The Bolton News – Bolton swim academy wins gold at National Swimming Awards

A local swim school based in Bolton has won a prestigious award at the National Aquatic Excellence Awards.

The Jelli Swim Academy, which offers classes in Bolton, Leigh, Wigan, St Helens and Southport, struck gold after being nominated for the Swimming Teacher’s Association Swim Provider of the Year last month.

The swim school is run by Laura Shaw, who also won swimming coach of the year at the Bolton Health and Wellbeing awards 2024.

The school currently teaches 190 swimmers between the ages of 12 weeks old and 10 years old.

Laura said: “I took over the swim school from my mum Lynda just over 12 months ago, who worked tirelessly to build an amazing reputation and it’s an honour to carry on her legacy.

“Getting the award has been life changing, it’s a national award so as you can imagine winning this as a swim school that has been operating just over one year is beyond what we could have ever hoped for.

“We were up against other big name swimming lesson providers.

“It has given us such a boost and really driven us to carry on growing and reach our full potential as well as giving us a desire to continue to better our school and reach out to more children by expanding our areas.

“We pride ourselves on how passionate we are about being fortunate enough to teach such an important skill to so many children.

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