Ben Ramsden

The Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame recently announced 37 inaugural honourees and today we are talking to 3 of those honourees. We are talking to former guest of the show Graeme Carroll, who coached the likes of Shelley Taylor-Smith and Bronwen Whitehead, and also Gary and Suzy Toner from the great Team Toner. These […]

On our third instalment of our mental health series, we turn towards the everyday person who participates in harsh events to raise money for mental health. Michael Williams is a former surf life saving athlete, and wasn’t too bad in the pool either, is running 80km for mental health. Michael and Lach sit down to […]

Head Above Water is a 24 hour swimathon which is partnered with the Gotch4Life organisation. It raises funds for mental health awareness and education and it is held in Sydney’s Northern Beaches every year in March. Today we are talking to Andrew Ward from the Head Above Water team. Andrew and I talk about their […]

Performance psychologist Chelsea Carpenter talks to Lach in this episode. Chelsea is a former swimmer from the Nunawading Swim Club in Victoria and she is also one of Australia’s top psychologists for swimming as well as many other sports. Chelsea and Lach talk about the simple signs and symptoms of mental health illnesses, how we […]

Our third and final instalment of our club community series we are talking to Sean Davis and Ariel Darley from Warringah Aquatic Swim Club on the Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The coaches and committee at Warringah have created a fantastic environment where all the kids know each other by name, even if they are 10-15 years […]

Imagine having the challenge of turning a swim club into a community with members from 5 different swim centres. Debby Tatolli, Head Coach of Kincumber Pacific Dolphins Swim Club, is an incredible woman who manages to do exactly that. Debby and Lach talk about what strategies herself and the committee use to engage and encourage […]