OUR TEAM

Paddle Scotland employs a dedicated staff team to work alongside our volunteers and support our members. Our current staff teams consists of:

MANAGEMENT TEAM

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Mike Strang

CEO

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Mark Ritchie

Head of Sport
Phone: 07561 295250

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

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Noush Duffy

Coaching & Development Manager

Phone: 07702 669080

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Roger Holmes

Development Manager

Phone: 07826 334698

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Adam Burns

Development Manager
Phone: 07879 558183

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Calum McNicol

Water Safety Lead at sportscotland

Phone: 07765 179765

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Lara Cooper

Lead Internal Verifier (IV)

OPERATIONS TEAM

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Louisa Arbuckle

Communications & Operations Manager

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Charlotte Wright

Events Lead

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Matthew Brannen

Data and Operations Lead

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Julie Mullen

Safeguarding Lead

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Mabel Duncan

Operations Administrator

COACHING TEAM

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Stuart Gerrie

Performance Programme Lead Coach

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Maddy Jennings

Talent Transition Coach

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Rachel Schofield

Sprint Coach

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Sandro Dias

Sprint Coach & Sport Scientist

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John Lewis

Slalom Coach

GRANDTULLY STATION PARK

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Carol Anderson

General Manager