Club Coaches
Brenton Ford - Head Coach
As Head Coach, Brenton is responsible for planning the overall training program, and liaising with the committee and other coaches. Brenton's carefully planned progressive goal and test sets are a key factor in helping swimmers to reach their full potential. He is very quick with the stop watch and swimmers are often given their repeat times throughout a main set, which is very handy for benchmarking progress.
Brenton has an excellent pedigree in competitive swimming, coming from the Traralgon Swimming Club, and having participated successfully at various levels of the sport, from age group to national. Brenton's father, Brian Ford, is the Head Coach of Traralgon, and has produced a series of outstanding results, including eight consecutive country title wins.
Arun Karunaratne
Arun brings a very positive and motivational approach to masters coaching. He has an elite swimming background and represented Sri Lanka at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. An engaging and dynamic coaching style and tough sets make Arun's sessions both fun and challenging!
[Arun is currently taking a leave of absence while working in the UK during 2009.]
Karen Maidment-Wood
Karen has been coaching Thursday night sessions for many years. She is a very motivated and accomplished open water competitor and often wins her age group in open water swimming events. Karen's sessions tend to focus on building aerobic capacity and endurance, as well as psychological toughness.
[Karen is currently taking a leave of absence while she completes her PhD at Melbourne University.]
Sam Ashby
Sam makes 'special guest' appearances at Powerpoints sessions as a substitute coach. He has an excellent record as a competitive swimmer at the state and national level and is currently working towards a berth on the Australian team. Sam sets some challenging sets and has a keen eye for technique.
He also passes on some great tips from the world of elite swimming.
