Abertillery Piranhas Swimming Club
Developing excellence
Coaches & Commitee
H
ead Coach
Matt Tutton:
Matt is a level 3 swimming coach with vast experience in coaching competitive swimming. Matt joined Abertillery Piranhas Swimming Club in May 2008 aiming to develop a structure at Abertillery Piranhas that would provide every opportunity for the clubs athletes to excel in their chosen sport of swimming. Matt is an ambitious coach and has coached on Welsh Squads at all levels. He is also the Head Coach of the Blaenau Gwent Development Centre for Competitive Swimming. Matt has so far helped Abertillery Piranhas Swimming Club to progress to having swimmers on Welsh Skills Squad, Welsh Regional Squads, Welsh Disability Squad, and British Disability Talent Programme. Matt has also managed to increase the clubs number of ASA Nationals and British Trials qualifiers on an annual basis.
A
ssistant Coaches / Teachers:
Ian Eke:
Rhian Jayne:
Stuart Williams
Martin Poole
Tom Lowman
Susie Scholefield
Luke Hart
Other Poolside Volunteers:
James Williams
Swim Wales Level 1 Team Manager - Rhian Jayne
Committee Members
Chairman - Ian Cornock
Secretary - Matt Hollings abtysecretary@hotmail.co.uk
Treasurer - Sue Muedell
Child Welfare Officer - Sara Vaisey
Team Manager - Rhian Jayne
Membership Secretary - Andrew Beetham
Health and Safety Officer - Kaye Lowman
Press Officer & Web Site - Vacant
Parents Rep - Mag Curtis
Competition Secretary's - Matt Tutton & Sara Vaisey
Volunteers Manager - Ian Eke
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The head coach is employed by the club, everyone else including all of the poolside staff and committee are volunteers who give up their time for free for the benefit of the club and all the swimmers. If anyone else would like to help then please make yourself known to Ian Eke or any committe member. If any parent would like to help on poolside the club may be able to fund the cost of ASA teaching or coaching courses.
Parents & Guardians - We need you
In order for any club to run a successful programme, they will rely heavily on their band of volunteers.
Volunteers are the backbone of the club covering a wide variety of roles including; Teaching / Coaching staff, Analysis Staff, Team Management, Therapists, Committee members, plus many more important roles. Without volunteers the ability of a club to provide a good service for its members is signific
antly reduced, and in many instances the members may miss out on areas of development such as; Training Camps, Away Meets, Social Gatherings, Individual Analysis / Feedback, and more.
At Abertillery Piranhas Swimming Club we are continuously looking to increase our volunteer programme, and request that if anyone has an interest in getting involved in support of your son / daughter and your club, to come forwards and make it known to us. I would ideally ask around but my presence has to be on poolside coaching during training sessions and therefore I am unable to be off the poolside searching for support. If any; Parent / Guardian, University / College student, Therapist, or Athlete is interested in becoming a volunteer staff member please dont hesitate to contact the Head Coach;
At present we are especially searching for the following:
- Additional Team Managers to join to the current coaching team \
- Coaching staff / Poolside volunteers > To start
- Analysis and testing staff / ASAP
All of the above positions will be directly responsible to the Head Coach and full support will be given.
Please note: Where possible the club will fund any courses that may need to be undertaken, and any other training will be provided by the club / Head Coach as required.
Please help us to help your Athletes
Kind Regards
Matthew Tutton
Head Coach
Abertillery Piranhas Swimming Club
