Health and Fitness Manager

Rick White

Rick is the Health & Fitness Manager who looks after the gym, personal trainers, all group fitness, and our membership base. He’s focussed, energetic, disciplined in his training sessions and always keen to try new ideas. An ex-NZ Navy officer and trainer who is up for any challenge. Rick is passionate about developing our staff education and is always available to answer questions and receive feedback about your exercising environment or team.

Exercise Consultant

Jo Hawker

Jo has been a stable within the Stadium for many years now. A fun, methodical, and passionate trainer who also teaches a very popular HIIT class on Tuesday nights (6pm). Her hobbies include climbing mountains weekly, house renovations, posting funny workout videos online. You’ll most likely hear Jo laughing in the gym because she loves to tell you good stories.

Exercise Consultant

Matt Richardson

Matt has returned to the gym team. He is a proactive leader amongst youth in Marlborough. He loves training like a Viking and is into his photography as well. If you have any questions feel free to ask Matt, he will know!

Exercise Consultant

michaela Boaz

Here is Michaela. She usually frequents poolside as a lifeguard but completed her Personal Training Studies last year. all while working her full time position. Michaela loves her sports especially Netball and Volleyball. From what we hear she is quite good on the guitar too. Very keen to take on new clients and has now joined our fitness team on the gym floor.  She's approachable, eager and super reliable. So if you need any help while wandering through the gym - be sure to ask.

Exercise Consultant

NADINE vR

Meet Nadine, she not only works as an exercise consultant in the gym but she also leads our Going for Gold; Mondays and Fridays 9.30am. As well as PD Powerplay on Tuesdays at 11am. She’s passionate about people, well-being and moving more freely. 

In her spare time: parenting teens, being creative, crochet, cooking, travelling, playing her euphonium, watching quality tv(8+ on IMDB), walking and just anything fitness related. Give her a wave or ask a question next time you see her, in the gym 1-4pm on Thursdays.

miranda binsted-pickering

Apprentice

Miranda is well into her apprenticeship as a Multi-Skilled Exercise Professional Level 4 certificate. A very confident and happy member of the reception team, Miranda is flying through her theory and practical assessments.

She recently completed a 1000 burpee challenge, and could still walk afterwards, just. This apprenticeship involves three ‘modules’. Freestyle Group Fitness Level 4 Certificate, Exercise Professional Level 4 Certificate, and a module in Small Group Training. Miranda chose Spin as her group fitness elective, but has also taken on Wednesday night Circuit class.

Noah evans

Apprentice

Noah is currently completing his Personal Trainer Level 4 Certificate with Skills Active. He has been a team member at the Stadium for almost a year now and more recently moved to do Sunday mornings in the gym. Noah frequents the gym with his own personal workouts, and is gaining as much knowledge as he can from studies and work experience. He is a keen skateboarder, loves his dogs, and will one make a great personal trainer. His apprenticeship is 2 years, and involves book work, workplace experience and attestation, self devised research and a tonne of practical assessments.