Swim club president rewarded

Justin Seward

Times Reporter

 

Strathmore swim club president Lloyd Schoepp was recognized on Sept. 20 by Swim Alberta as Adminstration of the Year at a banquet in Calgary.

Schoepp was very surprised and honoured to receive the award, but admits he could not have done it without his support staff.
“The support I have and my wife who has been the registrar of the club for several years and does a lot of work to make the club a success,” said Schoepp. “For me I think it’s a great honour to be recognized for my volunteer service to the club. I’ve been president for the last eight years and ever since we’ve moved to Strathmore, we’ve been involved in swimming and helping to support the club.”
Since taking over the club, he has seen a lot of positive development among swimmers and the increased enrolment of kids in the club.
“I think we started with 20-plus kids and now we’re up to around 100,” said Schoepp. “We now have swimmers (who) swim at a Western Canadian level. When we first started we didn’t have anybody at provincials, now we have several going.”
He will be stepping down after this season as president and moving on into more of provincial role with swimming.
“This my last year as president and I was actually elected to the Swim Alberta board of directors at a sporting organization level. So I’ll be transitioning into more of a governance role for Alberta as a whole and leaving the club in good hands,” said Schoepp.
Currently, Schoepp is doing the dual role for the rest of the season before he moves into his full-time position.
He is still going to work with the Swim Sharks to continue to develop athletes and build a strong base for kids in this community.