Our Coaches
Greg Ross - Head Coach
Greg has been coaching Club, State and National level swimmers for over 20 years. His goal is to help swimmers develop the most efficient technique and then practice race pace as often as possible. This approach has produced hundreds of State, National and International Championship Medals. His coaching method is built around communication with the goal of helping swimmers of all ages to achieve the best results for each individual swimmer.
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Greg has been coaching Club, State and National level swimmers for over 20 years. His goal is to help swimmers develop the most efficient technique and then practice race pace as often as possible. This approach has produced hundreds of State, National and International Championship Medals. His coaching method is built around communication with the goal of helping swimmers of all ages to achieve the best results for each individual swimmer.
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Nicole Patterson - Squad Coach
Nicole started swimming when she was twelve when she was a member of her primary school swim team that eventually lead to her first swim(shell) meet . As she progressed from Primary School into High School she was asked to join the local disabled swimming club to help encourage a friend to swim more often and boost her friend's confidence.
Nicole quickly transitioned from training to competitive swimming under the guidance of the coach. Her potential was recognised early and she was encouraged to take competitive swimming another step further and she joined an able bodied club to further advance her swimming career. She joined a small group of athlete's that were being coached under watchful eye of Greg Ross (Silver Licence Coach) who had not coached a disabled athlete up until that point. It was a steep learning curve for both and opened up a different side of swimming for both Greg and Nicole. She learnt a great deal of information in her time under Greg (twelve years). Nicole went through some great highs and not so good low's throughout her swimming career but, with Greg's guidance Nicole continued to develop and improve. She gives a lot of credit to Greg (and her parents) in helping her achieve her dream's and goals in swimming. Going from State Championships to Nationals to International level competition (World Paralympics Pan Pac's Argentina).
Nicole started swimming teaching in 2006 before she retired from competitive swimming in 2009. She felt it was time to start giving back to the community that had given her so much. Nicole then turned her focus on being a swimming teacher and coach to help future generations to learn to swim and move towards competition if they are ready and interested. She specifically remembers saying to herself at the age of ten that "I'd never be a swim teacher", oh how the tides have turned.
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Nicole started swimming when she was twelve when she was a member of her primary school swim team that eventually lead to her first swim(shell) meet . As she progressed from Primary School into High School she was asked to join the local disabled swimming club to help encourage a friend to swim more often and boost her friend's confidence.
Nicole quickly transitioned from training to competitive swimming under the guidance of the coach. Her potential was recognised early and she was encouraged to take competitive swimming another step further and she joined an able bodied club to further advance her swimming career. She joined a small group of athlete's that were being coached under watchful eye of Greg Ross (Silver Licence Coach) who had not coached a disabled athlete up until that point. It was a steep learning curve for both and opened up a different side of swimming for both Greg and Nicole. She learnt a great deal of information in her time under Greg (twelve years). Nicole went through some great highs and not so good low's throughout her swimming career but, with Greg's guidance Nicole continued to develop and improve. She gives a lot of credit to Greg (and her parents) in helping her achieve her dream's and goals in swimming. Going from State Championships to Nationals to International level competition (World Paralympics Pan Pac's Argentina).
Nicole started swimming teaching in 2006 before she retired from competitive swimming in 2009. She felt it was time to start giving back to the community that had given her so much. Nicole then turned her focus on being a swimming teacher and coach to help future generations to learn to swim and move towards competition if they are ready and interested. She specifically remembers saying to herself at the age of ten that "I'd never be a swim teacher", oh how the tides have turned.
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