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Fit For Sport strengthens team
Children’s activity provider Fit For Sport has
strengthened its management team with two
appointments to support ongoing expansion.
Anita De Villiers has joined the company
as head of children’s experience, tasked with
ensuring Fit For Sport’s programmes and
activities, both in and out of schools, remain
innovative, progressive and fun. De Villiers
brings a broad range of experience from her
previous role as national children’s manager at
Virgin Active where she worked for 13 years.
Meanwhile, Jack Shakespeare has been
promoted to head of training and development
to drive Fit For Sport’s children’s activity
programming. He also leads the Fit For Sport
training academy, responsible for the quality
of delivery of its vocational training and CPD
programmes. Shakespeare has been with the
company for seven years, working from the
ground up – initially as an activity leader in its
schools and Kids Camp services – and more
recently as national training manager.
“Anita and Jack combine to extend our
resources with their respective valuable skills,
Anita De Villiers and Jack Shakespeare
experience and ideas,” said Dean Horridge,
CEO and founder of Fit For Sport, and the
recently appointed chair of Compass. “We are
pushing on several fronts to make children’s
activity a top priority in the UK and their fresh
ideas and additional perspectives on our work
will be crucial to our next phase of growth.”
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Cycling specialist Neil
Troutman joins Keiser
Keiser UK has appointed Neil Troutman as
new master instructor, tasked with building
a team of master instructors to deliver
Keiser’s M Series and Air training courses.
He will also develop a portfolio of training
and educational material with Keiser, as well
as working with SkillsActive to gain REPs
accreditation for these new courses.
Troutman has more than 20 years’
experience in the health and fitness
industry. He has worked as a global master
trainer, with experience developing and
gaining accreditation for training courses
for other fitness equipment suppliers
including Trixter and Lebert Fitness.
Keiser UK commercial director Nick
Startin said: “By recruiting a master trainer
of Neil’s calibre, Keiser UK can enhance
the quality of our training and education
for UK instructors and serve to benefit
their class participants and PT clients.”
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Talley swaps LA for Everyone Active
Everyone Active has appointed Mark Talley as
its new group fitness development manager,
with a brief of introducing new products,
ideas and technology to aid customer
retention and drive the company forward.
Talley will also work with Everyone
Active’s operational teams to ensure business
objectives are met and implemented in a
consistent way across the organisation.
With more than 20 years’ experience in
the health and fitness industry, Talley arrives
from LA fitness, where he was fitness director
and has subsequently been replaced by Sam
Theyers (see right). Prior to LA, Talley held
a variety of senior operational, product
development and managerial roles at
organisations including Marriott, Thistle Hotels,
Holmes Place, Esporta and Fusion Lifestyle.
“We are very pleased to have Mark join
our team and believe he has all the qualities
to continue driving our business and success,”
said Everyone Active MD David Bibby.
Jo Monkhouse makes the leap to Leisure-net
Leisure-net Solutions has appointed Jo
Monkhouse as a data insight manager, a role
that will see her supporting clients to maximise
the outcomes of the data they generate.
Monkhouse has spent the last 13 years
working with Everyone Active (SLM), initially
Talley arrives from gym chain LA fitness
“Everyone Active is currently going from
strength to strength and Mark’s experience
and proven track record of successful
delivery will be key to supporting our
continued development and growth.”
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as a membership manager looking after the
direct debits and membership for all sites. She
went on to work in IT and later marketing,
as well as being heavily involved in the User
Acceptance Testing of online membership.
Details: http://lei.sra=M6v7n
Theyers has worked in Dubai and NZ
LA fitness promotes Sam
Theyers to head fitness
LA fitness has promoted Sam Theyers to
the role of national head of fitness for the
47-club chain, filling the void left by Mark
Talley’s recent departure (see left).
Theyers, who has been with LA fitness
since April 2013, took up his new role on
1 October, after enjoying a successful year
as regional sales manager for the south.
He has been in the industry for nearly
15 years, starting as a PT and group fitness
instructor with Les Mills in his native New
Zealand. Theyers has a BA in Exercise
Prescription, Management and Sports
Science and several Level 3 diplomas.
He will lead the training team at
LA fitness – reporting directly into
COO Arthur McColl – and will also be
managing the roll-out of key new product
developments and classes across the chain.
Details: http://lei.sra=P7W6c
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