The Flitecrew Team

 


 
Laurel Kennedy - Head Coach / Regional Judge

Laurel started off in gymnastics as a child and moved into trampolining at the age of 12 years... by 14 she was in the National Squad. Achievements include 3rd Great Britain Nationals 1979 and 2nd Great Britain Nationals 1980. She gave up in this year and left trampolining for around 6 yrs, when she returned for exercise, she still competed along with her sister and brother ... even entering and winning a Quad competition... At this time her heart lay in coaching and for the last 25 yrs she has dipped in and out of coaching, along with living in America and having two children, Jordan and Jessica. In late 2003, she returned to Flitecrew, the club she had helped start and name. She is keen to develop trampolining within the Sussex County, and to create a Club the children/parents and coaches are very proud of, and love to belong to.

Contact:  admin@flitecrewtrampolineclub.co.uk

Shelly Garratt - Senior Coach / County Judge 

Shelly, as she is more widely known is Laurel’s sister and like Laurel, started off in Gymnastics and then moved on to Trampolining way back in 1979. Initially she bounced for Crawley Trampoline Club and then moved on to Sussex Martlets in Worthing. Shelly and Laurel were coached by their Dad, Barry, and together with their brother they would travel the length and breadth of the country to compete in competitions. Shelly says she never made the medals at National level but she qualified several times and the biggest achievement she most remembers, now, is doing a double back somersault in competition in 1980. The worst thing that she remembers is driving from Sussex to Newcastle upon Tyne and not being able to do the first move of the Set routine!! Like Laurel she stopped and started trampolining over the next few years but has always been drawn back to it. It is a sport that she loves and coaching the children and seeing them progress really inspires her. She has four children of her own and two of them bounce for Flitecrew, her youngest is still only six months old so watch this space! 






Michelle Read - Senior Coach / County Judge











Sarah Roche - Coach / Judge







Lisa Moore - Coach

Lisa has been involved in a variety of sports from athletics through to hockey but never trampolining.  Lisa was asked to train as a coach for the club and since completing the course has become a much valued member of the team.







Jeanette Morter - Welfare officer

Jeanette was officially appointed as welfare officer in Autumn 2006 having attended the necessary child protection courses required by British Gymnastics.  Flitecrew prides itself on having an open door policy and if anyone has any issues or queries regarding this subject then Jeanette can be contacted  by e-mail at morter.family@tiscali.co.uk








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