(Founded in 1983)
Run by the community for the community
Staff
Ben Hyde - Sports Centre Manager
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I have a wealth of experience with over 25 years in the Leisure Industry, from Lifeguard, Personal Trainer, Fitness Manager, Sports Rehabilitation Specialist to Management; including Health Clubs, Gyms and Sports Centres.
I am passionate about health & wellness and providing activity offerings to all demographics that are accessible and affordable to the local / surrounding communities.
My sporting interests are Rugby and Athletics, to which I participated to a good standard in my younger days…
If you have any questions regarding the Burwell Community Sports Centre please don’t hesitate to ask.
Nanette Naude - (Leisure Assistant/Social Media/Admin)
I've recently joined the team here at Burwell Community Sports Centre. My interests include Sport and Communication in SEN, athletics, hockey, chess and music.
FloraMay Waterhouse - Leisure Assistant
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I grew up in Soham from the age of 3, and took rollerskating classes from the age of 7 at the Ross Peers Sports Centre there. My family moved to Burwell when I was 11. As a teenager I was a member of the Bottisham Swimming Club and also attended the Burwell Sports Centre on Saturday afternoons for rollerskating.
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Since graduating with a Contemporary Arts Degree, I’ve had a varied career including working in the care industry, the property industry, administration, teaching English as a Foreign Language and for the past 3 years I’ve run my own dog-walking and pet-sitting business. I’ve been overseeing the Fun Skate at the Burwell Sports Centre now on Wednesday afternoons for over 4 years, and it’s great to see how popular it continues to be. I still enjoy skating!
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I’m passionate about all things Green, and am an active social-justice campaigner. I’m enjoying being part of the committee here for the Sports Centre, and making sure this place remains a fun, active and social resource for our lovely community.
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I got the scuba-diving bug in 2003 and since then I’ve gained my PADI qualification to 30m, and have explored the shores of the UK (in a dry-suit) and some further-flung, warmer destinations in a wet-suit. Since I haven’t been diving since 2008 I would love to take my daughter scuba-diving one day soon.
Board of Directors
Quentin Cooke - Chair
My wife, Alison, and I have lived in the village since 1982 and raised our two sons here. Both went to Burwell Village College, where I served as Chair of Governors for some years. My business as an independent financial adviser was successfully based here too until I recently sold it.
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I also run Burwell Aikido Club, based in a dojo at my home, which has been running for pretty much the whole time I have lived in the village, (hence the picture).
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I am a keen badminton player and have enjoyed the sports centre as a venue for this and a number of other sports.
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I see BCSC as an important hub of the village and now I have more time, I want to make sure it realises its potential.
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Martin Cable _ Operations Director
My wife and I have lived in Burwell since 2000 and have raised both our daughters here who regularly used the sports centre facilities when they were younger.
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Professionally, I have over 20 years experience within operations and specifically in the area of continuous improvement.
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I recently volunteered to help with the maintenance tasks around the centre which then led me to join the Board of Directors which gives me the opportunity to work with everyone at the Sports Centre to support them to make it ‘better every day’.
Vic Le Grand - Treasurer
My working life was spent largely in sports facility and programme management, and I have seen at first hand the value of local sports facilities in a village like this.
Having moved to the village a few years ago, and more recently retired, I now have the opportunity to be more directly involved in supporting the centre’s development. This aside, I also spend time cycling, managing the garden (or it may be other way around), and enjoying the local landscapes.
Paul Webb - Business Development
I have working with the managing committee of the centre for some time now in my capacity as a parish council observer, but have just stepped up to become a director.
As indicated above I am elected to Burwell Parish Council and have been since 2015. I sit on various working groups, including Finance, Community Leisure and Sport and the Recreation Ground Sports Working Group which raised over £600k towards the new Recreation Ground facilities.
In addition, I chair the Safety Working Group, which was responsible for the recent Village Traffic Survey. I am a Trustee of Pauline’s Swamp and recently became a member of the Spring Close Management Group.
I represent the Council as a Day Centre Trustee, and as a Trustee for Burwell Action for Youth. I also sit on the Burwell Sports Federation as a Burwell Parish Council observer, , where I recently became secretary.
In 2018 I formed Burwell Bike Club, which now has approaching 300 members for which I am Vice Chair.