23/08/2026
Eleven years ago, one of our coaches, Kim McConville left South Ayrshire Swim Team and returned to her home in Perth, Australia. Kim had been involved with SAST for 14 years through her children, Eilidh, Finn and Rory, swimming with the club before becoming a coach of Prestwick Development Squad, Junior Squad and was one of the initial coaches with our Para Squad. Before she left, she donated a trophy which was to be awarded to a swimmer in one of the Development Squads who has shown a high level of commitment, sportsmanship and care for their fellow teammates.
As always, the coaches had a challenging job of selecting a winner, with the number of new swimmers in Development on top of the hard work and desire to improve on show from everyone.
This year's winner tries very hard at all times and has come a long way in a short period of time. They encourage their team mates at competitions and is a very good team player, especially at training. They even put themselves forward for a 200m IM in March of this year at Dumfries, having only joined Development in November!
The winner of the Kim McConville Sportsmanship Award for season 2025/2026 is Ethan K from Prestwick Development Squad. Well done Ethan!
A massive thank you to Lucy Grieve for presenting this award!
