Our Team

Head Coaches

Rod Davis
Head Coach, Club Secretary & Director

Women’s Artistic Coach
Men’s Artistic Coach
MAG & WAG Club Judge

Rod is a founding member of the club.  He predominantly coaches girls squad but oversees all boys and girls groups in the gym and mentors new coaches. When not under a mountain of paperwork, he can often be seen hovering under the bars.Rod has recently retired from teaching in order to have more time to run the club, enabling us to move into our new purpose built facilities. He also enjoys tinkering on his computer, photography, and playing and watching sport.

As well as running the club, Rod likes to work with all the gymnasts and enjoys seeing them learn new skills.

Sam Yates
Joint Head Coach & Director

Women’s Artistic Coach
Pre-School Coach
GG Judge

Sam has 3 children who all attended Eagles.  She joined the coaching team after persuasion by Rod. Along with Rod, Sam coaches the squad and senior gymnasts.

Sam now coaches full time at the club and supports Rod with the running of the club.

Coaching Staff

Bethie Goldie
Coach

Women’s Artistic Level 2 Coach
WAG Club Judge

Bethie joined the club in 2019.. She has lots of experience both coaching and judging Women’s Artistic gymnastics.
As well as coaching, Bethie still trains and competes in adult gymnastics competitions.
Bradley Thompson
Senior Coach & Mentor

Women’s Artistic L4 Coach
Men’s Artistic L3 Coach
WAG Club & MAG Regional Judge

Bradley supports coaching and mentors our senior coaches at the club.
Jamie Mitchell
Coach

Women’s Artistic Level 2 Coach

Jamie coaches both boys and girls at the club.  
Jamie joined our coaching team after spending time volunteering his time to build and maintain the club.
Jamie was an integral part of the move to our new facilities, coordinating the building works (and doing most of it himself).
Lauren Harrison
Volunteer Coach

Assistant Coach

Lauren has 2 children at the club and helps out in a number of ways as a volunteer. She runs the club’s social media platforms and assists Rod with admin tasks. 
Lauren assists coaching GfA groups and supports coaching with the development squad. 
Liz Oselton
Cover Coach

Women’s Artistic Coach (Training Level 3)
Pre-School Coach
WAG Club Judge

Liz joined our coaching team as a pre-school coach and then went on to coach older gymnasts.
She has children at the club in both our squad and mini groups.
Liz is an experienced coach working towards her level 3 qualification.
She covers coaching when required.
Mark Robinson
Coach

Women's Artistic Level 2 Coach

As well as coaching, Mark also spends a lot of time helping out with maintenance and improvements at the club. He has a daughter who attends Eagles.
Rachel Ash
Cover Coach

Women’s Artistic Level 1 Coach

Rachel started volunteering at the club when her daughters were training  and competing.  Due to her work commitments she is no longer able to have a regular group.  Rachel covers coaching when her work commitments allow.
Vicky Bix
Coach

Women’s Artistic Level 1 Coach

Vicky has recently started volunteering at Eagles and has recently qualified as a level 1 coach. In addition to coaching Vicky assists Rod with admin tasks - sorting out clothing orders, and helping to organise competitions. 
She has 2 children at the club. 
Leah Brindley
Volunteer

Leah has a daughter at Eagles.
Leah helps coaching in our GfA sessions.

Leadership Academy

Ella
Junior Coach

Ella is a squad gymnast at Eagles.
Ella leads groups in our GfA sessions and supports coaching in our development squad sessions.

Freya
Junior Coach

Gymnastics Helper Award

Freya is a squad gymnast at Eagles.
She leads groups of GfA gymnasts and supports coaching in mini squad sessions.

Megan
Junior Coach

Gymnastics Helper Award

Megan is a squad gymnast at Eagles. She is the current holder of the Golden Eagle Trophy. 
Megan leads groups in our GfA sessions and supports coaching in our development squad sessions.

Louisa
Junior Coach

Louisa is a competitive gymnast at Eagles.
She leads groups in our GfA sessions.
Louisa is working towards her level 1 coaching award

Gracie
Young Leader

Gracie is a squad gymnast and supports sessions with the younger gymnasts.

Keita
Young Leader

Keita is a squad gymnast at Eagles.
Keith supports coaching in our GfA and pre-dev sessions.

Veronika
Junior Coach

Veronika was a competitive gymnast at Eagles.
Veronika leads groups and supports coaching in our GfA and pre-dev sessions.
She is working towards her level 1 coaching qualification.

Hannah
Young Leader

Hannah supports coaching in our GfA sessions.

Lucy
Young Leader

Lucy is a competitive gymnast at Eagles and supports coaching in our GfA sessions.  She particularly enjoys helping our youngest gymnasts.

Elise
Young Leader

Elise is a squad gymnast.
She supports coaching in our GfA sessions.

Club Officers

Jody McCarthy
Lead Club Welfare Officer & Director

Jody is a founding member of the club. Her daughter attended the club from its creation, however has had to give up gymnastics to pursue her highly successful career in roller hockey. Jody has many years of experience as a gymnastics welfare officer.

To contact her please email cwo@eaglesgymnastics.co.uk

Liz Oselton

Liz brings her previous frontline experience of working with the public to the rôle of customer relations officer at the club.
Liz is also an experienced gymnastics coach and judge, and is therefore able to offer a practical perspective to customer relations.

To contact her please email 
customerrelations@eaglesgymnastics.co.uk

Ellie (the Eagle)
Club Mascot
Ellie likes to journey all around the country with her Eagles gymnasts and coaches.  She can been seen at competitions, fooling around at gym camp and getting into all kinds of scrapes and predicaments.
You can follow her journeys on instagram at ellie_eagles.