Meet The Team

Shane joined Castle Point Leisure in 2003 and has worked in various roles from Lifeguarding the swimming pools, Team Leader, Duty Manager, Marketing and Sports Development, Leisure and Community Services General Manager and now the Assistant Director – Recreation. Shane is extremely proud of the teams multiple award-winning streaks since 2020 by winning the National Team of the Year, multiple Best Regional Operator Awards and prestigious NPS awards just to name a few! As a local lad Shane is very motivated by the fun, social and health and wellbeing benefits our centres offer our communities and is privileged to lead the team!

JJ started out as a Leisure Attendant in 2015 after studying Marketing at University. He quickly became a Relief Duty Manager and in 2017 became the Membership & Marketing Officer which he stayed in post for 6 and a half years and have now become the Leisure General Manager.  JJ is particularly proud of being part of the management team in the series of successes of the leisure centres including the prestigious awards they’ve won since 2019.

Josh joined Castle Point Leisure at the back end of 2012. After a successful career in Personal Training, Josh developed into Fitness management and has since been a key part of the Gym refurbishments team, including the newly built Runnymede Leisure Centre. Josh manages a team of 30 Group Exercise Instructors and 12 Fitness Instructors and looks after Customer Retention, Group Exercise & Health & Wellbeing at both Waterside and Runnymede. Josh is full of energy and is proud of his role in Castle Point Leisure’s success.

Aimee first started out as a Leisure Attendant in September 2020 after getting her qualification back in the February. She was quickly promoted to a Team Leader after just 8 months. She continued to excel in this role up until December of 2022 where she was promoted again to the role of Duty manager which she now does full time.

Aimee is also a fully qualified Trainer Assessor (TA) which she particularly enjoys. This means that she now runs the National Pool Lifeguarding Qualification (NPLQ) courses for new lifeguards where they learn rescue skills, first aid, and CPR. The quality and competence of the skills are maintained through monthly training sessions which are provided by Aimee and other TA’s on the team.

I have worked at Castle Point Leisure since I was 16 when I started as a lifeguard and have since progressed to become a part of the reception team and then a Team Leader, and most recently became a Duty Manager in 2022. I still really enjoy working in different departments and regularly work in reception, so make sure you say hello!

Connor joined Castle Point Leisure in 2014 as a Leisure Attendant, a short while later he took on more training to become a Relief Duty Manager. In 2018 Connor became a Duty Manager taking over the Staffing and Recruitment role as well as being one of the Trainer Assessors at Castle Point Leisure.

Gary’s Castle Point Leisure journey started in 2018 as a BodyPump instructor. Over the years, Gary has added to the classes he teaches and personal trainer.

In 2024, Gary joined the management team as a Marketing and Membership manager.

Ben started as a Leisure Attendant in 2015 and become a relief duty manager in 2019, then became a Duty Manager in 2021. Ben is responsible for running of the leisure centres on a day to day basis and maintains the pools as well as training the lifeguards as an RLSS Trainer Assessor. Ben is very passionate about the water as he is also a water sports instructor. He can be regularly seen about the building at both sites.