Training

Stockport Swimming Club implements the National Plan for teaching swimming in the Club’s learn to swim programme.

The club makes use of both a shallow Teaching Pool and a 33m long Main Pool.

Teaching Pool
Used to introduce non swimmers to the water, gain confidence and learn the basics. In use from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm on Tuesday nights.

Teachers & Helpers
Sarah Kay – Teacher
Deborah Kay – One-to-one pool support assistant (member since 1976)
Joshua Kay – Assistant Teacher (member since 1997)
Hermione Regan-Lees – Assistant Teachere (member since 2012)

Main Pool
Used for the teaching and coaching of swimmers and is in use from 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm on Tuesday nights.

Teachers, Coaches & Helpers

Lorna Hadfield – Head Teacher (member since 2007)
Jean Hallworth – Teacher (member since 1956)
Graham Goodwin – Teacher (member since 1997)
Anna Regan – Assistant Head Coach and Competitions Team Manager (member since 1987)
Mike Steele – Teacher (member since 2023)
Nathan Taylor – Assistant Teacher (member since 2020)
Declan Regan-Lees – Assistant Teacher (member since 2009)
Harvey Scully-Larkin – Assistant Teacher (member since 2023)
Emma Davies – *Young Volunteer (member since 2023)

The teachers and coaches, are assisted by volunteer helpers who, swimmers themselves, seek to become teachers and coaches and continue to help the Club. Each helper is assigned to a teacher/coach in order to learn the techniques of teaching and coaching of swimming. Helpers may, under the supervision of the teacher/coach, occasionally take a swimming lesson to gain experience.

* Stockport Swimming Club is an advocate of Swim England North West Young Volunteer Scheme.

The teachers and coaches use work programmes that are designed to seamlessly take a non swimmer through to an active competitive swimmer and can advise on advanced training venues. All the work programmes have set targets for the swimmer to aim for and are used as a guide for the promotion of a swimmer to the next group.

All members are reviewed regularly and are promoted to the next group if their review is favourable.