Former national coaches Brett Naylor and Mark Bone have been made life members of the New Zealand Swim Coaches and Teachers Association.
The pair guided New Zealand swimming teams for more than a decade and both have been heavily involved with establishing successful swimming programmes and the coaching organisation (NZSCAT).
Waikato's Sue Mayo, who established and runs the Sue Mayo Swim School in Hamilton, was awarded the Nan Nevin Award for Master Teacher at the NZSCAT annual conference in Christchurch.
Swimming New Zealand high performance coaches Jan Cameron and Thomas Ansorg were awarded coach of the year.
Award winners:
Duncan Laing Trophy (top club coaching): North Shore Swimming (Scott Talbot, Dan Feisst, Antony Kattan).
Swim school promotion: West Wave Swim School.
Outstanding swim school operator: Swimtastic, Auckland.
Provincial coach of the year: Mike Lee (Napier Aquahawks).
Coach of swimmer with a disability: Rolly Crichton (QE2).
Open water coach of the year: Donna Bouzaid (West Auckland Aquatics) for Kane Radford.
Rookie teacher of the year: Aleisha Clarke (JC Clarke Swim School, Dunedin).
Merit in teaching: Marion Vermeulen (New Plymouth).
Rookie coach of the year: Simon Mayne (West Auckland Aquatics).
Meritorious service to teaching: Cath Reid (CCS Swim School, Tauranga).
Coach of the year: Jan Cameron, Thomas Ansorg (NZS high performance, Millennium Institute, North Shore)
Naylor International coaching recognition: Donna Bouzaid and Simon Mayne for Daniel Bell.
Nan Nevin Award Master Teacher: Sue Mayo (Hamilton).
NZPA
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