The Sport Scientific Assessment team are fully qualified and insured and hold Degrees in Sport Sciences and Coaching and have experience of dealing with athletes
from Junior international level to Olympic Medallists. Where elite consultants are required we have access to some of the top sport scientists in the sport industry.

Adrian Olver Managing Director

Adrian Olver is a recognisable name at any professional rugby club in England, he
has been a professional rugby player since 1996 playing alongside players such as
Francois Pienaar, Michael Lynagh, Richard Hill, Jason Leonard and Philippe Sella to
name but a few. He was a member of the winning 1998 Saracens Tetley Bitter Cup
team, has played for Bedford, won the European Shield with Harlequins FC and has
been capped for England as an A International

At 35 he recently helped Worcester to promotion to the Premiership for the first
time. He is an accredited RFU Coach and has agreed to be a player coach at
Coventry in the First Division next season

He has a long and proven record in management, sales and sports marketing and
is now looking to use his experience in sport and business to promote health and
fitness to young sportsmen and women around the UK. He's knows what it takes to
be the best and encourages the same work ethics in the Sport Scientific team as he did
in his own sport career.

Colm Hannon BSc (Hons) Performance Director

Colm Hannon has worked in international and professional sport for the past 10 years.
As a senior performance analyst he currently consults to some of the top companies, teams, players
and coaches in world sport. Colm specialises in providing tactical and technical analysis solutions
for optimising sports performance.

Following graduation in Sport Science Colm was an RFU video analyst supporting the various England representative sides.
In 2002 he worked for the PUK Rugby Institute at Potchefstroom University in South Africa helping them to their best ever season.
He returned to the UK to play with Saracens and became the Performance Manger for the Centre for Performance Enhancement
at Brunel University providing professional analysis support to top rugby and football clubs in the UK.

Working in performance analysis and coaching alerted Colm to the fact that there
were few effective professional support services available to sub elite and developing
athletes in the UK. This is why he was delighted when he was offered the opportunity
to become a director at Sport Scientific. Colm’s work in professional sport helps Sport
Scientific to stay one step ahead of the latest developments in sport science support at
the highest levels.

Colm was himself a schoolboy rugby international for Ireland and has played
professional rugby for Saracens and Bedford and is currently a contracted player for
Coventry RFC in the English First Division.

Dave Doran MSc Cert.HE

Dave has over twenty years experience within the sporting field having played rugby league at semi-professional level and
coached at international level where he is a senior coach, coach educator and coach mentor. Having gained an MSc in Sports Coaching he now
lectures at Brunel University in risk management issues within sport, such as child protection, coaching law, health and safety and coaching ethics.

His expertise has enabled him to work with professional clubs on these issues and other coaching areas and he has advised
clubs and governing bodies within football, rugby league, rugby union, basketball and netball. He also advises on coaching processes
and issues within the business sector.

He is a partner in a company, First Consult Ltd, who provide risk management advice to organisations within sport and industry.

James Marshall MSc CSCS

James Marshall has nearly 20 years experience working and training within sporting and exercise environments.
He worked within the private Health and Fitness sector for 9 years, managing Fitness and Tennis Clubs.

Since 1999 he has worked with Club, National and International athletes, ranging from 9 years old to 62 years old.
He runs his own company, Excelsior, delivering scientific support to athletes and teams in a practical, easy to understand format.

Athletes that he has worked with have come from rowing, tennis, rugby union and league, golf, field hockey, fencing, triathlon and the marathon.

James has a Masters Degree in Sports Coaching, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, and a Certified Health and Fitness Instructor.
He is also a 4th Dan in Shotokan Karate, and is currently an England International. This gives him a valuable insight in not only what athletes need
to do in order to succeed, but also what obstacles and barriers sometimes hinder that progress.

Lisa Murphy

Lisa is qualified at BSc level in Physiology & Pharmacology, and holds an MSc in nutrition. Lisa consults to a number of top health clubs in
and around London regarding personal training and also designs weight management and nutrition courses. Lisa is also an accredited member of
the British Association of Nutritional Therapists.

Lisa trained at national level in Gymnastics and now specialises in choreography and dance.

Rob Walsh MSc

Scott Hodson BSc (Hons)

Christina Fitzgerald MSc

Christina graduated in 2001 with a first class joint honours degree in Sports Science and Mathematics from Loughborough University.
She then went onto specialise in Exercise Physiology and continued studying at Loughborough University gaining a Masters with Distinction in 2002.
The Masters explored a number of areas within Exercise Physiology including exercise testing, nutrition, high intensity exercise and talent identification.
Christina also spent 3 months investigating the immune response of elite athletes during prolonged exercise in relation to caffeine ingestion.

Upon completing her studies Christina worked for the Department of Health analysing health data and investigating the incidence rates over time for
various diseases in different ethnic groups to calculate the impact a flu epidemic or a summer heat wave would have on NHS resources.

Christina’s main sport is netball where she currently represents Middlesex County. Christina also enjoyed much success for Loughborough University and Derbyshire County. Christina is currently involved in the coaching and development of young talented athletes through the Middlesex County set-up.