BORN: 6th June 1956, Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, England
EDUCATED:
1967 – 1971 Valley comprehensive Worksop
1971 – 1975 Worksop College of further education
1976 – 1980 Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham graduating as Bachelor of Science second
class honors in electrical and electronic engineering.
QUALIFICATIONS:
ENGLISH SRA LEVEL 4 ELITE PROFFESSIONAL COACH (1995)
GERMAN SRA GRADE A (1990)
CANADIAN SRA LEVEL 3 (2006)
ONGOING CANADIAN LEVEL 4 (2006)
APPOINTMENTS:
Head coach Kassel CSC Germany (1981)
Junior county coach Hessen Germany (1982)
Head coach Squash club Witzenhausen eV Germany (1982)
Invited to coach training camps in Switzerland (1983)
Head coach ABC Town squash Bremen Germany (1984)
Junior county coach Bremen Germany (1984)
Invited to coach training camps in Holland (1984)
Head coach Paderborner SC Germany (1985)
Invited to coach training camps in France (1986)
Invited to write for squash time magazine in Germany (1990 to present day)
Head coach Arhuus SRC Denmark (1989)
Head coach Sennelager SRC Germany (1990)
Invited to coach in Finland with the national squad (1996)
Invited to coach training camps in Mallorca Spain (1996/7/8)
Head coach Cedar Springs Health & Racquet club Canada (2003)
Junior county coach Ontario Canada (2004)
REPRESENTATIVE HONOURS:
1976 – 1980 Captained Trent Polytechnic squash team
1978/79/80 National Polytechnic singles squash champion
1979/80 Represented Nottinghamshire in the national team finals
SQUASH PLAYING HISTORY
1979 – 1988 Played professional squash on the international circuit
Highest rank England 18
Highest rank World 48
1974 first stepped on a squash court
1979 Finalist in Nottinghamshire county finals
1978 winner of the national Yellow Dot championships
1979 Winner of the north Nott’s Gaudi squash-international Open
1980 Invited to play on the sunshine circuit professional squash tour in South Africa
Left England to set up camp in Europe
1981 Winner of the Kassel Open squash championships
1982 2nd round German Open
1983 Finalist Arhuus Open
1983 Winner of the Bremen Open
1984 Semi finalist Bayern Open
1984 Quaterfinalist German Open
1985 2rd round Finland Open
1986 Move into management
1986 Appointed manager of Ahorn squash
1989 Appointed manager of Ahorn squash
1991 Comeback in the masters
MASTERS SQUASH 1991 - 1999
1992 German masters team champions with Koblenz
1993 Swiss Open Finalist over 35
1993 German Open Finalist over 35
1994 Finalist over 35 county championships for Nottingham
1996 Finalist German Open over 40
1996 Winner of the Portugal Open over 40
1996 Winner of the Swiss Open over 40
1996 British Open Semi-finalist over 40
SQUASH-COACHING HISTORY
1982 German junior coach of the year
1986 Claire Oxley took from non ranked junior to world number 6
1987 Sami Elopuro took from non ranked to world number 4
1989 Hansi Wiens took from non ranked junior to world number 11
1991 Oliver Rucks took from non ranked junior to World number 44
1992 Stefan Leifels took from junior none ranked player to World number 75
1993 Edgar Schneider took from junior player to German number 1 in 2002
1994 German junior coach of the year
2001 Hansi Seestahler took from junior to German National Champion 2003
2003 Moved to Cedar springs Burlington Canada
2004 Nominated junior head coach for Team Ontario
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