Haydn Belshaw

Such a great Oceania Aquatics Swimming Championships with much thanks to the hosts Swimming Australia. Tough conditions to start the competition, but we all made it through to see some sunshine towards the end.

During the Championships I was fortunate to take a large group of enthusiastic Coaches through the first World Aquatics Level 1 offered in the continental for a while, so great to get it back into the calendar.

Many thanks to everyone for such a great event, and looking forward to seeing everyone again soon.

Lest We Forget 🌺

Thank You 🙏🏼

Today is Lifesaver Remembrance Day.

A day to remember the lifesavers and lifeguards who have lost their lives while on duty. Today we honour them and their sacrifices.

Thank you to the Newport Kinghorn Surf Racing Academy for the invitation yesterday to celebrate the huge achievement for the Club. Great to see so many of the crew and talk about the memories 🥳

Decade of Dominance for Newport at State Surf Champs - Surf Life Saving NSW Newport SLSC is the Open Overall Point Score Champion for a near unbelievable tenth straight time after three days of fierce and fervent competition on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The eventual triumph – coming, in the end, by more than double the points accumulated by Wanda SLSC in second – bro...

Thanks to Julie and the team for hosting.

A very informative trip over the weekend to see Active Training in action. Always helpful to get a deeper understanding of Registered Training Organisations (RTO) and their workings.

How to Build a Winning Team Culture: Coaches From Around the Country Discuss Key Factors - Nothing new, but a reminder about some of the factors that can change or shape culture within your team 👊🏼

How to Build a Winning Team Culture: Coaches From Around the Country Discuss Key Factors Building a winning team culture is a key for continual success. In this article, several coaches discuss the key factors.

Tara Anglican School for Girls ran their very first Senior School Swimming Carnival on campus today. Swimming at Tara had a huge part to play, along with so many other fantastic staff to make it such a success. Congratulations everyone 💪🏼

Great summary 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

What 8 Traits Define An Excellent Swim Coach and Caring Mentor? There are certain characteristics that define an excellent swim coach, including being a lifelong learner. Here are eight of those traits.

HNY 🙌🏼

Merry Christmas to all 🎄

Very fortunate to have been recently asked by World Aquatics to attend a workshop in Germany as part of the first steps to rejuvenate the ‘Swim for All’ program. The timeline has been set to be finalised early next year, and rolled out as part of a pilot towards the end of 2024.

Great experience managing the National Aquatic Centre at the recent Sol2023 XVII Pacific Games (Solomon Islands). Phase two leading moving into post games with the training of 10 locals in pool lifeguard and recruitment ran concurrently, so very happy with the outcome of the project.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. We will remember them 🌺

Always a privilege to have the opportunities I have to work all around the Pacific. Looking forward to the Sol2023 XVII Pacific Games next month, all is looking good.

Today marks World Drowning Prevention Day. The World Health Assembly marks this day each year to spread the awareness on drowning and devise various counteractions to restrain it.

The countdown is on 💪🏼

In 1000 days, Regional Victoria takes centre stage for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Athletes from across the five Games Cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Gippsland, and Shepparton recently came together to mark this milestone

https://www.victoria2026.com.au/news/3546103/1000-days-to-go-to-victoria-2026

Great to see passionate businesses jumping onboard to assist athletes achieve life long dreams throughout Oceania 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thankyou so much to Vanuatu's very own Carbine Club for their generous donation towards our High Performance Swimmers who are about to embark on an incredible experience. World Aquatics Championships in Japan in July and our junior swimmers are off to Trinidad Tobago for the Junior Commonwealth Games in August and then our swimmers will then be going to the Pacific Games in the Solomons in November. Without our generous sponsors we would be unable to send away any High Performance Teams so thankyou to you all.

Vanuatu Aquatics Federation are currently recruiting a number of important positions for the future planning and implementation of the Board’s Strategic Plan into the future. If you have the skills and/or the desire to be part of an driven team, I encourage you to apply.

World Aquatics Scholarship Programme closing…

A unique opportunity opens! World Aquatics Scholarship Programme now accepting applications The biggest International Federation athlete scholarship programme opens today. Selected athletes will be part of a one-year programme starting in September 2023 that puts them in an environment to help them reach their full aquatics potential.

11 Things That Separate the Good Swimmer from the Great Swimmer There can be a fine line between a good swimmer and one who is great. Here is what can make the difference in reaching a higher level.

It’s getting closer…

Sol2023 Opening Ceremony Exactly 6 Months Out | Sol2023 Pacific Games Today (19th May, 2023) marks a significant milestone as we stand exactly six months away from the highly anticipated Opening Ceremony of the upcoming Sol2023

Lest We Forget

As my parents go through the cupboards, an article about my great grandfather was uncovered. Reading through, it shows our ties to St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill (and coaching) runs in the family as far back as the late 1930’s.