
Our Staff
All our full time and seasonal staff are highly qualified in what we do. As well as being very highly qualified, staff members bring with them their own energy and enthusiasm for the activities. They also have a huge breadth and depth of personal and instructing experience in their own specialist areas that their qualifications do not reflect.
As well as the full time staff each season we take on senior seasonal staff and also many temporary activity instructors. Please click on the any full time or seasonal staff member below to find out more about the individuals who combine to make up the team of experts at the sportscotlands national centre Cumbrae.
Although many staff become regulars there is a healthy turn over of qualified and vastly experienced staff to keep the team highly motivated and fresh in terms of development and new initiatives.
All our Instructors hold valid First Aid certificates and are Scottish Criminal Records Office (S.C.R.O) checked before commencing work at Cumbrae.
Ashore our support staff will endeavour to make your stay with us as comfortable and welcoming as possible.
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Chris Nicol - Chief Instructor

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor / Examiner
- RYA Dinghy Coach Assessor
- RYA Powerboat Trainer
- RYA First Aid Trainer
- RYA SRC Assessor
- RYA Windsurfing Instructor
- BCU Level 3 Coach Inland & Sea
- Read Interview with Chris
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David Frame - Sailing Coach

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor / Examiner
- RYA Dinghy Coach Assessor
- RYA Powerboat Trainer
- RYA First Aid Trainer
- RYA SRC Assessor
- RYA Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Club Racing Coaches Tutor
- Read Interview with David
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John Kent - Centre Principal

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Senior Instructor
- Read Interview with John
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Charlotte McBeah - Seasonal Instructor

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Dinghy Coach Assessor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- BCU Level 2 Coach Kayak
- BCU Level 2 Coach Canadian
- Read Interview with Charlotte
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Rod Smith - Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- RYA First Aid Instructor
- RYA Windsurfing Instructor
- Read Interview with Rod
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Angus Ferguson - Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA SRC Assessor
- RYA Radar Instructor
- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- RYA Poweboat Instructor
- Read Interview with Angus
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John Simpson - Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster sail and power Instructor
- RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- Read Interview with John
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Matt Toynbee - Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- Intermediate Planing Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Racing Instructor Endorsement
- Read Interview with Matt
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Dan Smith - Temp Instructor

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Advanced Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
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Joan Wilson - Temp Instructor

- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Racing Instructor Endorsement
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Lindsay Dowds - Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- RYA Intermediate Non-planing Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- First Aid Instructor
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Lisa Johnston - Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
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Malcolm Kelly - Temp Instructor

- RYA Intermediate Planing Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- BCU Level 2 Kayak Coach
- RYA Senior Instructor
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Steven Cosgrove - Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- RYA Start Windsurfing Instructor
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Nick Ironside - Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
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Stuart White - Temp Instructor

- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- RYA Diesel Engine Instructor
- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- Level 1 Kayak Coach
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Susan Benson - Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
