Water polo coach Andrew McGinty, 34, was tragically found dead at the Village Hotel in Bury on December 18 last year after staff forced their way inside his room
Andrew McGinty, 34, coached the England and Great Britain water polo squads(Image: ESSA)
A highly respected water polo coach was found dead in his hotel room after staff forced their way in.
Andrew McGinty, 34, who coached the England and Great Britain water polo squads, was tragically found dead at the Village Hotel in Bury on December 18 last year. He had checked in on December 16 and was due to check out two days later.
When he failed to check out, staff forced their way inside his hotel room, the door of which was chained from the inside. He was found lying on a bed, the opening of an inquest into his death previously heard.
A final inquest hearing was held at Rochdale Coroner’s Court on Monday. According to the record of the inquest, his medical cause of death was ‘suffocation/asphyxiation.’
He was tragically found dead at the Village Hotel in Bury(Image: Google Maps)
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Senior Coroner Joanne Kearsley said that ‘the circumstances of his death indicate he had deliberately ended his life’ as she recorded a conclusion of suicide, Manchester Evening News reports.
Tributes were paid from a host of different organisations following his death. Swim England, the national governing body for swimming in England, released a statement paying tribute to his work.
England Water Polo called Mr McGinty ‘much liked’ and said he was ‘a huge influence’ on hundreds of young water polo players in the north west “Andy also enjoyed great success coaching several GB/England age-group squads and was a popular figure on the poolside across the country,” the tribute said.
“A key figure in Swim England’s water polo department as well, Andy was one of the main driving forces behind all the recent national programme successes. “
The City of Manchester Water Polo Club (CoM), based at Manchester Aquatics Centre, said Mr McGinty was an ‘integral member for many years’.
Bolton School, where Mr McGinty was a ‘long standing’ coach, said the ‘tragic and unexpected news’ had been a ‘a moment of great sorrow’ for everyone connected to the school.
“Andy’s passion for water polo and commitment to the students he coached was evident in all that he did. He will be greatly missed by all of us here who knew him” they said.
Mr McGinty, who lived in Higher Blackley, north Manchester, was also water polo head coach at the English Schools’ Swimming Association.
They said: “Andy’s commitment to the development of School Water Polo for over a decade at Bolton School, as part of the North West Division, with leading and supporting representative teams for ESSA and for the National team, will always be remembered.
“Andy was pivotal in supporting the collaboration between Swim England and English Schools Swimming Association water polo in recent years and will be missed by the whole water polo community.”
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