Programme Staff
Kenny Barton
Performance Programme Manager – Full time (December 2007 - present)
Duties: Kenny oversees all aspects of the delivery of the programme from budgetary control to decisions on tournament entries. Kenny makes the decisions which will hopefully see Great Britain represented on the volleyball courts at the London Olympic Games in 2012.
Background: Prior to taking up the post with the BVF, Kenny was Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Volleyball Association. Volleyball has been a key part of his life. This is not the first time he has come south of the border – he trained as a teacher at St. John’s York and played for Cleveland Anglo-Scots. He went on to captain the Scottish National team and on court was an inspiring leader, in the mould of William Wallace; though the worst fate he suffered was only a red card.
Neil White
Performance Programme Administrator – Full time (March 2007 - present)
Duties: Neil ensures that the programme is efficiently administered and that resources are in place for the team coaches, managers, support staff and players to operate at optimum level.
Background: Neil joined the BVF from Norwich Union where he worked in the Offshoring Team taking back-office work to India. Before that he spent many a summer in his combine harvester at his parent’s farm.
Within volleyball Neil first came to prominence playing for UTS (Sydney) in the Australian Volleyball League whilst back-packing in 2002. On his return to the UK he relocated to Sheffield to play for Sheffield and learn from Keith Trenam. Neil won 6 caps playing for England before retiring shortly after his arrival at the BVF in March 2007.
Rob Flay
Performance Programme Administrator – Full time (February 2012 - present)
Duties: Rob ensures that the programme is efficiently administered and that resources are in place for the team coaches, managers, support staff and players to operate at optimum level.
Background: Rob has been involved with volleyball since a young age, playing for Wessex as a junior, winning several National Cups. He then moved onto various clubs throughout England, and was part of the Great Britain Beach Volleyball squad at Bath University. Rob represented the country several times, notably at the World University Beach Volleyball Championships. He currently plays for Team Northumbria in the Super 8’s as a setter.
Rob also has previous experience working with volleyball at an administrative level, working as Coaching Administrator at Volleyball England. During this time, he helped with the organization and administration of the FIVB Level 1 coaching course run at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
Stephen Cook
Finance Officer – Part time
(June 2008 - present)
Duties: Stephen oversees all matters financial. With the help of Belinda he ensures that the financial procedures are adhered to, that accounts are paid, income received, salaries paid, not forgetting the requirements of the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise, with regard to tax and VAT. Stephen also reports to the BVF Board and PMG on the financial position of the Federation.
Background: Stephen also works for Volker Stevin in Chesterfield. A keen Cricketer, Stephen spends his summers opening the batting for Norton Oakes CC, and has just started his Cricket coaching qualifications. He's from the blue half of Sheffield.
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