Head Coach
Laurel Bailey
I have worked at Warrender Baths Club for 13 years, and as Head Coach since January 2009. In 2016, I was appointed to Team GB for the Rio Olympics, the first time a female coach has been appointed to Olympic swimming team staff in Great Britain. This followed senior team staff appointments at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships for Great Britain and the 2014 Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland. I have coached athletes to the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, 2008 and 2016 Paralympic Games, 2013 and 2015 World Championships and 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. I have been at the forefront of developing and implementing changes to the Club programme (including splitting our National level squads into gender specific training groups) which have met with great success. I am now overseeing the programme, focusing on areas such as coach mentoring and development, in order to improve our coaching standards and delivery at all levels of the Club.
Performance / Masters
Kostas Kalitsis
Kostas Kalitsis, who hails from Greece, progressed within the Club from coaching Age Group Squad, National Girls and Junior Elite squad.
Since August 2016, Kostas has been coaching the Club’s Performance squad. During his time with the performance squad, Kostas has coached swimmers to World and European Junior level, as well as World and European IPC level.
He also coaches the Club’s Masters division.
National Girls
Mitchell Anderson
National Boys
Morag Mitchell
Age Squad
Lucy Gale
Junior Age
Thomas Harrison
Thomas has been with Warrender for 11 years, 8 years as a swimmer going through from Benson to Performance squad and is now entering his third year as a coach. He is a qualified UKCC Level 1 coach and started coaching with Benson squads in 2016/17, moving onto Smith Red, followed by Wilkie White and this year is working with Junior Age Group.
Wilkie Red
David Kerr
Wilkie White
Benjo Duheric
I swam with Warrender for 8 years, all the way from Benson level up to Performance with Kostas Kalitsis – mainly focussing on butterfly. I am a UKCC Level 1 qualified coach and I am now entering my second year of coaching, taking Benson White last year and this year I am taking Smith White.
Quin Red
Jess Damen
Jess has been part of the club for 10 years as a competitive swimmer. She has competed at Scottish and National level and has travelled to many places in Europe with Warrender. She is taking a gap year before studying Biomedical Sciences at Edinburgh University.
Quin White
Hana Duheric
Hana has been a member of Warrender since she moved to Edinburgh in 2009 and progressed through the Club to Elite squad. She swam at Scottish National level, as well as competing abroad in Ireland and Bosnia. She has been coaching since August 2016, and has coached Benson, Wilkie and Junior Masters squads.
Benson White
Coach
Benson Red
