Chris Payne - Solo Sprint Events Manager...                        

An inspirational experienced senior manager with a creative can do approach complemented by an energetic and enthusiastic style. Acquired an excellent working knowledge of economic development, employment, education, training and skills sectors.

A people orientated leader gaining positive results in ever changing complex stakeholder organisations, with a successful track record of enabling teams to be high performers – specializing in leadership,
organisational development and growth strategy.

Phil Lancashire - Sponsorship Co-ordinator...

Phil (37) has been a friend of mine pushing on 17 years. Ex-British Army, Phil is no stranger to the arduous physical and mental challenges of pushing yourself to the limit, as he taunts me constantly over my upcoming sea trial via his sometimes cruel yet fair wit!

Phil now works as a Project Manager for a company providing satellite communication infrastructure for air, sea & ground users to both military
and commercial customers. This has allowed him to seek out key sponsorship interest for the Solosprint Challenge.

“Of all the people I have met in life Dave has the character and fortitude of mind  needed to take a challenge of this magnitude and work it to a successful finale. When he reaches the shores of Antigua I may even buy him a pint! ”  Phil Lancashire.

John Dabrowski - Mind coach...

John is a highly motivated and positive individual who sees something good in every situation. He has achieved many goals in life including playing professional basketball and represented England on many occasions including the Commonwealth games.

During his playing career he discovered the power of positive thinking and positive visualisation, using these techniques to greatly improve his performances particularly under pressure.

Now at the age of 53 and a wealth of life experience behind him and is working with people to help them achieve their dreams by harnessing the power of their minds.

He maintains that the mind is incredibly powerful with only a small percentage being used and by harnessing this power people can achieve amazing things in life. ‘What you think about you become’ and ‘if you think you can or you think you can’t you are right’ are two of the phrases which he knows determine the altitude we reach in life.

You can choose how to respond to every situation in life, some people collapse under pressure and adversity while some people thrive - it’s a state of mind which can be trained.

John himself was a very nervous teenager who couldn’t speak in front of the class and would have panic attacks under pressure. When he qualified to teach he had to have special training to project his voice, then he discovered the power of positive visualisation and inner self talk.

This transformed him into the positive person he is now who has enjoyed giving 8 confident wedding speeches; he regularly presents to large groups of people and has recently spoken at a national conference in London. He actually enjoys getting up in front of people to present and gets a real buzz from doing the very things he used to fear the most.

He knows that these techniques work as he is living proof of this, and he is now delighted to be sharing these hidden treasures with other people.

Phil Morrison - 'Positive Outcomes' Designer...

Although now retired, Phil is without question the most experienced Ocean Row Boat designer of our time. Phil was asked by Chay Bligh to design the row boat for the first Atlantic race over a decade ago and has since built on that design to create other more advanced boats to cater for the advance of new products and build materials.

Jamie Fabrizio - 'Positive outcomes' Builder...

With skills developed over 18 years Jamie can offer a unique and quality service, paying particular attention to detail in every aspect of fabrication. Jamie not only has the abundance of talent and ability for this build but has the passion for his work and the project.

Emily Adkin - 'Positive Outcomes' builder...

Emily makes sure that all the paperwork is in order, keeping goods and supplies needed for the construction arriving on time, preventing any delays in the project. Emily also sends regular updates and photos of the progress.

Ron Koch & Jane Hearne - Website Consultants...

Ron and Jane are responsible for the Solo Sprint website. Working as Partners for Yonder Mountain Internet their company is based in Mansfield, Notts. Both are passionate about sport for young people and welcomed the project of supporting Dave on his challenge.