Swim England
Swim England announce finalists for National Awards 2024
30 October 2024Swim England are delighted to reveal the finalists for the Swim England National Awards 2024 after more than 1,500 nominations from across the aquatics community.
A shortlist of nominees for 21 different awards have been chosen with the annual ceremony taking place inside the Great Hall at the University of Birmingham on Saturday 30 November.
The event will also recognise long service to aquatics with the latest inductees into the Swim England Hall of Fame and the Harold Fern and Alfred H Turner awards, whilst four current and future aquatics stars will be named the Swim England Talent Athletes of the Year.
Congratulations to all of this year’s finalists which you can find below.
Swim England National Awards 2024 finalists
Educator of the Year
- Nicola Bainbridge
- Lynn Goring-Crook
- Lynesey Olson
Health Impact Award
- Everyone Active
- Mental Health Swims
- Parkwood Leisure
Inclusion Impact Award
- GB Deaf Swimming Club
- Out To Swim
- Tadcaster York Sport Swim Squad
- Alison Metcalf
School Swimming Award
- Ryders Green Primary School
- Tees Active
- Wollescote Primary School
Swim School of the Year
- Daddy Shark Swim School
- West Grinstead Swimming Academy
- SwimWithJo
Swimming Teacher of the Year
- Abigail Carlisle
- Neil Ireland
- Vivien Maxey
Technical Official of the Year
- Miwako Eliasson, London
- Nicola Hughes, North East
- Louise Lambert, East Midlands
- Jane O’Brien, East
- Allison Pratt, West Midlands
- Esther Rookes, South West
- Jasmine Stagg, North West
- John Tripp, South East
Volunteer of the Year
- Emma Baxter, London
- Kim Black, East Midlands
- Bletchley and District SC volunteer team (Andy Walton, Terry Bedeau, Alison Chunga-Castillo, Eunice Awusu, Richard Clark, Sally Green, Sharon Brown, Helen Jones, Jo Payne, Claire Linder, Karl Kuhle, Claudia Caputo, Angela Miller, Sian Wiltshire, Will Bolton-Brown), South East.
- Ben Harvey, North West
- John Simpson, North East
- Sarah Taylor, South West
- Lottie Thompson, East
- Andy Worsey, West Midlands
Youth Champion of the Year
- Olivia Anstey
- Ryan Carstairs
- Erin Ingham
Sport Club Of The Year Awards
Artistic Swimming Club of the Year
- Bramcote AquaStars, East Midlands
- Cheltenham Artistic Swimming Club, South West
- Denton Artistic Swimming Club, North West
- Hythe Artistic Swimming Club, South East
- Kingston Artistic Swimming Club, London
- Potters Bar Artistic Swimming Club, East
- South Yorkshire Swans Swimming Club, North East
- Wallsall Swimming Club, West Midlands
Diving Club of the Year
- Albatross Diving Club, South East
- Harrogate Diving Club, North East
- Havering Cormorants Diving Club, London
- Manchester Aquatics Centre Diving Club, North West
- Sandwell Diving Club, West Midlands
Swimming Club of the Year
- Blythe Barracudas, West Midlands
- Bournemouth Collegiate School SC, South West
- City of Leeds Swimming Club, North East
- City of Liverpool Swimming Club, North West
- City of Peterborough Swimming Club, East
- Gravesend and Northfleet Swimming Club, South East
- Kimberly Swimming Club, East Midlands
- Out To Swim, London
Water Polo Club of the Year
- Croydon Amphibians, London
- Faversham Water Polo Club, South East
- Hucknall Water Polo Club, East Midlands
- Newton Abbot Swimming and Water Polo Club, South West
- Rotherham Metro Water Polo Club, North East
- Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club, North West
- Watford Water Polo Club, East
Coaching Awards
Artistic Swimming Development Coach of the Year
- Tilly Budd, City of Leeds
- Sarah Brown, Bramcote AquaStars
- Emma Chapman, Dacorum Artistic Swimming Club
- Elizabeth Fitzgerald, Denton Artistic Swimming Club
- Eleanor George, Out to Swim
- Di Hughes, Electric Eels
- Abi Jay, Seagulls Swimming Club
- Tegan Smith, City of Birmingham Swimming Club
Diving Development Coach of the Year
- Tommy Davis, Plymouth Diving Club
- Nick Egg, Southampton Diving Academy
- Milly Fairhurst-Marshall, City of Sheffield Diving Club
- Carlos Ferra Guzman, Burscough Diving Club
- Daniel Gorsuch, Sandwell Diving Club
- Warren Hackley, Corby Steel Diving
- James Hadley, Southend Diving Club
- Beth Molyneaux, Havering Cormorants
Swimming Development Coach of the Year
- John Davey, Newcastle Staffs ASC
- Caroline Findlay, Leander Swimming Club
- Danielle Naylor, Wigan Best Swimming Club
- Danny Martland, Tadcaster York Sport Swim Squad
- Mark Podbury, Burnham-on-sea Swimming Club
- Amy Roberts, Rykneld Swimming Club
- Lee Shepherd, White Cliffs (of Dover) Swimming Club
- Nick Thompson, St Felix School Swimming Club
Water Polo Development Coach of the Year
- Matthew Birch, Rotherham Metro
- Gareth Chen-Rees, Grantham Water Polo Club
- Josh Dixon, Manchester Sharks Water Polo Club
- John Halstead, Sandwell Aquatics Club
- Joe O’Connor, Out to Swim
- Katy Ross, Andover Swimming and Water Polo Club
- Adam Page, Watford Water Polo Club
Artistic Swimming Performance Pathway Coach of the Year
- Kerri Brennan, Aqualina
- Tilly Budd, City of Leeds
- Jessica Fletcher, City of Salford
- Rachel Harris, Aquavision
- Cerys Hughes, City of Bristol Swimming Club
- Kelly-Anne Russell, Reading Royals
- Lenka Tanner, Bramcote Aquastars
Diving Performance Pathway Coach of the Year
- Bron Jenkinson, City of Sheffield
- Nigel Mills, Sandwell Diving Club
- Kirsteen Mitchell, Dive London
Swimming Performance Pathway Coach of the Year
- Lee Baldwin, Portsmouth Northsea Swimming Club
- Joshua Bradley, Halesowen Swimming Club
- Wayne Cummings, Nottingham Leander
- Rick Hall, Stockport Metro
- Danny Martland, Tadcaster York Sport Swim Squad
- Ben Negus, City of Peterborough
- Stewart Nicklin, London Disability Swimming Club
- Cameron Russell, North Cornwall Dragons Swimming Club
Water Polo Performance Pathway Coach of the Year
- Alice Byrne, City of Liverpool
- Stuart McKie, Cheltenham Swimming and Water Polo Club
- Claudio Palumbo, West London Penguin
- Tom Wall, Hucknall Water Polo Club
- Gabrielle Williams, City of Sheffield