COACHES
We have assembled a team of exceptional coaches with a wealth of knowledge and experience, unbounded passion and a sense of fun, to motivate and inspire you in and out of the water.
Andy White
Andy has harboured a passion for the sea from childhood and has pursued his love of open water sports ever since. He is a hugely experienced swim coach, qualified to coach both pool and open water skills, a qualified ISA surf coach, and a L3 Personal Trainer, with over 15 years of experience working with individuals of all levels from beginners to elite.
With his wealth of experience, and infectious enthusiasm, Andy created Ocean Set with the overriding goal of giving others the confidence, the skills, and the fitness to develop their own love for the open water.
Marianne Clark
Open Water Coach / Triathlon Coach / Personal Trainer / Run Coach
Marianne is an avid open water swimmer and triathlete with over 20 years’ involvement in endurance sports, as a competitive triathlete and GB age group athlete, and latterly as a coach.
She has been a fixture on the Brighton outdoor/multi sport scene since moving down from London in 2010 and is a much in demand fitness trainer and coach. Her knowledge, enthusiasm and ability to motivate and inspire have helped hundreds of athletes of all levels to achieve their sporting potential and ambitions across a huge variety of swim and multi sport challenges.
Kath Lambert
Kath is a qualified pool and open water swim coach and has been teaching for over 20 years. An ex-competitive swimmer, Kath has a relaxed approach to the learning process and a real fascination for exploring how people move in the water and of the finer points of swim technique.
A passionate advocate for lifelong learning, Kath's past loves have included surfing, windsurfing, rowing, snowboarding, and climbing. She brings her experiences as an adult learner in multiple disciplines into her swim coaching. She is particularly good at building confidence and bringing a fun and creative approach into sessions.
Hannah Waller
Hannah is an STA qualified Open Water Coach, Swimming Instructor and Aquaphobia Coach; based in Newquay, Cornwall.
Hannah believes that being able to swim is one of the most important life skills someone could ever have, and feels privileged to be in the position of teaching potentially life-saving skills, whilst giving children and adults the confidence and freedom they get from being in the water.
Hannah found her calling when she moved to Cornwall over 20 years ago, and decided to take on her own challenge of learning the front crawl stroke properly and becoming a teacher.
Hannah has taught and coached a variety of swimmers from beginner to elite and believes that with a passion and determination, anything is possible.
Andy Tester
Andy's belief is that no matter what your age or swim ability, the water is a great place to be for mind, body and soul. He is an experienced pool and open water level 2 coach and swim teacher.
Andy teaches and coaches all strokes to all levels of swimmers from beginners, masters through to Elite Triathletes. Andy has a huge love of open water swimming competing in Redbull Neptune steps, the only uphill swim race and in many long distance open water swims throughout the UK at a regional/national age group level with great success.