Life Members

Life membership of the Darwin Swimming Club is conferred on members who are nominated as having displayed sustained excellence in advancing the goals of the Club.  



Life members are:


Ian Vander-Wal

Ian Vander-Wal is an Australian former sprint and middle-distance freestyle swimmer who represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was a member of the 4x100-metre and 4x200-metre freestyle relay teams and a previous Darwin Swimming Club member.

John Pollock

John has dedicated himself to our sport of swimming and held multiple executive positions at club, branch and national levels since the late 1990s.

Kathy Cantrell

Details to com

Clare Labowitch

Ex-Darwin Swimming Club super coach.  More details to come

John Dove

More detail to come

Trish Dove

Details to come

Lyn Hull

Details to come

Alex Cutts

Details to come

Valerie Smith

Valerie  has been a member of the Darwin Swimming Club since 2014.  She has served on the committee in multiple positions since 2016, most recently as the Secretary.