Sport Starz Ltd is a sports activity company set up by Gareth Coombes and Michael Trotter.
We both have a number of years experience in coaching children and adults of all ages and abilities. We run an in-depth tennis program, private individual tennis coaching lessons, pre school tennis and football sessions, children’s birthday parties, children’s dodgeball camps and lessons, an adult dodgeball corporate league and a popular holiday activity club.
Gareth Coombes
Gareth Coombes is a qualified LTA tennis coach who has been coaching tennis for nearly 15 years. Gareth coaches group and individual lessons for all ages, as well as cardio tennis – a fitness based tennis session. He also holds a level 1 football coaching qualification allowing him to coach pre-school football, alongside the company’s pre-school tennis. In 2018 Gareth became a Level 2 UKDBA Dodgeball coach and referees and plays in the Sportstarz Dodgeball league at Beau Sejour.
He is an experienced party leader, having run hundreds of children’s birthday parties of all kinds, including Army and Pirate themed parties in full costume! Gareth is a keen tennis player and plays for the St.Martins Tennis Club 1st team in inter-club competitions. When not playing tennis he can also be found playing railway football for Sylvans.
Michael Trotter
Michael Trotter is a qualified LTA tennis coach with experience both on the island and in America. He has run sessions at Camp America on two separate occasions in recent years and coaches tennis to all ages in both group and private lessons. He is very involved in delivering sports sessions within schools both with Sport Starz and the Guernsey Sports Commission.
Michael is always planning new games and drills to get the best out of the players that he coaches, while maintaining a great level of enjoyment for all. Michael has experience in leading sports parties for all ages of children for a number of years and has gone on to lead holiday clubs on the island for another company. As well as tennis he also holds coaching qualifications in football and rugby to help teach a wide range of pre-school sports.
Michael is a very keen football and tennis player who like to take part in football leagues on the Island and can seen playing in the Fletcher Sports Tennis League.