Coaching legacy lives on

• Published date: 18 January 2023
• Publication title: Courier, The

Mr Jones was born in Christchurch and moved to Timaru when he was only 2 years old and grew up there

He said that he grew up around swimming because of his father.

‘‘With my father being the pool manager at Century Pool, my siblings and I pretty much grew up and lived there, it was a second home.’’

Originally he did not follow down the same career path as his father, instead opting to go away and do car painting, eventually ending up in Oamaru.

‘‘I kind of resisted going into coaching,’’ he said.

‘‘I moved to Oamaru and I actually got called up and asked if I wanted to do...