DARREN WARD Darren started his career as a swimmer and national modern triathlete(running shooting swimming) and achieved a ranking of 10th in the UK. He studied Leisure and Fitness at Sleaford Tech colleage and Sheffield university before starting work in a leisure complex seeing over 1 million visits a year. He then moved to Bahrain to work with the Forte Grand Hotels chain and then on to Dubai as Recreation manager of The Aviation club and Dubai Tennis Stadium. After meeting his wife, Linda, a local from Ennis he relocated to Dublin to manage a private leisure club. Moving then to manage The Stand house hotel in the curragh and then the Fitzpatricks Shannon Shamrock Leisure centres before setting up Fitness solutions in Ennis. ‘It was great to see and have to opportunity to start my own business and there are a lot of facilities and trainers in the Clare area so completion ment i had to do something different or better. I feel my management and fitness training experience over the past 20 years has brought a new level of service to the fitness industry in the clare area’ Now as Master trainer and Distributors for POWERBAG a new revolutionary fitness product. Darren and Fitness Solutions are beginning to tackle the national market. PETER NOLAN Peter qualified through FETAC and then the NCEF. He has since gone on to complete an assistant swim teacher course, Reebok spin instructor, Reebok reps instructor and Reebok Martial Arts instructor courses. Peter started his fitness career in the ever popular splash world in Tralee, after taking a few instructor positions in clubs in Tipperary, Co Galway and Co Clare. He joined Fitness Solutions as a senior instructor in late 2008. Peter also has his own freelance training business in the area of Kinvara, Co Galway. Peter has added his own dimension to our workout time table including a variation on our popular spin classes and his very unique style kept us at the leading end of fitness classes in Co Clare. MICHAEL LIDDANE Michael has been a leading and skilled fitness instructor working in the fitness industry for the past 10 years. Michael studied in Sports and Fitness in IT Tralee and has done many add on courses including pilates, spinning, GAA coaching, swim teaching and reebok martial arts After working at some of the countries largest fitness centres in Dublin, Total Fitness and Westpoint, Micheal set up his own business freelancing to fitness centres in the clare area teaching a numerious range of classes. He then went on to set up his own Fitness centre teaching with his life and business partner Christine. Both Michael and Christine sold their business and went touring Australia for six months where Michael got to train with the Sydney swans GAA club. Michael also has a passion for golf and on his return from Australia he caddies at Doonbeg golf club on a regular basis. His Gaelic football record is very impressive, including 3 Seigerson cup medals, one munster medal and two county medals with a host of underage medals. Michael is strong in group training and will be at the forefront of Fitness Solutions new Team Training packages.