Tigers Sharks Swimming Club

There are opportunities for students at Patana to participate in swimming as an extra-curricular activity, both as a leisure activity and at a more competitive level through the Tiger Sharks Swimming Club.

The Tiger Sharks Swimming Club caters for over two hundred athletes from the National Squad Varsity team down to the five and six year old Tiger Prawns.

The programme is coordinated by Cindy Adair-Bolakoso, the Head Coach, who heads up a team of qualified and experienced coaches.  There are up to 11 sessions available per week, including morning sessions, with differing training expectations depending on the age and ability of the athlete. 

The club competes extremely successfully against international schools being the reigning Bangkok International Schools (BISAC) and South East Asian Students Activity Conference (SEASAC) champions and has also travelled to meets in Australia, Taipei and Hong Kong.

Head Swimming Coach – Cindy Adair-Bolakoso

Cindy brings to Patana a wealth of experience in professional coaching. Prior to joining Patana she was the Manager and Head Coach of the Fiji Swimming Programme. Cindy spent several years as Head Coach at the Centre for Sports Development at the Australian Institute of Sport and holds the Australian Swimming Silver International License, the USA Swimming Level 5 Coach qualification and is a UK RLSS Trainer/Assessor. She is also a SwimEd Australia Course presentor.