Stewart Craig - Academy Director
Stewart started out his sporting career in the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon-Do. Achieving Black Belt at the tender age of 16 Stewart went on to achieve Scottish, British, European and World Champion status competing at the very highest level for 3 years. Quickly after turning his attention to golf Stewart reduced his handicap to 2 and turned to the professional ranks in golf. After two years on the mini tours in the UK Stewart's interest in the technicalities of the game and his love of teaching and coaching sport overtook his desire to play professionally. Ever since that time in 1997 Stewart's desire to be one of the best Teachers and Coaches in the world has driven him to constantly improve his knowledge and understanding of this wonderful game.
Stewart regards himself extremely lucky to have worked with some of the best Coaches and Players the game has ever seen, gleaming invaluable knowledge and information from them along the way. The tour players that Stewart has worked with have won over 100 professional titles worldwide and Stewart credits all of these players with teaching him as much as he taught them. You cannot work with players like Dale Reid, Allison Nicholas, Corrine Dibnah, Trish Johnson, Becky Brewerton and Beatriz Recari and not learn a huge amount about the game of golf at the highest level.
Stewart's regards some of his greatest achievements though some of the amateur golfers who he has worked with from virtually the first day that they picked up a club who are now Club, County and National Champions as well as + handicap golfers and Internationally capped players.
Tom Ellerton Unwin - Academy Physio and Strength & Conditioning Coach
Tom finished his undergraduate studies at Brunel University, West London in 2010. He gained experience training at the British athletics facility at Brunel. Starting his working life in the NHS in Yorkshire he also developed an interest in Rugby League, and looked after the Hull FC academy squad. A highlight being team Physiotherapist to England U16’s during a summer training camp in Manchester. Whilst in Hull he competed in Triathlon and road cycling, which took him to Belgium riding over the cobbles in Flanders.
Moving to Scotland in 2014 he started working in the private sector specialising in Musculoskeletal problems and sports injuries. Tom uses his spare time to continue his interest in rugby with Stirling County RFC men’s team. Since living in the Stirling area he has begun mountain biking, fell running and playing golf. A keen golfer as a junior, he hopes to increase his knowledge and experience in this area.
In the future, Tom will continue to complete his MSc in Sports Physiotherapy from the University of Bath, and develop his skills in strength and conditioning.
Quaifications:
Misha Botting - Academy Sports Psychologist & Mental Coach
Misha Botting – High Performance Sport Psychologist. HCPC registered.
Misha works with Scottish Institute of Sport. Currently he is a leading sport psychologist for British Curling. He supported players in a variety of sports for three Winter and two Summer Olympic Games. Over a decade of work at the High Performance level, he was involved with training golfers and now constantly works with private clients. Misha has an excellent reputation with players and coaches. He is committed to supporting individuals who are passionate about improving their performance and learning new self-regulation skills. In his work he successfully applies the cutting edge principles of Mindfulness training in order to help players to consistently achieve their optimum performance.
Stewart started out his sporting career in the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon-Do. Achieving Black Belt at the tender age of 16 Stewart went on to achieve Scottish, British, European and World Champion status competing at the very highest level for 3 years. Quickly after turning his attention to golf Stewart reduced his handicap to 2 and turned to the professional ranks in golf. After two years on the mini tours in the UK Stewart's interest in the technicalities of the game and his love of teaching and coaching sport overtook his desire to play professionally. Ever since that time in 1997 Stewart's desire to be one of the best Teachers and Coaches in the world has driven him to constantly improve his knowledge and understanding of this wonderful game.
Stewart regards himself extremely lucky to have worked with some of the best Coaches and Players the game has ever seen, gleaming invaluable knowledge and information from them along the way. The tour players that Stewart has worked with have won over 100 professional titles worldwide and Stewart credits all of these players with teaching him as much as he taught them. You cannot work with players like Dale Reid, Allison Nicholas, Corrine Dibnah, Trish Johnson, Becky Brewerton and Beatriz Recari and not learn a huge amount about the game of golf at the highest level.
Stewart's regards some of his greatest achievements though some of the amateur golfers who he has worked with from virtually the first day that they picked up a club who are now Club, County and National Champions as well as + handicap golfers and Internationally capped players.
Tom Ellerton Unwin - Academy Physio and Strength & Conditioning Coach
Tom finished his undergraduate studies at Brunel University, West London in 2010. He gained experience training at the British athletics facility at Brunel. Starting his working life in the NHS in Yorkshire he also developed an interest in Rugby League, and looked after the Hull FC academy squad. A highlight being team Physiotherapist to England U16’s during a summer training camp in Manchester. Whilst in Hull he competed in Triathlon and road cycling, which took him to Belgium riding over the cobbles in Flanders.
Moving to Scotland in 2014 he started working in the private sector specialising in Musculoskeletal problems and sports injuries. Tom uses his spare time to continue his interest in rugby with Stirling County RFC men’s team. Since living in the Stirling area he has begun mountain biking, fell running and playing golf. A keen golfer as a junior, he hopes to increase his knowledge and experience in this area.
In the future, Tom will continue to complete his MSc in Sports Physiotherapy from the University of Bath, and develop his skills in strength and conditioning.
Quaifications:
- BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy
- MSc – Manual Therapy – Lower Quadrant Module
- LUBAS – sports trauma management qualified.
- TPI – Titleist Performance Institute Certified
- Member of Health Care Professions Council
- Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
- Member of ACPSM
Misha Botting - Academy Sports Psychologist & Mental Coach
Misha Botting – High Performance Sport Psychologist. HCPC registered.
Misha works with Scottish Institute of Sport. Currently he is a leading sport psychologist for British Curling. He supported players in a variety of sports for three Winter and two Summer Olympic Games. Over a decade of work at the High Performance level, he was involved with training golfers and now constantly works with private clients. Misha has an excellent reputation with players and coaches. He is committed to supporting individuals who are passionate about improving their performance and learning new self-regulation skills. In his work he successfully applies the cutting edge principles of Mindfulness training in order to help players to consistently achieve their optimum performance.
