Chris Evans

• I work as an instructor specialising in paddlesports and mountain biking. What I love about Plas y Brenin is the learners we see through the door (I find people really interesting), the variety of work I get (everything from introduction to advanced-level skills courses and leadership and coaching training and assessments), the staff (everyone’s always keen to go and do stuff in their spare time) and of course our amazing location!
• I’m also qualified to train and assess a range of personal skills awards and leadership awards, and coach training and assessments.

Achievements

• I’ve been paddling since the age of 8 and have been lucky enough to paddle in some amazing places.
• I’ve paddled in Norway, France, Slovenia, Germany, Italy, Austria, Africa, America and New Zealand. I’ve competed in sprint, slalom, freestyle and extreme races, with my competitive highlights being placing on the GB freestyle squad twice.
• I’ve been mountain biking all over the UK and in France, Andorra, Canada and New Zealand.
• One of my more recent accomplishments is the completion of a diploma in performance coaching, and linked in with this is the completion of the British Canoeing level four award. This is fairly big for me as academia was something I always felt challenging.

Ambitions