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Coaching at the club is run by Alan Doyle, Head Coach, who is supported by a large number of volunteer helpers, the majority of whom are parents of club swimmers. We are committed to building and developing our team of coaches and helpers through training programmes, accredited courses and continuous professional development. In addition to working poolside during training sessions, coaches also support swimmers at competitions. As part of our child welfare policy, we ask all coaches and helpers to go through a CRB check before they work unsupervised with swimmers. Most of our coaches and several of our poolside helpers hold the National Rescue Award for Swimming Teachers and Coaches from the Royal Life Saving Society.
To contact our coaching team, please email our head coach, Alan Doyle:
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or call 07971462993
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Alan Doyle, Head Coach
Alan took over as Head Coach in September 2010, he attends all club sessions. He oversees all Club groups and directly coaches the Top Squads. Alan has two daughters who swim at the club and has been coaching since 2006. |
Alan has an extensive coaching team as follows (in alphabetical order):
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Mark Bagley
Mark has been coaching at HHSC since 2008. He has a daughter who swims at the club. Mark coaches Otters on Tuesdays and is also a qualified life saver. |
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Richard Daniell
Richard has been coaching at HHSC for a number of years. He has a son who swims at the club. Richard provides four hours of coaching per week over two to three days. He helps with coaching our top squads. Richard is a qualified life saver with in house coaching qualifications. |
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Duncan Grainge
Duncan coaches twice a week across a number of squads from Junior all the way up to Regional, he is an ASA level 1 Qualified Coach. Duncan is well known in the club for finishing his sessions with sprint kick sets, always guaranteed to make the legs burn. In his spare time he trains and competes for Triathlons having completed a number of Ironman events, in 2013 he has been accepted for the Marathon des Sables which is a 6 day 150 mile race across the Sahara desert!!! |
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Darren Garratt
Darren coaches once a week with the Junior and Development Squads, he has two sons who swim at the club, he is a Level 1 qualified coach and is currently working on his Level 2 qualification.
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Emily Garratt
Emily is the group leader for the Otters group, she is also responsible for the training co-ordination within the club and is an active fund raiser, She is a Level 1 qualified coach and is currently working on her Level 2 qualification. Emily has two sons who swim with the club.
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Mark Horrod
Mark has been coaching at the club since 2004 and is a Level 2 Club Coach. He also holds a National Rescue Award and is a qualified timekeeper and judge. Mark spends 3 days a week at poolside, providing 4 hours of coaching to the County and Regional Squads. He also helps out with coaching other groups when the need arises. |
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Rob Lotts
Rob coaches once a week with the Sea Lions and Seals Groups and has been present on poolside for a number of years, he is ASA Level 1 qualified. |
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Sue Milligan
Sue has a daughter who swims with the club and is ASA Level 1 qualified. She assists with the Junior and Developments Squads coaching once or twice a week. |
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Mike Pigott MBE
Mike has been coaching at Hemel Hempstead Swimming since 2004. He is an ex-swimmer who swam for Amersham (in his youth!). He has a son, who swims for the club in the Regional Squad, his daughter is an ex swimmer who coaches with some of the younger squads, Mike coaches 2 hours per week with the Regional and County Squads. |
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Dave Pirrie
Dave has been a member of Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club since 2005 and has been assisting with the coaching at the club for the last two. In his youth (too many years ago!) he represented Hertfordshire and swam for St Albans (now COSTA) & Watford. Dave is an active member of the Masters Squad at Hemel Hempstead and competes regularly in both Club & Masters events. He has two daughters who swim for the club. He is the Group Leader for Aquabears and sets their training program. |
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Liz Sherriff
Liz has Level 2 ASA qualification. She became involved with swimming through her sons who both swim with the club and started coaching at the club in early 2006. Liz is Group Leader for Seals and Sealions and sets the plan for those groups. Liz is also an active member of our Masters Section. |
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Christine Thompson
Christine has been Coaching with Hemel Hempstead Swimming Club since 1989 when her daughter joined the club at 5 years old and she obtained her first ASA qualification in 1990. She is a level 3 Club Coach and specializes in starts, turns and stroke technique and is passionate about the sport. Christine currently assists with the Otters group at HHSC, she holds a current rescue award, and also has a sports psychology diploma. Chris likes to remind us her claim to fame is that she was Olympic Swimmer Richard Charlesworth’s first teacher and coach. She runs a swim school at Cavendish and Kings Langley schools, and also teaches at Sportspace Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted. |
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Bill Woodhouse
Bill is an ASA Level 2 Coach and is in the process of completing his ASA Level 3 Coaching qualification, he is the Group Leader for the Junior and Development Squads. Bill is also a current swimmer with the club and still likes to show some of the youngsters how to do it. |
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