Jo Norman

Jo Norman has been nominated for Sports Volunteer of the Year

Named as an ‘essential’ to Guernsey Swimming Club, Jo Norman has been nominated for Sports Volunteer of the Year.

The 79-year-old has volunteered for nearly 50 years after initially joining when the club was short on teachers in 1976.

She finds teaching children how to swim the ‘most rewarding part’ of the role and has seen generations of swimmers through the ‘small pool’.

‘A number of swimmers she currently teaches are the children of swimmers she taught in the past,’ said Anne Cann, who put forward the nomination.

‘Jo is an essential and well-known part of the Guernsey Swimming Club and it would be great to see her getting some recognition for the role she has played within the club in the past 48 years.’

Jo has taken on the role of swim teacher, timekeeping officiant and president, leading the GSC between 1994 and 2012.

Now, she provides support and guidance to new volunteers and continues to teach children aged four to six at Beau Sejour.

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