January 2016
Making Waves in Wales is designed to inform and keep you updated on all news relating to
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Mr Robert James will stand down as Chief
Executive Officer of Swim Wales at the end of
March 2016. Robert has held the position of
CEO since 2004.
We wish Robert all the very best for the future and in his retirement! Pob Lwc!

Following the extensive interviews held during
December for a new CEO, we are pleased to announce that Mr Fergus Feeney has accepted the position and will be joining us in April 2016.
Fergus Feeney joins us from Royal Mint where he held the position of Programme Director and has worked with them since 2009. I'm sure you will join us in welcoming Fergus Feeney to
Swim Wales. Croeso!
We are delighted to announce that Chris
Davies joined Swim Wales with effect from
Monday, 04 January 2016 as the Head Coach of Swim Conwy.
Chris will report directly to Ross Nicholas and will be responsible for the performance swimming for all Swim Conwy clubs.
I am sure you will all join us in welcoming Chris to the team. Croeso!
Dulwich College Shanghai have appointed
Paralympic coach Billy Pye as Head of
Aquatics, Billy Pye, who was appointed MBE in
2009 for his services to swimming and has been named BSCA Disability Coach of the Year six times, joined staff at the Pudong campus in
January.
We all at Swim Wales wish Billy all the very best in his new venture. Pob lwc!

Swansea Sport Awards will take place on
February 25th 2016. Swim Wales are fortunate to have some of their swimmers recognised and shortlisted to the finals
The shortlisted swimmers are:
* Daniel Jervis- Sportsperson of the Year,
* Lewis Fraser- Junior Sportsman of the Year ,
* Sophie Evans - Junior Sportswoman of the
Year
* Chloe Davies-Junior Disabled Sportsperson of the Year
Congratulations and Well Done to you all for making the finals, Good luck!
Swim Wales performance swimmers attend warm weather training in Australia during
January starting off in the Gold Coast before moving on to Melbourne to race at the Victoria
Champs.
Dan Jervis wins Gold in the 1500m and Xavier
Mohammed claims Silver in the 400m IM
Aaron Moores broke the British Record in the Male 50m MC Backstroke with a time of 30.27 then went on to claim Gold in the 50m
Breaststroke and Bronze in the 100m backstroke
Chloe Tutton breaks Welsh record in the 200m breaststroke and wins Bronze
Jack Thomas regained his 50 freestyle British
(S14) record winning Silver, another Silver in the 50m Backstroke and Bronze in the 200m IM

Female 50m Butterfly B Final saw Alys Thomas come 3rd and Harriet Jones come 5th.
As part of the development of talent Para-Swimmers, 8 swimmers have been selected to attend the Hague Gold Grand
Prix meet in The Hague, Netherlands. The meet will take place over the weekend of 26th-28th February and will give the swimmers the opportunity to experience a the highest calibre of competition, with it doubling up as the Dutch Paralympic Trials, as part of their build up to the British International Para-
Swimming Championships held in Glasgow in April. 3 swimmers
(Jack Thomas, Aaron Moores and Chloe Davies) go to Glasgow with their eyes set on achieving qualification for Rio2016 and so will give them the opportunity to fine tune their performances ready for trials.
Swimmers selected are:
Jack Thomas (S14, Swansea Aquatics)
Aaron Moores (S14, Swansea Aquatics)
Chloe Davies (S14, Swansea Aquatics)
Ffion Butler (S9, Shrewsbury)
Tom Piggott (S10, Shrewsbury)
Molly Hopkins (S9, Neath)
Bethan Eckley (S10, City of Cardiff)
Connah Green (S14, Carmarthen)

Swim Wales is driving a campaign to find potential Para-
Swimmers for the future. Operation Tokyo 2020 is aimed at finding swimmers across Wales who have a physical or visual impairment. There are 2 stages that swimmers must go through.
Stage 1 is a basic assessment of swimming ability with swimmers either being signposted to relevant opportunities or being invited to attend stage 2 and an athlete ID assessment.
Swimmers who progress to stage 2 will be signposted to club opportunities and on towards classification for competition.
Events will be held across Wales during holiday periods, with applications for attendance being made through a new website that is due to go live over the coming weeks. Swimmers will then be contacted and invited to attend their nearest event.
Swim Wales National Performance Director
Ross Nicholas attending the home of the
2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast during a training camp in Australia.

Wales Senior Waterpolo Team Trials: After a successful 2014
Commonwealth Championships campaign, Wales Water Polo are relaunching their International programme through a series of trial sessions to select Men's and Women's senior squads for the 2016-17 season. From these squads, players will be selected to compete in two annual International tournaments:
EU Nations Cup - Senior Men: 14th-16th May, Malta. Women:
17th-19th June, Czech Rep.
Trial Information
Trial entry cost: £15.00
Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st February 2016
Session 1: Saturday 20th February: Women 13:00 - 14:30 Men
14:30 - 16:00 at Newport International Sports Village,
Velodrome Way, Newport, South Wales NP19 4RA
Session 2: Sunday 21st February: Women 13:00 - 15:00 Men
15:00 - 17:00 at Newport International Sports Village,
Velodrome Way, Newport, South Wales NP19 4RA
Eligibility requirements:
You were born in Wales, your parents were born in Wales or you have you been a resident in Wales for the last 5 years.
You play water polo for a club, or are an affiliate of a club that competes in the British National Water Polo League.
If you fulfil the eligibility criteria and would like to attend the trials, please confirm your attendance to the appropriate contact below;
Men's team: Carl Wyatt: c.wyatt1981@hotmail.co.uk
Women's team: Sian Smith: emilylousmith@btinternet.com
The waterpolo clinic is a waterpolo development session which takes place monthly at Cardiff International pool from 11am to
2pm (except the February session from- 11.30am to 2.30pm)
Dates:
3rd January
7th February

6th March
17th April
8th May
5th June
3rd July
4th September
18th September
9th October
13th November
4th December
There is also a competitive team development at the clinics with the Wales Junior u18s team taking part in the Inter Regions
Competitions and EU Nations tournaments with the boys going to Austria and the girl’s event being in Denmark over the Easter period.
The search is on for a leader for Team Wales at the next Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast,
Australia in 2018.
As well as a passion for sport and for Wales, outstanding leadership skills and inspirational qualities are also top of the list of requirements for the role.
Aberdare Diving Club recently appeared on S4C
'Clwb' to promote Diving in Wales.
For more information click HERE
Click here to watch
For more information how to get into Diving or join a club, contact Wales Diving Manager, Ben
Fox on 07583 000120 or email HERE

What a year 2015 has been for British swimming, with high quality results and performances throughout the year.
This category was a two horse race in 2015 with a difficult decision to be made between Jazz
Carlin and Siobhan Marie O’Connor. Both won bronze medals at the world championships, with
O’Connor possibly delivering the better performance, but it was results in the small pool at the
European SC championships that tipped the balance in favour of the Welsh lady.
It was in Netanya that Carlin completed her double-double of European 800m and 400m freestyle titles long and short course, and she touched out that arch SC racer Katinka Hosszu to win the shorter race into the bargain. It was a sign that perhaps there has been some improvement around the walls to go with true fast swimming Carlin has always had between them.
In Kazan speed between the walls was never going to be enough to challenge Katy Ledecky but
Carlin battled well with Jessica Ashwood to snatch 800m bronze. In doing so she erased any lingering doubts from Barcelona in 2013 when she’d finished 4th in the 400m, which she also did this year, and then sunk like a stone in the longer events. This time round she was buoyant to the end and a trip to the podium was her reward.
Before Christmas Connah's key held their
Christmas Ball where the latest club captains were announced.
Jack Johnson and Erica Hunt were selected this year. Congratulations to both.

Conwy Council get ready to launch 'Learn to
Swim Wales' the learn to swim framework across their centres using the new Aqua Passport interactive system making swimming lessons more fun and where parents can track their child's progress online. For further information click HERE
After months of meetings and planning a brand new triathlon club has launched in Torfaen.
Torfaen Triathlon Club was formed by bringing together 3 local clubs covering the 3 disciplines of a triathlon, together with Torfaen Leisure
Trust.
Torfaen Dolphins bring their experience and coaching to the swim sessions, Pontypool &
District Runners offer fully coached technical and speed sessions, and Pontypool Road

Carmarthenshire Council get ready to launch
'Learn to Swim Wales' the learn to swim framework across their three centres:
Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford using the
Cycling Club have opened up their rides to the
Triathlon Club members.
The launch night, in Pontypool Active Living
Centre on Monday 11 January was a great success. 23 athletes joined immediately, and most got together straight afterwards for a sample swim session.
The new members, who ranged greatly in swimming ability, all enjoyed their first session which was coached by Ian Rosser of the
Torfaen Dolphins.
Club secretary, Christine Vorres s aid “We were really excited when Peter Bishop of Torfaen
Leisure Trust suggested the idea of getting the clubs together to form a triathlon club. Once we had worked out how the sessions would fit together, we knew we were onto a winner.
There has been a great deal of interest in the new club, and everyone has been really enthusiastic. The support of Torfaen Leisure
Trust has been extremely instrumental in making this happen.”
Torfaen Triathlon club sessions take place throughout the week, for more information email
Torfaentri@gmai.com
– or visit their facebook page

new Aqua Passport interactive system. For further information visit: http://www.actifsirgar.co.uk
29 - 31 Jan South East Wales Regional
29 - 31 Jan West Wales Regional
Click here for Events information
29 - 31 Jan North Wales Regional
6 - 7 Feb South East Wales Regional
6 - 7 Feb West Wales Regional
6 - 7 Feb North Wales Regional
20 - 21 Feb 20th City of Cardiff L4 Closed Meet
27 - 28 Feb Llanelli Open Meet
Dates for your diary:
Swim Wales Long Course (closed) Champs entries open 10th
February at 7am
Open Masters Entries close on 17th February at 12 midday
Volunteers:
If you would like to volunteer for Swim Wales Long Course
Champs 25-28th March please complete the application form and send to: Gayle.Robson@swimming.org
In return for giving up your time to help at any Swim Wales
National Event, you will receive, Free Entry, Programme,
Parking, Food, refreshments, Volunteer T-shirt & 10% discount on specific Event merchandise for the meet and day you are volunteering at.

Click her for Volunteer Application Form
Level 2 Award in Coaching Aquatic Pre-Fundamentals –
Pontardawe Leisure Centre & Swimming Pool – 4th March 2016
– 8th April 2016 - £300.00 per person – 10 spaces left
Level 1 Swimming Assistant (Teaching) – Wales National Pool
Swansea – 12th March 2016 – 20th March 2016 - £395.00 per person – 5 spaces left
Achievements
3 courses were run this month:
2 Level 2 Swimming Teacher courses (Abergavenny & Plas
Menai) – 22 people achieved/due to achieve
1 Level 1 Teaching Aquatic course (Carmarthen) – 15 people attended/achieved
5 people going through the Swim Wales tutor training programme have attended the CAVA (Level 3 Certificate in
Assessing Vocational Achievement (QCF) 25th & 26th Jan at
Wales National Pool.
Exciting roles in the newly formed Cambrian
Aquatics Sports Centre in Connah’s Quay.
Training and Maintenance Manager Salary
£25-30k 37 hours per week
Aquatics Coordinator Salary £20-24K 37 hours per week

Customer Relations Advisor x 2 Salary £6-
7k 10 hours per week
Aquatics Pathway Instructor x 9 Salary £9-
11k 25 hours per week
All roles need to be in place for 1st April
Applications close 19th Feb, Interview w/c 22nd
Feb.
All applications should be made to the executive board of Cambrian Aquatics in writing with full
CV and covering letter outlining what skills and experience the applicant brings to the role. cambrianaquatics@gmail.com
Swim Champs are looking to recruit a Level 2 swimming Instructor to join them to deliver lessons in Cardiff to start imminently.
For more information and to apply Email David or Laura Davies at: daviddaviesswimschool@hotmail.com
www.swimchamps.co.uk
Swim Wales, WNPS, Sketty Lane, Swansea. SA2 8QG Tel: 01792 513636

Swim Wales
WNPS
Sketty Lane
Swansea
SA2 8QG www.swimwales.org
Tel no : 01792 513636
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