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Swim England announce 2025 National Awards finalists
27 November 2025 Swim England NewsSwim England are excited to unveil the finalists for the National Awards 2025, celebrating the incredible achievements and dedication of the aquatics community.
This year’s shortlist spans 19 award categories, with the annual ceremony set to return to the Great Hall at the University of Birmingham on Saturday 29 November.
The event will also honour outstanding commitment to the sport through the Swim England Hall of Fame, as well as the prestigious Harold Fern and Alfred H Turner awards. In addition, four athletes across the four sports will be recognised as the Swim England Talent Athletes of the Year.
A huge congratulations to all of our 2025 finalists – your passion, dedication and impact continue to inspire the entire aquatics community.
You can explore the full list of finalists below.
Swim England National Awards 2025 finalists
- Karl Penman
- Lynesey Olson
- Kirsty Isaac
- Everyone Active
- Link Centre
- Parkwood Leisure
- Long Eaton Swimming Club
- Seashell Trust
- Active Aquatics Partnership
- Parkwood Leisure
- Plymouth Active Leisure
- Freedom Leisure
- Ashmount School
- Tees Active
- Ryders Green Primary School
- SwimwithJo
- Seashell Trust
- West Grinstead Swimming Academy
- Clair Ravenscroft
- Bethany Taylor
- Abigail Carlise
- Nicola Hughes
- Erica Moo
- Matthew Lyons
- Marc Barrot
- Susanna Carden
- Sarah Martin
- Andrew Ryczanowski
- Jamie Tape
- Stephen Allsop
- Stuart Gregg
- Nikki Rowney
- Thomas Brennan
- Simon Gale
- Ian Grimwood
- Pete Hardy
- Robert Nicholas
- Harry Elson
- Sophie York
- Ruby Brace
- Alex Bellamy
- Abi Brown
- Riaz Garnie
- Madeleine Gemmill
- Phoebe Netherway
Sport Club Of The Year Awards
- Aqualina (Stevenage) Artistic Swimming Club
- Cheltenham Artistic Swimming Club
- Denton Artistic Swimming Club
- Aquavision North London Swim Club
- Bramcote AquaStars
- City of Bradford Swimming Club
- Medway Artistic Swimming Club
- Rugby Swimming Club
- Burscough Diving Club
- Havering Cormorants Diving Club
- Star Diving Club Guildford
- Sandwell Diving Club
- Basildon and Phoenix Swimming Club
- Bourne End Swimming Club
- City of Coventry Swimming Club
- Forest of Dean Swimming Club
- Rykneld Swimming Club
- Tadcaster York Sport Swim Squad
- Wandsworth Swimming Club
- Winsford Swimming Club
- City of Manchester Water Polo Club
- Colchester Swimming & Water Polo Club
- Exeter Water Polo & Swimming Club
- Rotherham Metro Water Polo Club
- Solihull Swimming Club
- Spalding Swimming Club
- West London Penguin Swimming & Water Polo Club
Coaching Awards
- Paula Rutherford
- Jon Fletcher
- Gabby Williams
- James Bell
- Sarah Brown
- Jayne Jarvis
- Nikki Rowney
- Sarah Cozens
- Liam Selby
- Victoria Holt
- Maisie Chung
- Andrew Eales
- Duncan MacLaurin
- Matthew Roberts
- Annette Skeet
- Lee Spindlow
- David Vine
- Dave Champion
- Ryan Crouch
- Hannah Hinton
- Lucy Sefton
- Ben Cleaveley
- Matt Birch
- Matt Gough
- Ross Large
- Cerys Hughes
- Gary Humpage
- Richard Howard