STA Names Aquatic Excellence Award Finalists for 2025
STA has revealed today all the finalists for this year’s Aquatic Excellence Awards, which celebrate and showcase the achievements of all those involved in delivering learn to swim programmes and aquatics training over the last 12 months, in line with STA’s charity objectives.
Nominations once again came from individuals and companies working in the UK and internationally, and in both the public and private sectors, reflecting the scale of STA’s membership.
Listed in alphabetical order, see the full list of our 2025 STAr finalists here:
STAr Swimming Teacher – sponsored by Splash About
- Danielle Moorhouse
- Justyna Sandomierska-Wasik
- Sian Evans
STAr Tutor (Pool Plant) – sponsored by AFM® (Activated Filter Media)
- Aaron Bower
- Chris Bateman
- Gerard Maguire
STAr Tutor (Lifesaving & First Aid) – sponsored by Atlantis, the Swimming Teachers App
- Lucy Dale
- Paul Nickson
- Ross Othen
STAr Water Safety Educator – sponsored by SwimSoft MOR Solutions
- Rebecca Ramsay – Doing it for Dylan
- Sarah Logue – Individuality Swimming
- Sarah Wiseman – Beyond the Water
STAr Swim Academy – sponsored by Atlantis, the Swimming Teachers App
- Active Lambeth
- Walsall Council
- Your Leisure
STAr Swim School Provider of the Year – sponsored by Soakly (under 500 participants per week)
- Koi Swim School
- Swim with Style – Telford
- Turtle Tots – Staffordshire
STAr Swim School Provider of the Year – sponsored by Soakly (over 500 participants per week)
- GLL
- Individuality Swimming
- Swim Odyssey
STAr Not-for-Profit Community Campaign – sponsored by AFM® (Activated Filter Media)
- GLL
- Sophie Mann & Adam Comfort (Comfort Academy)
STAr Approved Training Centre of the Year – sponsored by Atlantis, the Swimming Teachers App (less than 50 courses delivered over the last 12 months)
- Circadian
- Comfort Academy
- Smart Training
STAr Approved Training Centre of the Year (more than 50 courses delivered over the last 12 months)
- AB Leisure
- GLL
- Neptune Aquatics
Sponsored by Zoggs UK, the winners will be announced at a presentation evening taking place during an informal ceremony on Friday 17th October at STA’s national conference being held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands Airport. This year’s awards will be hosted by Ali Beckman, STA’s President, Dave Candler, STA’s CEO and Mike Goody, STA’s water safety ambassador.
Dave Candler said: “We are really looking forward to hosting our Aquatic Excellence Awards again this year and celebrating all the great work that our sector is doing to make a difference in aquatics. Like last year, all the entries we received have been outstanding; we’ve read some inspiring stories and amazing nominations, and I’d like to say a huge congratulations to all of our finalists and wish them good luck.”
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