As many already know, I am BACK! After a brief hiatus I've been appointed as Head Coach of Hailsham Swimming Club. A club that, despite living in Sussex for 15 years and being married to an ex-Hailsham Swimmer, I knew very little about. Until a few weeks ago t…

I really hope that every single member of the squad and their families have had a nice break. We are now just a few days away from heading back to the pool for next season. Quite a bit has happened over the holiday, and here are the highlights: We are racing …

As we approach the end of this season, I've been asked by a few swimmers "should I carry on training through Summer whilst the club's closed". It's a question that comes up every year so I thought it might be useful to scribble something down for you. I can se…

Back in August last year I left poolside, it was a hard decision but one that I felt I had to make for the good of my family. What I wrote back then was very hard to write so I never want to have to write anything like that again. I've had time to think about …

I don't even know how to start with this post, I really don't. Things at the club have been going really well and we've been on an upward trajectory for quite some time. Then the pandemic hit and we were out for 20 weeks. The swimmers, somehow, did a brilliant…

We've had 20 weeks out of the pool. This has never happened to a group of swimmers in my lifetime so returning to the pool calls for special thought on how we build swimmers back up again - push too hard too soon and they'll get injured, but go too slowly and …