Visit our booth at the Pregnancy, Babies & Children's Expo
Come join us at the Pregnancy, Babies & Children's Expo. The Expo runs Friday 21 to Sunday 23 June, 2013. You can find us at booth G13, where we'll be waiting to answer any of your questions. We look forward to meeting you! Make sure you get your FREE ticket in advance. When Friday 21 to Sunday 23 June 2013 Open: Friday 10am - 4pm Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm Where Brisba…
Karen to make a difference
Karen Fowke, a professional swimming teacher for over a decade and a half and a Shapland Swim School franchisee at the Taigum Swim School, was horrified to find out that over 350,000 Asian children drown each year so she decided to make this holiday a productive one. Karen is very excited about her trip to East Timor where for two weeks she will give of her time and talents as a swimming instru…
Blake Cochrane - Gold medalist and world record holder
Congratulations Blake Cochrane on winning the Men's 100m Breastroke - SB7 at the Paralympic games in London. Not only did Blake win the gold he also broke his own world record. I first met Blake in the late 1990's when his father bought Blake to the original Shapland Swim School at Clontarf to learn how to swim. Right from the start Blake definitely had a skill for Breastroke and we work…
Brendal Hall world record - gold medal
Not only did Brendan Hall win the final of the mens 400m freestyle S9 and break the world record; he did it convincingly. Brendan swam a well judged race. His early pace avoided any excess build up of lactic acid so he was able to power home in the later stages of the race. Brendan was learning to swim at the Shapland Swim School Kallangur under the expert guidance of John Dommett when an advers…
Shapland's Kallangur 20 years of community service
On the 31st of August 1992 the Shapland Swim School at 50 Goodfellows Road Kallangur opened for business. With a very young family and a large financial commitment, John and Sally, in what was an act of faith that Hilton and myself could duplicate the Clontarf model at Kallangur, committed to opening the first ever Shapland franchise. So it was all hands to the pumps with John taking on at least s…
101 lives potentially saved
Parents have witnessed 101 children save themselves Since the Shapland Swim School at Sinnamon Park opened in January 2000 Pamela has kept an accurate record of the reported aquatic accidents children have had. They include situations where they fell into a body of water and the children used the skills they learned at the swim school to not panic, and automatically turn around and grab the side…
The Shapland Story
Toowoomba Municipal Baths in the 1940s. The Shapland Story starts in Toowoomba in the late 1930's when Thomas Shapland was teaching swimming on a voluntary basis at the Toowoomba Municipal Baths. Thomas formed the Saturday Morning Club in order to introduce the children and youth of the town the joys of being able to swim. Thomas was a strong swimmer and started out in life as a mariner. In …
Australian surf titles 2003-2010
Swimming is A Life Long Life Saving Skill Chris, who turned 56 in 2003 is a living example of how being able to swim is a life long life saving skill when he won the Australian men's 55-59 rescue tube at the 2003 Australian Surf Titles at Kurrawa beach. "The conditions were really testing with solid 2-2.5m waves breaking on the inside bank and up to 3m waves breaking on the outside ba…