TSA Coaching Staff
Who Are We ?
Managing Director
Stuart Fomes
Stuart Fomes has recently taken over the role of Managing Director. With a background in Psychology and performance excellence, Stuart is the creator of the high-performance coaching programmes that all clients of The Sports Academy undertake.
Stuart is a high performance sports coach, specializing in golf. Stuart’s clients include the very best of the young breed of Britiish talent, Oliver Fisher, Zane Scotland, Lloyd Saltman, Rob Harris, Dale Marmion, Matt Baldwin, Oscar Sharpe to name a few.
E-mail: stuart@thesportsacademy.org
Academy Director
Barry Lakin
Barry has been at The Sports Academy since it began in 2003, Barry is a former professional footballer who spent six years with Leyton Orient. Barry moved out to Boston, USA, to become player coach for the Cape Cod Crusaders. In this time Barry helped to build a soccer programme and entertain thousands of kids and whilst there he set up and ran the very popular summer camps. Barry then returned to England to set up a football and educational programme with Chelmsford City and Writtle College. Having a wealth of experience in dealing with teenagers in sport, he has a great deal to offer students of The Sports Academy. Barry is a qualified UEFA B Badge football coach.
E-mail: barry@thesportsacademy.org
Lead Golf Coach
Steve Cardy
Steve is a highly respected coach who started his professional career at Three Rivers Golf and Country Club in Essex. In 1996 Steve moved to the Swingfield Family Golf Centre to become Head Professional and full time coach, working with players of all levels from beginner to Tournament professionals.
Throughout his career Steve has attended, and contributed to, many teaching and coaching summits in the UK, mainland Europe and the USA.
Further enhancing Steve’s excellent coaching reputation he holds the highly distinguished posts of PGA of Great Britain National Swing Tutor and Swing Examiner. Furthermore, and in conjunction with David Brooks, he has been a leading light in establishing the Essex County Coaching programme as one of the most successful of its kind in the UK. This he has achieved in his capacity as an Essex County Coach
Steve is currently studying for a MSc in the science of sports coaching at London South Bank University
Golf Coach
Roly Hitchcock
Roly started his career in the golf industry at Stoke by Nayland Golf Club on the Essex Suffolk border in 1995. Learning his trade under Kevin Lovelock he has taught all types of golfers including, The Daily Mail National Club Junior Team Championship and more recently the Essex girls County Captain, who finished in the fifteen of the English Ladies Amateur. In 2004 Roly started coaching for The Sports Academy at the Stoke by Nayland Club where the coaching programme has fully utilised due to the facilities at the club. Roly’s enthusiasm for coaching golf allows him to have a good relationship with The Sports Academy students and with the coaching programme changing every week the students are able to improve all their skills required to become better golfers quickly.
Golf Coach
Stuart Morgan
After playing professionally and becoming a PGA member, Stuart found his passion in coaching, working for David Leadbetter Academies and coaching golfers in the world top 50. In August 2004, Stuart was appointed Director of Golf at The Grove. He also has written many instructional articles for golf magazines in Europe and Asia.
Stuart has coached winners on all European Tours, A world junior champion and a Faldo Series winner. He has also helped numerous golfers get through European Tour School.
Golf Coach
Damian Taylor
Damian Taylor is a qualified PGA member and is DLGA certified. He is currently coaching on the European Tour with his star pupil Nick Dougherty who he guided through his best season to date in 2007 which saw Nick reach a career high 47th in the Official World Golf Rankings and also crowned The Alfred Dunhill Links Champion for 2007.
His students have also included Tour stars Colin Montgomerie, Darren Clarke, Ian Woosnam, Lee Slattery, Richard McEvoy, Steve Webster, Jamie Donaldson and Jarrod Mosely amongst many others.
He spent 3 years working in Singapore at The David Leadbetter Golf Academy working with all level of golfers from beginner to Tournament Professionals.
His knowledge of the game and ability to get his message across to students whether it is the Tour Professional or the Beginner really is second to none.
Founder of d2progolf, the finest provider of bespoke private and corporate golf instruction services in Britain.
Putting Coach
Phil Kenyon
Phillip Kenyon is Director of Instruction at the Harold Sash Putting School of Excellence.
A PGA Professional golfer and ‘Masters’ graduate in ‘Sport Science’ Phillip helps brings a cutting edge to the Harold Swash Putting. Phillip has played a key part in developing the role sports science and modern technology plays within the putting schools to ensure that all pupils undertake a comprehensive coaching process.
Phillip has worked closely with Harold for over 20 years, during which time he has built an in-depth understanding of Harold’s coaching philosophy and techniques, from both a player’s and a coach’s perspective.
Before forging a career as a coach Phillip competed as a player at various levels. After winning a bronze medal as an amateur in the world student games, representing Great Britain, Philip turned professional and competed around the world on developmental professional tours such as Mastercard, Europrotour and Challenge Tour. Phillip still competes regularly in PGA events.
As Director of Instruction, Phillip has had the opportunity to develop strong coaching credentials and has worked with many leading tour professionals such as Henrik Stenson, Martin Kaymer, David Howell, Oliver Fisher, Darren Clarke, Alex Noren, Mark Foster, Maarten Lafeber, Oliver Wilson, David Horsey, and Ian Garbutt amongst as well as many top amateurs and club golfers.
Golf Psychologist
Allison Dyer
Allison Dyer MSc BSc C Psychol is a British Psychological Society (BPS) Chartered Psychologist and a British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences (BASES) Accredited Sport Psychologist. She is also a Football Association (FA) Accredited Sport Psychology Tutor. Allison is the resident sport psychologist for the PGA EuroPro Tour. She has presented a range of sport psychology workshops and worked on a one-to-one basis with numerous national, elite and professional level athletes from a variety of sporting arenas including the European Tour, Challenge Tour, EuroPro Tour, the England Ladies Golf Association, England Netball, Welsh Squash, UK Athletics and British Diving
