Aqua Sports Team Gallery Profile

    Trainee / Assistant Instructors: these guys and girls are enthusiastic to say the least! Aspiring Instructors, they try as hard as possible to be on the water at all times. Usually, you can see them learning the ropes from our more experienced staff, helping with anything and everything from catering through to RYA courses.

 

 

 

 

   Chilling out in the office: (left to right) Jodie, Issac, Roland, Chris and Amanda

 

 

 

Office Team:

Sue Searle:  Sue has immersed herself in the role of office administrator and catering manager. Her organisational skills have saved us from administrational melt-down and rescued us from total chaos (and makes a mean cheese 'n' ham toastie). We are also getting Sue into some on-water watersports and she has just passed her level 1 windsurfing! We look forward to seeing her join us down the coast whenever the wind blows!

 

Watersports Instructors:

 

    Scott Robinson: A Level Two Canoe coach,Scott joined the team in 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    James Livit: more info to follow.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Niall Whelan: A Kayak coach and dinghy instructor and soon to be windsurf instructor, Niall joined the team in 2010 as a trainee and is already an Assistant Instructor for dinghy sailing. He's full of enthusiasm and great teaching ideas that make him popular with our young clientele.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andy White: Joined us in 2011 as a multi-qualified instructor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

    Ed Fox: Ed AKA Dr fox, when Ed is not studying rocket science he is here putting theory into practice, and will make sure your sailing or windsurfing course goes off with a bang!

 

 

Dan Daley: More to follow.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

    Chris Thompson: Another keen kayaking instructor. Chris has only recently been discovered by Aqua Sports but we intend to hang on to this talented local boy with his energy and enthusiasm.

  

    Joelle Wright: Joelle has been an instructor here for a couple of years now. At the moment Joelle is studying hard for her A levels, but come the summer she’ll be teaching windsurfing and kayaking and generally making the world a better place with her friendly persona and a big smile!

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Gerrard Walker: A great windsurfing instructor, Gerrard is always to hand if you need assistance. This year he's finished his A levels and planning some winter windsurfing in Australia.

 

 

 

    Sam Rawlingson: Is a level 1 windsurfing instructor who has been teaching with us for four years and is also a key Team 15 sailor and now very much participates in T15 events. Also a keen kayaker Sam enjoys all aspects of watersports.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Hans Schwenk: Hans has decided to return to the team for 2010 bringing with him some expert canoeing skills and a seriously side splitting sense of humour. We guarantee an entertaining course with Hans. 

 

 

 

 

   Chris Fey: With so much experience behind him in yachting, dinghy sailing and windsurfing we are pleased to see him step up to the role of Co-Manager. Chris is an experienced multi qualified Senior instructor and Yachtmaster with plenty of years at Aqua Sports. You'll see plenty of Chris in the office as he has some seriously good IT and administration skills. But when he's not manning the Centre from the office with his cheery outlook, you may be lucky enough to get him teaching your course.

 

 

 

   Matt 'Dude' Cude: quite possibly the most relaxed person at Aqua Sports. Matt is a very experienced Senior Instructor in all our disciplines so we are lucky to have him Co-Managing the centre this year. His laid back style means he never lets stress get the better of him... yet! Matt gets a real buzz from teaching all our sports, giving it his all, whatever the level, whatever the weather. With his super laid back style and years of experience, Matt quietly sees that the show runs smoothly.

 

 

 

 

 

    Andy 'Tabletop' Kerr: with a wealth of experience both working at in the region and abroad (and indeed Aqua Sports for many a year). Andy can still be seen from time to time at Aqua Sports running our Windsurfing or Dinghy Sailing instructor courses.

 

    Steve Schofield: no longer hugging the computers... Steve has jumped into his landie and driven off to work full time out in the big world, but, is still very much part of the team, and can occasionally be seen out on the water in his wetsuit teaching.

 

 

    Sam Smithson: the heart and soul of Aqua Sports, Sam is the driving force behind the philosophy and vision that makes Aqua Sports such a great place to be. And I'm not saying that just because she pays the wages! Sam is an Advanced Windsurfing Instructor and an RYA Windsurfing Trainer. She loves to windsurf - so much so that windy days send her rushing to the sea for wind and waves! It's fair to say that she isn't keen on the cold however, in the winter months she hunts out warmer climes for, erm, training purposes!

 

 

Yachting

   Charlie Williams: a stranger to the lake nowadays, Charlie is based in the Hamble, most days aboard Big Fish, our two Beneteau 423s. With comfortable berths, (the yacht, not Charlie), its a big difference from Charlie's more extreme past as a windsurfer and Kitesurfer! Having said that, a Force 6 will still see him on the yacht, surfing the big waves!