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47th Annual Swim Coaching Conference

Posted by Site Admin On May - 21 - 2010

47th Annual Swim coaching conference from 19-21 November 2010
Held at the Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham England

FULL 3 day Conference Rate includes:
Attendance at all lectures, presentations & workshops
Lunch Saturday, Dinner Friday & BSCA Annual Awards Dinner Saturday
plus Tea & Coffee served throughout the day

Guest Speakers:
Paulus Wildeboer – National Head Coach of Denmark
Rohan Taylor – Performance Coach, Australia

Events in the North West

Posted by Site Admin On May - 17 - 2010

19-21 November 2010:

47TH ANNUAL SWIM COACHING CONFERENCE

Held at the Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham England.  Click here to book : BOOK NOW

events

Posted by Site Admin On May - 14 - 2010

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Contact Disability Coach

Posted by Site Admin On May - 14 - 2010


Name: Glenn Smith
Club / Programme: Mansfield/Nova
Post Title: Head Coach
Personal Achievements in Swimming and/or coaching: Glenn Smith is currently the Head Coach to Mansfield/Nova Swim Squad, which is part of the very successful Nottinghamshire County Council Swim Squad Nova Centurion Sc. Glenn has been coaching professionally for 15 years, and has placed swimmer’s on Regional, National and World Class Programme’s.
A Little Bit About Glenn: Glenn has recently produced swimmers who have competed at the highest level including 2008 Paralympic Champion Sam Hynd, and IPC European Champion Charlotte Henshaw. Glenn was also part of the coaching chain that produced double Olympic Champion Rebecca Adlington, who he coached during her early development.
Contact Number: 07960 811335 or 01623 463238
E-Mail Address: gsmith@mansfield.gov.uk

overview

Posted by Site Admin On May - 14 - 2010

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FINA adds 112 suits to 2010 Approved list in January 2010

Posted by Site Admin On May - 10 - 2010

FINA has added 9 manufactures and 112 suits onto the 2010 approved suit list since the list’s original posting a month ago on January 4, 2010. However, while the suits have been added to it, no announcement of changes to the list has been made, other than the list itself being updated. The actual date of the publication of the list has not changed either from its original January 4, 2010 publication.

A summary of updates/additions to that list since the January 4, 2010
(listed) publication date:

-adidas [new manufacturer]–4 models
-Akron–from 1 to 4 models
-Aquazone–from 3 to 13 models: R3 suits, removal of R2 suit
[correction?], expansion of Q-Gold suits beyond “classic”, three R1
suits moved up into this grouping from “Orvar/Aquazone USA” on earlier edition.
-Arena–correction of “Powerskin Version A full-knee” is for women, not men
—-Asics [appears unchanged]
—-Blueseventy [appears unchanged]
—-Descente [appears unchanged]
-Diana–from 5 to 10 models: addition of Vega and Vega SP Poly suits
-Dolfin [new manufacturer]–2 models
-EURAS–from 2 to 4 models: addition of men’s models
—-Finis [appears unchanged]
-Jaked–from 2 to 8 models: addition of J05 and J07 suits, and men’s
suits of J09 and J11
-Japana [new manufacturer]–11 models
-Lane 4–from 5 to 19 models: addition of IT ChloroBan suits; several models listed twice
-Mad Wave–from 1 to 2: men’s model added
-Maru [new manufacturer]–3 models
-Miyata [new manufacturer]–2 models
-Mizuno–from 16 to 31: addition of ML, MX-01 and RX models, and “Sunny Swim” (without number)
-Modeta Style [new manufacturer]–1 model
-Mosconi–from 4 to 7: addition of Hilton, Scale and Geep M models
—-Nike [appears unchanged]
-Okeo [new manufacturer]–6 models
—-Rocket Science Sports [appears unchanged]
—-Speedo [appears unchanged]
—-Sports Hig [appears unchanged]
-Turbo–from 1 to 4: addition of 2 women’s models and 1 men’s
—-Tyr [appears unchanged]
-VA Project Co. Ltd [new manufacturer]–4 models
—-Way Funky [appears unchanged]
-Yamamoto Corporation [new manufacturer]–12 models
-Yingfa–from 3 to 11 models: adds “classic” women’s models, and 2
men’s models

[Note: Summation above is not meant to imply that all suits in a line
have been added. Please see Approval List for actual suits that can be
used.]

Full list below is as retrieved from on the FINA website today (February 4, 2010), partially in an effort to help establish a date of when suits were approved (beyond “January 1, 2010″ or “January 4, 2010″).

- – - – - – - – - -
FINA 2010 List of Approved suits (list retrieved February 4, 2010)

http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27

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adidas
Hydrofoil 2 Tight F0140600 A pants-short men
Hydrofoil 2 Tight F0140600 B pants-short men
Hydrofoil 2 Suit F0140602 A full-knee women
Hydrofoil 2 Suit F0140602 B full-knee women

Akron
Diamond 117 WELS classic women
Diamond 124 SWIMFAST pants-short men
Diamond 120 SWEEPY full-knee women
Diamond 115 WAVE classic men

Aquazone
-Q-GOLD
–FTOB classic women
–FTOBS classic women
–FKSOB open back full-knee women
–FKSOB closed back full-knee women
–FKSOBS open back full-knee women
–MJ pants-short men
–MJS pants-short men
R-1 pants-short men
R-1 classic women
R-1 full-knee women
R3 R3-FTOB classic women
R3 R3-FKSOB full-knee women
R3 R3-MJ pants-short men

Arena Italia S.p.A.
-Powerskin Version A:
–classic men
–classic women
–pants-short men
–full-knee women
–full-knee women
Powerskin Version B pants-short men
Powerskin R-Evolution pants-short men
Powerskin R-Evolution full-knee women
Powerskin R-Evolution classic women
X-Flat classic men
X-Flat pants-short men
X-Flat classic women
X-Flat full-knee women

Asics
-Swim Wear 2010:
–TI10011 full-knee women
–TI10021 classic women
–TI10031 pants-short men
–TI10131 full-knee women
–TI10141 classic women
–TI10151 pants-short men
-Swim Wear I:
–ALS344 classic women
–ALS345 full-knee women
–AMA344 classic men
–AMA345 pants-short men
–ALS423 classic women
–ALS424 full-knee women
–AMA423 classic men
–AMA424 pants-short men
–ALS425 classic women
–ALS426 full-knee women
–AMA425 pants-short men
–AMA426 pants-short men
–ALS417 classic women
–ALS418 full-knee women
–AMA417 classic men
–AMA418 pants-short men
–ALS03S classic women
–ALS15S full-knee women
–AMA03S classic men
–AMA15S pants-short men

Blueseventy
Nero TX Jammer pants-short men
Nero TX Kneeskin full-knee women
Nero TX Racer classic women

Descente
Aile bleue ARN-6009M classic men
Aquaforce 1 FAR-9508MN pants-short men
Aquaforce 2 FAR-9508MS pants-short men
Aquaforcee 1 FAR-9502WN full-knee women
nux-F 1 ARN-6012WN classic women
nux-F 1 ARN-6015N classic men
nux-F 1 ARN-6014N pants-short men
nux-F 1 ARN-6011WN full-knee women
nux-F 2 OAR-0539N classic men
nux-F 2 OAR -0534WN classic women
nux-W 1 FAR-9529MN classic men
nux-W 1 FAR-9528MN pants-short men
nux-W 1 FAR-9524WH classic women
nux-W 1 FAR-9522WN full-knee women
nux-W 2 OAR-0529MN classic men
nux-W 2 OAR-0524WHN classic women
Shin_rev ARN-8509M classic men
Shin_rev ARN-8504W classic women
Shin_rev 1 ARN-8508MN pants-short men
Shin_rev 1 ARN-8502WN full-knee women
OAR-0528M pants-short men
OAR-0522W full-knee women
-AQUAFORCE KRBR10:
–62W full-knee open back women
–63W full-knee close back women
–64W classic women
–65M pants-short men
–66M classic men
–52W full-knee open back women
–53W full-knee close back women
–54W classic women
–55M pants-short men
–56M classic men
-New Collection PARN10F:
–13 pants-short men
–68 pants-short men
–65 classic men
–70 classic men
–13T pants-short men
–R1 full-knee women
–P1 full-knee women
–R3 full-knee women
–P3 full-knee women
–R2 classic women
–P2 classic women
–R4 classic women
–P4 classic women
shin_rev PARN10F-71 full-knee women
shin_rev PARN10F-66 classic women
shin_rev PARN10F-72 pants-short men
shin_rev PARN10F-73 classic men

Diana
-Submarine
–213W full-knee women
–201M pants-short men
–243W full-knee women
–301M Vega pants-short men
–302M classic men
–305W Vega full-knee women
–306W classic women
–321M Vega SP Poly pants-short men
–325W Vega SP Poly full-knee women
–326W Vega SP Poly classic women

Dolfin Swimwear
LTF PLATINUM 7133L full-knee women
LTF PLATINUM 7160L classic men

Engine
Wingskin pants-short men
Wingskin full-knee women

EURAS
NSA WK-Short pants-short men
NSA WK-Suit full-knee women
ZAOSU WK-Short pants-short men
ZAOSU WK-Suit full-knee women

Finis Inc.
Hydrospeed 2 Brief classic men
Hydrospeed 2 Bladeback classic women
Hydrospeed 2 Race John full-knee women
Hydrospeed 2 Jammer pants-short men

Jaked
J05 MAXXIS pants-short men
J05 MAXXIS full-knee women
J07 SHARK full-knee women
J07 SHARK pants-short men
J09 SOFT full-knee women
J09 SOFT pants-short men
J11 WATER ZERO full-knee women
J11 WATER ZERO pants-short men

Japana
BRS-TX.tig TR-3S11000SS pants-short men
BRS-TX.tig TR-3S21000SS full-knee women
Jet Swim.tig TR-3S11020SS pants-short men
Jet Swim.tig TR-3S11030SS pants-short men
Jet Swim.tig TR-3S21020SS full-knee women
Top Body.tig TR-3S11010SS (A) pants-short men
Top Body.tig TR-3S21010SS (A) full-knee women
Top Body.tig TR-3S11010SS (B) – D pants-short men
Top Body.tig TR-3S11010SS (B) – D2 pants-short men
Top Body.tig TR-3S21010SS (B) – F full-knee women
Top Body.tig TR-3S21010SS (B) – F2 full-knee women

Lane 4
Blue Spider pants-short men
Night Spider classic women
Pink Spider pants-short men
Spider in Mission classic women
Spider in Mission full-knee women
-IT ChloroBan:
–Alabama classic women
–Alabama classic women
–V-Back classic women
–V-Back classic women
–XM-Back classic women
–XM-Back classic women
–Utah pants-short men
–Utah pants-short men
–Leg pants-short men
–Leg pants-short men
–Bodysuit Full-knee women
–Bodysuit Full-knee women
–C-Trunk classic men
–T-Trunk classic men

Mad Wave
Bodyshell full-knee women
Bodyshell pants-short men

Maru
MX1 FS3587 classic women
MX1 FS3588 full-knee women
MX1 MS3589 pants-short men

Miyata Corp.
Aqua Wing MYT-2010-M pants-short men
Aqua Wing MYT-2010-W full-knee women

Mizuno Corporation
Accel Suits 3 pants-short men
Accel Suits 2 classic women
Accel Suits 1 full-knee women
Mighty Line 4 classic men
Mighty Line 3 pants-short men
Mighty Line 2 classic women
Mighty Line 1 full-knee women
ML classic women
ML classic men
ML full-knee women
ML pants-short men
MX pants-short men
MX full-knee women
MX-01 classic women
MX-01 pants-short men
MX-01 full-knee women
RX A pants-short men
RX A(L) pants-short men
RX A(T) pants-short men
RX B full-knee women
RX B(L) full-knee women
RX B(T) full-knee women
Sunny Swim 4 pants-short men
Sunny Swim 3 classic women
Sunny Swim 2 full-knee women
Sunny Swim 1 full-knee women
Sunny Swim classic women
Sunny Swim classic men
Water Gene 3 pants-short men
Water Gene 2 classic women
Water Gene 1 full-knee women

Modeta Style
AXIS 1310 full-knee women

Mosconi
-Titanium:
–TRIGGER pants-short men
–TRIGGER BLACK pants-short men
–SCALE BLACK classic women
–GEEP BLACK full-knee women
–HILTON classic men
–SCALE classic women
–GEEP M full-knee women

Nike
Hydra N74190 classic women
Hydra N74204 full-knee women
Hydra N76002 classic men
Hydra TCSS0090 classic women
Hydra – Jammer N76000 pants-short men
Hydra II – brief TCSS0096 classic men
Hydra II – jammer TCSS0097 pants-short men
Hydra II – knee suit TCSS0099 full-knee women
Hydra II S TCSS0086 classic women
Hydra S TCSS0088 classic women
Swift II TCSS0094 classic women
Swift II TCSS0095 full-knee women
Swift II – brief TCSS0092 classic men
Swift II -Jammer TCSS0093 pants-short men
Swift II S TCSS0084 classic women

Okeo
Spider 12375 full-knee women
Spider 12417 pants-short men
Nautilus 12419 full-knee women
Nautilus 12418 pants-short men
Diablo 12421 full-knee women
Diablo 12420 pants-short men

Rocket Science Sports
Rocket Light classic women
Rocket Light SM-001-LIGHT pants-short men
Rocket Light K SW-001-LIGHT-K full-knee women
Rocket Orbit SM-002-ORBIT pants-short men
Rocket Orbit SW-002-ORBIT classic women

Speedo
AQUABLADE Record Breaker (Non-lined version) classic women
AQUABLADE Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
AQUABLADE Hydroshort (Non-lined version) pants-short men
Fastskin Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
Fastskin Jammer pants-short men
Fastskin FS II Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
Fastskin FS II Jammer pants-short men
Fastskin XT Brief classic men
Fastskin XT Jammer pants-short men
Fastskin XT Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
-FSPro (USA Version):
–Jammer pants-short men
–Record Breaker classic women
–Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
-FSPro (Japanese Version):
–Jammer pants-short men
–Record Breaker classic women
–Record Breaker Kneeskin (W2) full-knee women
-Japanese Fastskin XT:
–(M3) Jammer pants-short men
–(M5) Brief classic men
–(M6) Aquashort pants-short men
–(W13) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–(W9) Record Breaker classic women
–(W11) Record Breaker classic women
–Hybrid (M2) Jammer pants-short men
–Hybrid (W3) Record Breaker classic women
–Hybrid (W4) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–II (W5) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–II (W7) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–II (W8) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–W (M4) Jammer pants-short men
–W (W14) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–W (W10) Record Breaker classic women
–W (W12) Record Breaker classic women
–W II (W6) Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
-LZR Racer Pro (Japanese Version):
–Jammer pants-short men
–Record Breaker Knee full-knee women
–Record Breaker classic women
-LZR Racer:
–Comp Jammer pants-short men
–Comp Record Breaker classic women
–Comp Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
–Pro Jammer pants-short men
–Pro Record Breaker classic women
–Pro Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women
–Elite Jammer pants-short men
–Elite Record Breaker classic women
–Elite Record Breaker Kneeskin full-knee women

Sports Hig
KOZ-011 pants-short men
KOZ-018 classic women
KOZ-016 full-knee women
KOZ-021A pants-short men
KOZ-021N pants-short men
KOZ-028A classic women
KOZ-028N classic women
KOZ-026A full-knee women
KOZ-026N full-knee women
KOZ-051A pants-short men
KOZ-051N pants-short men
KOZ-058A classic women
KOZ-058N classic women
KOZ-056A full-knee women
KOZ-056N full-knee women
KOZ-041M pants-short men
KOZ-048M classic women
KOZ-046M full-knee women
KOZ-801 pants-short men
KOZ-803 classic women
KOZ-804 full-knee women

Turbo
Ultimate Power 77215 pants-short men
Ultimate Power 87205 full-knee women
Black Power 76200 jammer men
Black Power 86200 full-knee women

Tyr Sports Inc.
FUSION pants-short men
FUSION classic men
FUSION classic women
FUSION full-knee women
-Tracer Light:
–Racer C Series classic men
–Racer classic men
–Titan Racer C Series classic men
–Straight Racer classic men
–Straight Racer C Series classic men
–Titan Racer classic men
–Aeroback C Series classic Women
–Aeroback SII classic women
–Openback classic women
–Openback C Series classic women
–Aeroback classic women
–Aeroback SII C Series full-knee women
— pants-short men
— full-knee women
–B-Series pants-short men
–B-Series full-knee women
–B-Series classic men
–B-Series classic women
–C-Series full-knee women
–C-Series pants-short men
–X-Series classic men
–X-Series classic women

VA Project Co. Ltd.
MATUSE – TX MJ-10MA pants-short men
MATUSE – TX MJ-10MU pants-short women
MATUSE – TX MJ-10LA full-knee men
MATUSE – TX MJ-10LU full-knee women

Way Funky
FT34M pants-short men

Yamamoto Corporation
YH10-XL2-MXU pants-short men
YH10-XLA-MXW pants-short men
YH10-XLA-MAX pants-short men
YH10-XL2-MUW pants-short men
YH10-XLA-MXL pants-short men
YH10-XLA-MXA pants-short men
YH10-XL2-WUX full-knee women
YH10-XLA-WAX full-knee women
YH10-XL2-WXW full-knee women
YH10-XL2-WXU full-knee women
YH10-XLA-WXA full-knee women
YH10-XLA-WAW full-knee women

Yingfa
912 classic women
921 classic women
925 full-knee women
929 classic women
937 full-knee women
955 classic women
982 classic women
983 classic women
9102 pants-short men
9205 pants-short men
9402 pants-short men

The North West Region

Posted by Site Admin On May - 10 - 2010

The BSCA Committee is currently as follows:

Dave Haller | President
Terry Denison MBE | Chairman
Jon Rudd | Vice Chairman
Brian McGuinness | Executive Director
Mark Rose | North West Region Director – Contact Details

REPRESENTATION

As well as running coach education seminars and presenting awards, BSCA North West represents its membership in various other ways. Here are a few examples:

  • Regular meeting with Meet Director
  • Representation on Swimming Committee’s

To view Events and Awards in the North West Region click here for details
To contact the North West Region click here for details

Dave Haller – President
The figurehead position held by Dave Haller was awarded because of his position as a modern day icon of the activity & profession in this country. The City of Cardiff Head Coach, most recently known for his work with David Davies & Thomas Haffield, also has a list of the who’s who in British swimming to his name when considering who has come under his wing at some point; David Wilkie, Duncan Goodhew, Sharon Davies & Mark Foster amongst many. A former GB Olympic Head Coach who has worked as Director of Swimming for Scotland, Chief Coach in Southampton, Beckenham and Hong Kong, Dave continues to work at developing excellence and mentoring younger coaches in Wales & elsewhere.

Terry Denison, MBE, Chairman of BSCA

Chairman of the BSCA since 2003, Terry Denison was Head Coach to City of Leeds SC for 35 years until retiring from active coaching in 2003. During this time, City of Leeds won the European Community Mens Club Team Championship in 1990; won 15 National Senior Team Championships, 19 National Speedo League Championships and had 17 swimmers selected for Olympic Games Teams. Adrian Moorhouse won Olympic Gold Medal in 1988 and Andrew Astbury won an Olympic Bronze medal in 1984. James Hickman was 5 times World Short Course Champion and Claire Huddart was a member of the GB World SC 800 Relay Champions. City of Leeds swimmers set 1 World LC Record(equalled on 2 further occasions) and 6 World SC Records whilst being coached by Terry.

Terry was awarded the MBE for services to swimming in 1998 and was awarded the UK Sport Massabini Award and inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1996 he was awarded the Harold Fern Award by the ASA for service to swimming; he was 11 time BSCA Coach of the Year and in 1989 was selected as Coach of the Year by the British Institute of Sport.

Since retiring from active coaching Terry has spent 3 years working with Swim Ireland to set up a High Performance Programme; he has successfully completed the UKCC Level 3 Award in Sports Coach Mentoring and currently presents UKCC Level Coaches Courses. He also does talks to various organisations on motivation and athlete development as well as Mentoring on the ACO programme.

Brian McGuinness – Executive Director
Brian McGuinness is BSCA Executive Director, running the BSCA office, co-ordinating events and representational activities, as well as managing the business of the association. Brian has been involved in coaching professionally for over 3 decades. A swimming coach by trade he has worked at grass roots level, all the way through to the top levels of the sport, including Olympic Games & World Championships; as well as everywhere in between. He was the first winner of the BSCA Alan Hime Memorial Award in 1981 for his work in producing a host of international competitors in a short period of time in unfashionable Oldham. He has experience working in sport within local government, schools, private clubs as well as regional and national governing bodies. He is a presenter, tutor & assessor within the ASA UKCC Level 3 Coach education programme. His company CoachEdUK, provides educational & development support for coaches as well as representing coaches in employment law and respective sports law matters. He has been heavily involved for the last 15 years in representing the cases of coaches where child welfare & child protection concerns & allegations have been made. Brian is a Board member of the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) in the position of CEO of their Europe office.
He is married, due to celebrate his Silver wedding anniversary in August, has two sons and also has a keen interest in football, music and film.

Contact the North East Region

Posted by Site Admin On May - 10 - 2010


Name: Russ Barber
Club / Programme: Sheffield Swim Squad
Post Title: Head Coach
Achievements in Swimming and / or Coaching: Started coaching in 1990 at City of Hull Swimming Club, then became Age Group Coach at the newly formed Kingston upon Hull Swimming Club in 1996. Took position as Age Group Coach at City of Leeds SC in 1997. Became Head Coach at City of Sheffield Swim Squad in 2001. I have coached Sheffield swimmers to 50 GB International caps to date, placing swimmers on European Youth Olympics, European Juniors, World Youth, European Short and Long Course, Commonwealth, World and Olympic Teams.
A Little Bit About Russ: To follow
Contact Number: 0114 2233454 / 07837 371135
E-Mail Address: russ.barber@sheffield.gov.uk

Events in the North East

Posted by Site Admin On May - 10 - 2010

19-21 November 2010:

47TH ANNUAL SWIM COACHING CONFERENCE

Held at the Macdonald Burlington Hotel, Birmingham England.  Click here to book : BOOK NOW

The North East Region

Posted by Site Admin On May - 10 - 2010

The BSCA Committee is currently as follows:

Dave Haller | President
Terry Denison MBE | Chairman
Jon Rudd | Vice Chairman
Brian McGuinness | Executive Director
Russ Barber| North East Region Director – Contact Details

REPRESENTATION

As well as running coach education seminars and presenting awards, BSCA North East represents its membership in various other ways. Here are a few examples:

  • Regular meeting with NECASA Meet Director
  • Representation on Yorkshire and Northumberland & Durham Swimming Committee’s
  • Representation on NEC Swimming Committee

To view Events and Awards in the North East Region click here for details
To contact the North East Region click here for details

Dave Haller – President
The figurehead position held by Dave Haller was awarded because of his position as a modern day icon of the activity & profession in this country. The City of Cardiff Head Coach, most recently known for his work with David Davies & Thomas Haffield, also has a list of the who’s who in British swimming to his name when considering who has come under his wing at some point; David Wilkie, Duncan Goodhew, Sharon Davies & Mark Foster amongst many. A former GB Olympic Head Coach who has worked as Director of Swimming for Scotland, Chief Coach in Southampton, Beckenham and Hong Kong, Dave continues to work at developing excellence and mentoring younger coaches in Wales & elsewhere.

Terry Denison, MBE, Chairman of BSCA

Chairman of the BSCA since 2003, Terry Denison was Head Coach to City of Leeds SC for 35 years until retiring from active coaching in 2003. During this time, City of Leeds won the European Community Mens Club Team Championship in 1990; won 15 National Senior Team Championships, 19 National Speedo League Championships and had 17 swimmers selected for Olympic Games Teams. Adrian Moorhouse won Olympic Gold Medal in 1988 and Andrew Astbury won an Olympic Bronze medal in 1984. James Hickman was 5 times World Short Course Champion and Claire Huddart was a member of the GB World SC 800 Relay Champions. City of Leeds swimmers set 1 World LC Record(equalled on 2 further occasions) and 6 World SC Records whilst being coached by Terry.

Terry was awarded the MBE for services to swimming in 1998 and was awarded the UK Sport Massabini Award and inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003. In 1996 he was awarded the Harold Fern Award by the ASA for service to swimming; he was 11 time BSCA Coach of the Year and in 1989 was selected as Coach of the Year by the British Institute of Sport.

Since retiring from active coaching Terry has spent 3 years working with Swim Ireland to set up a High Performance Programme; he has successfully completed the UKCC Level 3 Award in Sports Coach Mentoring and currently presents UKCC Level Coaches Courses. He also does talks to various organisations on motivation and athlete development as well as Mentoring on the ACO programme.

Brian McGuinness – Executive Director
Brian McGuinness is BSCA Executive Director, running the BSCA office, co-ordinating events and representational activities, as well as managing the business of the association. Brian has been involved in coaching professionally for over 3 decades. A swimming coach by trade he has worked at grass roots level, all the way through to the top levels of the sport, including Olympic Games & World Championships; as well as everywhere in between. He was the first winner of the BSCA Alan Hime Memorial Award in 1981 for his work in producing a host of international competitors in a short period of time in unfashionable Oldham. He has experience working in sport within local government, schools, private clubs as well as regional and national governing bodies. He is a presenter, tutor & assessor within the ASA UKCC Level 3 Coach education programme. His company CoachEdUK, provides educational & development support for coaches as well as representing coaches in employment law and respective sports law matters. He has been heavily involved for the last 15 years in representing the cases of coaches where child welfare & child protection concerns & allegations have been made. Brian is a Board member of the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) in the position of CEO of their Europe office.
He is married, due to celebrate his Silver wedding anniversary in August, has two sons and also has a keen interest in football, music and film.


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