Coaches for 2022/2023
We are very fortunate to have a massive amount of coaching experience in our team. Our coaches are all accredited and committed to helping our swimmers achieve their goals.
Head Coach – Ah Kwi Lan Wong Chon Lew
Working towards Development Coach – with Australia’s Swimming Coaching and Teaching Association
Ah Kwi Lan was appointed our Head Coach commencing in the 2021/22 season. Ah Kwi Lan and her family have been involved with our club for many years.
Ah Kwi Lan has a great love for swimming and loves seeing our swimmers improve.
Coach – Shirley Swan
Silver Accreditation with Australia’s Swimming Coaching and Teaching Association.
Mention ‘swimming’ in the Swan Hill community, and you will most likely hear the name ‘Shirley Swan’. Shirley was one of the founders of our swimming club in 1978 and is still very much involved in the club with a special love for coaching the swimmers.
While all swimmers have great respect for Shirley, she has a particular affinity with the younger swimmers helping them to develop their stroke techniques and foster their love of swimming.
Shirley has been a coach at the club since 1978 and holds a Silver Accreditation with Australia’s Swimming Coaching and Teaching Association.
Shirley recently received a prestigious award at the Australian Coaching and Swim Teachers Assocation conference last month, Shirley was finally presented with her 2020 Outstanding Contribution to Swim Coaching in Australia Award.
Coach – Bayley Forbes
We welcome Bayley to our coaching team in October 2023. We are very excited to have Bayley join our club, he is a qualified Osteopath, Personal Trainer, Sports Trainer, and is currently studying a Graduate Certificate in High Performance Sport.
When not on Pool Deck Bayley can be found at Central Mallee Health.
