PROGRAMMES

Meet the team

trevor_millar Trevor Millar - Founder and CEO of the SailCoach Foundation

Where to start! Trevor's innovative coaching style has landed him a countless string of awards and honours over the past 30 years, with his athletes winning Olympic medals, European titles, World number one rankings, ISAF Youth medals and many World Cup and Europa Cup victories. Trevor, originally from the small village of Newtownards on the outskirts of Belfast began his prestigious coaching career with RYA where he was the Laser national coach for Team GBR for several years, enjoying successes at World and European Championship levels. He later moved back to his native Ireland where he set up the Irish Olympic Development sailing squad, and coached his squad of single and double handers on the international stage. Renowned for his visionary approach to coaching, Trevor later set up the SailCoach Foundation where he has guided sailors from an array of different nations to 5 Olympic Games and countless World, European and World Cup Championships with a plethora of silverware along the way. His experience at the highest end of our sport is unique in today's age and his knowledge and medal winning formulae are of great benefit to the young sailors presently at Team SailCoach.

Laurynas Rimsas - Sailing Coach and Administrative Coordinator

Laurynas began sailing at his home town club in Kaunas Lithuania. He quickly progressed to the Laser where he began to compete internationally and became an integral part of Team SailCoach. Laurynas has represented his country at World and European level and won several national titles before turning his hand to coaching. Laurynas has enjoyed many successes as a coach guiding his athletes to several Europa Cup triumphs and has specialised in developing very popular 4.7 clinics which have delivered a number of top results at World level. His main role now is looking after the SailCoach Foundation's administration and logistics, however he still enjoys getting out of the office from time to time to get on the water keeping his hand in coaching.

Giedrius Guzys - Senior Coach

Giedrius, known as "Sunny" by his friends, is a veteran of three Olympic Games where he represented Lithuania in the Laser class. Since hanging up his sailing boots, Sunny is an RYA and ISA level 2 coach, specialising in single handed coaching where he has devoted the majority of his time to the Laser Radial and Standard classes, as well as the Finn dinghy. Renowned for his technical ability Sunny has been extremely successful in transferring the finer details of single handed downwind sailing to his athletes. Sunny boasts an impressive bank of Laser specific knowledge allowing his sailors to quickly develop excellent technique and boat speed around the course. Sunny is also a qualified veterinarian having studied at Hannover University where he graduated with honours.

Simon Wheeler - Sailing Coach and Physical Training lead

From Poole in Great Britain, Simon is a graduate of Southampton University where he studied Biochemistry. Simon was a member of the Team GBR elite sailing squad where he campaigned a 49er for several years and has had notable sailing success at underage level. Having come through the RYA Youth Academy, he won the 29er Youth World Championships in 2005 as well as Youth Match Racing and Cadet national titles. Simon's two-person boat experience brings a sharp tactical and strategic awareness to his coaching, and a strong strength and conditioning background brings a professional and up to date approach to our fitness training at SailCoach.

Aron Lolič - sailing coach

Aron's sailing track record speaks for itself. He has been Optimist class world champion as well as Laser Radial world champion and has been racing at the top of the Laser Standard class for a number of years. Aron is a product of the infamous Croatian conveyor belt of sailing talent, and he trained in Split with arguably the most competitive and talent rich National team in world sailing. He has an extraordinary work ethic and great passion for coaching, with all of the sailors he has trained thoroughly satisfied that they have become considerably quicker and learnt a great deal from one of the worlds fastest Laser sailors. Aron is easily recognisable in the motor boat as he likes to wear his hiking pants when coaching and often jumps into the Laser to demonstrate techniques! Hugely popular, Aron may also perform one of his legendary singing routines if you're lucky, a man of many talents.

Allan Julie - sailing coach

A veteran of 4 Olympic Games, Allan brings an unprecedented wealth of Laser experience to SailCoach. Allan has seen the Laser develop from its inception into the Olympics in 1996 when he qualified for his first Games, right up to the present day where he is still racing at the highest level. From the Seychelles, Allan has won a number of African Games medals, Indian Ocean Games medals, Europa cup medals and has been ranked in the top 10 in the Laser World Rankings. He has broke the mould of world sailing by being one of very few African athletes to reach the top of our sport, and he has been a stalwart of Team SailCoach for over a decade as he made his extraordinary Laser journey under the guidance of the SailCoach Foundation. Allan's ability to make a Laser go fast, as well as his knowledge of Laser fleet racing, gives the athletes under his guidance a huge opportunity to develop and learn from the best.

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Roger Craig - Senior Coach, Fitness Trainer and Dietitian

Roger's passion for coaching has been reflected in an impressive array of results with his athletes winning medals in the 4.7, Radial and Standard rigs at World and European level. Roger is a registered Dietitian having studied Dietetics at the University of Plymouth and also has a degree in Food Science from University College Dublin. He is an RYA and ISA level 2 coach and a REPS level 3 personal fitness trainer. As a sailor Roger represented his native Ireland at World and European level and has won a number of titles at international and national level. As well as coaching athletes on the water, Roger works with sailors dietetically helping them reach ideal body weight and optimise their nutritional status, as well as monitoring and developing their physical conditioning.