Ben Close Head Coach
Ben Close is our Head Coach, he has a background in competitive swimming to a national level as well as a wealth of knowledge and several years’ experience in coaching and teaching swimming.
Ben was awarded the 2017 Rookie Coach of the Year award at the NZSCTA Awards dinner. |
Ben won the 2018 award for NZSCTA Youth Coach Of The Year For A AWD Swimmer. |
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Rhys Pryde-Wall Assistant Coach
Rhys Pryde-Wall is our Assistant Coach, with a background in competitive swimming to a national level, he has most recently spent 4 years as the Head Coach in Gore providing exceptional guidance, technique advice and knowledge.
Callum Sutherland |
Callum is our Junior Coach who assists Ben and Rhys. Callum has been a national swimmer and has a wealth of knowledge and experience in competitive swimming. |
Rachel Craythorne
We also have the support and coaching knowledge from Rachel Craythorne. She has a background in competitive swimming to a national level as well as experience teaching and coaching all levels. She is our wonderful team manager on some of our away meets.
SNZ Events
Epic Swim
High Performance