Hockey Coaches
Our Hockey Coaching team for 2019 is run by David Byas - former International Junior player and Sam Brown - Level Two coach from New Zealand with a team of coaches that often includes County or International players.
Sam Brown
Sam Brown is a Level 2 Coach from New Zealand, having held the position of performance coach for New Zealand Under 20's.
Gabby Gardiner
Gabby is a Ladies 1st Team player from New Zealand who is also Level 1 coach.
Alice Handy
Alice is an ex-England U18 player and Wakefield Ladues 1st Team. She has just returned from playing in Germany for Crefelder HC and has been coaching for 10 years.
Joshua Fowler
Josh is an Australian Level 1 coach who has played for Queensland Country Senior Mens and is a current member of Wakefield Men's 1st team.
Ben Byas
Ben has played Hockey at national league level with Wakefield Hockey Club and has been a Hockey and Cricket coach with Byas Academy for the past 5 years.
Jonny Wheeler
Jonny supports all of our Residential Camps with his expert knowledge in the field of Strength and Conditioning.
Georgia Hird
Georgia has a degree in Sports and Exercise Science and is a qualified UKSCA Youth Strength and Conditioning coach having recently been heavily involved in working with the professional cricket players of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
Georgia is also an accomplished middle-distance athlete having competed at county, regional and national level.
