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High Performance Managers
There are 6 High Performance Managers who are responsible for identifying young talented sailors, supporting local Volvo RYA Champion Clubs and managing zone/home country squads.
South & South West Zones - Chris Atherton
Chris is responsible for Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Poole Harbour, Chichester Harbour, Berkshire and Oxfordshire as the South Zone and Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and the Channel Islands as the South West Zone.
You can call Chris direct on 07909994641 or e-mail him at
chris.atherton@rya.org.ukEast & South East Zones - Paul Wren
Paul is responsible for the East Zone which includes Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and the South East Zone which inculdes Greater London, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex and Kent.
You can contact Paul on 07909994642 or paul.wren@rya.org.uk
North & West Zone - Chris Blackburn
Chris is responsible for the West Zone which includes Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Isle of Man, Shropshire, Hereford, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Birmingham and the North Zone which includes Cleveland, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Humberside, Yorkshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
You can contact Chris direct on 07909994637 or e-mail chris.blackburn@rya.org.uk
Into the Blue - The Agency who deals with all of Volvo's Sailing Programmes. You can call them on 01983247286 to discuss any aspects of Volvo Support.