Head Coach

Pancha Thambo – Head Coach Sydney Swim PLC

Current Position

Head Coach at Sydney Swim PLC Club team and School.

Qualifications

• Level 2 Performance Swimming Coach
• Level 1 Strength and Conditioning Coach
• Level 1 Soccer Coach
• Level 2 Sports and Recreation (Course at TAFE College)

Experience

• Coached and produced swimmer for the Australian Swim Team, Annabel Williams, M/D 2007.
• Coached Ian Sarno to U/16 national age gold 2007.
• Coached Zoe Johnson to AIS Scholarship Canberra 2009/2010 (and previously to NSW Scholarship)
• Coache several junior National age record holders, Metro & State record holders, and age group championship winners.
• Former Assistant Coach of the S.A.C Seals Swimming Team (1999-2003)
• NSW 200 IM Squad Coach
• Assistant Coach to former Olympic Swimmer and Coach Clay Evans, Southern California, USA (1984-1995)
• Coached International British and American Schools, Junior and Senior Squads in KSA (Coached all level swimmers), Tri Athletes, Senior and Junior Swimmers.
• In school swimming, Pancha has coached the PLC School team to three IGSSA championships in a row and relay championships at the Pacific Games.

Personal

Arrived in Australia 1996 for the ASCTA Swimming conference and returned to Australia 1998 as a permanent resident. Represented Srilankan national soccer team at the age of 20-22. Enjoy playing soccer, cricket and getting involved in other sports.

Goals

• To coach to the best of my ability quality swimming technique and how to swim to win.
• To produce a successful program for young swimmers and to get them into state and national levels.

Personal Coaching Philosophy

T0 be a successful coach one has to be single minded about reaching the swimmers’ goals. I measure my coaching ability by the success of my least talented, but most committed and hard working swimmers.