meet our fantastic team of dedicated people
The coaches
Angela Collins
Ange works in one of our Directors she is also a certified Cold Water Therapy Practitioner, Swimming Teacher and Open Water Swimming Coach. Ange consults and guides us in all things cold water! Her passion and speciality is Cold Water Therapy and Cold Water Swimming.
Ange set up Salty Swims because she truly believe in the benefits of being in the open water. These sessions are now running all over Cornwall. Have a look at how Salty Swims came about and read her story.
Ros Luxford
Ros is one of our Open Water Swimming Coaches and one of our Directors. Ros is an avid swimmer and is passionate about the wellbeing and health aspects of sea swimming. Ros also runs her own swim school for children- Learn to Swim with Ros which is in Penzance, she is a very experienced swim teacher, we are lucky to have her!
Tracy Simpson
Tracy is a retired director of a mental health charity and a former mental health nurse. she has been open water swimming for over 7 years and recently trained as an Open Water Swimming Coach and Swimming Teacher. She is a keen open water swimmer.
Tracy is also a founder member of Cornwall Search Dogs, a charity which trains dogs and their handlers to look for missing people and dogs. We are lucky to have her as part of the team.
The Directors
Tiago Ribeiro-Martins
Tiago is one of our Directors he is also an Oceanographer. He supports our learning, providing information on wind, waves and tides. This is invaluable for the safety of our swimming groups participants and our staff.
Millie Green
Millie is one of our Directors and an Environmental Officer. Millie provides guidance to mitigate, monitor and manage environmental risks associated with activities performed across Salty Swims projects and sessions.