OUR COACHING TEAM

Wandsworth SC has a long and successful track record in teaching and coaching swimmers from pre-school onwards. We pride ourselves in our ability to provide comprehensive training programmes in and out of the water-based on the latest thinking in Swim England’s Long Term Athlete Development programme. Our water-based training follows clear performance pathways dependent on the swimmers' ability and commitment to the sport. We aim to maximise every swimmer’s potential no matter their aims and goals. Our swimmers receive a range of land-based training to complement their in-water training which includes strength & conditioning workouts and yoga by our extensive team of coaches and qualified volunteers.
	Head Coach Kamilla Kozlowska Kamilla joined WSC in 2008 as a County Lead Coach and Assistant Head Coach. Four years and one child on, she was appointed WSC Head Coach. We are very proud to have such great leadership from Kamilla. During her time WSC has continued its success with swimmers reaching finals and winning medals at County, Regional, National and British Championships. Originally from Poland, Kamilla graduated from the Academy of Physical Education in Wroclaw, with a masters degree in Sports Science and Physical Education. Moving to England in 1996 she became a swim instructor but soon realised her passion for competitive swimming. She started coaching at a local club in Tooting and as they say, the rest is history! ASA Level 3 Swim Coach certified.
Academy & Early Years Coach Cindy Hanegraaf Cindy is an ASA Level 2 aquatics instructor specialising in preparing young swimmers for competition. She currently coaches our Academy, Pre-Development and Development 1 Squads as well as leading Stroke Clinics and coordinates Mini-Galas for the development level swimmers. Cindy started out as a Wandsworth SC parent in 2000 and in 2003, joined our team of esteemed coaches teaching our pre-competitive swimmers. Cindy moved to the UK in 1991 from the US. She swam competitively at high school level and taught swimming during her university years and then moved into the world of Graphic Design.
	Teacher Graham Huntingford Graham is a Swim England certified level 2 Coach. He was previously a competitive swimmer having started swimming at an early age and medalling for his country at the Junior All Africa Games in 10 and under and later at the European Age Group Championships in Luxembourg. Graham competed in multiple sports at national level, but swimming was the biggest part of his life growing up and he swam for his country for a number of years up until his early twenties. Although he got a scholarship to the US, other sporting interests kept him from going and he gave up swimming. This past swimming history brought him back to the poolside again and he has been coaching Masters at Spencer Swim Team since December 2022 and started coaching the Junior Development swim squad at Wandsworth Swimming Club in February 2024 and also helps the Development 2 squad occasionally. He is also Head Coach for over 75 Masters swimmers on an annual swim camp in Lanzarote. His main races were a 100m Butterfly, 50m and 100m freestyle and his claim to fame is that he still holds the U14 & U15 50m backstroke records at his school which are now over 33 years old! Graham is otherwise a father of 3 young girls, was recently on the board of Directors of one of London’s top Sports Clubs for 6 years and is currently completing a diploma in therapeutic counselling.
Teacher Tim Robinson Tim is an ASA certified level 2 teacher and has been a member of the coaching staff since 2017. In February 2024, Tim became the Chairman for Wandsworth Swimming Club (WSC) to continue the club’s heritage, and high standards of coaching and welfare. His WSC career started when he was 4 years old, and he continued to develop his swimming skills through to university. His swimming history ranges from national to international events. One of Tim’s greatest achievements was coming third at the British open water nationals in 2013 and he also competed at the 2012 Olympic trials for 1500m freestyle. He continues to swim once a week for fitness purposes. Watch out for him at the yearly club championships where he battles with the senior performance swimmers. He is also a full-time musculoskeletal and orthopaedic physiotherapist at a London hospital having studied for a BSc in Sports and Exercise Science and an MSc in Physiotherapy.
	Coach Diletta Neri Diletta is an ASA certified level 2 Coach and ASA certified level 2 Teacher. After joining the club as a parent in 2016, she joined the coaching staff in 2022. A competitive swimmer in Italy until the age of 13 and a competitive volleyball payer until the age of 17, Diletta has worked with children and teenagers since the age of 21, obtaining a second degree in pedagogy (she majored in linguistic and semiotics). After moving to the UK in 2007 she obtained her QT (qualified teacher status), but decided to explore her two passions, competitive sport and education, and completed her qualifications with ASA. Diletta has also a Black Belt Second Dan in Taekwando (ITF), is a fully certified Taekwando and Kick Boxing instructor and a yoga practitioner. She often uses her background training knowledge to provide assistance for land training activities. She still swims every morning, and will do so until her 90s. Feel the water, swimmers.
Teacher Gianluca Farruggia Gianluca has a SE Level 2 Teaching Swimming, SE Level 1 Coaching Swimming and STA Disability Swimming. He recently joined the Club, but he has been in Swimming for a few decades, as a swimmer first and then also as a coach in Italy
	Teacher Stuart Baritsch Stuart began swimming with Cindy in 2008. During his swimming career he specialised in butterfly. At the moment, he is mainly coaching senior development. In addition to coaching, he has just started studying English Law and German Law at Kings College London.