Up-and-coming Grampian para swimming sensation, Toni Shaw, ended an incredible week on a high after scooping up a national award.
Toni, an S9 para swimmer from Aberdeen, took home the ‘Emerging Athlete of the Year: Para Swimming’ title at the 2018 British Swimming Awards.
It follows an incredible season where Toni was selected as the youngest member of Team Scotland at this year’s Commonwealth Games, and where she won 6 medals at the World Para Swimming European Championships in Dublin.
Additionally, at the start of the week, Toni was confirmed as an Ambassador for Scottish Swimming’s Learn to Swim Framework. Later in the week, her coach, Gregor McMillan, earned the ‘Disability Coach of the Year’ award at the sportscotland Coaching, Officiating and Volunteering Awards.
It’s been an exciting week for para swimming in Grampian! Congratulations to Toni and Gregor!
If you or anyone you know lives in Grampian with a physical, sensory or learning disability and is interested in getting involved in sport, please get in touch with Alison Shaw on alison.shaw@scottishdisabilitysport.com or 07828 744 848.