Meet the Sport Bangor Team

Our team of staff and trainers will be on hand to help you get the most out of your workout.

Paul

Title: Domestic Cleaner
Role: Cleaning and Maintaining areas across the Facility
Qualifications or other info: NVQ Cleaning
I can help with: General Information about Gym and University. Always ready for a chat.
Fav Quote: “A clean house is a happy house.”

Sam

Title: Head of Sport
Role: Institutional lead on all matters related to the sporting estate and service. Lead and ensure the safe operation of four sports and fitness venues across the University Estate
Qualifications or other info: BA Hons, Sport and Leisure Management, Higher Professional diploma in Sport and Recreation Management, ECB Level 2 Cricket Coaching, IOSH Health and Safety, ISRM Events Management
I can help with: Anything Bangor Sport delivery related, facilities, events, customer feedback.
Fav Quote: “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.”

Mark

Title – Sports Development Officer

Role – I manage and support all things BUCS within the University, leading on the organisation of 300+ fixtures and 50+ events per year with our AU student clubs. I also manage the Sports Scholarship program, looking after our in-house elite athletes across a myriad of sports. I run the holiday kid’s camps, and when not too busy, get stuck into organising all things football!

Qualifications – MRes Applied Sports Psychology. TASS APDL Level 3.

I can help with – Anything BUCS, elite athletes or football!

Favourite quote – When people succeed, it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with it.

Gwynant

Title: Duty Officer
Role: Day to Day Supervisor + Health and Safety Management
Qualifications or other info: MSc Sport Psychology, BSC Sport Health and Fitness + Level 2 Coaching Weightlifting + Level 3 Strength and Conditioning
I can help with: Weightlifting Training + General Enquiry + Facility Issues
Fav Quote: “Words have power. They can save, cure, uplift, devastate, deflate, and kill. And unconscious priming with words influences pro- and antisocial behaviors.”

― Robert M. Sapolsky, Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Billy

Title: Rugby Development Officer

Role: Head of the Bucs Male and Female Rugby programs at ��VR��Ƶ. Run a junior rugby camp every Summer and Easter.

Qualifications or other info: RGC Rugby player, WRU Level 3 qualified rugby coach, First Aid at work qualified, DBS checked, fluent Welsh speaker

I can help with: Any rugby related questions. Scholarship opportunities. Any general enquiries around the centre.

Fav Quote: Losers have meetings, winners have parties

Iona

Title: Sport Development Manager
Role: To manage a sport development programme for students, staff and the general public.
Qualifications or other info: BSc Sport, Health & PE; PGCE Secondary PE.
I can help with: Anything sport development related – kids camps, student clubs, BUCS, Active Staff, Campus Sport, Elite Athletes, participation and performance programmes, NGB queries and partnerships sports coaching and volunteering.
Fav Quote: “You only have one opportunity to make a good first impression”

Callum Whelan

Title: Fitness Instructor & Personal Trainer

Role:

Qualifications: Level 2 Fitness Instructor, Level 3 Personal Trainer, Hatton Academy Boxing for Fitness, and Level 2 Studio Cycling Instructor.

How I can help: Whether you want to build strength and muscle or simply improve your overall fitness, I’m here to help. Through classes such as BOXHIIT and FIIT81, or through 1-to-1 personal training sessions, I can teach you correct lifting technique while helping you enjoy your training and build a positive mindset towards fitness. My goal is to ensure you feel confident in your physical abilities, both inside and outside the gym. If there’s anything you need help with, please don’t hesitate to ask.

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Alan Track

Title: Duty Officer
Role: Day to Day Supervisor + Health and Safety Compliance
Qualifications or other info: Various Coaching Qualifications + First Aid + Health Safety Certificate + ILAM Management Certificate.
I can help with: General Enquiries regarding Facility, Coaching, Safety, Complaints, Treborth Facility
Fav Quote: “Aint Got time to Bleed”

Lee

Title: Duty Officer
Role: Day to Day Supervisor + Health and Safety Compliance
Qualifications or other info: BSC Sport Coaching + Gym Instructor + Personal Trainer + Health and Safety Management.
I can help with: Facility Issues + General Enquiries.
Fav Quote: “Boxing Is like a ballet, except there’s no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other.”

Brooke

Freya

Title: Sports Assistant

Role: To ensure the running of the facility activities are set up safely and efficiently and to ensure the safety checks are done across 3 sites.

Qualifications or other info: BSc Hons in Sport Fitness & Coaching, Qualified Level 3 PT, Level 2 Swimming teacher and currently completing ILM level 4.

I can help with: Facilities and the Gym.

Fav Quote: Life it's self is a privilege, but to live life to the fullest , well that's a choice.

Efa

Title: Fitness Instructor

Role:

Qualifications:

How can I help: "I specialise in strength training and helping clients build confidence and belief in themselves in the gym while working towards their fitness goals. My strength is focusing on sustainable, long term progress and transformation over quick fixes and building habits that fit around real life."

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