– Meet Our Coaches –
Leadership Team
Rob Wilkinson –
Company Director
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Length of service: I set up the company in 2011
Responsibilities: The role of business leader incorporates managing all aspects of the work we do and running the company, it’s a 24/7 job!
Leaders who have inspired you: My old PE teacher Niall Mcwilliams, Baroness Sue Campbell, Bobby Robson (England 1990 world cup)
Favourite sports teams: Oxford United, Arsenal and Molesey Lions U8s!
Podcast recommendations: The High Performance podcast has been inspirational since it’s advent during lockdown, I also love Totally Football show, The PE Umbrella, The Active Code, Around the NFL, Rugby Union weekly and Slow Burn
Book recommendations: Legacy by James Kerr was very influential recently and Long Walk to Freedom, Nelson Mandela was pretty inspirational
Why you like the role/work you do: Sports brings people together and changes lives which I strongly believe in but in a much more fundamental way movement is important, it matters and particularly now in this highly inactive sedentary culture in which we live. I’m very proud of the work we do in and out of schools, I hope it makes a difference to the lives of young people.
Ashley Snadden –
Operations Manager
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Length of service: Jan 2019
Responsibilities: Quality Assurance, Holiday Camps and Curriculum.
Leaders who have inspired you: After watching The Last Dance, Phil Jackson, I liked how he dealt with different individuals and found a winning formula.
Favourite sports teams: Crystal Palace FC
Podcast recommendations: The High Performance Podcast
Book recommendations: Bill Walsh- The Score Takes Care of Itself
Why you like the role/work you do: Making a difference in something that I love- Sports and Physical Education!
George Marsden –
Senior Primary PE Specialist
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Length of service: Oct 2017
Responsibilities: To deliver PE professional development to teachers in school, coordinate all SLD Soccer School activities and line manage SLD coaches and to organise and deliver Moving Matters primary school competitions programme.
Leaders who have inspired you: Ebun Thomas (a former football coach of mine) and Pep Guardiola
Favourite sports teams: Manchester United
Podcast recommendations: On the Judy, 90s Baby Show, I Am Athlete, The Joe Rogan Experience, Making Sense
Book recommendations: The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma and Pep Confidential by Marti Perarnau
Why you like the role/work you do (if you like the role!!!): I enjoy delivering professional development as I work with a wide variety of teachers and children. As a result I have been able to develop my own coaching expertise significantly. I also enjoy coaching the SLD year 5-8 boys session as we have a brilliant group of players that are motivated to learn, which only makes my job as their coach better! Finally, despite not being able to hold as many competitions as I would have liked to this academic year, the ones I have delivered have been successful and very rewarding. There is great variety in the work I do, which keeps me on my toes!
Matt Hayman –
Senior Primary PE Specialist
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Length of service: Aug 2014
Responsibilities: PE Delivery, Quality Assurance
Leaders who have inspired you: Doddie Weir, he has been a leader in the fight against MND and has used such a horrible condition to inspire change.
Favourite sports teams: Aberdeen FC
Podcast recommendations: The Rugby POD, High Performance Podcast
Why you like the role/work you do:
I love the role I do as it is different everyday and I get to work with such a big range of children and hopefully give them the same positive experience of sport that I had growing up.
Levi O’Neal Dawson –
Senior Primary PE Specialist
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Length of service: Jan 2018
Responsibilities: High Quality PE Delivery, Professional Development & Quality Assurance
Leaders who have inspired you: Steve Jobs
Favourite sports teams:
Chelsea FC
Podcast recommendations:
The Joe Rogan Experience, Diary of a CEO
Book recommendations:
‘Lighter’ by Yung Pueblo, ‘Original Wisdom’ by Robert Wolff, ‘Spell of the Sensuous’ by David Abram
Why you like the role/work you do:
I enjoy imparting sporting knowledge and witnessing children improve their physical skills. I also enjoy helping class teachers expand their curriculum knowledge and improve their confidence teaching PE. It’s also rewarding aiding our own coaches to achieve our high quality standards.
Sonja Tengwall
Senior Administrator
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Length of service: Sept 2020
Responsibilities: Providing admin for all areas of the business. Supporting the team, first point of contact for schools and parents.
Leaders who have inspired you: Angela Merkel, Michelle Obama, Greta Thunberg, Dolly Parton, Gareth Southgate
Favourite sports teams: England Female Rugby Team
Podcast recommendations: Desert Island Discs
Book recommendations: Sally Rooney, Normal People, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, Ivy and Bean to read to my daughter!
Why you like the role/work you do (if you like the role!!!): I like how varied my role is and how I work with a range of people, parents, schools and children! The coaches I support are fantastic at their roles and I really enjoy working with and supporting them.
– Meet Our Team –
Our Primary PE Specialists
Josh Andrews –
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Aug 2022
Favourite Subject at School: Music
Favourite Sports Team: Arsenal
Favourite Food: Pasta
Favourite Quote: “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency” – Dwayne Johnson
Jeremy Asiedu – @Jeremy_MM23
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Nov 2022
Favourite Subject at School: PE
Favourite Sports Team: Golden State Warriors
Favourite Food: Pizza
Favourite Quote: “If you quit right now, you’ll quit everyday for the rest of your life.”
Kristian Cameron
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Sept 2022
Favourite Subject at School: PE / Science
Favourite Sports Team: Manchester United / England Rugby Team
Favourite Food: BBQ Chicken / Lamb
Favourite Quote: “Don’t limit your challenges, Challenge your limits.”
Rianna Edwards-Griffiths
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Dec 2020
Fave Subject: English
Fave Team: Liverpool
Fave Food: Spare Ribs and Macaroni Cheese
Fave Quote: “The past can hurt. But you can either run from it or learn from it.”
Antony Eyakware
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Jan 2023
Fave Subject: PE & history
Fave Team: Manchester United, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Lakers
Fave Food: Chinese
Fave Quote: “There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
Michael Embaye –
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Aug 2022
Fave Subject: Maths
Fave Team: Liverpool FC
Fave Food: Eritrean Food
Fave Quote: There’s no such thing as “CAN’T”! It’s I can’t do it YET!
Hosánna Gayle –
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Date Started: Oct 2021
Fav Subject: Geography
Fav Sports Team: Man City
Fav Food: “All the veggie stuff”
Fav Quote: “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” Maya Angelou
Shaj Islam –
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: May 2022
Favourite Subject at School: PE
Favourite Sports Team: Manchester United
Favourite Food: BBQ
Favourite Quote: “Do what you love and inspire others”
Thomas Lodge –
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Aug 2022
Fav Subject: PE
Fav Sports Team: Tottenham
Fav Food: Pie
Fav Quote: “Treat others the way you want to be treated”
Craig Palmer
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Apr 2022
Favourite Subject at School: PE
Favourite Sports Team: None
Favourite Food: Roast Dinner with Yorkshire Puddings
Favourite Quote: “Lead by example”
Matthew Quezada
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Mar 2021
Favourite Subject at School: Maths
Favourite Sports Team: Arsenal
Favourite Food: Oxtail and Rice
Favourite Quote: “Don’t count the days, make the days count”
Shaun Rowley –
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Jun 2022
Fave Subject: PE
Fave Team: Arsenal
Fave Food: Chinese
Fave Quote: “Don’t get too high with the highs or too low with the lows.”
Ola Walker
Primary PE Specialist
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Date Started: Jun 2022
Fave Subject: PE
Fave Team: Arsenal
Fave Food: Chinese
Fave Quote: “Don’t get too high with the highs or too low with the lows.”