Our Coaches
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HEAD COACH & NATIONAL’S COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Advanced Coach - Swimming Australia
Certificate IV Personal Trainer
Kayaking, Mountain Bike, Surfing Instructor
Certificate IV Education Support
PREVIOUS COACHING ROLES
Peel Aquatic Head Coach
UWA-West Coast Coordinator and Squad Coach
ABOUT RYAN
Ryan is a highly accomplished and dedicated head coach with a deep passion for swimming. As an ex Champion himself in IM and breaststroke, Ryan brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Club. Over the past 3 years, Ryan has played a key role in developing and shaping our athletes both in and out of the pool.
Ryan is well known for developing exceptional performance pathway programs, having a keen eye for technique, a deep understanding of training methodologies, and a commitment to building a positive and motivating environment for swimmers of all ages and skill levels.
Ryan leads up the Nationals squad, and the coaching team, spreading his expertise across all squads. Ryan has seen much success at State, National and International Level.
OUTSIDE OF SWIMMING
Ryan is married to Marcy, a senior school science teacher, and together they have two children, Seth & Kai, who were also successful competitive swimmers.
Ryan values his family time, and loves to take his two Weimaraner dogs, Hobi and Iggy to the beach and on bush walks.
Ryan works in the sports department at Living Waters Lutheran College and loves surfing, mountain biking and playing guitar in his spare time.
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STATE PERFORMANCE + SILVER SQUAD COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Advanced Coach - Swimming Australia
ABOUT CRAIG
Craig is an Australian accredited, Advanced (Silver) Coach with a history and deep passion for all aquatic sports, including Swimming, Water Polo, Surf Lifesaving, Open Water and Triathlons, here in Australia and South Africa. Having competed at State, National and International levels, Craig has a deep understanding of the commitment required for success in all aquatic sports.
Craig’s coaching career spans more than 25 years, working with some of the best Junior and Senior performance programs and coaches in Australia and overseas. Whilst there is still a desire to participate on a social basis, Craig now focuses most of his attention to the preparation of our future champions.
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STINGRAYS SQUAD COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Swimming WA Development Coach
ABOUT STEVE
Steve is a respected coach, swimmer and ex-President of Rockingham Swimming Club. His experience of swimming and coaching in pool and open water is extensive. Steve leads our Stingrays Squad, which as grown at a rate never seen before. This is testament to Steve’s coaching ability and knowledge of the sport.
STEVE’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Steve’s competing highlights include reaching the finals at the British Olympic trials in 2003 and winning the Fina World Masters Championships in 2008. Steve holds several Swimming WA State Masters pool records and won 3 consecutive SWA Open Water series titles (Legends category). Steve’s favourite events are the 50m sprint freestyle, or a 20km marathon swim, but not much in between!
Outside of swimming Steve’s passions include using his engineering background to help decarbonise the energy sector, spending time playing in the ocean waves, and helping mentor young people to become good humans.
Something you may not know about Steve is that he was President of Rockingham Swimming Club for nearly 5 years, however he has found his true home on the pool deck helping improve swimmers in their craft.
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GOLD + BRONZE SQUAD COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Swimming WA Development Coach
ABOUT MARK
Mark is an ex-Nationals swimmer, having joined Rockingham Swimming Club at a young age. He has coached all squads, competed at all levels, was a Club Captain, and Nationals Assistant Team Manager on the way.
Mark started coaching for us in 2021 and is now taking the lead with our Gold and Bronze Squads.
OUTSIDE OF SWIMMING
Mark is a talented musician and can often been singing and playing guitar at local venues around the area. Mark was also the main act at the Swimming WA Awards of Excellence at Beaumonde on the Point.
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SILVER SQUAD COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Development Coach
ABOUT CARA
Cara is a former Nationals level swimmer, and started her coaching journey in Queensland.
Cara is a firm favourite amongst our junior swimmers, taking our Silver squad on the performance pathway program.
Cara is also a very talented photographer, and has captured some impressive imagery of our swimmers in action, some of which can be found on our website.
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GREEN SQUAD COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Swimming WA Development Coach
ABOUT BRIDGET
Bridget’s coaching career started many years ago in England, with Dover Lifeguards, coaching Junior and Open Water swimmers.
Bridget coaches our most junior squad - Green, is a valuable member of the coaching team, and has built the squad considerably since rejoining the Club
Bridget has been swimming since the age of 11, competing at Club and County level. Bridget started open water swimming, and was picked to represent England in a 5k lake swim in Brugge in 1983, then went on to swim for Great Britain until 1994, when she emigrated to Perth.
BRIDGET’S ACHIEVEMENTS
Completing the solo English Channel crossing in 1985 in a time of 9hours 58 minutes.
Being a member of 3 English Channel crossing teams, one of which was a WORLD RECORD crossing, in a time of 7hrs 17 minutes.
Being inducted into the Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale USA, for her contributions to Great British Swimming.
Member of Great Britain Long Distance Team for 10 years, and was ranked number 1 in GB.
Travelled and competed in races from 5k to 28k all around the world, including Egypt, Canada, Switzerland, France and Italy
Competed at Perth 1991 World Champs, finishing 11th in the world out of 25 thousand entries.
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ASSISTANT COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Development Coach
ABOUT JOUKE
Resident and ex-National swimmer Jouke coaches the Junior squads alongside Bridget and Cara.
Jouke is a talented swimmer, in both pool and open water swimming, coming from a talented swimming family.
Jouke is dedicated to Rockingham Swimming Club and can be found at BBQ’s, Club Nights, fundraisers as well as on pool deck and training with the Stingrays squad.
A true champion!
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ASSISTANT COACHQUALIFICATIONS
Swimming WA Development Coach
ABOUT JEN
Jen is a great support to the coaching team.
Jen has an unparalleled passion for building swimmer confidence, as well as a depth of knowledge in swim coaching and Strength & Conditioning training.
Jen is a successful body builder and open water swimmer. After emigrating to Australia, she competed in her first bodybuilding competition in 2013 and it set the wheels in motion for a few more shows. Jen went on to win the NYF Elite Athlete Award.
She then reignited her love for pool swimming and participated in ocean swimming, water polo, cycling and surfing.