CHARITY TRUSTEES
The Apex Challenge is organised by a team of three who lead a Scout Active Support Unit. It is registered as a charity but is also part of the Scout Association and follows its rules and guidelines.
Matt
Richards - Event Director
Matt's the Unit Manager of the Apex Challenge Scout Active Support Unit and holds a number of outdoor instructing qualifications and is a full member of the Mountain Leader Training Association. He enjoys walking and climbing and by profession works as a TV producer in Leeds.
David
Pape - Event Organiser
Dave's the team's technical guru and develops the event's computerised scoring systems. Like Matt he was a Venture Scout while growing up in Sheffield. He now works as a software engineer in Leeds.
James
Webster - Event Organiser
James looks after our website and printed material. Matt and Dave first got him involved in Scouting and he now wishes he'd joined as a child! In his spare time he's a TV and radio journalist in Yorkshire.
THE REST OF THE APEX TEAM
Bob
Teasdale -
Assistant Event Planner
Bob helps to plan activities for both of our events, helping to come up with new and exciting challenges to test our teams to the limit.
Richard
Garrett - Technical Manager
Richard uses his skills as a Broadcast Engineer to manage the event's technical requirements including power, lighting, sound and computer networking, assisted by the rest of the Tech Team, seen below.
The Apex Tech Team
L-R: Rob Batley, Ben Stevenson, Richard 'Sidney' Hollingworth, Richard Garrett, Mike Sharp, Tom Smith, Matt Atkinson, James Brown.
Lee Plummer -
Apex Cafe Manager
Using his experience as a chef, Lee works with the rest of our catering team in the Apex Cafe (seen below) to plan all our menus and ensure everyone's in place to make it happen.
The Apex Cafe Team
L-R: Andrew Plummer, Maria Mahon, Marion Parkinson, Lee Plummer, Sara Davidson-Cowen, Rachel Edwards, Sarah Davidson-Cowen, John Parkinson, Rob Godfrey, Sian Sheeran.
Andy Pagett - Event Photographer
Andy covers as many miles as most of the teams, if not more, not to mention climbing up trees and scrambling through bushes to capture the best of the action with his camera.
Phillip
Norton - Video Producer
Phillip spends the weekend filming the Apex Extreme events and works long into the night editing the footage together. In his spare time he's a video journalist with the BBC.
Stewart Butler - Communications & First Aid Team
Stewart leads our communications team (seen below) who keep all the Apex organisers in touch by radio throughout the event area. His team is also available for first aid throughout the weekend.
The Apex Communications & First Aid Team
L-R: Tim Hague, Susan Wragg, Stewart Butler, Kristian Lucas, Marcus Jenkinson.
Ricky Harrison - First Aider
Ricky is a student paramedic and works alongside the rest of the first aid team to offer medical support at the events.
Nadine
Snowdon - Event Centre Manager
Nadine's in charge of the Event Centre during the competitions to make sure everything's running as it should. Away from Apex she works for Leeds City Council.
Andrew
Billington - Event Assistant
Andrew's one of the team helping out in the Event Centre throughout the weekend. One minute he might be helping sign teams in, then he'll be out running errands to and from the activity bases.
Darrell Coates - Event Assistant
Darrell's been a member of the team since the very start and can often be found helping coordinate the activities, or racing around in the early morning putting out or collecting in the control points!
Jo
Fulton - Event Assistant
Jo's another one of the familiar faces you'll see helping out at Event Centre throughout the weekend. Most of the jobs we give her are quite dull to be honest, but she's happy to help with all of it!
Ian
Brannan - Voiceovers
You might not recognise his face but you'll certainly know his voice. Ian is one of the voices you'll hear throughout out events doing the voiceovers. By trade he's a radio presenter in Yorkshire.
Luisse
Whiting -
Voiceovers
Another person you'll recognise more by the sound of her voice than from her face is Luisse who's the second of our voiceover team! She works as a radio presenter in Germany.
Event Assistants:
Steve Winks, Emma Hunter, Odette Smyth, Jez Ince, Tony Casson, Russ Hirst.
Activity Managers:
Owen Driskell, Ruth Bullivant-Layton, Dave Stern, Mark Yates, Kevin Welborn, Carolyn Welborn, Simon Atha, Martyn Foster, Andrew Phipps, Jason Stubbs, Sian Stockham, Nick Bryan, Edward Watchorn, Nikki Hopkins, Gaz Hopkins, David Yates, Gordon Parkinson, Andrew Melleney, Andrew Ward, Amanda Ward, Dave Mott, Brian Robinson, Richard Galliford, Jake Carpenter, Richard Oliver, Simon Harrison, Duncan Hocking, Julie Driskell, Graham Harrop, Mark Rothery, Bev Rothery, Sue Raffo, Tom Spreyer, Jim Wild, Ben Abell, Colin James, Andy Jackson, John Skipper, Ross Masters, Steve Hall, Tom Hague, Hayley Toseland, David Havenhand, Jason Stubbs, Phillip Gillingham, Nigel Lee, Lee Farrow, Julie Wright, Duncan Blakeley.
Apex Final Assault Team:
John Batley, Andrew Batley, Martin Bennett, David Platts, Mike Squires, Fran Glew, Jon Widdup.
