We are delighted to welcome Bernie Shrosbree as our Director of Performance and full time performance coach. 

Bernie is a world class athlete and a highly respected international coach and team building expert. He has an engaging personality and infectious drive and determination, along with overwhelming passion and mental focus to overcome the toughest of challenges, which mean that he is able to work with anyone from elite athletes to blue chip organisations to help them find their edge and succeed.

A former member of the Royal Marines elite Special Boat Service (SBS) and a world class athlete in adventure sports, today Bernie specialises in providing tailored professional training programmes for athletes, teams and individuals.

We are unique as a school in that we have one of the world's top performance coached available to our pupils and he has been working with athletes at our Senior School on a daily basis. Bernie is responsible for individual programme development for each of the Sports Academy pupils. In addition his regular performance coaching and training at school is proving a massive hit with all BCS pupils.

Bernie has over 30 years experience of top level competition and coaching in various disciplines including adventure sports, nordic skiing, triathlon and winter biathlon.

Bernie's role, vision and goal is to identify the talented individual and enhance their athleticism in their chosen sport. This is done through fitness assessments and individual training programmes.

• 2012 Performance Coach to the Red Bull F1 Racing Team
• 2012 Performance Coach to Mark WEbber, F1 racing driver 
• 2011 Completed the Moab 24hr Mountain Bike Race with Ben Fogle
• 2010 Trained James Cracknell for his Trilogy which included the Yucon Arctic Ultra
• 2009 Completed Devizes to Westminster with James Cracknell
• 2008 Coached Team Qinetiq (James Cracknell, Ben Fogle and Dr Ed Coats) for South Pole Race  
• Human Performance consultant to Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge

• 2006 Human Performance consultant to Swiss Spirit Le Mans team
• 2005-2008 Winter cross country ski coach for the men’s GB Olympic rowing team
• 2004 Published ‘Inspired’
• Scott Olympic Mountain Bike team and Jenson Button, Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber
• Ran conditioning training for Bath and England rugby players, Bolton Wanderers Football team,
• Ran winter training camp for Olympic Men Coxless Four rowing team
• 2003 Director of Performance training, Essentially Sports Ltd (management team to Jenson Button)
• 2002 World Record team row Jersey to Poole - 100 nautical miles
• 2000-2002 Renault Formula 1 Director of Performance training
• 1997-2001 Set Up first UK Human Performance training centre at Benetton Formula 1
• 1995-1997 Performance Advisor to Subaru World Rally Team
• 1993-1994 GB Triathlon team manager / fitness adviser
• 1988 UK Long Course Triathlon Champion1989 Runner up - Conquer the Arctic
• Team Bronze medal European Triathlon Championships
• 1987 2nd World Survival of the Fittest in St Moritz
• 1986 4th in World Survival of the Fittest in Australia
• 1984-1990 International Triathlete (English team Captain 1990)
• 1984 Completed London to Paris Triathlon
• 1983-1990 Member of Royal Marine’s elite Special Boat Service (SBS)
• 1982/83/85 Winner - UK TV Survival of the Fittest
• 1980 British Cross Country Ski Champion - competing at World Championships & World Cup
• 1977-1982 British Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon team member

• 1975-1990 Royal Marines