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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John Kent - Centre Principal

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Yachtmaster offshore
- Read Interview
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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
- RYA Diesel Engine Instructor
- Read Interview
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David Frame - Sailing Manager

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor / Examiner
- RYA Dinghy Coach Assessor
- RYA Powerboat Trainer
- RYA First Aid Trainer
- RYA SRC Assessor
- RYA Intermediate Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Club Racing Coaches Tutor
- RYA National Marl Layer
- Read Interview
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Dan Smith - Full Time Instructor

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Coach Assessor
- RYA Advanced Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- RYA Windsurfing Trainer
- BCU Kayak L1 Coach
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Rod Smith - Full time Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor / Examiner
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor
- RYA First Aid Instructor
- RYA Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Radar Instructor
- RYA Diesel Engine Instructor
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Angus Ferguson - Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA SRC Assessor
- RYA Radar Instructor
- RYA Sea Survival Instructor
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Advanced powerboat Instructor
- ISAF Offshore Safety Instructor
- Read Interview
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David McCardel Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- RYA Windsurf Instructor
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John Simpson- Seasonal Instructor

- RYA Yachtmaster sail and power Instructor
- RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor
- RYA SRC Assessor
- ISAF Offshore Safety Instructor
- Read Interview
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Charlotte McBeath - Seasonal Instructor

- Qualified Teacher
- RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
- RYA Yachtmaster Ocean
- RYA Dinghy Coach Assessor
- RYA Advanced Powerboat Instructor
- BCU Level 2 Coach Kayak
- BCU Level 2 Coach Canadian
- RYA SRC Assessor
- Read Interview
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Joan Wilson - Temp Instructor

- RYA Senior Instructor
- RYA Racing Instructor Endorsement
- RYA Powerboat 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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Susan Benson Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- RYA Start Windsurfing Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- UKCC level 1 Paddlesport
- Comminity Sports Leader
- Read Interview
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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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David Highcock Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
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Andrew Girdwood

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- RYA Powerboat Instructor
- HND Sports Coach Develpoment
- Read Interview
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Emma Wilkie Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- RYA Racing Coach L2
- Read Interview
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Robert Wilson Temp Instructor

- RYA Dinghy Instructor
- Read Interview


