Abi Brown celebrates being Finalist at the Swim England National Awards 2025

The winners of the Swim England National Awards 2025 have been revealed, with a total of 25 awards being presented during a fantastic celebration at Birmingham University’s Great Hall. For our Abigail Brown, she celebrated on being one of the National Finalists and enjoyed fine dining and spending the day in with swim world celebrities and significant faces.

The awards once again recognised the outstanding contribution made by individuals, clubs and organisations across all aquatic disciplines, so a huge congratulations to Abi on winning the Young Volunteer Regional Award and becoming a Finalist at the National Awards Ceremony!

On the ceremony, Swim England CEO Andy Salmon said: “These awards are one of my favourite events of the year, an opportunity to take a moment to rightly applaud and give thanks to so many people who do so much for our sports and activities.

“Congratulations and a huge thank you from everyone at Swim England and from the whole aquatics community who owe you all so much.”

This is the second consecutive year we have made it to the National Awards Ceremony and we are all incredibly proud of all our swimmers, helpers, volunteers, coaches, officials, commitee, and all our club members. An achievement many clubs aspire to reach. Third time lucky?...

If you or you know someone who can make this club even greater, then come a speak to a member of our coaching team of committee on poolside.

You can find the full list of 2025 award winners below, and get a taste of the event, you can view all the images from the day, captured by Will Johnston Photography, here. And for further information and news about this big event, head to the SwimEngland website, here.

National Awards Roll of Honour

Swim Teacher of the Year
Gold: Abigail Carlisle
Silver: Bethany Taylor
Bronze: Clair Ravenscroft

Swim School of the Year
Gold: West Grinstead Swimming Academy
Silver: Seashell Trust
Bronze: SwimwithJo

Participation and Community Coach of the Year
Gold: Gabby Williams
Silver: Jon Fletcher
Bronze: Paula Rutherford

Children/Age Group Coach of the Year
Gold: Victoria Holt
Silver: Liam Selby
Bronze: Sarah Cozens

Educator of the Year
Gold: Kirsty Isaac
Silver: Lynesey Olson
Bronze: Karl Penman

Coach Mentor or Developer of the Year
Gold: Dave Champion
Silver: David Vine
Bronze: Lee Spindlow

School Swimming Award
Gold: Tees Active
Silver: Ryders Green Primary School
Bronze: Ashmount School

Volunteer of the Year
Gold: Nikki Rowney
Silver: Stuart Gregg
Bronze: Stephen Allsop

Young Volunteer of the Year
Gold: Ruby Brace
Silver: Sophie York
Bronze: Harry Elson

Talent Development Coach of the Year
Gold: Lucy Sefton
Silver: Hannah Hinton
Bronze: Ryan Crouch

Performance Coach of the Year
Gold: Richard Howard
Silver: Gary Humpage
Bronze: Cerys Hughes

Health Impact Award
Gold: Link Centre
Silver: Parkwood Leisure
Bronze: Everyone Active

Pioneering Pool Operator
Gold: Freedom Leisure
Silver: Plymouth Active Leisure
Bronze: Parkwood Leisure

Technical Official of the Year
Gold: Matthew Lyons
Silver: Erica Moo
Bronze: Nicola Hughes

Aquatics For All Award
Gold: Active Aquatics
Silver: Seashell Trust
Bronze: Long Eaton

Clubs of the Year
Swimming: Winsford Swimming Club
Diving: Sandwell Diving Club
Water Polo: West London Penguin Swimming & Water Polo Club
Artistic Swimming: Medway Artistic Swimming Club

Talent Athletes
Swimming: Amalie Smith
Diving: Simeon Greig
Water Polo: Ben Alderson
Artistic Swimming: Imogen Sutton

Harold Fern Award
Ron Philpot

Alfred H Turner Award
William Johnston