Central Beds Swim Squad is fortunate to have a specialist support team in place ...
Angela Davey - Yoga Instructor
Angela currently works with our swimmers on a weekly basis, with the focus on improving core strength, body alignment and flexibility.
Angela is a qualified school teacher and taught nursery and lower school children up until 6 years ago when she changed to a job at the council supporting parents, carers & young people with advice about special educational needs and disabilities in educational settings. She has two children of 20 and 22 years and they both swam with Biggleswade Swimming Club and Mid Beds Swim Squad at County level for a long period. Angela has spent many hours inside pools watching and supporting her two swimmers, loads of time travelling up and down the country to different events and rushing meals to get her swimmers to training on time! She has been practicing yoga for the last 22 years, starting with a type of yoga called Lyengar, which is very precise and encourages exact alignment of the body. She now practices Hatha Yoga which is a little less rigid in its approach. In 2013 Angela studied the British wheel of Yoga Foundation course and then went on to the BWY 3 year Diploma course. Angela is now a Level 4 qualified Yoga Instructor. The course involves a lot of study, written assignments, practical physical meetings and she is assessed regularly by a tutor (who is pretty amazing but very exacting). At the moment Angela also runs four classes around Biggleswade and Henlow. In her spare time she does as much yoga as she can possibly fit in and explores lots of different ways of teaching it. Angela's message is "anyone can do yoga, it needs to fit you, not you to it."
Angela currently works with our swimmers on a weekly basis, with the focus on improving core strength, body alignment and flexibility.
Angela is a qualified school teacher and taught nursery and lower school children up until 6 years ago when she changed to a job at the council supporting parents, carers & young people with advice about special educational needs and disabilities in educational settings. She has two children of 20 and 22 years and they both swam with Biggleswade Swimming Club and Mid Beds Swim Squad at County level for a long period. Angela has spent many hours inside pools watching and supporting her two swimmers, loads of time travelling up and down the country to different events and rushing meals to get her swimmers to training on time! She has been practicing yoga for the last 22 years, starting with a type of yoga called Lyengar, which is very precise and encourages exact alignment of the body. She now practices Hatha Yoga which is a little less rigid in its approach. In 2013 Angela studied the British wheel of Yoga Foundation course and then went on to the BWY 3 year Diploma course. Angela is now a Level 4 qualified Yoga Instructor. The course involves a lot of study, written assignments, practical physical meetings and she is assessed regularly by a tutor (who is pretty amazing but very exacting). At the moment Angela also runs four classes around Biggleswade and Henlow. In her spare time she does as much yoga as she can possibly fit in and explores lots of different ways of teaching it. Angela's message is "anyone can do yoga, it needs to fit you, not you to it."
Ryan Caulfield - Sports Therapist
Ryan conducts regular assessments of our swimmers and provides individually tailored exercise plans to assist in injury prevention and to treat pre-existing issues.
Ryan is an experienced Sports Therapist with a BA (Hons) in Sports Therapy from Coventry University. He has now enrolled onto a Masters Degree course in Physiotherapy at Essex University. Ryan is the Lead Therapist at Biggleswade Town Football Club and has now been appointed as therapist for Mid Beds Swim Club. He currently operates his own business under the name R.C Sports Therapy.
In the past, Ryan has worked with GB athletes and in programmes for young teenagers aspiring to be the next Olympic champions. He has also worked at Bedford Hospital in Inpatient Rehab working with a wide range of patients including Stroke and Trauma sufferers. Ryan previously had a very successful clinic at David Lloyds Health Gym.
Ryan conducts regular assessments of our swimmers and provides individually tailored exercise plans to assist in injury prevention and to treat pre-existing issues.
Ryan is an experienced Sports Therapist with a BA (Hons) in Sports Therapy from Coventry University. He has now enrolled onto a Masters Degree course in Physiotherapy at Essex University. Ryan is the Lead Therapist at Biggleswade Town Football Club and has now been appointed as therapist for Mid Beds Swim Club. He currently operates his own business under the name R.C Sports Therapy.
In the past, Ryan has worked with GB athletes and in programmes for young teenagers aspiring to be the next Olympic champions. He has also worked at Bedford Hospital in Inpatient Rehab working with a wide range of patients including Stroke and Trauma sufferers. Ryan previously had a very successful clinic at David Lloyds Health Gym.
