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Sporting Ethos at Westonbirt

As a School, we place emphasis on the holistic development of the player and sportsperson. This means that learning and refining the core skills required is vital and encouraged through the sessions but this sits alongside the values that sport brings such as: resilience; independence; teamwork; sportsmanship; courage and work ethic.

Children are encouraged to be competitive, determined and to give their all but at the same time to be evaluative of their performance, supportive of others, fair and most of all, to enjoy sport. Where children show a particular aptitude for sport, we will encourage and assist in their development and support them with their journey.

Mr Tom Davies

Assistant Head, Sports and Co Curricular

Head of Cricket

Born into a sporting family, Mr Davies has been passionate about all sports from a young age. He represented his county in cricket and rugby at youth level; however, cricket was the sport he chose to specialise in, leading to six years in the Gloucestershire Cricket Academy and playing several County 2nd XI games, where he gained invaluable coaching and playing experience.

Mr Davies joins Westonbirt from our sister school, Cricklade Manor Prep, where he served for 12 years, including the last 7 as Director of Sport. He has developed his coaching credentials and is an RFU Level 2 and ECB Level 2 coach.

Mr Davies is extremely excited about the future of sport at Westonbirt and is looking forward to developing the Games and PE programme within the Prep School and working with the Senior School cricketers.

Mrs Rachel Farmer

Head of Prep PE and Games

Mrs Farmer is the Head of Sport at Westonbirt Prep School and has been at Westonbirt for the last 6 years.

Mrs Farmer graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Sport, Physical Education and Coaching Sciences. She gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Secondary Education (QTS) specialising in Physical Education in 2011, before completing her Masters in Teaching Studies a few years later.

She has always had a passion for sport; representing Somerset in cricket and taking on the role of Club Captain of the University of Birmingham Women’s Cricket Club. She plays regular competitive netball and was the Netball Coordinator for Team Bath.

Mrs Farmer’s other passion is travelling. She has inter railed around Eastern Europe, trekked around Thailand, Singapore and Bali, and explored the East Coast and the Outback of Australia, where she skydived from 14,000 feet!

Miss Adele Potts

Swim Lead for Nursery, Prep, & Senior

Previous Acting Head of Swimming at Bishop’s Stortford College.

Currently, Coach Potts is training in Stroud Masters and competing in triathlons; she swam in the 2-mile Swim Serpentine in September 2021.  She has also a Senior Women’s record holder in 400 and 800m freestyle in the NW Open in Western Australia (2016).  Swim England Coach member, Teaching Swimming and Water Safety and Teaching Towards Competitive Strokes accreditation (2018, AUSTSWIM, Australia) and UKCC Teaching Aquatics (2010).

Mr Neil Bromley

Fencing Coach with a Level 2 Foil and Epee.

Mrs Jo Baker & Mrs Johana Luddington

Equestrian Team Managers & Volunteer Parents

Mrs Baker has many years experience of managing successful Beaufort Hunt Pony Club teams as well as Westonbirt Schools, specialising in dressage.  She jointly manages teams with Mrs Luddington, also a parent and very experienced and successful showjumping manager for the Pony Club who oversees the older riders and Mrs Bryony Antrobus who looks after the younger riders and organise team training.

Mr Steve Johnson

Prep & Senior Tennis Coach

Mr Johnson is a LTA Licensed Level 4 coach and has been a full time teaching Professional for 26 years, he has previously Head Coach at David Lloyd, Bristol for 10 years, Head Coach at Bridgwater LTC for 6 years and Head Coach at Sodbury for 8 years. He has also coached several boys to top national level and been on national training squads and coached the Winner of a European U14 Girls singles event.

He represented Lancashire and the North West of England as a junior before playing professionally in Spain for a year. Coach Johnson then joined the RAF and became RAF champion and British Forces Tennis champion. He currently still play Masters Tennis for Gloustershire, the RAF and British Forces Masters teams.

Additional Tennis Coaches:

Mrs Kerry Marshal

Assistant Tennis Coach

Mrs Marshal is a LTA Licensed Level 4 coach with over 20 years of teaching experience. She has coached Avon County LTA girls teams and played at national level as a junior.

 

Ms Julie Hatton

Assistant Tennis Coach

Ms Hatton is an LTA Licensed Level 4 coach. She currently plays county veteran tennis.

 

Mr Chris Butcher

Assistant Tennis Coach

Mr Butcher is an LTA Licensed Level 3 coach. He currently plays for Sodbury men’s 1st team.

Mr Wayne Hill

PGA Golf Professional & Golf Coach

Mr Hill has over thirty years’ experience in the golf industry and is a qualified PGA Golf Professional. He has extensive experience coaching all levels of golfer, from beginner to professional and has held positions as Head Teaching Professional, and Director of Golf as well as General Manager and CEO managerial positions at golf clubs.

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