{"id":87361,"date":"2026-09-03T18:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/87361\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:39:13","slug":"canning-swim-school-and-leisureplex-make-waves-at-national-aquatic-industry-awards-sweeping-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/87361\/","title":{"rendered":"Canning Swim School and Leisureplex make waves at national aquatic industry awards, sweeping seven"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The City of Canning has been recognised as one of WA\u2019s best places to learn to swim after its Swim School and Leisureplex teams took home seven aquatic industry awards in just two nights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The Canning Swim School won the community service award and WA employer of choice award at the 2026 Australian Swim Schools Association Awards last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The community service award recognised the school\u2019s efforts to expand swimming and water safety access for disadvantaged and underrepresented members of the community, while the employer award celebrated the workplace culture behind those initiatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Celebrations continued the following night at the WA Aquatic and Recreation Industry Awards, where the school claimed the prestigious WA swim school of the year title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Four City of Canning Leisureplex employees also received individual honours, with Taya Downing named customer experience officer of the year, Thalia Cappeluti aquatic technical operator of the year, Ashton Cridge lifeguard of the year and Ebony King emerging leader of the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Canning mayor Patrick Hall said the seven awards reflected both the quality of the city\u2019s services and the people behind them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWhat an incredible week for our Leisureplex and Swim School teams, and what a wonderful reflection of the people who make our aquatic facilities such welcoming and supportive places for our community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cTo receive seven awards across two nights is an exceptional achievement, particularly following the major industry recognition our Swim School received last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/b14479a85b90b41b692fac3150f6740032592a0f.jpg\" alt=\"Canning Swim School was crowned Swim School of the Year at the 2026 Australian Swim Schools Association Awards.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconCanning Swim School was crowned Swim School of the Year at the 2026 Australian Swim Schools Association Awards. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The latest honours follow another successful year for the Swim School in 2025, when it was named WA swim school of the year and received national highly commended swim school of the year and national swim school manager of the year honours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWe have been recognised for the quality of our Swim School, our contribution to the community, the workplace we have created for our people and the outstanding performance of individual team members,\u201d Mr Hall said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cEvery week, thousands of swimmers, families and community members come through our Leisureplexes, and these awards recognise the passion and commitment of the people working behind the scenes to make those experiences safe, welcoming and enjoyable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cFollowing last year\u2019s success, these latest achievements show that Canning continues to be recognised as a leader within the aquatic and learn to swim industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Canning has been recognised as one of WA\u2019s best places to learn to swim after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6589,152,335,4316,261,18461,464],"class_list":["post-87361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-perth","tag-canning","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-south","tag-sport","tag-swimming","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}