Swimming Teachers Riviera Centre
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Swimming Teachers

All of our swimming teachers are qualified to ASA or STA standard.

We have a number of both male and female swimming teachers including;

  • John Burton, a Padi scuba diver, held the freestyle record for 33 1/3 yards at the age of 14 and as far as he knows it still hasn’t been beaten! 
  • Matt Green who is a new member to our team and also a football coach; 
  • Sarah Penhalagan who used to swim and compete for Oddicombe swimming; 
  • Sue Witchell who has coached in Northamptonshire;
  • Carina Pearce who has passed her National Pool Lifeguard Qualification twice;
  • Cath Bellamy who has won about 30 bronze, silver and gold medals for swimming at a County level; and
  • Jacquie Lovett, a british sub-aqua snorkel diver teacher and Padi scuba diver, who has been a swimming teacher for 17 years.