TEA TREE GULLY SWIMMING CLUB - Key Persons
In 1969 after seeing a notice in the local paper inviting interested people to join in the formation of a swimming club for the district, Barrie Scott and his family attended the first gathering at the Tea Tree Gully Swimming Centre. Ray Ridell had initiated this meeting and so the Tea Tree Gully Amateur Swimming Club was duly formed. At this stage his 3 older children, Christina, Andrew and Matthew joined and Justin followed when he was old enough. They all developed into strong swimmers.
Although Barrie had no experience as a swimming coach, he had been an instructor with the Tea Tree Gully Youth Club for some time and had coached junior football, so it was inevitable that he would soon become involved in coaching swimmers when help was needed. Not being a strong swimmer himself he therefore read and studied books and manuals on coaching methods and the intricate rules governing the four strokes so he could be the best coach possible and he had the knack of imparting this knowledge to his swimmers.
Barrie had great organisational skills and everything he did was meticulously planned with no details left to chance. Over the many years of his involvement with the club he planned and implemented all the carnivals and special events within the club, the presentation nights and Christmas parties, supervised the other coaches, organised and supervised the team when we entered the S.A. Interclub Competition, kept records and compiled articles which were published regularly in the Messenger.
Barrie was the coach of the Senior swimming group and in 1973 he was appointed Head Coach and over the years he had great support from the coaches of the other groups. His most valued assistant was Don Richards who supported him for many years.
Job Titles:
- Secretary
- Member of CLUB COMMITTEE
Job Titles:
- President
- Member of CLUB COMMITTEE
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Member of CLUB COMMITTEE
Tea Tree Gully Swimming Club welcomed Lawrence Krauter as Head Coach in January 2020. Lawrence has over 15 years of coaching experience and has coached athletes to success in Age/Open Nationals, Open Water Swimming, SWD and Triathlon.
Lawrence is an advanced level coach with a silver coaching license. He has previously coached as a head coach for clubs in South Australia and Victoria and has helped athletes achieve both SASI and VIS scholarships.
Lawrence began his journey coaching junior athletes whilst pursuing his own swimming career at the LeFevre Portside Swimming Club, he soon progressed to coaching age groupers. In 2009 he moved to Victoria to pursue a head coaching position where he developed both age and open swimmers and in 2012 was named head coach of the SWD Target London Development Squad.
Prior to joining Tea Tree Gully, Lawrence was the senior coach of the Playford Aquatic Club, who were twice named a Swimming SA Club of the Year in that time.
Job Titles:
- Treasurer
- Member of CLUB COMMITTEE