Head Coach - Sue Keey

Sue first started coaching swimming in 1975 while living in the UK. Her interest in swimming continued after moving to South Australia and promptly qualified in 1985 as Coach at one of Adelaide’s Masters Clubs. Luckily for us Sue moved to the Sapphire Coast and is a founding member of The Stingrays and our head coach. Sue has a keen eye and almost a compulsive desire to see each swimmer perform at their best. She structures every session individually for a quality but fun experience for all the members.  

In 2025, Sue was awarded Masters Swimming NSW Coach of the Year.  This is an amazing achievement & well deserved by Sue who for almost 10 years has devoted many hours of hard work every week to writing programs, mentoring and coaching our team.

My masters swimming journey started in June 2022 when I was visiting Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast the week that the brand-new Aquatic Centre opened there.  I packed an old pair of goggles and cap in anticipation of doing a “few laps”.  I enjoyed my “few laps” and thought I would like to join a swimming club.  I found a masters squad at Sapphire Aquatic Centre in Pambula but the only problem was that it was 70km away from home.  My other option was to train in the Brogo River where I live which was a chilly proposition.  I decided there was no harm in just going once to try it out.  Fast forward 4 years and I have been training 3 times a week in Pambula, been carting swimming gear everywhere I go in anticipation of finding a pool to train in and have enjoyed travelling all over Australia and Singapore competing in masters swimming competitions.  My swimming highlight to date has been achieving the qualifying times to compete in the World Aquatics Masters Championships in Singapore in 2025.  I competed in the 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m & 800m freestyle.  My next goal is to keep improving my times in all freestyle events and to compete in the next World Aquatics Masters Championships in Budapest in July 2026.  I am inspired by the amazing people I have met at both my club and through masters swimming.  I aspire to be like Dorothy Dickey from the Doncaster Dolphins who is still competing and breaking records at 96 years old.  Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that going on this masters swimming journey in my 40’s would have such a positive impact on my life.