Andreas Michaelas
Developing various Sport England projects with a number of sporting bodies from ClubMatters, This Girl Can. Working with various partners such as CSPs, Women in Sport, NGBs, Police and Public Services. I am looking to expand my experiences with other bodies to support the growth of sport in the UK.
References available upon request.
British Wrestling, Club Development Manager
Manchester, United Kingdom
[email protected]
"Today I will do what others won't, so that tomorrow I will do what others can't".
Experience Education
British Wrestling Development Manager, Apr '18 - Current.
Managing the development of wrestling in the United Kingdom. Working with the CEO and Board to create the Development strategy for the sport moving forward. Supporting all the clubs in developing their overall structure and assisting them in drawing funding down.
BWL Regional Development Manager, Apr '14 - Apr '18.
Managing the development of weightlifting in the North West, West Midlands and Cumbria. Developed 40+ Community clubs in a variety of venues. Formed lasting partnerships with National and Regional Partners including CTZN (Home Office Funded Project) and Greater Manchester Police.
Head of Centre, Sports Coaching Education at Life Leisure | 1st4Sport. Apr 2015 - Apr 2018.
Creation and management of the 1st4Sport | Life Leisure, Sports Coach Education Centre based at Houldsworth Village. This included registering Life Leisure as a delivery centre, meeting OFQual criteria to deliver qualifications. Manage workforce of Tutors, Assessors, Reception Staff and Duty Managers.
Strength and Conditioning Coach, Commonwealth Games Squad, British Wrestling | Men's u18s World Cup Team, England Lacrosse. 2015 - Apr 2017.
Archaeologist, CFA Archaeology Ltd Edinburgh, Scotland. 2013 -2014.
First Steps | Supporting Coaches, Tutor Training, Oct 2015.
Sports Coach UK.
Guest Lecturer, 2015 - Present.
Lecturing in Biomechanic Movement Patterns in Weightlifting at various Universities including UCLan, Bolton and Liverpool John Moores.
Sport England ClubMatters Lead Assessor, Oct 2015.
Starting as a ClubMark Assessor in 2015 within my role at BWL. Now I'm the National Lead Assessor for BWL for all Weightlifting Club ClubMark applications.
Coach Connect Mentoring Programme, 2014 - 2015.
Sport England | UK Sport.
BWL Tutor and Assessor, Nov 2012 - Present.
Teaching the BWL Coach Education Programme.
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Archaeology, Sept 2009 - Mar 2012.
BTEC National Diploma in Sports Development, 2004 - 2006.
Authored Publications
Olympic Weight Lifting Technique Handbook - 1st Edition
Olympic Weight Lifting Technique Handbook - 2nd Edition
Level 1 Award in Coaching Weight Lifting
Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Weight Lifting
Level 2 Award in Olympic Weight Lifting
Ceramic Catalogue - Late Cypriot II Period
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Degree in Archaeology, 2012.
Level 3 National Paralympic Powerlifting Referee, 2017.
Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement (QCF), 2015.
Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Weight Lifting, bridged in 2017.
Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Strength and Conditioning in Sport, 2016.
Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Activity Leadership (QCF) 2016.
Nutrition, Health and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights.
Vanderbilt University - Certification with Distinction. Date: Mar 2014, License DHF5C5MAJN
BTEC National Diploma in Sport Development, 2006.
Bury College. Distinction, Distinction, Merit
Lecturing Experience
UCLan
Lecturing on the Strength and Conditioning Undergrad and Masters programmes. Written the weightlifting units for the Masters Degree Programme.
Liverpool John Moores
Invited by the University to lecture on the Exercise Physiology Masters programme.
University of Bolton
Lecturing on the Strength and Conditioning and Exercise Physiology Undergraduate and Masters programmes.
Bury College
Lecturing on the Biomechanics Foundation Degree programme linked to the University of Bolton Strength and Conditioning programme.
CEO - Concept Weight Lifting
CEO and Owner of Concept Weight Lifting. A business orientated around learning and education based out of both the UK and USA with Head Quarter's in Scotland and Florida delivering bespoke training and British Weight Lifting Coaching Qualifications to all.
Head Coach/Event Manager
Organising and restoring the original Manchester Weight Lifting Group. The main cause is to help raise money for good causes such as the 'Princes Trust' and the 'ILoveMCR' fund.
Tutor Training
Hull FC
Training Strength and Conditioning (S&C) staff and players on the delivery of the BWL Level 1 & 2 Coaching Weight Lifting Certificates within their S&C programme.
University of Hull
Training Course Leader on the delivery of the BWL Level 2 Coaching Weight Lifting Certificate within his Strength and Conditioning degree programme.
Edinburgh Napier University
Training Lecturers and Staff on the delivery of the BWL Level 1 & 2 Coaching Weight Lifting Certificates within their degree programme.
University of Wolverhampton
Training Lecturers and Staff on the delivery of the BWL Level 1 & 2 Coaching Weight Lifting Certificates within their degree programme.
British Army
Teaching the Head Physical Training Instructors of various bases including Essex's Bomb Disposal Unit and the Armoured Division Barracks in Dusseldorf Germany on the delivery of the BWL Level 1 & 2 Coaching Weight Lifting Certificates with the aim of training recruits and personnel.
Royal Air Force Engineering
Teaching the Head Physical Training Instructors of RAF Cosford on the delivery of the BWL Level 1 & 2 Coaching Weight Lifting Certificates within their training school and recruits.
Testimonies
Development Projects & Programmes
iLift uBox
Multisport project campaign working with partners such as Life leisure, GLL, sports clubs. Catering for individuals who do not take part in sport by taking a unique perspective on activity.
iLift uRun
Multisport project involving weight bearing movement and cardio activities. Working with partners such as University Campus Oldham to deliver to the inactive community.
iLift uWrestle
Working with British Wrestling to develop a multipart project for the relaunch of their National Academy. Partners included Police, local services, British Wrestling, GreaterSport, British Weight Lifting and Home Office project CTZN.
iLift uDig
Taking a different view on 'weight bearing movement' by working with University of Salford's Archaeology Dept. in developing a community archaeology excavation to get the community active who are intimidated by the gym.
This Girl Can
Developing the 'This Girl Can' (TGC) Campaign for British Weight Lifting and Sport England (SE) through social media, SE|TGC website, competition and club involvement.
ClubMatters
Integrating the Sport England ClubMatters program into British Weight Liftings club structure to support the development of more clubs than BWL is capable of supporting.
Funding
Working with various partners such as County Sports Partnerships, Sport England and private investors, I've been able to draw down £832,757 for community sports clubs in the North of England between 2014 - 2016.
Club Development Projects
Club Development Projects
Sport England - This Girl Can
This Girl Can - Weight Lifting
Working with Sport England , I developed the This Girl Can campaign for Weight Lifting with the girls from Stockport Spartans Weight Lifting Club based at Life Leisure's Houldsworth Village site.
Achievements
Commonwealth Youth Games 2004
Bronze Medalist
UK Active Flame Awards 2017
Working in partnership with Life Leisure to win the 'Leisure Centre of the Year' for British Weight Liftings Academy at Houldsworth Village.
OCS Sports Personality of the Year 2004
North West Sports Personality of the Year Winner
Trafford Leisure Trust - Employee of the Year 2009
Best Endeavour Commitment Award
Manchester City Council Community Awards
Group Sporting Achievement - Working as part of Wright Robinson Weight Lifting Club
National Fitness Awards
As part of my partnership with Life Leisure, we have been finalists for the National Fitness Awards, Strength Gym of the Year from 2014 - 2017
Competition Event Management - British Paralympic Bench Press Championships 2015
The Largest Paralympic Powerlifting Championships hosted in the UK (2015) since London 2012.
Charity Event Management - The BIG Lift | MCR
Managing the creation of the charity weightlifting competition 'The BIG Lift' series for grassroots to elite competition raising money for the David Hopkins Foundation.
