Our qualified coaches and leaders have a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to share. You can read about them here.  

David Gurnsey

Gary Vallance

Andy Thornber

Hugh Warwick

James Jacobsen

Justin Dawkins

James describes himself has ‘just a big kid who still loves riding bikes’. He thoroughly enjoys exploring the mountains and woodlands on his bike with friends in tow and would be lost without his bike. James enters a little bit of racing now and again, and loves seeing people of all ages enjoy the freedom of riding bikes. For 15 years now, James has been coaching and guiding mountain biking: he is a BC Level 2 Coach and MTB Leader.

 

Vicki frequently rode in the Forest of Dean when living in Gloucestershire, but since moving to Malvern she has had to develop her skills to keep up with her two boys who are mad-keen mountain bikers! She gained her BC Level 2 Coaching award in 2015 and has been running junior coaching sessions since then where she loves to see so many children developing their riding skills. Vicki enjoys the social side of riding, and while she enjoys riding local trail centres and the Malvern Hills, she says her favourite location for mountain biking is Les Gets in France.

 

James has a passion for developing people’s ability on their bikes.  Mountain biking for him is a sense of adventure, achievement and progression. He describes himself as a playful and fluid rider, and says that most of the time you’ll see him in the air!  James is qualified as a BC Level 2 MTB Coach and Level 3 MTB Leader.

 

 

 

Jez qualified as a British Cycling Level 2 Coach in 2016 and has been coaching with Malvern Cycle Sport since 2018 as well as with a local school. An accomplished competitive cyclist Jez has raced 24hr Endurance MTB, club, regional and national series time trials and most successfully on the track at National and Worlds level, holding a National title, one UCI World Silver, one UCI World Bronze, two European silvers and multiple national bronze medals.