Meet the Preseli Venture team

All of our staff are passionate about Pembrokeshire, and about sea kayaking, surfing and coasteering in Pembrokeshire! They are totally committed to giving you the best possible time in this beautiful coastal National Park.

Coasteering guides and assistant guides all take part in in house training, and attend regular best practise coasteering workshops.

Here they are, in all of their glory…

Libby Chivers

Libby Chivers

Activity & Events Manager and Adventure Guide

LOVES: surfing, sea kayaking, Ant

  • PSV minibus license
  • Level 2 kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide
  • NARS surf lifesaver
  • Surf coach

Connect on facebook with Libby at Preseli Venture and on twitter with @coasteering

Sophie Hurst

Business owner

LOVES: kayaking with the family, Pembrokeshire beaches, eating cakes and drinking tea.

 

Alec Denny

Customer Services

LOVES: horse riding, sailing, taking bookings

  • Sailing Dinghy Senior Instructor
  • Level 1 kayak coach
  • Level 5 phone answering niceness
  • 4* email writer :-)

Jon Kellie

Head Adventure guide and songstrel

LOVES: surfing, sea kayaking, guitars, crooning

  • PSV minibus license
  • Level 4 sea kayak coach
  • 5 star sea kayak award
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide
  • Surf coach
  • NARS lifesaver

 

Scuba Steve (on the left!)

Adventure Guide

LOVES: surfing, power lunging

  • PSV minibus license
  • 4* sea kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide
  • Surf coach
  • NARS lifesaver

Will

Barman Extraordinaire!

LOVES: his hair, coasteering, hard rock

  • First aid at work

Paul Ellis

Adventure Guide

LOVES: coasteering, surfing, hunter gathering

  • PSV minibus license
  • Level 4 sea kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide
  • Surf coach
  • NARS beach lifeguard

John Byrom

Adventure Guide

LOVES: coasteering, singing, dancing

  • PSV minibus license
  • Level 3 sea kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide
  • Surf coach
  • NARS beach lifeguard

Emma Newsome

Adventure Guide

LOVES: surfing, kayaking and peppermint tea

  • PSV minibus license
  • Level 3 sea kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide

Jess Wellings

Adventure Guide

LOVES: surfing, climbing and her garden

  • Level 2 sea kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Assistant coasteering guide

Tommy Barthorpe

Adventure Guide

LOVES: wearing shorts over his wetsuit

  • Level 3 sea kayak coach
  • Rescue and emergency care first aid level 2
  • Coasteering lead guide
  • Surf coach
  • NARS beach lifeguard

Lucy Hurst

Adventure Guide and Siaradwyr cymreag…Welsh  speaker :-)

LOVES: horse riding, surfing and maths

  • Assistant coasteering guide
  • NARS surf life saving award

Neil Fencott

Adventure Guide

LOVES: kiteboarding, surfing and the beach

  • Level 2 kayak coach
  • Rescue and Emergency Care first aid level 1
  • Coasteering lead guide

So, we’re a friendly bunch, and we’re looking forward to seeing you here in Pembrokeshire for some adventures soon!