Swimming Australia National Training Centre Explained

Swimming Australia National Training Centre
Abbr:SAL NTC
Logosize:200px
Sport:Swimming
Historytitle:History
Preceding Organizations:-->
Founded:1981
Former Names:AIS Swimming Program
Demographicstitle:Demographics
Membership Size:Approximately 15 Athletes
Affiliationstitle:Affiliations
Electedtitle:Elected
Board Type:Board
Sectitle:Staff
Address1:Australian Institute of Sport
Address2:Bruce, Australian Capital Territory
Chief Exec:Mark Anderson
Olympic Team Manager:Petria Thomas
Staff Pos1:Olympic Coach
Staff Name1:Tracey Menzies
Staff Pos2:Paralympic Coach
Staff Name2:Yuriy Vdovychenko
Financetitle:Finance
Sponsors:Hancock Prospecting
Regionstitle:Regions

Swimming Australia National Training Centre ("NTC") (formally the AIS Swimming Program) is an Olympic and Paralympic swimming scholarship program based at the Australian Institute of Sport. Set up as one of the eight founding program of the AIS in 1981 It is supported by the Australian Sports Commission under the Winning Edge 2012-2022 strategy and identified by Swimming Australia as a Podium Performance Centre.[1]

The programs administration and swimming coaching services is run by Swimming Australia. The sports medicine, sports science and strength and conditioning services are provided by the AIS.

History

The National Training Centre programme replaces the AIS Swimming scholarship programme that ran from the AIS's formation in 1981. As well as the AIS Paralympic Program that ran between 2009 and 2011.

The Swimming Australia NTC scholarship program is funded by the Australian Federal Government, through the Australian Sports Commission. The program provides both residential and off-site living arrangement depending on the choice of the athlete. The program provides funding to those athletes who choose to live off-site.

The NTC program was set up as part of the Australian Sports Commission Winning Edge 2012-2022 strategy and officially replaced the AIS Swimming Program on January 1, 2014.

Current coaching staff include Tracey Menzies and Yuriy Vdovychenko. The program is managed by former AIS Swimming Scholarship holder Petria Thomas.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Podium Centres for 2014 . 2014-09-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151007083500/http://www.swimming.org.au/article.php?group_id=14246 . 2015-10-07 .
  2. Web site: Swimming Australia launches new program at AIS. Australian Sports Commission website. 24 June 2017.