We look overseas to Scotland and New Zealand to hear about initiatives that are enhancing sports clubs in those countries. Sports development consultant, Ian Sandbrook, shares some different yet powerful examples of how to drive your club forward without investing too many hours.

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This is the second part of our interview with SNSW CEO Mark Heathcote. This week we discuss:

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From April 2019 the National Swimming Championships are changing their age groups. Swimming NSW are aligning their meet program to match. We talk to SNSW CEO Mark Heathcote about the detail of the changes and the implications for athletes.

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State Teams is the annual clash between all States and Territories in Australia. Alongside the competition in the pool is a technical official school run by Swimming Australia. Ben Ramsden joined the fun with his microphone.

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Graham Towle has been involved with swimming for 35 years. In this episode we talk to him about his swimming career including as Director and past President of Swimming NSW. Open water swimming is a particular interest of his and he gives an introduction to this exciting area of our sport.

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Chris Fydler was recently appointed as President of Swimming NSW. In this episode we talk to Chris about his background in swimming, and his early thoughts about the state of Swimming in NSW.

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Simon Cusack will head a new high-performance hub in the Northern Metro area of Sydney. Joining him will be Cate and Bronte Campbell. In this in-depth interview, new SNSW President Chris Fydler talks to us about this exciting project.

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At the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast 2 Referees were appointed, one from South Africa, and the other from Australia – Cherry Smith – our guest. Cherry is one of Australia’s most respected Technical Officials. Starting as a timekeeper in her local club in 1990 she had absolutely no intention of becoming a Referee, yet almost 30 years later there she was in charge of the mens events at the Commonwealth Games! And during that competition she had to disqualify a world champion in his pet event. Cherry talks to us about her swimming career including this disqualification experience.

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Year 10 student Isaak Wilson is both a swimmer and technical official. We talk to him about his motivation, enjoyment, the challenges of scheduling his time, and the reaction of his mates.

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Do you remember your first swimming carnival? Every year Abbotsleigh Swim Club runs a meet for younger swimmers, many of whom have never raced at a carnival before. On Sunday 5th August we took a microphone to this year’s event to soak up the vibes.

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