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Welcome and thank you for logging onto my

I am so happy to share with you through this medium, the WorldWideWeb, so much guidance, knowledge, education and wisdom which I have gained from my pupils, past and present, whose happy faces you will see scattered around this website.

You have entered a world which is dedicated primarily to the prevention of unintentional injury in and around Water rather than secondary procedures, being that of emergency action.

The purpose of my website is to create a conscious awareness of the dangers of Water, safe practice in and around Water, the influence of early motor stimulation on the overall development of children and the pure pleasure and fun of safe swimming.

Early learning to swim influences Water Safety Awareness, physical/mental/emotional/spiritual development and develops skills for life.

Please be vigilant in and around Water at all times.

Thank you for joining me on this journey.

Sincerely,

Teacher/Consultant Development & Life Skills in Water
National Swimming Teaching Certificate
South African Amateur Swimming Union 1983

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To swim with the head towards heaven - to look upwards, and if we knew how to use it there would not be as many drowned as there daily are, for that happens because . . . they look downwards and embrace the water as it were with their arms.

(Photo: International Swimming Hall of Fame Induction Speech, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA. OMNI SHARE hereby grants us permission to use this photo on this website.)

Winner of two Olympic gold medals at Atlanta in 1996. As an international swimmer, Penny Heyns established herself as the world's greatest female breaststroker of all time by becoming the only woman in Olympic history to win both the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events and by breaking 14 individual world records during her career. Penny is the first woman in history to hold all three world records in the 50, 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events.