several foreign swim camps. In 1980 I joined the police and moved away from South Wales and resumed my swimming for the force in National and Regional competitions. In the nineties I was approached to help coach Wellington Swimming Club in Telford , and in no time went onto reach the Head Coach role. Having achieved good success at Wellington Swimming Club by gaining promotion on several occasions through the Speedo Leagues and also coaching a swimmer to follow in my foot steps and become a National Champion. 2006-2018 I was Head Coach to Chirk Dragons Swimming Club where I continued to grow both in and out of the pool, I've also coached one Masters swimmer to several National titles and a Junior swimmer to two National titles. I've completed the Level 3 UKCC coaching qualification and currently on the Welsh Swimming National Bronze Pathway working with some of Wales’ top coaches to develop the next generation of top Welsh swimmers. In 2022 I joined Wrexham Swimming Club performance coaching team and within the year took on the head coach role. Where I continue to develop athletes to compete at a National and British level. I am also part of the North Wales Aspire programme.
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Strength and Conditioning Coach: Amanda Roberts |
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I have been a strength and conditioning coach for ten years with experience working in Taekwondo, fencing, tennis and swimming.
I have had the privilege of coaching a number of elite GB fencers during this time and feel equally privileged to work with Wrexham Swimming Club.
I’ve been with the club approximately 8 years. My role has grown from volunteering a couple of stretching sessions a week to the Gold Squad to planning and delivering the strength and conditioning programme for the whole club.
My goal is to build strong, well balanced and confident athletes.
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Volunteer Coach: Julie Benton |
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I’m Julie Benton and I have a son, Ethan, who swam for 8 years with the club and throughly enjoyed his swimming journey. I've been involved in swimming from an early age and was, at the age of 13, the 8th fastest female swimmer in the UK. I’m very passionate about swimming as a sport and get great pleasure from coaching children to develop as swimmers. I’ve been qualified as a Level 1 Assistant Coach since 2017; since being with the club I have undertaken numerous qualification and courses to support Wrexham SC:
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Volunteer Coach: Marian Williams |
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I attended Chelsea College of Physical Education and my initial professional qualification is in the Art and Science of Movement. I later gained a Masters in Education. I first started teaching swimming in 1968 as a student , tutored by Olympic swimmers. My interest in swimming teaching continued through out my teaching career of 39 years. My final teaching qualification was an Advanced Teacher which made me a Fellow of The institute of Swimming Teachers (FIST). I have taught swimming in South, West and North Wales. When I moved to Wrexham in 1977 my 3 children joined Wrexham swimming Club and I helped teach along side Pete and Margaret Stritch with the non swimmers. I became more involved and took my Coaching awards and became a Licensed Club coach which is Level 3
I enjoy seeing the swimmers progressing through the club and develop into competent and proficient performers and I have had the opportunity to watch a few Wrexham swimmers acquire national level and represent Wales. It still amazes me how hard the swimmers work to achieve their goals and I am thrilled when they are successful. Be it for competing, achieving a PB or gaining a medal. I am surprised how quickly they grow up and I still remember them as little ones doing their first 25 m. I am now helping the children of the swimmers I first coached at Wrexham progress through the club.
I was very involved with Welsh schools swimming and I was President, secretary, team manager and coach of the Organisation. I attended the annual WISE (Wales, Ireland, England, Scotland)Internationals for a number of years . I was on the steering committee when the UK Schools Games was instigated and I attended the inaugural games in Scotland and future years as a team manager for Wales. I organised the North East Wales schools swimming squad for a number of years for our annual competition against the other Welsh areas and I managed to highlight the quality of the swimmers in North Wales and they , including Wrexham swimmers achieved places in the Welsh Schools Team.
I was also president of the North Wales Swimming association.
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Having started has a willing parent I now am a level 1 assistant coach helping the head coach with sessions for the performance side and have a real desire for all our swimmers to achieve the highest possible results. The club has given so much to our family, not just swimming, it is the bonds of friendship all swimmers form and the discipline they develop of hard work and graft to get the results not just in the pool but in adult life to. |
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Volunteer Coach: Andy Campbell |
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