New people join our team

John Cowell has joined our team as a strength and conditioner in the Bike programme. John will be BMX’s key strength and conditioner and will be immersed in the programme, working closely with Head Coach Ken Cools and Strength and Conditioning lead provider Matt Kritz. Bike has always been a passion for John - he was an elite cyclist in the 1990’s competing on the US National Racing Circuit. Strength and conditioning is another passion and has had worked with Olympic, World and US National Championship athletes.

Psychologist Tom Patrick arrived from Ontario, Canada at the beginning of the year to start his lecturing role at AUT University and he is contracted to work with us in the area of psychology. He has already begun working provisionally with the High Performance Swimming Programme and some triathletes. Tom has been working with elite athletes in mental preparation since 1992 including Canada’s national triathlon, swimming, and volleyball squads. In 2008 he managed Canada’s triathlon team in the Beijing Olympics.