16 of our coaches at Pete Boasts Champions Flat Track School (Winter Training)
Dan (Linny) Linfoot
British Superbikes rider Dan Linfoot needs no introduction, having ridden everything from Minibikes, 125 and 250 GPs, Superstock 600, and is now in BSB having come 5th in 2014, was a works Honda rider for 4 years, and is still competing in BSB, on a BMW for 2022.
Rob (Frosty) Frost
16 years racing experience straight in at the deep-end in the inaugural Superteen Championship in 1992. Ten of those in the ultra-competitive British and World Supersport Championships with many wins/podiums before injuries forced retirement in 2008. Also competed at the TT, Daytona and took podiums at the Ulster Grand Prix and Northwest 200. Previous instructing experience with the Ron Haslam school back in 1994-95 and worked as Road Tester for Fast Bikes Magazine from 1997-2001.
Dave Coates
Dave has been a professional stunt rider for 30 years, putting on shows and displays throughout the UK and Europe. The holder of various Worls records during that time, he still holds the world record for riding a motorcycle backwards ata speed of 151.7 mph. He has been sponsored by Yamaha, who also supply our hire bikes, for the last 20 years. Dave’s level of bike control is simply astounding, and his presence adds a new dimension to the team.https://www.davecoates.co.uk/
Brett Moore
Brett started riding at 16, and at 20 was instructing for the BMF and delivering CBT’s and Direct Access Training Courses after passing the DVSA Course at Cardington. He started racing a 250 Aprilia in 2005 with Derby Pheonix and won Newcomer of the Season. He raced the Southern 100 in 2007 and 2009, along with championships with Wirral 100, Derby Pheonix, Aintree, Tonfonau and PDMC. He started race instructing in 2015 and is now an ACU Level l Coach. Now 47, he’s still racing a 50cc Derbi and a GSXR750 in selected championships,a nd endurance racing a Honda 90 moped. He also spanners for riders at the TT, Manx and Irish Road Racing Series. He loves the sport and enjoys coaching with The School and local ACU Clubs.
Rowland Mettam
Rowland is a relative newbie to the team, was trained by us, and is in his second year instructing at the British Superbike School. He is a great natural talented rider and coach. He’s been riding bikes for 25years plus. Racing runs in his veins from his father, more on three wheels than two, being a sidecar passenger for his dad in the vintage sidecar outfit for years on the Vincent black shadow racing outfit. His dad, also Rowland Mettam, is infamous throughout the classic sidecar world, but he never wanted young Rowland to have a bike. So massive thanks to both Stuart Riley and Rob Fraser for their coaching of Rowland over the years and leading him to be able to help and improve riders attending the British Superbike School.
He’s relished the opportunity to thrive and grow at the school and his aim is to make your day enjoyable and safe and also come away from the day with a totally new outlook and confidence skill set to riding road or track along with the massive smile on your face at the end of day, especially if we get you to get your knee down and scuff those shiny sliders.
It’s great for us to be able to train and develop promising young talented coaches like Roland to join the team.
Paul (Marra) Brown
One of our very best UK national riders. British 250 champion in 1991, 1992 and 1993, swopping to British Superbikes in 1994 and finishing 6th on an RC45 in 1995. In 1996 Paul finished 2nd in the British Supersports Championship on a Sanyo Yamaha, was Champion in 1997, wining 2 out of 3 Transatlantic Challenge races, finished 3rd in 1998 with a great performance at the NW200. He was second in the Macau SS600 class in 1999.In 2000 Paul was team mate to the late Steve Hislop in Rob Mac’s Virgin Yamaha British Superbikes Team when a broken scapoid finished his season. In 2001 he was 6th in the BSB on a private Ducati, with the team folding midway through 2002. He has a wealth of instructing at Cadwell/Brands Hatch and Ron Haslam’s spread over several years with both novices and experts.
Alex Hutchinson
Alex has raced in many classes from Superteens in 1993 to more recently the the Harley Davidson XR1200 Series. He has raced 250’s and Supermono’s for many years and still holds the lap record for Olivers Mount. In 2010 he was the Thundersport GP2 Champion and has raced at Aberdare and the NW200. Alex has been a Track Instructor for 16 years, the last 10 years as a qualified ACU Coach. He still holds an ACU National Road Race Licence and has ‘had a go at anything and everything’.
Martin Armstrong
Martin has been with us from the start, and is an ACU Road Race Coach. He has owned dozens of bikes and has accumulated a wealth of road and track riding skills and experience over 45 years to pass on. After a dabble at competitive Motorcross he turned to his real love – road racing – at age 30. Always fiercely competitive on the track, he prepares his own bikes, (he has won the Forgotten Racing Club’s best bike award), was much in demand with his welding and engineering skills in the paddock and also helped out in scrutineering with the Retford Motor Club. His main success has been on Yamahas with which he has had numerous podiums and top 3 Championship finishes in over 20 years of competitive club racing, having raced both a TZ250L and a Spondon TZ350, ending up on a 1993 Honda RS250. He currently has a very tidy YZF750 and a TRX850 which he uses on classic trackdays, and rides a 12 year old Fazer 1000 he’s had from new. He has toured Europe and Ireland many times, as well as New Zealand’s north and south islands.
Greg Roberts
With over Twenty years experience racing on most UK circuits Greg has competed on a variety of race machinery from Hornets to big V twins such as Aprilia RSV’s and TL1000’s. With race wins at Darley Moor in the Pre injection classes and wins in the New Era Sound of Thunder series, in the later stages of his racing career Greg switched to Classic Superstock taking championships with EMRA and Earlystocks, he has also sampled international competition racing at Classic Endurance level. Bikes raced by Greg include Hornet 600, Honda Fireblade, Suzuki SRAD 600/750, TL1000S, Aprilia Mille, GPZ900R, Honda CBX750F, Yamaha FZ750 and Honda VFR750F. With over Forty years in the motorcycle trade Greg has a wealth of experience in all things bikes and we welcome him to our coaching team for 2022.
Pete Pete (Boastie) Boast
Pete, who is an ACU Road Race Coach, started racing when 7 years old in school boy MX At 16 he took up road racing and raced for 13 Seasons, competing in BSB with top 10 placings. He has 7 TT’s replicas, has competed in the World F2 Championship, and has had numerous road race wins and lap records at Cadwell Park and Olivers Mount.8 years racing Speedway, 7 year as a pro winning Premier League with Sheffield and the KO Cup with Boston, finnishing 3rd in the World Indoor Ice Speedway Championship. He did 7 years racing Flat Track in the USA finishing 2nd in the AMA National Championship 2006, British & European Champion in 2009 and 3 times British Thunderbike Champion. He has 22 years experience Instructoring at Racing Schools all over country, runs his own Flattrack School and is well known for his 14 years as a test rider for BiKE Magazine. 40 years of racing bikes!
Geoff Baldock
Geoff is another ACU Coach, and has been a race school instructor for over 15 years at all the UK main circuits. He has competed in most forms of bike sports including; Sand racing, Motocross, Trials, Enduros, Short circuit racing as well as road circuits in the Isle of Man TT and Northern Ireland. More recently he has competed in the National Flat Track championship.Starting with Sand racing at the age of 16 Geoff progressed to Motocross and Enduros before taking up road racing at the age of 21. Road racing saw him achieve his greatest successes with multiple club wins and championships. Geoff had wins at National level as well as winning the Champion of Cadwell title. Also wins came at other circuits including Mallory Park and Brands Hatch. He became 600 Supersport Champion at Oliver’s mount as well as being a lap record holder. Geoff won two replicas at the Isle of Man TT after two top ten places in the Senior Manx Grandprix.Since retiring from road racing Geoff has continued in off road sport as well as passing on his considerable road race knowledge at numerous race schools and track days. He has been and instructor for the Ron Haslam race school and is currently an instructor for MSV.
Graham Ward
Graham rode BSB superbike from 1991 through to 1997, and was 2nd in Isle of Man Newcomers in 1991 lapping at 110mph. He was 1998 ACU British Pro-bike champion and had 2 x wild card outings at Brands and Donnington in 1996 World Superbike rounds. He competed in 1992 world endurance championship at Le Mans and Spa, and in European Superbike at Assen 1995 finishing 7th. He rode NW200 in 1995, 1999, 2000 with top ten finishes in Superstock and Superbike races, and competed in 2016 Classic TT lapping at 113mp. He held outright lap record at Castle Combe 1996, and has instructed at race schools since 1998 for Carl Fogarty Ducati school, Yamaha Road race school, Niall Mackenzie Track attack school and spent 21 years at Ron Haslam Race school.
Gary Graves
Gary has been involved with bikes since he can remember, from fields bikes to building street fighter specials and then onto racing bikes at international level
Ade Thomas
Ade has been riding for almost 30 years and teaching for 20, 18 of those years running his own training school, teaching riders of all abilities from CBT to post test to preparing riders for an advanced test. He takes every opportunity to ride on the track and has raced 1000cc/ 600cc machines at club level and last season enjoyed a couple of races in the No Budget Cup. He is on the DSA Approved Register for post test (Enhanced Riders Scheme) motorcycle trainers, holds a RoSPA Diploma in Advanced Instruction, a DIA Examiner, BMF Blue Ribband Grade ‘A’ and a DAS Cert Instructor.
”I look forward to passing on the skills that will enable you to gain more enjoyment from your riding by giving you the confidence and control needed for safer and smoother progress, not just on the road but on the track as well.’
Andrew Fyfe
British Superbikes School Coach Andy Fyfe in action. Andrew Fyfe has enjoyed bikes for over a decade. With limited road riding
after undertaking the BikeSafe programme, a greater desire for understanding bikes was formed; this is where track instruction and track time came in. After visiting most major tracks in the UK and spending the last 8 years working on the mental and physical understanding of riding a bike, accurately and fast, Andrew has helped many riders develop themselves and stay safer doing something that they enjoy. With a good background in safety and education, having worked within the Fire Service national training environment, Andrew has the ability to explain and assess performance to make sure an understanding is achieved at all levels.
Nigel Entwistle
Nigel has been riding bikes for 30+ years, and running a training school for 8 years coaching everyone from Cbt to Advanced (ERS and IAM) along with many hundreds of laps on various tracks both in Uk and Southern Spain. ‘Getting involved in the Superbike School for me is a very exciting opportunity helping riders explore the performance of their bikes whilst developing their skills in a safe and controlled environment.
Symon Woodward
As an Aircraft Propulsion Technician in the Royal Air Force, Symon Woodward started racing 2-strokes twins and singles in 1991 and has never really grown out of them. Some of the bikes Symon has raced over the years are:- Honda MT125, Honda RS125, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT250, Kawasaki KR1S, Yamaha TZ350, Yamaha RD400. He has won Forgotten Racing Club and Classic Motorcycle Racing Club Championships and is the current 2014 CRMC Air-Cooled 500 Champion. Still in the RAF but no longer “on the tools” he created the RAF Classic Motorcycle Racing Team which had grown to 6 riders and 8 bikes for 2014 with an additional 2 riders and 3 bikes anticipated for the 2015 season. Symon has ridden on the road since his 16th Birthday and currently rides his trusty VFR750FV which he has owned since 2001. He is now an ACU Road Race Coach.
Mike Abbott
Mike is an apprentice trained Automotive Engineer, spending time in the legendary Ford Competitions Department at Boreham and AVO, and is a nationally qualified teacher and trainer. He was the Forgotten Racing Club’s ‘Novice of the Season’ in 1989, riding an ex-Neal Tuxworth Yamaha TZ350H, and held an ACU National Road Race License for many years. He completed the California Superbike School to level 4 and had previous track training with Ron Haslam’s, Hopps and Chas Mortimer’s Race Schools. He retired from racing in 2005 but still does the occasional trackday on a GSXR1000 and a post classic YZF750. He is a Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) approved Post-Test Motorcycle Trainer, and also holds a RoSPA BTECH National Diploma in Advanced Motorcycle Instruction. He is also a ACU Level ll Road Race Coach
v’s competition bac in trials and moto cross. He is a former off road British Novice Champion. He has been a police motorcyclist for almost 20 years and is
Darren Jones
Darren’s first full season was in 1995 racing a 350 Yamaha finishing 3rd in the 350 Production club championship. He won this championship for the following 2 years and was on his way to his 3rd successive title when he was given an opportunity to race a 250 Aprilia in the British paddock. After 4 seasons he then switched to the Aprila RSV1000 National championship and won the title in 2004. He made the decision to leave racing but was tempted back in 2008 winning the National Supersport 600 endurance championship on a Yamaha R6. After 4 championships and 106 race wins he then decided he’d had a good run and called it a day.
He’s been instructing for over 25 years and been a personal rider coach and a crew chief in the British paddock.
Phil Hyde
Started racing late at 35 with Derby Phoenix MCC winning the 2006 Novice 600 championship carried on with them for 2 seasons on a 600 and a 1000. Also started passengering sidecars as well. Went back to solos in 2010 in 400 class finishing 3rd in championship with Derby Phoenix . By this time I had been working for Hottrax instructing on their track days for 4 years and joined the Team at Ron Haslam Race School where I worked continually to they closed in 2020. I currently still race sidecars at British and World Championships and at selected road races, lapping the TT circuit at over 113mph.
Kimberley Lawton
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