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All our coaching staff and volunteers have a CRB check in place and are registered with the ASA as club members. We encourage all our our coaches to continue to professionally develop, as well as to belong to a professional body, such as the Institute of Swimming (IoS). The club hold details of all relevant qualifications held by the coaching staff - if you would like to see this please contact the Club Secretary.
For useful information put together by our coaches for the benefit of swimmers and parents, please visit the Information from Coaches forum.
Our Coaching Staff
Colin Cunningham is the Head Coach of SCSC and County A squad. Colin took over as Head Coach on 5 January 2010. Colin, from Liverpool, is a former Great Britain freestyle and backstroke swimmer, who represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he competed in the individual 100 m and 200 m backstroke. Colin was also a member of the relay teams in the 4 x 200 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley. In 1974, he competed in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand earning a silver in the 4 x 200 Freestyle Relay and two bronzes in the 4 x 100 Freestyle and 4 x 100 Medley Relays. Colin is a two time Commonwealth Games record holder in the 200 Backstroke and once in the 100 Backstroke.
To top off his impressive international career, Colin won a silver medal at the 1974 Long Course European Championships in Vienna in the 4 x 100 Medley.
Prior to joining SCSC, Colin was head swimming coach for Rotherham Metro ASC from 1982 to 2005 when the council didn’t want to support the swimming club. The club then decided to run it on their own through volunteers and Colin moved over to coach the “B” Squad, seniors and masters. Colin also is the swimming coach for the RAF.
Jeff Beavers is the County B coach. Jeff is holder of Level 1 qualification for Teaching Aquatics.
Glyn Mettam (above) has been coaching Sheffield City and teaching swimming in Sheffield for many years. A former renowned Breaststroke swimmer, Glyn's main coaching responsibility is with the Youth & Masters and County B squads.
Jess Payne is the Development Squad coach. Jess, a former SCSC swimmer, has a Level 1 qualification in Swim Coaching.
Sheffield City are also fortunate to have a number of poolside assistants with Level 1 qualifications who help out at various Development squad sessions: Natalie Johnson, Oliver Thorpe, Sam Cooper, Leonie Farquharson, Adelle Moore, Suzi Johnson and Rose Sisk all with Level 1 qualifications who help out at various Development squad sessions.
We are also lucky to have a number of other poolside helpers - Claire McGourlay, Heather Bradley-Smith, and Charles Bradley-Smith all help out regularly on poolside.