Coaches

Head Coach and the co-founder of the D5 Swimming Club in 2021.

 Dez has had a life long involvement in swimming for over 40 years. Firstly as a competitive swimmer attaining national level, training with an original member of the “Mean Machine” under the tutelage of the legendary Jim O’Doherty, then as a parent of a national level swimmer, club president and coach.

Dez has coached part time on and off for the best part of 30 years starting with juniors and working with the National squad at a previous club before taking on the Head Coach role at King Swim Club in July 2018. 

Dez is an Advanced Level coach and has a desire to build the D5 Swimming Club into a recognizable force in the swimming community.

Zara is D5 royalty, having competed with D5 from its beginning to representing D5 at National Age level before transitioning into the coaching ranks. Zara has a wonderful temperament and an incredible ability to share her knowledge and experience with D5s junior swimmers.

Zara has a brilliant technical knowledge and is highly relatable to swimmers of all age, with some current swimmers at D5 former clubmates of Zara.