ADVENTURE SPORTS - Key Persons
She has has worked at AS for 11 years, it was a chance conversation after she had brought her Mum Quad Trekking on her 70th birthday…. and she has just never left!! You will usually find her in the office, plugged into the phone, with a mug of tea and the odd chocolate biscuit on stand by! She is answering your calls, processing bookings, helping with your queries, dealing with internet traffic and social media. She will always have the time to answer your questions and talk your bookings through with you, she's very patient
She also instructs on our popular Stratford Upon Avon Treasure Hunts. The Stag group with the traffic cones on their head, and pink tutus was apparently her best event so far!! Her favourite activities are, Axe Throwing as its very cathartic, Go Karting, because she says she's really fast and Zoomy and Hovercraft, because she feels like she's flying!
Charlie loves working here, its peaceful and beautiful and she has the best view in the world from her window, with the added bonus of Radio FM Birdsong constantly! If you have followed us for a few years you will know that she loves to test stuff here. She's been thrown into a water filled Zorb ball and rolled down a hill, been shot at with a paintball gun and dressed up as a Christmas Elf, a Christmas parcel and a Witch to help with social media campaigns! She loves her job, the biscuits, the dressing up and meeting all the customers she's helped. In her spare time she's a keen walker, swimmer and Ariel silks artist, .....and she's our chief connoisseur when it comes to Prosecco!
Job Titles:
- Member of the Karting Team
- Senior Clay Shooting Instructor
Dave is our Shoot Manager and has worked at AS for 5 years. However, his shooting career started way back in 1991!! He got his job here by a chance conversation with Steve, on a Sunday Club Shoot, over a cup of tea and a bacon roll, as we had just sadly heard our resident Shoot Manager at the time was due to retire.
Daves job is all about the clays! After several years of shooting in the British Team he decided to share his wealth of knowledge and wisdom and become a coach. He is a great instructor and is very calm and patient ensuring that all new clients hit at least 50% of their targets. He coaches from ages 13 - 80 but there is no upper age limit, and his knowledge of guns is amazing as is his approach to people who are a little nervous, even those that close their eyes when they pull the trigger!
He says he loves working in this beautiful setting, and says "what's not to love?!" …. as he throws his arms into the air! He enjoys meeting new people, seeing customers find their new passion for shooting and working with a great team. In his spare time you will find him by a lake fishing, playing darts, enjoying Rugby and most recently working the odd shift in the pub he has just acquired with his partner.
James was a Paintball Marshall in his youth when he lived in Surrey. His family moved to the Midlands when he was a teenager he applied for a Paintball position with us to continue his passion. Paintball is in James' blood, as he used to play in many tournaments. He Started his journey with us as a paintball Marshall in 1992, He then moved up to activity instructor shortly after, and has been our Site manager for the last 14 years. James is very busy on site and keeps he's step tracker very active!
He walks miles and miles and gets through boots very quickly. He meets and greets all our guests when they arrive, he can instruct on everything apart from Clay shooting, (but he's an expert Clay trapper and scorer). He knows the woods like the back of his hands, and he schedules all our staff for work which is a challenging job as things are changing all the time here. He overseas our corporate groups and has done many mobile team building jobs, packing and unpacking our trusty white van!. James is the first to say however he would rather be outside with the customers than office based, with an overflowing in tray! He says his job gives him great satisfaction when he's teaching Archery for example, to see the improvements in people in the short time he has with them is really satisfying. His favourite activities are 4x4 driving, he says it's fun to show people what the cars are really built to do!! However give him a Paintball gun and his mask and he's off re-living his youth!!! He says he still gets "the buzz" even if he is a bit older now and cant quite run as fast!
He says he likes his job here as he is outside a lot, he likes meeting new customers and everyday is different. Ih his spare time you will find him by the Lake fishing, supporting the Wasps with his daughter, or walking his dog.
Jenna is the voice your hear when your press option 1 for Karting!! She will help you with all your karting queries and questions, and get your booked in. She has a wealth of experience on the Karting circuit. She started working at Mr Karting back in 2014 when their site was at Harbury lane, in 2016 however Steve her Dad, and Stuart her brother took over the business.
Jenna also works trackside, often she can be found greeting guests and doing briefings and podium presentations.
Her favourite activity, other than Karting at Adventure sports is Axe throwing, but she says she is a little worried about her aim!!!
Jenna also worked in Malta for a period of time for a drift racing team. Karting is in the family blood and even her little boy who is 6 is a keen Karter, so when she's not with us she's following him round to other circuits with his very own Bambino kart. In her spare time she also works for Tom Ingram the Touring car driver. Give her a Yorkshire pudding and she will tell you all about the time she was quicker than her brother on the track!!
Job Titles:
- Member of the Karting Team
- Lead Mixed Activity Instructor
- Lead Mixed Activity Instructor / Caroline
Keith has been with us for 3 years and is one of our great instructors, so he has many strings to his bow (Archery included He got the job by a chance conversation with his friend Dave, who is our Shoot Manager Keith loves his job with a passion. Nothing is too much trouble for him, thus he's a firm favourite with the customers. His infectious laugh can be heard throughout site and he is a great entertainer!! Keith's always got a funny tail to tell and Oh,…… never leave a bag of crisps near him!
He always makes time to take lots of pictures for customers especially when they are Quad Trekking and a bit muddy! He says he loves his job as no 2 days are the same, as its definitely not a standard 9-5 job. He instructs on the majority of our activities, and he loves being outside in the fresh air. As we were chatting in the sunshine he says he feels totally privileged to be part of the AS team. In his spare time you will find him at the Gym, walking, or fishing, failing that.... he will be in Dave's pub with a beer….. and some crisps!
Matt joined Adventure Sports when he was just 14, washing paintball guns after school and at weekends. He is now our Director, or as he likes to call himself, The Jack of all trades! Matt is often found in the office behind the phones with Charlie, he will take and process your enquires and chat through options for your event. He will happily spend his time working out the best package and event day for you, to ensure all our customers leave with a smile. His site and equipment knowledge is vast, so he's often our go to if we don't know the answer to something. He is also our internet and system guru…..have you pressed the factory reset button?!
We have just upgraded our booking systems and Matt has been the power and driving force behind that and has been super patient with all our constant questions, including the most popular one, "I know you have told me already, but how do I..…?"
He's never one to get flustered and is and our "fixer off anything tech". He's very handy with a screwdriver and anything electrical. He drinks a lot of tea, while he is here, almost intravenously, …….Matt never says no to a brew. His favourite activities are Quad Bikes and Paintball. He says he loves the freedom of whizzing through the woods, safe in the knowledge if something breaks he can pass it over to Josh our engineer who can fix it!!
He says he likes his job here because we are a fun bunch, we have a giggle, and every day is different, Oh….and there's cake and biscuits in the office! In his spare time you will find him renovating his house, walking his Labrador Nellie, and when the day is done….. he's in his hot tub with a beer!
A huge part of the team, Matt is mainly found behind the scenes shuffling papers. He often answers the phone and takes bookings; but can also be found on site ensuring everything is running smoothly.
Steve is our MD, he founded the company 31 years ago. Living locally and farming the land, he heard about this Ex Military site becoming available. He then kept his ear close to the ground and put his pitch in. There was of course a huge amount of interest in this amazing 100 acre site, but thankfully he got lucky and the rest as they say is history. The first activity he did was Paintball, Steve ran this as one of the first UK sites to run such a venture. He worked out of a draughty hut for many years, and in all weathers. As time passed, the business grew and we moved into our log cabin office 21 years ago. He started adding more and more activities as the years went by. Steve likes to add a new one each year,- We think he just loves all the testing! Steve's job is running Adventure Sports in conjunction with the team, on a day to day basis. He also, looks after our shoot, takes your calls, processes your phone bookings and enquiries, and looks after us all, and always has time for everyone, Oh…. and he provides the all important office biscuits!
He can however turn his hand to most things here, often we find him on a roof, or digging something or building stuff, …..but we try not to let him do techie stuff!. He loves being outside, give him time in the digger… and we don't see him for hours!
His passion though is Clay shooting , this started when his grandfather gave him a shotgun when he was 13, and this has been his hobby and drive ever since. He is a great Clay instructor, very calm ….and convinced we can all hit that target! He says he loves this site and is very fortunate to have a great team with him. The added bonus is he can bring his beautiful gun dogs to work When he's not here, Steve will be found with his dogs either competing or judging, often with his wife Sally by his side, as they both share the same enthusiasm for the sport. He's a proper outdoorsy chap and when he's not here, he looks forward to his holidays with his wife in Scotland with all their dogs, a glass of red or a nice Whisky.
The founder of Adventure Sports, Steve, has over 30 years of experience successfully organising and running the company.
Steve is our Karting Manager and he runs our Karting circuit with his son Stuart, and daughter Jenna He joined the Adventure Sports family last Autumn.
Steve is "Mr Karting", and many of you will all know him from his days running Mr Karting in Harbury which he ran for 5 years. Sadly due to Covid his indoor circuit closed, but as we have an outdoor circuit here…. conversations were had, some magic happened and here we are today! Steve brings a wealth of experience, and Go Karts with him!
He has been involved in Motorsport for over 40 years and has competed in many different forms of racing in Europe and the UK. He has even built and raced his 1966 Ford Mustang, winning the 1987 BRSCC GT Championship and also raced it in various GT championships Some of his other achievements include V8 Stock Car National Champion in 2000.
Steve will always be found up on the kart track running karting sessions, briefing guests, keeping track of those all important times for you and of course all our kart and track maintenance, you should see his hands at the end of the day!! He says he enjoys working at AS, as its great to be in the outdoors and the AS team are a great bunch
Stu's job is ensuring the karting activity runs safely, efficiently and most of all everyone has fun! From maintaining over 20 karts to running race events there is always something to do. He throws some mean shapes up there with his Madonna style headset on!! He says he loves that every group is different, from kids birthday parties and first time drivers to experienced racers or "enthusiastic" stag groups! Regardless if they are karting for fun or racing to win he says he loves to see them enjoying the thrill of karting. He particularly enjoys helping our junior drivers improve their driving, as he has tons of patience. He raced karts for several years and won multiple championships, but now he enjoys helping others enjoy getting behind the wheel and experience the thrill of karting. Stu is also a certified rocket scientist, (very cool we know!)
In his spare time you will find him behind the camera, as he is an award winning internationally published motorsport photographer, with his work seen by over 100million people worldwide so far.
He says the Adventure Sports site is fantastic, you see so many people enjoying a huge range of activities often for the first time. The 'Green team' have been most welcoming and friendly. Stu loves anything with wheels so we hope to get him testing some of our other activities!