Simon Knowles Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Jarasport Corporate fitness programs deliver 6 week training for companies keen to enter team events such around the bay in a day, oxfam trailwalker and the corpoarte triathlon. Group fitness is deleivered in a fun non intimidating environment ensuring everyone feel supportedSkills: Strategic thinking and planning, commercial acumen, create pathways to success through personal training plans team coaching and open dialogue.Current: Ongoing corporate coaching, skills courses, seminars and clinics.

Increased membership base each year at each club. With Hawthorn building from 25 to 130 members in 2 seasons of head coaching

Developed club training and squad programs for multi day team events including Geoquest 48hrMont 24hr XPD World Championship teams

Melbourne, Australia

Description: .Developed, implemented and coordinated coaching programs catering for a wide variety of individuals, ranging in age from 13 upwards, with different goals and objectives. This included group and individual coaching sessions across three sports disciplines; cycling, running and swimming. Skills: Communication, analyse performance, strategic thinking and planning, exhibit high levels of enthusiasm, ability to influence motivate othersAchievements: Increased the number of girls participating in school related sports events by 50%; this resulted in divisional wins for many girls in their chosen sport.

Description: Developed, implemented and coordinated multisport participation coaching. Ride skill classes, swim squads, run squads, ocean swimming, fitness clinics, and ‘Try a Triathlon’ 6 week courses and more. Skills: Planning, marketing and promotion, ability to collaborate and engage volunteers, maintain a team focus, high levels of influence and ability to motivate othersAchievements: Membership base increased each year; started with 80 and grew to 200, which was the largest triathlon club at the time. Fostered a community for amateur athletes to share and experience the benefits of health and fitness.

Description: Managed Powerpoint Swim School program; employee, train and manage 20 casual staff for weekly swim programs ranging from learn to swim through to Masters Swim squads. Manage hire and schedules for 3 pools. Develop and implement standard operating procedures. Develop ‘Learn to Swim’ programs for staff to implement, scheduling and promotion of club races and events.Skills: Strong business acumen, team leadership, administration, planning and organisation, promotion, communication, staff management, negotiation Achievements: Swim Squad and Learn to Swim programs were fully booked each term. Participation grew such that one pool -Lauriston Girls School Pool- became fully booked during the school term. One participant, Cameron Prosser, started with Learn to Swim and finished with a Junior Championship. He went on to the Australian Institute of Sport and represented Australia.

Melbourne, Australia

Description: Competed at the highest level in the sport of triathlon within Australia, Europe and the US. Skills: Focus, determination, tenacity, long term planning, analyse progress and performance then adjust plans accordingly, self promotion and marketing to attract sponsorship.Achievements: Awarded 1993 Australian Triathlete of the Year Australia team x3 (Professional team) World Triathlon Championships on 3 occasions as part of our four member team, National Champions wins at both National Sprint and Olympic distance (professional)Member of VIS water polo team.State Development officer for Triathlon Victoria National Masters MTB champion