SPORTSENGINE - Key Persons

Ann Byrne

se..@norwichswansc.co.uk

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Secretary

Chelsea Jones

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Karen Staff Member
Trainee

David Greening

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Karen Staff Member
Trainee

David Mann - Treasurer

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Treasurer

Gillian Moorby joined the Swan as a novice in 1946 when the Eagle Baths were still in regular use. She soon became involved with the competitive side of Club life and was appointed Ladies Captain. College training took her away from Norwich, but she continued her membership with the Club, despite competing for the Clacton Swimming Squad. It was during this period that she gained her A.S.A. Teachers Certificate, and in 1968 she became President of the Norfolk County A.S.A. It was for Life Saving, however, that Gill was best known. She held all the practical awards of the Royal Life Saving Society, including the Diploma, and in 1972 received the Bar to Recognition Badge from Earl Mountbatten of Burma. She was also one of only a few people in Norwich to have been presented with the Service Cross, another being Reggie Mace, also a former member of the Club. With these many awards and years of experience it is hardly surprising to find that Gill was Chairman of the Norfolk Branch of the R.L.S.S. for several years. The teaching of Swimming and Life Saving to Club members took up most of her spare time, but from 1962 she was involved with Bill Poynton in the running of the Disabled Swimming Club. Gillian was still actively involved with the club at the Centenary frequently acting as Chief timekeeper at Club Galas