the team|personal trainers|fitness instructors|front of house
If we’re going to carry off what we say we will on a consistent basis, we have to have the right people doing it for us day in day out, on the floor, for the customers.
We don’t try and recruit the people with the most qualifications or with the perfect body, but ‘real’ people that can associate with all the different types of member we receive, offer them great service and be there when you need them.
Qualifications and knowledge are important naturally, but whatever a team member’s area of work and expertise, the basic fundamentals of being a ‘people person’ must stand out. Have a look at our team for yourselves – of course this won’t tell you everything you need to know, you’ll have to come and meet them for that.
Name: Denise Willis
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Cleaner
Likes: Going out and eating out
Dislikes: Rude people
Hobbies: Training in the gym
Can often be seen: With a hose pipe
Name: Leanne Hamlyn
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Receptionist & Aerobics Instructor
Likes: Drinking, my dog, laughing loudly and teaching fitness classes!
Dislikes: Rude people
Hobbies: Cycling, running, taking dogs for long walks
Can often be seen: Doing spinning classes
Name: John Miller
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Club Supervisor / Instructor
Likes: Running up mountains, Jack Russells, Newcastle United
Dislikes: Mobile Phones, Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Reserved Southerners, Sunderland!
Hobbies: Running up mountains, running across the moors
Can often be seen: Working out with / Beasting potential Royal Marine recruits - they're not as fit as they used to be are they?
Name: Sara Webb
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Club Supervisor / Instructor / Health & Safety
Likes: Time spent with family (including my dog), anything active & outside, taking spinning classes
Dislikes: Lazy people, anyone late for appointments, false excuses for not exercising, rudeness
Hobbies: Mountain biking, road cycling, decorating, chilling out with a good book or watching a DVD
Can often be seen: More often heard first, then seen!
Name: Sian Rees
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Club Supervisor / Instructor / Aerobics Instructor
Likes: Dancing, talking and cheese
Dislikes: Rude people
Hobbies: Surfing and running
Can often be seen: Teaching classes
Name: Jack Corsellis
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Receptionist
Likes: All contact sports, Liverpool FC
Dislikes: Physics and Man U fans
Hobbies: Football, golf and running
Can often be seen: Up at the gym and playing football
Name: Kelsie Peters
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Receptionist
Likes: Chocolate - Terry's chocolate orange!
Dislikes: Nuts and late people
Hobbies: Athletics, music socialising
Can often be seen: In running shorts and laughing!
Name: Mike Palmer
Club: Plymouth City Centre
Position: Receptionist
Likes: Seeing the world - getting out & exploring
Dislikes: Guys who think they can get 'big' by taking protein shakes
Hobbies: Water polo, surfing, surf lifesaving, snowboarding
Can often be seen: Beating Ben Dean at 2,000m rows and training for cover model competitions
Name: Sonia Chatwin
Club: Plymouth City Centre
Position: Reception Manager
Likes: Helping people improve their lifes!
Dislikes: Arrogant people
Hobbies: Snowboarding, travelling and hiking
Can often be seen: Walking dogs on the beach!
Name: Carl Turner
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Instructor
Likes: Spending time with family. Going for long walks and eating out
Dislikes: Rudeness
Hobbies: Boxing, running, weight training and travelling
Can often be seen: Out walking my dog somewhere scenic
Name: Sophie Wright
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Receptionist
Likes: Chilling with my family & friends, good food (esp' Marmite)
Dislikes: Angry people
Hobbies: Swimming, gardening, lying in the sun
Can often be seen: In the Pool (if not on reception)
Name: Kathryn Bray
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Receptionist
Likes: Listening to music, eating chocolate and going to the beach
Dislikes: Marmite, horror films and rain!
Hobbies: Going to the gym and socialising
Can often be seen: Around Ivybridge having fun with friends
Name: Colin Thornicroft
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Cleaner & Maintenance
Likes: Music from a couple of decades ago
Dislikes: Sitting still for long!
Hobbies: DIY and repairing cars!
Can often be seen: With tools in his hands!
Name: Rae Essam
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Cleaner
Likes: Italian food
Dislikes: Making colin cups of tea!
Hobbies: Travelling
Can often be seen: Washing cars in the car park at Dinnaton!
Name: George Fortnam
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Sales
Likes: Strong coffee with lots of sugar!
Dislikes: Eating chicken and brown rice
Hobbies: Training with Rob
Can often be seen: Training hard
Name: Craig Adams
Club: Dinnaton Fitness & Golf
Position: Club Supervisor / Instructor
Likes: Tottenham Hotspur, Rock Music, movies and challenging myself on the Rowing Machine
Dislikes: People that drop weights in the gym, Reality TV!
Hobbies: Most sports, especially football & rugby, collecting DVD's (come on, it's not as bad as stamp collecting) and reading...Men's Fitness Mag
Can often be seen: Doing PT. Visit www.craigadamsfitnesstrainer.co.uk
Name: Austin Fairley
Club: Plymouth City Centre
Position: Receptionist / Instructor
Likes: Travelling and generally anything active
Dislikes: Injuries which make you sit still for too long
Hobbies: Surfing and snowboarding
Can often be seen: Usually in the gym or at the beach
Name: Ben Dean
Club: Plymouth City Centre
Position: Instructor
Likes: Tennis, badminton and swimming
Dislikes: People that undo all of the hard work in the gym with a bad diet
Hobbies: Tennis and cycling
Can often be seen: Beating people in racquet sports
