Christopher Twomey
Chris has over 30 years’ experience in Aquatics. As a competitor, he won national titles in Ireland in competitive swimming, water-polo and surf-lifesaving.
Chris has coached national champions in Ireland and Australia and has been a coach on WA State and Australian National Teams. He was nominated for WA Swimming Coach of the Year in 2021.
Chris has a Masters Degree in Sport Education, is qualified as a swimming instructor and is an Advanced Level swimming coach.
Having worked as a secondary school teacher in Ireland, Chris has a keen interest in athlete and coach education and regularly runs swimming teacher and coach courses. He has presented at the national SCTA (Swimming Coaches and Teachers Australia) convention and internationally in China and Singapore.
As an administrator, Chris served many years as President of the SCTA WA Branch and recently worked as a Project Officer for the WA Department of Education, specialising in educating the future swimming instructors in WA.
Chris has applied his wealth of knowledge and experience in aquatics, to create world class programs in learn-to-swim and squad training for Aquafanatics.
Aquafanatics was established in 2020 and is based in Perth, WA.
Camille Claudino
Camille has over 10 years of experience in the aquatic industry. She has a Bachelor Degree in Sports Science and Physical Education, and a postgraduate in Business and Administration.
As a competitor, she won national titles in Brazil. On retirement from competition, Camille founded her own artistic swimming team in Curitiba and created many successful athletes who are now in the Brazilian National Team.
Camille was the Aquatic Sports Coordinator for the Rio 2016 Olympics where she encouraged by the Australian Team to move to Perth to become the state development officer for the sport.
Since moving to Australia in 2019, Camille’s efforts have increased participation in artistic swimming throughout WA. In her role as regional development officer, she regularly delivers clinics and courses the length and breadth of the state.
Camille continues to coach and has been twice nominated for WA artistic swimming coach of the year.
Camille is qualified as a Swim Teacher, Swim Teacher for Babies and Toddlers and Swim Teacher for Learners with Disabilities.
OUR MISSON & PHILOSOPHY
Aquafanatics mission is to develop strong, confident and proficient swimmers in a fun, safe, family orientated environment.
Aquafanatics philosophy is “Empowering young people to be champions in life, through excellence in aquatics”.
why aquafanatics
We are fanatics of aquatics. Both Chris and Camille have both had rewarding journeys in aquatics and want to share their passion and experience with future generations, with the hope of inspiring young people to realise their potential.
We take a holistic approach, developing the person, not just the athlete.
Our hope is to create a circle of life of aquatics from babies, to toddlers, to learn to swim, to squads, to masters, and back to the beginning. We want to create a place where people feel they belong and can enjoy their aquatic journey in a fun, safe, family orientated environment.
All our instructors undergo an intensive training program that goes beyond the nationally required standards. They are trained to deliver the highest quality swimming lessons to your child, with the utmost care.
SWIM SCHOOL ACCREDITATION
Aquafanatics is a Swim Australia registered Swim School.
Swim Australia operates as a key industry body for 600 Swim Schools, and has become the national authority on teaching swimming and water safety. Swim Australia aims for continuous improvement of coaching and teaching techniques and methodologies and swim school operations.
Aquafanatics membership of this association is part of our firm belief in the concept of swim teaching as a profession and as a collaborative endeavour. We are strong advocates of working with and learning from professional bodies, other swim teachers & coaches and other pool owners to continually refine and improve the standard of swim teaching in Australia.
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