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Nick de Meyer


Nick has been a competitive Triathlete since 1991, starting as a junior at East Grinstead Tri Club, and has since raced at all distances from sprint to Ironman, now focusing on Olympic and Half Ironman distance, and mountain bike racing.

He has been a triathlon coach since 2003, quickly rising to become the Head Triathlon Coach at East Grinstead in 2004. He is now a coach with Thames Turbo Triathlon Club, and is a level 3 personal trainer and sports massage therapist.


He is an experienced in Open Water swimming coach on and has coached under the guidance of UK elite athlete Richard Stannard. He is a registered Racermate Computrainer coach and also has a wealth of knowledge in the subject of power meters, coaching, bike fitting and power meter analysis.


Nick has worked as a Regional Development Coach for the South East and currently runs Novice courses for clubs in the south east region. He has worked with GB & Elite athletes, and physiotherapists involved in injury rehab. He is currently writing a book on Ironman Triathlon, and is working on a Swim Drills technique book for front crawl swimming.

Martin Paine


Martin has been involved with triathlon for 20 years. He has served on the committee of DMVAC as triathlon co-ordinator and on the B.T.F regional committee. He has several years experience running a triathlon specific swim class at Dorking, works professionally for Dorking swimming club coaching Land Training, has worked for TriSport coaching Ltd, the British Triathlon Federation and was trained in the art of Open Water coaching by former World Champion Richard Stannard. 
 
His specialises in the technical aspects of the front crawl stroke and open water coaching.  He has experience coaching total novices to a number of G.B. age group athletes in all aspects of triathlon.
 
Martin keeps his hand in and still races although his passion for coaching means his clients are now going faster ! Although predominately working with Triathletes Martin is also a qualified personal trainer and sports massage therapist. He has completed 7 Iron distance races to date and has completed the swim section in under the hour.
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