Biography

I am told I could swim before I could walk, and spent a lot of my childhood in the water. I joined my local swimming club and regularly competed in county galas and club championships. When I was in my teens I joined the lifesaving team and have competed at the RLSS National Lifesaving Championships representing South East England. I spent 4 years lifeguarding at my local pool and qualified as a swimming teacher in 2006. I have taught all ages and abilities, and specialised in teaching nervous swimmers (often adults that had sadly had a traumatic experience in the water), swimmers with disabilities or additional needs. I have also taught diving and water polo as well as setting up a Rookie lifesaving club for children. I have been lucky enough to have travelled a lot and swum in some amazing locations around the world, however I never considered swimming in open water in the UK until covid hit and all the pools closed. I couldn’t believe what I had been missing out on! I immediately joined a sea swimming group and became a level 2 Open Water Swimming Coach.