If you wish to contact any of the coaches, click on the blue link beside the relevant member of the coaching team and this will open up an e-mail addressed to them.

Having worked as a Head Coach previously, developing swimmers from age group into youth ranks, Paul provides a strong depth of experience to the Club.

Paul Hogg, Performance Coach

Lead Coach: Regionals

Paul Hogg started his coaching career as an assistant at a Regional Performance Centre which produced Commonwealth and European Champions as well as Olympic Team representatives.  Paul’s other coaching credentials include:-

• coaching Masters swimmers where he had World Masters Champions;
• ​taking a club who initially had one National qualifier to being the top Girls Club at the British Summer Nationals in 2006 and 2nd overall with over 40 National qualifiers. His swimmers also set British Age Group Records and one of his Senior swimmers won medals at the European Swimming Championships;
• coaching a senior international swimmer to the World Championships in Rome and also saw medal success at the European Youth Olympics where he was on the coaching staff;
• becoming Beacon Coach for the South East Region leading to multiple medals at Nationals and Gold medal success at European Juniors;
• coaching Lauren Steadman to a final at the London 2012 Para Games and in Rio 2016 to a Silver medal in the Triathlon event;
• seeing Lincoln Vulcans achieve Regional junior records, multiple medals at Nationals as well as the club’s first British Champion since 2009.

Nora Benko

Lead Coach: Academy 1-4

Nora joined Kingston Royals in 2015 and brings a wealth of swimming experience with her. As well as being a highly experienced teacher and coach, Nora is a former international water polo player for Hungary.  Nora is also a qualified fitness instructor.

Peter Flaska

Lead Coach: Club Squad

Julian Oldfield

Coach: Juniors 1-4 (inclusive) and Cadets

Julian coaches in our Academy Squad.  Having seen both his children work their way through the club, Julian is a great source of advice for parents (and swimmers) at this early stage of the club pathway.

CADETS/LEARN TO SWIM COACHING TEAM

Sylvia Amson

Coach: Cadets 4, 5 and 6

Sylvie has been with Kingston Royals for over 30 years!  Sylvie has helped to teach, coach and develop thousands of swimmers over the years and has been an important member of the Club.  As well as coaching, Sylvie can often be seen helping out at galas as a Judge 2(S).   Sylvie primarily works with our Cadet and Academy Squads programme, helping to develop swimmers from a learn to swim environment into a club training environment.

Dylan Conway

Coach: Squad and Cadet Coach

Dylan starting swimming at KRSC from the age of six and in this time has medalled at County, Regional and National level. Dylan has also attended several Swim England talent courses and represented team Surrey and ESSA London.  Dylan is the Senior Captain of the Club and believes that he has a lot in common with his swimmers as he has been through the training process himself and knows what it takes to succeed.