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Richard Stead
Richard.stead@saintkentigern.com
Karen Smith
Karen.r.smith@saintkentigern.com
Temepara Bailey
Temepara.bailey@saintkentigern.com
Brad Ramsey
brad.ramsey@saintkentigern.com
Lynne Scutt
Lynne.scutt@saintkentigern.com
Rebecca Jeans
Rebecca.jeans@saintkentigern.com
aaron.young@saintkentigern.com
A coach with extensive experience, Aaron started his coaching journey with the New Zealand Breakers professional franchise, spending 6 years with the team between 2014-2019. His first role with the Breakers was with its junior programme. ‘I worked in schools teaching what it takes to be a Breaker’. He then moved on to become their Video Analyst for 5 seasons. Aaron has worked with youth teams throughout his coaching career, including Takapuna Normal Intermediate, where he won a national title at the AIMS Games.
Most recently, Aaron has been involved with the NZ program as an assistant for the NZU17 & NZU19 age groups. Travelling and competing all around the world has given him great experience and exposure to the highest levels of competition internationally.
He has been Head of Basketball here at Saint Kentigern for 5 years, with great success coming in 2018 when they placed 3rd at Nationals. Last year it all came together, and Saint Kentigern College went on to win the 2019 Secondary Schools Nationals, the first National Title in its history. He has seen the program grow tremendously, with the numbers significantly increasing each year. In 2020, St Kent’s will have 20+ teams competing across all age groups, boys and girls, starting from Year 7/8 right through to the Premier division
We are extremely fortunate to have the services of Ramesh Patel to oversee the development of our Hockey Programme. His background in sport is absolutely’ top shelf.’ As a player, he competed in four Olympics - 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1984 - winning a Gold Medal at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. He played in four World Championships 1973, 1975, 1982, 1986.
As a coach he has won four Rankin Cup competitions with College 1st XI teams (3 with Auckland Grammar in the 1980s and 1 with Saint Kentigern College 1st XI Boys in 2018) and coached the New Zealand U18 Girls team in 1996 and 1997 in tests against Australia. Ramesh was the New Zealand Hockey Federation Chief Executive for 22 years between 1989 and 2009. He has a background as a maths teacher, so he is familiar with the school environment.
Ramesh started at the College in 2011. For the first 7 years he coached the 1st XI Girls teams and since 2018 he has been in charge of the 1st XI Boys team. The 1st XI Boys won the Rankin Cup in 2018 and came 3rd in 2019. Over the last 10 years the 1st XI Boys have also won the India Shield in 2017, won the Auckland title on 4 occasions and the Super City title on 2 occasions and consistently been a top 3 Hockey team in Auckland. The 1st XI Girls have won the Auckland title on one occasion, have gained a 3rd placing in the Super City competition on two occasions and consistently been a top 4 Hockey Team in Auckland
Nicola.Lewis@saintkentigern.com
Nicola started at the College in 2015 as the Director of Netball and Premier tam Coach. Nicola is a qualified PE teacher who taught in a secondary school in Cardiff for three years before taking a position as a Netball Development Officer for Welsh Netball. She returned to teaching 4 years later at a college in Bridgend, South Wales where she was Director of HND Sports Performance & Coaching responsible for lecturing modules such as Coaching Science, Sports Psychology and Skill Acquisition.
Nicola has a BA (Hons) in Sport and Human Movement Studies and a P.G.C.E teaching qualification in Physical Education. Nicola’s personal sporting background has seen her represent Wales in netball from the age of 16. With the senior squad she has been to the World Championships in Christchurch and also the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
She has also travelled around the world playing netball including World Youth Championships (Toronto), British Universities Tour (South Africa) and Welsh tour of Singapore. Some of her most notable coaching achievements have been coaching the current England Netball Head Coach, Anna Mayes and Welsh Internationals including Stephanie Williams, Nichola James and Susie Drane (Captain).
‘For me the most memorable time of my career was when I stepped out into the arena for the Opening Ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games. It’s a feeling you cannot put into words. It took my breath away.’
mark.greatbatch@saintkentigern.com
Saint Kentigern boys and girls who play cricket can benefit of highly experienced cricket coach, Mark Greatbatch. Mark joined Saint Kentigern in September 2018 as the Head of Cricket. Mark comes to us after an 18-year career as a First Class player and 10 years as an International player.
After his playing career came to an end, Mark went on to add coaching at the highest level to his impressive CV. He was New Zealand Junior Cricket Coach of the Year, New Zealand Black Caps Batting Coach, New Zealand Black Caps Head Coach and New Zealand Black Caps Chairman of Selectors.
He has also been involved in coaching as Central District Coaching Director, Central Districts STAGS Head Coach, Director of Cricket at Giggleswick School in North Yorkshire, Academy Director of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Director of Cricket for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.
Mark comes to us a former player and coach of the highest calibre and is looking forward to using this experience to develop the cricket skills of all our young players, both boys and girls, and to also encourage and develop them as people through their cricket experience. He said, ‘I want to challenge the young men and young women to work hard to be better cricketers and better people in a competitive environment.’
peter.langsford@saintkentigern.com
Peter represented NZ both at Senior and Junior level . He competed on the International Circuit for 5 years , competing in tournaments such as Wimbledon, French Open etc... before embarking on a coaching career, and spending 10 years in Germany.
He then returned to New Zealand as the National Junior Coach and Fed Cup Captain. He spent the next 10 years in this position coaching the players such as Brett Steven, Steve Downs, James Greehalgh ,Claudine Toleafoa, and Leanne Baker, to name a few that went on successful tennis careers.
In 2002 he established the first Sports Academy at SKC for Tennis and Golf, and was instrumental in setting up the other Sports Academies that followed in later years. The players who came from the Academy went on to represent NZ in Davis Cup were Rubin Statham and Marcus Daniel , and in Fed Cup Kairangi Vano and Paige Hourigan. More than 30 players have gone on to represent NZ all around the world in Junior Teams and individual competitions.
During this period Peter has arranged scholarships for and placed over 40 students in USA universities, many of whom still reside in America today. Peter was a New Zealand Tennis Advisory Board member, Board member of the New Zealand International Tennis Club and one of the founding members of Counties Manukau Sport.
tasesa.lavea@saintkentigern.com
Tasesa is a proud Old Collegian. He was a boarder from 1996-1998 and is hugely thankful to the College for the opportunities that he was afforded to excel on the rugby field and then continue to forge a rugby career.
Tasesa initially played professional rugby for nine years, firstly with the Melbourne Storm followed by the Manly Sea Eagles, Auckland Rugby, the Blues, the Chiefs, Counties Manukau, Clermont Auverne, Manu Samoa and English Premiership side Sale Sharks. Over the last ten years he has accumulated significant coaching experience with the Chiefs U20, Counties Manukau U19 and most recently as Head Coach and Head of Rugby at King’s College.
Tasesa has ownership of the whole College rugby programme, taking on the Development Group as well as Head Coach the 1st XV.
Following the family tradition, Tasesa’s son, Sylas also attends the College.
brian.shelley@saintkentigern.com
Brian Shelley was appointed Head of Football starting January 2020. Brian is an ex professional football player who has played in Europe for over 10 years. Brian has played at the highest level in football having represented football clubs in both the UEFA Cup and Champions League and has also been capped for his Country Republic of Ireland at U18 & U21 level.
Brian moved to New Zealand 7 years ago and during his time in NZ he has played and coached at national league level. He won the ASB premiership in 2013 as a player.
Brian has coached rep teams for Auckland Football Federation & Northern Football Federation as well as coaching at the national talent centres. Brian is the current New Zealand Secondary Schools U19 national boys head coach. Brian was also previously Director of Football at Rangitoto college and more recently overlooked the football programme at Selwyn College as the Director of Sport.
Currently Brian holds the UEFA A coaching licence which is the 2nd highest football coaching qualification word wide.
Darci attended Saint Kentigern College from 2009-2015 and played in the Premier Women’s Basketball team from year 9. She pursued her dream of playing college basketball in USA for 3 years but unfortunately suffered an ACL, MCL & Meniscus tear in her left knee which cut her college career short. When back in New Zealand, she was lost and missed basketball greatly. Her Brother, who was year 13 at the time, suggested she come and help out his U19 basketball team while home. She wasn’t expecting to fall in love with coaching but instantly did. It helped her regain the connection she thought she had lost with the game and allowed her to give back to the game that taught her so much.
“The reason why I decided to coach the Premier Girls at SKC was because of how much my high school coach (Colin Driscoll) impacted me. Without him, I wouldn’t be the person nor player I am today. I want to be able to have an impact on these girls like he did for me, as I know how important coaching can be to teenagers, both in development of their skills but also as a person. Being able to give back to the school that taught me so much and was an added bonus”.
Dean is currently playing for Central United FC Premier Team and has been playing for this team for the past nine years. Dean previously played for both Auckland City FC and Waitakere United in the National League and played National Youth League for Auckland City FC. He has coached in the Auckland City FC player development program and coached numerous age group teams at Saint Kentigern College over the past five years.
Claudia is new to the College and brings great experience in hockey and touch.
She has played hockey for Takapuna Premier Women for 10 years and North Harbour NHL Women for 7 years, touch rugby for Auckland Open Women’s for 5 years and rugby sevens for North Harbour for 3 years.
She has previously coached the Kristin 1st XI Boys and Girls hockey team (assistant coach), U15 North Harbour girls’ team, involved in coaching the North Harbour U15 Academy programme and the Takapuna Prem Reserve Women’s team.
“Coaching is a great way to give back to the community that I have grown up in, with my involvement in various sporting codes. I enjoy being able to see young athletes develop both as an athlete and as a person through the context of sport. “
Patrick was born in China and has lived in New Zealand for many years. He represented Fiji at the South Pacific Games winning Gold and Bronze medals in table tennis. He is a former Fiji Sportsman of the Year.
Patrick has represented Hutt Valley, Auckland and New Zealand at table tennis. He has previously been the table tennis coach for Hutt Valley and Auckland Table Tennis Associations, Central Region and Northern Region coaching both junior and senior players. Patrick has coached a senior New Zealand team that went to the Asian Table Tennis Games in China.
Patrick is currently the Auckland Table Tennis Association coach responsible for the development of table tennis in the East of Auckland. He has been Saint Kentigern College table tennis coach since 2012.
Brad has worked in the fitness industry professionally for the last 5 years after completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Sports and Recreation at AUT University, double majoring sports science/exercise science and physical activity and health. Brad has worked in a few areas of the fitness industry including personal training and group fitness to youth athlete development and sports coach.
However, his main passion is sports performance, specifically strength and conditioning for athletes and team sport. Brad has worked with a number of different sports while working with AUT’s athlete development program, as well as completing multiple continued education certifications to improve on his coaching and management skills.
Brad has represented New Zealand at the national, international and world level in his sport of Mixed Martial Arts. As well as holding multiple amateur titles in both Kickboxing and Mixed Martial Arts, most notably he is the 3-time Oceania K1 amateur champion.
Brad is one of our three Strength and Conditioning coaches, working with premier and development athletes and teams. Brad also runs the introduction to functional movement preparation for both the year 10 and 11 physical education classes, that utilize the fitness centre.
Myron attended the college from 2004 – 2008. Highlights of his school career were the team time trials along the waterfront and winning the Senior Boys national title in 2005. He then went on to win a silver medal at the Junior World Track Championships in Mexico while in year 12, before continuing his racing career in Europe with the New Zealand National Team.
Myron then went on to represent and win medals for New Zealand at numerous UCI Elite World Cups and then at the 2010 Commonwealth Games where he placed 4th in the 1km Time Trial. Following on from his racing career, he has gone on to coach and support numerous Junior World Track Champions as coach of the New Zealand Junior Track Team, and as a world record holder in 2019.
He has great memories from his days in the cycling community and wants to pass on the same feeling and environment to the students at the college now. Myron enjoys building the relationships with his cyclists and then watching them progress onto national and international success once they leave the College.
The College Head Coach of Golf is Rory Moor who started his golf playing and coaching career in the United Kingdom. He was a full member of the British Professional Golfers Association (PGA) while working as Head Coach at Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey, England. He then moved out to New Zealand where he has coached many New Zealand representative players including Lydia Ko – current No 1 amateur, Michael Hendry - Australasian No 1, Y E Yang - USPGA Champion and Ceclia Cho previous No 1 amateur. Rory is a past member of the European, New Zealand & Australian PGA Tours and also sat on the NZPGA Board of Directors. He has been a Director at the PGA Golf College, Golf Services Ltd and Golf New Zealand College of Studies. Rory helped set up the original Saint Kentigern College Sports Academy and remains the Head Coach of our elite golfers.
‘All of my career highlights are notable, especially when I see the many players and coaches I have trained succeeding in the elite arena of sport.’
Michelle has been involved in coaching since she was at high school. Michelle’s mum saw this as a great way for her to help younger athletes and to appreciate the trust, commitment and accountability required to lead others. Michelle is incredibly thankful for the experiences that led her pursue a career in education and sport.
“Working in sport is a joy and a privilege, it makes me smile. I have been fortunate to work be able to work in Sport and Education for over 20 years, and an integral part of this has been coaching.
To be able to contribute as a coach and be an effective part of a team, is like life with the volume turned up: every emotion seems to be intensified, and you are sharing this with a selective group of friends.
For me, coaching and sport have been memory making moments, and choosing who to share those moments with is critical to how you enjoy the journey. I am very fortunate that I have had the opportunity to coach with people I that respect and love as people, as well as being fellow sport enthusiasts.”
Hamish has been with our Girls Programme for five years. Hamish was a student at Saint Kentigern for his entire schooling and is a proud old boy. As a player, he amassed over 100 caps for our Premier Boys team, including being a part of the first college side to win an Auckland Medal in 2014.
In 2016, he returned to lead the Premier Girls team. In his first year, the team won the NZSS Division Two Championships. In 2018, the team won promotion back to the Auckland Premier League before making the top four for the first time in 2019. In 2020, they won their first ever Auckland league medal. The team has now grown to be competitive at the NZSS Level and is focused on securing a medal there soon.
In 2018, Hamish was added to the New Zealand High Performance Coaching staff when he began to work with the NZ Born 2004 girls towards their World Championships in 2022. Hamish has won several National Championships with local club sides. Since Hamish’s involvement began, the girls programme has grown from having one NZ representative to six in the wider NZWP Programme in 2019.
Angelo Hubert is one of our 3 strength and conditioning coaches, who’s responsibility is run our premier and development team’s strength and conditioning programs. Angelo holds a degree in physical education from Lutheran University of Brazil. As well as completing an ASCA (Australian Strength and Conditioning Association), Strength and Conditioning Level 2 certificate in 2019.
Angelo has had experience working with College/Professional/Olympic Coaches and Athletes all within one facility. This gave him the opportunity to learn some of best techniques and strategies that he now implements at Saint Kentigern College. Angelo has a tremendous amount of experience from around the world, worked with many different athletes across a variety of sports. Such as Assistant Coach for Lutheran University of Brazil, working with Wellington Hockey Clubs and Samuel Marsden Collegiate School in Wellington as well as working as a Speed Strength Coach for MT Eden Hockey Club, Auckland Hockey and King’s College. Angelo also spent 6 months training at Bommarito sports in Miami under Peter Bommarito, who is one of the best Speed coaches in USA. Who works with professional players from NFL, NBA, MBL, College and High School Athletes. Within hi time spent there Angelo received a BPS level 2 certification as a Speed Coach.
Angelo started as an assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Saint Kentigern College in November of 2014 and in 2018 he became the Head of Strength and Conditioning from Saint Kentigern College
“Saint Kentigern College has provided me with a fantastic environment to share my knowledge with really amazing children. We have a great vibe within the gym, and I feel very lucky to be able to coach the athletes of today and the future.”
Tessa has been coaching the Girls secondary schools cycling for 5 years and thoroughly enjoys it. She began cycling at high school, taking up both track cycling and road cycling. She began her coaching career at Waikato Diocesan before making the move to Saint Kentigern in 2019.
“I am super excited to be given the chance again this year to coach the girls squad. We had such an awesome atmosphere last year and some great results! Bring on 2020 in the blue and white”
Mark is in his fourth season with Saint Kentigern College 1st XV as the forwards and defence coach. His previous coaching history was spent with Counties Manukau U19s National Squad for two years. Playing history saw him applying his trade at Provincial level with Counties Manukau Steelers from 2008-2013.
Roana was a student at Saint Kentigern from 2009 – 2012 and represented the College in basketball and water polo. She then went on to attend university in America on a basketball scholarship, returning home at the end of 2018. Since being back she has taken up coaching.
“The last 3 years I have been coaching at the Mountfort Park Water polo Club and this year was lucky enough to gain a coaching role with the water polo program here. In the 2019/2020 season Roana was awarded by NZ water polo the coaches’ rookie of the year award
My passion for coaching has grown after watching athletes of all ages and stages achieve both in the sport as well as out of the water. Being able to give back to the students of a school I attended is exciting and I look forward to working closely with the community over the next coming years”
Gerard’s coaching experience ranges from coaching the basics of football to those in midgets, to coaching secondary students who are representing New Zealand. In 2008 he coached the Elim Christian College 1st Xl.
At Saint Kentigern, he has coached the Boys 2nd Xl and in 2017 lead the Girls Senior A to their first Auckland title. As a player, he played in the Auckland Secondary Schools Football competition for Sacred Heart College. Following that for a number of clubs around Auckland, Auckland University and Auckland Christian teams.
Steve came from a playing background where he played National League Hockey in the UK and a number of representative sides which included Great British Students. As a UK qualified coach, he has been connected to teams varying from National League to young children. For a number of years, he assisted in the coaching development of young players in clinics throughout Europe.
Since arriving in New Zealand, Steve has coached the Premier Men’s and Women’s teams at Howick and Pakuranga Hockey Club, leading the Premier Women’s team to the Auckland Championship in 2019.
Sherwin is in his first season with Saint Kentigern College 1st XV. Last year Sherwin was Head Coach of the U15 7s team that competed at the National Condor 7s. Professional playing history saw him playing for Counties Manukau Steelers from 2008-2016, The Blues 2011-2012 and the NZ 7s Men’s team from 2004-2017.
Ritchie is part of our team that helps to run the Fitness Centre, he has Diploma of Sports and Recreation from AUT university. Ritchie has been involved with sports his whole life and has specialized in both inline and ice hockey.
He has represented New Zealand multiple times as well as the West Auckland Admirals in 2011 and the Botany Swarms in 2016 in the NZIHL. Ritchie works with the development team’s strength and conditionings programs after school, as well as running the evening staff training programs. Ritchie also supervises the facility on Saturdays while Staff, Students and Old Collegians work on their own personal health and fitness goals.
Ritchie is a vital part of our team who helps in creating a positive and friendly atmosphere to the Saint Kentigern’s community.
“I have keen interest in helping others develop their athleticism as well as increase both their general health and wellbeing. Whether you are training to be an elite athlete or just starting out, I want to help you achieve your goals”.
