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The BKSA is the National Governing Body for the sports of Powerkiting, Kitelandboarding, Kitebuggying and Kitesurfing.

It has over 4000 members from all sports

The BKSA is made up of the following some roles are elected by membership at AGM,s some are appointed according to qualifications all are reviewed on a yearly basis-

Executives -                 Dealing with the day to day running of the association
Non- Executives-         Overseeing the executives
Regional Reps-           First point of contact and BKSA reps for regional meetings
Training Team-           Dealing with all the training requirements of the sport
Events Team-             Running the National Championships
Media Team-              Taking the picstures and updating the website
Coaches-                     Running advanced Kitesports tuition

Executive Directors

Chairman : Richard Gowers
Vice-Chairman : Peter Shaw
Secretary : David Knottenbelt
Treasurer : Jason Holland
Head of Training : Andy Gratwick

Non-Executive Directors

Simon Mudd
Chris Whittingslow
Owen Stringer
William Richardson
Jason McCaffery

Events Team

Colin Marshall: Rescue
Race Director: Mark Ward
Glenn Foley: Beach marshall
Lewis Crathern: Commentator

Media Team

Tony Shep: Official Photographer
Marcus Hawkins: Website developer

Training Department 

Andy Gratwick
Chris Bull
Eric Bridge
Gary Powell
James Boulding
Andrew Barnet
Jason Bergin
Paul Sweeney
Ben Kelliher


Coaching Team


Christian Harris
Karine Nativel
Dave Ibbertson
Jo Wilson
Steph Bridge
Last Updated on Monday, 26 April 2010 12:50