 John
Ormerod - Head Coach and A Squad Coach
Hi - My name is John Ormerod and I am head coach to City of Wakefield
S.C.
I have over 32 years experience of coaching swimmers at all levels up to
international standard. I started with Huddersfield Borough (the forerunner to
'Borough of Kirklees') where my son Paul was a member. I moved to Brighouse in
1977 and was their head coach for 25 years. During that time I had numerous
medallists at Yorkshire level and above, placing a swimmer on the British team
at the European Junior Championships in 1983.
I am fully committed to improving the status of
City of Wakefield SC in the swimming community, and to the advancement and
well-being of the swimmers in the club. With the help and commitment of the swimmers
and their parents I will do just
that !!
We have a dedicated team of coaches and helpers throughout the club - myself
in charge of A squad and Sarah Kinsey in charge of B squad with Steve
Hawkshaw and Martin Nunns assisting Sarah. C squad is in the capable
hands of Meg Kinsey, Nicola Brown and Sarah Curtis. All are ASA qualified.
All I can promise at this stage is hard work, and with regular attendance results will surely follow.
The Yorkshire Championships are our main focus each year
- without some measure of success in these, swimmers cannot
advance further up the ladder. We also compete throughout the year in
the the Kirklees and District Championships, Airedale & Wharfedale Championships,
the Barnsley Minors League and the Pocklington Times League; so catering for all levels.
John Ormerod - AISC
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 Sarah
Kinsey - B and C Squad Coach
Hi - I'm Sarah Kinsey. I first joined City of
Wakefield Swimming Club (or Wakefield Amateur Swimming Club
as it was then!) when I was 9 years old. I went on two
exchanges with the club to Germany and Holland in the
following couple of years. When I was 12, I decided that I
wanted to put in more training, and as Wakefield could only
offer 3 sessions at the time, I joined the Borough of
Kirklees squad, though I retained dual membership all along,
and have always competed for Wakefield in local galas.
During my time at Kirklees, I trained 8 times a week, including 3
mornings, plus 2 weights sessions. I competed at Yorkshire,
North Eastern County and National level in the Butterfly and
Distance Freestyle events, with my highest national ranking
being 11th in the 800 free. At 17 I decided to
pull back from such intense training and left Kirklees,
coming back to train full time at Wakefield. At this time I
also took my Level 1 teaching qualification, and started
taking teaching groups at Wakefield.
When I went to University in Newcastle, I continued to swim,
for Wakefield in galas when they needed me, for the
University swimming team, where we competed in the Student
National competitions, and I also joined the City of
Newcastle club, so I could once again get the extra training
I wanted.
When I finished University, I came back to Wakefield, and have
continued to train and compete in local galas and Masters
competitions ever since. The year after I came back, in
2002, I became B squad coach, and went on to complete my
full Level 2 teachers’ qualification the following year.
After all this time I still love swimming, both training and
competing, and love coaching and being able to give
something back to the sport I love so much. Sarah
Kinsey |