CB Training Services Limited

28/11/2025

Last week we delivered two 2-day STA Paediatric First Aid courses to SenCom South East Wales to ensure the children they work with are in safe hands. Well done to all 24 staff that completed their first aid qualification

19/11/2025

⭐️First Lesson FREE - Monmouth Swimming Lessons 🏊‍♂️

We have a few remaining spaces on our swimming lessons course starting Saturday 22nd/Sunday 23rd November

📌 Book by Friday 21st November 2025 to take advantage of this special offer! To secure your place or find out more, email us at swimminglessons@cbtraining.org 📧

Course details:
🗓️5 week block starts 22nd/23rd November 2025
⌚️Saturdays 11am-4.30pm and Sundays 11am - 3.30pm (30 minute slot between these times)
💷First Lesson FREE - £40 per child (usually £50) *offer only available to new customers*
📍Monmouth Girls School, Monmouth NP25 5XT
🏊‍♂️ All abilities available from non-swimmer to advanced swimmer

✅ Fun, engaging sessions
✅ Small, welcoming classes
✅ Expert instructors
✅ As a valued customer, once your enrolled with us, we guarantee your space on the following term in 2026

15/11/2025

Monmouth Swimming Lessons cancelled TODAY (Saturday 15th November) due to a major incident in the area of severe flooding

We hope all families are safe and well

South Wales Fire and Rescue Service has declared a major incident in Monmouth following severe and widespread flooding across the town and surrounding communities. South Wales Fire and Rescue Service declared a major incident in Monmouth at 01:30 hours on Saturday 15th November following severe and....

28/10/2025

28/10/2025

Fantastic achievement Meghan! We are so proud to have you as part of the team and you are a true water safety ambassador 🏊‍♀️ STA Cwmbran Life

Well done Meghan! A remarkable journey that began in the pool at the former Llantarnam Leisure Centre has come full circle for 17-year-old Meghan Willis.

The Cwmbran teenager has recently qualified as a swimming teacher after earning her Swimming Teachers’ Association (STA) Level 2 Award in Swimming Teaching.

Meghan, who was born with no right hand and a partial right forearm, first took up swimming to learn how to be safe in water.

Her early lessons were taught by Chris Bateman, a local STA tutor. He co-delivered her teacher training in Cwmbran earlier this month through CB Training Services alongside STA Tutor Ross Othen.

Chris has now welcomed her back as a newly qualified swimming teacher on his team at CB Training Services.

Chris said: “It was an absolute privilege to support Meghan on her path to becoming a qualified swimming teacher. Having first taught her to swim at Llantarnam Leisure Centre, it was incredibly special to now co-deliver her STA Level 2 Award in Swimming Teaching all these years later.

"She approached the course with the same dedication and positive spirit she brings to her swimming, and she was an inspiration to everyone on the programme. Meghan will be an incredible role model for her learners, and we couldn’t be prouder to have helped her reach this milestone.

"Following the course, I was also delighted to offer Meghan employment as a swimming teacher with our team - completing a remarkable chapter in her story.”

Meghan’s swimming career has seen her win medals at para national events and represent Team Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where was the team's youngest swimmer

She’s also been a passionate advocate for water safety and disability awareness. At just 11, she joined STA’s Water Safety Squad and became its youngest-ever ambassador a year later.

Now, with her teaching qualification, Meghan hopes to encourage others to learn how to swim, regardless of ability.

Megan said: “Achieving the STA Level 2 Award in Swimming Teaching is such a proud moment for me. Swimming has given me so much - confidence, resilience, and opportunities I never thought possible.

"Growing up, I used to hide my arm because I didn’t want people to stare. But in the pool, I realised people cared more about what I was doing than how I looked. Now I hope to be that role model for young swimmers, showing them that whatever their ability, they can achieve great things.”

She's a member of the Torfaen Dolphins Performance Squad and the Welsh Elite squad- continuing to compete at the highest level.

Last April, Meghan set a new Welsh S9 Para Record in the 200m Individual Medley at the Aquatics GB Championships. She balances her training - up to 40km a week -with schoolwork and her role as an ambassador for Reach, a charity supporting children with upper limb differences.

Dave Candler, STA CEO, praised Meghan’s journey, saying: “We are incredibly proud of Meghan. To see her progression from a young Water Safety Ambassador to now achieving the STA Level 2 Award in Swimming Teaching is truly inspiring.

"She represents everything STA stands for - using swimming as a platform to build confidence, break down barriers, and create opportunities. Meghan shows future generations of teachers and learners that disability is never a barrier to success in aquatics.

"Her story also highlights how swimming with STA can be the first step on a lifelong journey - from learning to swim for safety, to achieving success on the national stage, and even qualifying as a teacher to inspire others.”

📸 Thanks to the STA for this photo of Meghan with Chris (left) and Ross (right)

24/10/2025

⭐️First Lesson FREE - Monmouth Swimming Lessons 🏊‍♂️

We have a few remaining spaces on our swimming lessons course starting Saturday 8th/Sunday 9th November

📌 Book by Friday 31st October 2025 to take advantage of this special offer! To secure your place or find out more, email us at swimminglessons@cbtraining.org 📧

Course details:
🗓️7 week block starts 8th/9th November 2025
⌚️Saturdays 11am-4.30pm and Sundays 11am - 3.30pm (30 minute slot between these times)
💷First Lesson FREE - £60 per child (usually £70) *offer only available to new customers*
📍Monmouth Girls School, Monmouth NP25 5XT
🏊‍♂️ All abilities available from non-swimmer to advanced swimmer

✅ Fun, engaging sessions
✅ Small, welcoming classes
✅ Expert instructors
✅ As a valued customer, once your enrolled with us, we guarantee your space on the following term in 2026

22/10/2025

Interested in becoming a Lifeguard and a gaining a career in the leisure industry?🛟

Last chance to book onto our next STA Pool Lifeguard course is running at The John Frost School, Newport on Monday 27th - Friday 31st October 2025 inclusive 9am-5pm each day

To book a space visit: https://cbtraining.org/up-%26-coming-courses

17/10/2025

Well done to our Learning & Development Manager Ross Othen on winning STA Lifesaving & First Aid Tutor of the Year 2025 👏

NEW for 2025 …

⭐ STAr Tutor of the Year – Lifesaving & First Aid – sponsored by Atlantis, the Swimming Teachers App Triton Training

We’re proud to reveal the winner of STA’s first-ever STAr Lifesaving & First Aid Tutor of the Year – congratulations to Ross Othen from CB Training Services Limited 👏

Celebrating dedication, calm confidence, and excellence in lifesaving and first aid training.

12/10/2025

Well done to these 10 learners on completing your STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming Qualification these last 3 weekends. Good luck for your assessment this afternoon

10/10/2025

This time next week we’ll be heading to the STA Excellence Awards

We’re thrilled to share that Chris, our Managing Director, has been nominated for Pool Plant Tutor of the Year and Ross, our Learning and Development Manager, has been nominated for First Aid & Lifesaving Tutor of the Year! 🎉

A huge thank you to everyone who nominated us, it means the world. Fingers crossed for the big night! 🤞

26/09/2025

17/09/2025

3 Day First Aid at Work Course at The Powerstation, Cwmbran on Monday 6th - Wednesday 8th October 2025 for just £240 per person.

To book a space please follow this link - https://cbtraining.org/up-%26-coming-courses

For more info, please email ross@cbtraining.org