Highly Qualified & Experienced Coaches

The club has an excellent, experienced coaching system of qualified coaches who volunteer their own time to train our athletes each week.

  • All Coaches
  • Endurance Coaches
  • Hurdles, Pole Vault & Wheelchair Coaches
  • Multi-Event Coaches
  • Sprint Coaches
  • Young Athlete Coaches

Sarah Samuel

Qualification(s): Coaching Assistant (Level 1) & Welfare Officer
About: Sarah is our club Welfare Officer and is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays for athletes, parents or coaches to talk to about any concerns they may have relating to welfare, safeguarding or child protection. Sarah can also be reached on 07748 306606 or at the email address lcacwelfare@gmail.com. Sarah is also a Coaching Assistant and regularly helps out around the club when coaches need an additional pair of hands.
Specialism: Welfare & safeguarding and children with additional needs.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 17:00-20:00

Jamie Samuel

Qualification(s): Coaching Assistant (Level 1)
About: Jamie coaches the Leeds Lions (school years 4 and 5)
Specialism: Jamie starts with the basics for anyone new to athletics and provides our youngest athletes with a strong grounding in the Fundamentals of running, jumping and throwing.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00-19:00
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Philip Walker

Qualification(s): Assistant Coach
About:
Specialism: Coaching the Leeds Lions - school Y4 and Y5
Availability: Thursday from 17:30 – 18:30

Paul Moseley

Qualification(s): Sprints Coach (Level 3), Endurance, Speed & Throws Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About:
Specialism: Children in Athletics leader and dedicated wheelchair racing coach. Also coaches in discus, hammer, pole vault and triple jump.
Availability: Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00

Mike Stayman

Qualification(s): High Jump Coach (Level 4), Triple Jump & Long Jump Coach (Level 3), Jumps, Speed & Throws Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About: Mike coaches a large group of intermediate and senior athletes for all track and field events needed for pentathlon, heptathlon and decathlon (Age dependent).
Specialism: Jumps, Speed & Throws
Availability: To be confirmed

Alan Childs

Qualification(s): Sprints Coach (Level 3), Performance Coach (Level 3), Jumps, Speed & Throws Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About: Alan coaches a small group of intermediate athletes for all track and field events every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 20:00. Alan also coaches hurdles on an ad hoc basis to any interested athletes on Fridays from 17:30.
Specialism: Sprints, Performance, Jumps, Speed & Throws
Availability: Tuesday & Thursday from 18:00 – 20:00, Fridays from 17:30

Celia De Maria

Qualification(s): Coaching Assistant
About: Celia leads a group of senior endurance athletes.
Specialism: Endurance
Availability: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8pm

Phil Townsend

Qualification(s): Endurance Coach
About:
Specialism: Senior Endurance group coach and trains athletes of 16 years old and over on distances of 800m to marathons. These endurance athletes are at an international level with a minimum time of approximately 40 minutes and under for a distance of 10k.
Availability: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8pm, Thursdays 6.30pm - 8pm

Martin Oddy

Qualification(s): Endurance Coaching Assistant
About:
Specialism: Part of the Intermediate Endurance Group coaching team who train every Tuesday and Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00

Eddy Gregorczyk

Qualification(s): Endurance Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About:
Specialism: Leads the Intermediate Endurance group
Availability: Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00

Mark Hunter

Qualification(s): Endurance Athletics Coach (Level 2)
About:
Specialism: Coaches young endurance athletes every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00. Part of the Intermediate Endurance Athletes coaching team who train every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00

Judith Owen

Qualification(s): Speed Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach
About:
Specialism: Coaches young athletes every Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Availability: Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00

Kath Best

Qualification(s): Assistant Coach
About:
Specialism: Children in Athletics Coach. Coaches young athletes every Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Availability: Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00

Martyn Hart

Qualification(s): Coaching Assistant
About: Coaches young athletes every Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Specialism: Specialises in throwing events.
Availability: Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00

Godfrey Brown

Qualification(s): Athletics Coach (Level 2)
About: Sprints and multi events coach
Specialism: Coaches a group of multi-event young athletes every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:30.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 17:30 – 19:30

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME

Come and join us!

We have a wide range of coaches and sessions to suit most needs, and we welcome new members.

BEFORE JOINING AS A MEMBER:

We operate a 6-week ‘taster session’ (or trial period) to ensure the club is right for you before you commit to joining.