Paul Kent is the Director of Coaching at Waitakere Swimming Club, a competitive swimming and diving club in Henderson, Auckland. The club started in 1962 as Western Districts at Henderson schools, took its present name in 1990, and has used West Wave as its home base since 1989. It has more than 190 swimmers, who compete from local team galas upward. Junior swimmers get technical pool training, plus land and flexibility work, and coaching feedback is combined with underwater camera footage. The club says it welcomes new members at every level, and a trial can be arranged with Paul Kent.
Paul Kent was a breaststroke and individual medley swimmer who competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and qualified for the 1996 Olympics. The club's own page says he broke 39 New Zealand open records and was named New Zealand's breaststroke swimmer of the 20th century.
Training sessions run in the early mornings and evenings on weekdays, with Saturday sessions from 7am to 9am. Specific session times are listed on the club's site.
Our pick in Henderson for a child who wants to train seriously in the pool.