THE APEX TEAM
The Apex Team

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 RichardsMatt 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 reporter in Hull.

David PapeDavid 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 WebsterJames 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

Nadine SnowdonNadine Snowdon - Entries Coordinator & Event Centre Manager

Nadine's in charge of updating the website as new teams enter our upcoming events. She also looks after the Event Centre during the competitions. Away from Apex she works for Leeds City Council.

Richard GarrettRichard Garrett - Technical Manager

Richard's the man who takes our very long list of our technical requests and uses a mass of spaghetti-like cables to make them happen!

Michael SharpMichael Sharp - Technical Assistant

Making all our generators, speakers and lights work for a whole weekend's no longer just a one-man job. Michael works with Richard to make sure everything happens as it should.

Rob BatleyRob Batley - Technical Assistant

Rob's technical expertise is a vital addition to the Apex team. He works with Richard and Michael to find new ways for our technology to function in the best way possible.

John and Marion ParkinsonJohn & Marion Parkinson - Catering Team

John and Marion are two of the people who work hard throughout the weekend making sure we're all fed and watered which is quite a task when there are hundreds of hungry mouths!

Lee PlummerLee Plummer - Catering Team

Using his experience as a chef, Lee works with Marion and John to plan all the menus for the Apex Challenge events. He then ensures everyone's in place to make it happen.

Duncan HortonDuncan Horton - Photographer

Duncan's been with the Apex team since the very start is now one of the event's photographers. He first got involved in Scouting as a youngster in Sheffield. By trade he sells tools all over the world.

Nancy HortonNancy Horton - Photographer

Nancy's photography is all over the Apex website. A photographer by trade, she heads up our photography team and is often found hanging from trees and crawling around to get the best shots!

Nancy AlfordSharon Beardsley - Photographer

Sharon joined the Apex photography team in 2009 and, having previously never been to one of our events, thoroughly enjoyed the weekend.

Andrew BillingtonAndrew 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.

Jo FultonJo 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!

Kevin KeaneKevin Keane - Video Journalist

Kevin's one of the cameramen who films the Apex Extreme and edits together the event DVD. His feet often ache after travelling all over the playing area. He works as a journalist for the BBC.

Phillip NortonPhillip Norton - Video Journalist

Phillip spends the weekend out with Kevin 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.

Bob TeasdaleBob Teasdale - Sunday Event Visionary

Bob takes on the role of planning the Sunday activities for the Apex Extreme and each year comes up with new and exciting challenges to test our teams to the limit.

Ian BrannanIan 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 WhitingLuisse 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.

THE REST OF THE TEAM
There are lots of people to thank, without whom the Apex Challenge would not be possible.

First Aid Team:

Tim Hague, Marcus Jenkinson.

Communications Team:

Stewart Butler, Susan Wragg, Chris Plant, David Cooper, Jonathan Hird.

Catering Team:

Aaron Adams, Louis Sheeran, Rhiannan Sheeran, Julia Charlesworth, Emma Charlesworth, Maria Mahon, Robert Godfrey.

Event Assistants:

Steve Winks, Kathryn Brunt, Richard Brunt.

Activity Managers:

Owen Driskell, Ruth Bullivant-Layton, Dave Stern, Mark Yates, Kevin Welborn, Carolyn Welborn, Simon Atha, James Brown, 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.