ABOUT US & CONTACT DETAILS

We are a Cycle Instructors Co-operative, registered as an Industrial and Provident Society with the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Cooperatives UK. We run our own Bikeability training scheme accredited by the National Cycle Trainings Standards Board (NCTSB). All our instructors are fully qualified, registered with an ITO, have been subject to a Criminal Record Bureau Disclosure (CRB disclosure) and are first aid-trained.  

Westcountry Cycle Training Ltd
Registered Office
2 Cherry Arbour
Barnstaple
Devon
EX32 9PB

email: info@westcountrycycletraining.co.uk

If you want to be in touch by phone please contact one of our instructors directly.

Financial Services Authority registration number: 31226 R
National Cycle Training Standards Board registration number: 704360A
Co-operatives UK registration number: WES211770

Meet The Team

Dawn Connor has been working as a cycling instructor since 2009. She's a regular cyclist with her shopper pannier bags and is also a radio presenter on the Barnstaple local radio station. She is always saddened when she hears of children denied the freedom of cycling due to safety concerns. A bit of training can put paid to these concerns. The benefits of cycling in terms of health, teenage independence and self-esteem can be enormous!
phone: 07982 431809

Eric van der Horst has been a cycling instructor since 2008 and has a (life) long history of cycling. He grew up in Holland with cycling as a natural means of transport and explored most of Western Europe by bicycle. He also cycled coast to coast in Australia and the United States. He used to be a Television News Director before he moved to the UK in 2007. Eric also works as Cycle Route Surveyor and Consultant and writes books about cycling. See also his homepage.
phone: 07954 962230

Ian Jewell has been a cycling instructor since 2009. Besides being an experienced cyclist he is also a keen rugby-player, swimmer and runner. He has completed hundreds of triathlons and also did the famous Sydney Harbour swim multiple times. Ian is a born and bred Devonian and enjoys the great outdoors. He finds it important that young people become confident in cycling, so they can use these skills to their own benefit.
phone: 07923 486755

Other instructors who are involved in our co-operative are Ruth Bateman, Carol Booth, Dawn Crabb, Wendy Creed, Michael Culley, Kate Howell, Eugene Kertzman, Ricky Knight, Paul Marshall, Jamie Petrie, Cat Pearce, Jo Shackleton, June Smith and Andrew and Becky Timothy.


Below you'll find some more profiles of our instructors. We hope to publish profiles of all our instructors in the future.

Eugene Kertzman has been a cycling instructor since 2007 as well as Scottish Mountain Bike Trail Leader. He is our co-ordinator for Bikeability in East-Somerset. He is involved with 'Wheels for All' cycling in as well as 'Cycling for Health'. A keen tandem rider Eugene cycled to school for 14 years with his children. A major achievement was the new Five Arches Greenway which opened in 2011 with the aim to get more residents and children of Midsomer Norton and Radstock cycling, walking and taking exercise.