Nene Valley Swim Club

About Us

Swimming - A skill for life

Nene Valley Swimming Club (NVSC) offers training for a wide range of abilities from ages 3-18, in a friendly, fun and professional environment.

Competition

With the ability to compete in local, county, regional and national competitions, the club is well placed within Northamptonshire to develop those who wish to pursue competitive swimming

Fun & Friendship

We encourage team spirit, fun & a competitive edge.

New members are always welcome and we encourage all interested swimmers to come along and meet the team for a free trial

Safeguarding

Child Safeguarding

At NVSC we are committed to ensuring that all children who take part in our activities are able to have fun and participate in an environment that keeps them safe from harm. It is every child’s right to be protected from abuse irrespective of their age, gender, faith or religion, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, background, economic position, disability or level of ability. If you have any worries at all please contact our Welfare Officer Julie Dark at nenevalley-welfare@hotmail.com or contact Stephen Bell coachbellnvsc@hotmail.co.uk

The Team Behind The Team

NVSC Committee

CHAIRMAN - STEPHEN BELL
Responsible for the overall smooth running of the club with the help of the Secretary and treasurer. Ensuring best practices are undertaken & dealing with any issues that may arise.

SECRETARY - YVETTE BELL
Dealing with the day to day running of the club including all queries and correspondence. Main point of contact between the club and the County regional and National organisations

TREASURER - MARY TAYLOR
To produce, manage and monitor the clubs financial accounts. Keep a record of all transactions and prepare the accounts for yearly auditing.

COMMITEE MEMBER - JANE ARNOLD
Administrator of stock and club merchandise for NVSC. She also assists in Team Management and coordination for club events & attends committee meetings.

COMITTEE MEMBER - CAROLYN TAYLOR
A committee member and also Coach and Head Teacher Carolyn co-ordinates the roles and development of the clubs coaches and teachers.

COMITTEE MEMBER - CAMPBELL TAYLOR

Committee member ensuring the clubs teaching and quality standards are being met.

WELFARE OFFICER - JULIE DARK
Julie is responsible for the implementation of good practice and child protection policies at NVSC. She also deals with the maintenance and updating of all DBS checks and any issues that may arise within the club of a child welfare nature.

Anyone wishing to contact the welfare Office should do so through by e mailing to:

nenevalley-welfare@hotmail.com

CLUB ADMIN - KERRY TREMBECKI

Helps with the maintenance of DBS checks and safeguarding certificates as well as helping raise funds for the club. Kerry also helps out on poolside at competitions.

Our Coaches

CAROLYN TAYLOR - HEAD COACH
Carolyn was a Club swimmer from a young age. Now with vast experience of successfully teaching young children the fundamentals of swimming, she ran her own Freestyle swim school for a number of years and was Head Coach at Kettering Swimming Club. Carolyn has a keen eye for good technique and a respected reputation throughout the region for swimmers development.

MATTHEW WILLIAMS - ASSISTANT COACH

Level 2 qualified swim teacher and Level 1 qualified swim coach Matthew focus's on the younger swimmers. He firmly believes that every session should be fun and progressive. Although his competitive cv is not as glittering as the other coaches Matthew is an avid open water swimmer and can be often seen training with the club.

ELLIOTT BARKER - ASSISTANT COACH

Elliott is a Level 2 qualified swim teacher and a Level 1 qualified swim coach. He has an impressive swimming background himself having reached national level not too long ago. He completely throws himself into passing on his advanced knowledge to the next generation of swimmers and his enthusiasm shines through in the children he coaches.

GRACE WILLIAMS - ASSISTANT COACH

Grace has been with the club since she was 7 and is now a Level 2 qualified swim teacher and a Level 1 qualified swim coach. Now studying primary education at Nottingham Trent University she helps out remotely and whenever she is back from her studies. Grace has a real attention to detail when it comes to technique combined with an enthusiasm that's thoroughly infectious .

JO DEANE - TEACHER
Jo is a qualified Level 2 Teacher and has been with the club since it started in 2011. She has taught for many years swimmers at all levels of their development, Jo is an expert in progressing and developing their technique.

IONA SMITH - TEACHER

Iona has been a dedicated member of the club for many years and now uses all her valuable knowledge and her Level 2 teaching qualification to teach our younger swimmers. She teaches in our swim school with enthusiasm and a huge smile.

RUBY GARROD - TEACHER

Ruby is a NVSC veteran having been at the club since she was little. She has her Level 1 teaching qualification and teaches our younger swimmers in our swim school and helps them progress into confident competitors.