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The Sarah Glencross Volunteer of the Year Award 2026
The trophy will be presented annually to the volunteer(s) who have made a significant contribution to aquatic sport within the county and who
have not received any formal recognition - essentially our 'unsung heroes'. Please see the attached for further information.
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The presentation for 2026 was made to Laura Park of Kendal SC at the Diddy League Grand Final held on Saturday June 20th.
Citation Laura Park-Kendal Swimming Club
In recent years Laura has been the chairperson for Kendal SC, the driving force behind the club and has shown dedication above and beyond.
Laura is committed to swimming and actively promotes ideals of making the sport fair to all. This has benefited both swimmers in her club and also other surrounding clubs.
Laura constantly pushes to host Cumbria events in her area of the county helping make these events more accessible to all, supporting Diddy League, Winter Meet and other clubs’ galas over recent years.
Within the club, Laura is always present 5 days a week, organising everything from taking registers each evening, to the clubs yearly 8 championship galas (never missing a single one) and organising Kendal’s Mint Gala.
Laura is an active official and plays a key role in recruiting new volunteers and officials for the club.
Laura supports all swimmers, making them feel special and recognises everyone’s achievements regardless of whether it’s at a club gala or right up to national level. She works tirelessly making sure the club is run fairly, always seeking to improve, always recognising the efforts of others but never herself.
This dedication goes beyond Kendal SC; Laura supports the club at county level often dialling into Zoom meetings whilst multi-tasking from behind an ironing board on a Sunday morning.
Laura Park Kendal Swimming Club is the deserved winner of the 2026 CASA Volunteer of the Year for her dedication as Chairperson, organiser, official, swimming champion and the Queen of Clean.
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Cumbria Life Vice Presidents Trophy
The Cumbria Life Vice Presidents Trophy was established in 2001 in memory of Bill Griffin of Egremont SC and Copeland ASC. It was awarded to Cumbria ASA Members who had made outstanding contributions to the sport of swimming in Cumbria. The award having lain dormant for nearly 20 years has been dusted down and in January 2025 the Executive Committee was agreed to bring back into service to recognise the services of all our volunteers in the sport, our unsung heroes, and will continue to every year now going forward.
Going forward, the Cumbria Life Vice Presidents Trophy has been renamed The Sarah Glencross Volunteer of the Year Award ensuring Sarah's contribution will never be forgotten.
In June 2025 the Trophy was awarded posthumously to Sarah Glencross as an unsung hero. Her husband Neil and her family were present at the Sands Centre to accept the award on behalf of Sarah.
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