– 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.
Learning & Development 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!
Senior Primary PE Specialist,
Head Coach of SLD Soccer School
& Competitions Lead
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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!
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.
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
Quayne Birch
Primary PE Specialist
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Length at MM: Nov 2020
Favourite Subject at School: Drama
Favourite Sports Team: Liverpool FC
Favourite Food: Oxtail with Butter Beans
Favourite Quote: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Albert Einstein
Kristian Cameron
Primary PE Specialist
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Length at MM: 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.”
Levi O’Neal Dawson
Primary PE Specialist
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Length at MM: Jan 2018
Favourite Subject at School: Art
Favourite Sports Team: Chelsea
Favourite Food: Potatoes and Chicken
Favourite Quote: “Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends.”
Michael Embaye
Primary PE Specialist
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Length: 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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Length at MM: 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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Length at MM: 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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Length at MM: 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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Length at MM: 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
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Length at MM: 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”
Kayne Roberts
Primary PE Specialist
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Length at MM: 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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Length: 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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Length: 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.”