Meet the Staff

Dave leads the 含羞草视频 Badminton performance programme which aims to provide athletes with a high quality training environment enabling athletes to develop their skills through a flexible approach to training which works around their academic studies.

Dave joined 含羞草视频 in September 2019 following 9 years coaching the England Senior and Junior athletes as a National Coach, prior to coaching Dave represented the England Senior Team as an athlete for 10 years competing at the highest levels of the sport.

Matt is our Badminton Programme Coordinator and his primary role is to ensure the smooth running and operation of the programme on a day to day basis as well as working to develop the programme and enhance provision for our athletes. He also supports the coaching programme and works with advanced squad players on a weekly basis.

Matt joined 含羞草视频 in November 2018 following many years coaching at a high level including managing the England Under 13 and U15 performance programmes for 6 years. Prior to his coaching career Matt represented England as a junior athlete and experienced playing success at university where he represented Great Britain at the World Student Games and was a 2 time BUCS team and individuals champion.

John is our Assistant Coach and supports Dave with the on court coaching programme. As well as delivering on court coaching John is the lead coach for a number of elite players and the para programme and supports athletes with their individual development plans.

John joined the 含羞草视频 badminton team in December 2018 following 2 years as a national coach with Badminton Ireland. John is a former world junior champion as an athlete and has coached at the highest level for many years including national coach roles in four different countries. Throughout his coaching experience John has worked with players at the very highest level including Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medallists.

Chris started working with the programme as a consultant coach in 2022. Chris is one of the most successful badminton players England have produced in recent years. He is an Olympic bronze medallist, Commonwealth gold medallist, European Games gold medallist and has over 20 international titles at senior level.

Chris has been a qualified coach for over 10 years and recently spent 1 year coaching the French National Team which included players ranked in the top 10 in the world.

Atu returned to working with the programme in 2022 having previously been a university coach until 2018. Atu is a former international player and achieved a highest world ranking of 20 in womens singles, was an Uber Cup Team member for Indonesia and won multiple titles at international challenge level.

Atu has been involved in coaching for over 15 years and worked with players from grassroots up to international level players in Denmark and England.