Special Interest Groups

Swim Australia has formed a number of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) to help drive new initiatives & ideas. To ensure the ideas reflect the industry members of Swim Australia registered Swim Schools are used to form the Special Interest Groups. Either the Swim Australia CEO or General Manager work with the Special Interest Groups to ensure action and that are headed in the correct direction. Below is a list of the current Special Interest Groups & their committee members. If you are interested in joining future Specials Interest Groups or one of the below please contact the CEO on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

SwimSAFER

Siria Thomas Northern Star Swim School
Tracey Ayton Cook & Philip Park
Cameron Speechley Swim Australia
Dave DuBois Carlile Swimming
Ross Gage Swim Australia

Swim School Accreditation

Shawn Reid Shawns Swim School
Andrew Jeffrey Paul Sadler Swimland
Ted Tullberg Swimming Consultant
Penny Soper Swim Logic
Lesley Rudd Blue Dolphin Swim Centre
Richard Cahalan Carlile Swimming
Chris Smith Charmhaven Swim School
Jay Johnston Swim Australia

SwimECO

Peter Willis Aqualogan
Lari McDonald Seadragonz Swim School
Jay Johnston Swim Australia

Social Media

Julia Ham Hampton Swim School
Shawn Reid Shawn’s Swim School