All Orchard Gymnastics Coaches are 'British Gymnastics'qualified with Enhanced CRB clearance.
Barry D Phelan
Coaching Director
A former Scottish National Champion and finalist at the 1986 Commonwealth Gymnastics Championships. As a coach Barry has undertaken roles including Head Coach to the Southern Region Men’s Squad, Senior Men’s Coach to Hampshire Centre of Excellence and Senior Men’s Coach at Basingstoke and Southampton Gymnastics Clubs. Barry was also a Great Britain Coach at the 2002 Team Gym 'Euroteam' Championships in France.
Barry has British Gymnastics coaching qualifications in -
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics - senior club coach - level 4
Team Gym - senior club coach - level 4
Pre School Gymnastics & Movement - club coach - level 3
Freestyle Gymnastics - club coach - level 3
Sports Acrobatics - club coach - level 3
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics - coach - level 2
Trampolining - coach - level 2
Barry is a British Gymnastics Course Tutor for the Fundamentals Early Years programme.
Karen Phelan
Karen was a gymnast at the highly acclaimed Southampton Gymnastics Club. She went on to become Senior Women’s Coach and Pre School coach at Southampton where the first 'Tumble Tots' class in Britain began in 1978 and acted as a benchmark for all future Pre-School gymnastics classes. Karen then moved on to roles as Pre School and Development Coach at Basingstoke Gymnastics Club. Karen has also coached at various schools and leisure centres throughout Hampshire.
Karen has British Gymnastics Coaching qualifications in
Womens Artistic Gymnastics - club coach - level 3
Pre School Gymnastics & Movement - club coach - level 3
Freestyle Gymnastics - club coach - level 3
Andrea Earley
Andrea is a former gymnast from the highly acclaimed Andover Gymnastics Club. She trained and competed in Sports Acrobatics, Tumbling, Team Gym and most notably Andrea competed internationally in Double Mini Tramp.
Andrea is a British Gymnastics level 2 Coach in General Gymnastics & a 'BG' Regional level Trampoline Judge.
Neil Parkin
Neil has over 30 years coaching experience working with male and female artistic gymnasts at clubs including Sale, Kaff, Phoenix and Taunton Deane Gymnastics Clubs.
Neil has British Gymnastics qualifications in
Female Artistic - club coach (level 3) Male Artistic - club coach (level 3)
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