USA PRO Athletes
ALICE MACKENZIE
Sport: Tennis
Date of Birth: 13/09/86
Details: Height 5’10” Weight 63kg
Website: www.alicemackenzie.com
Best Achievements
CAREER HIGHLIGHT TO DATE- Playing at Wimbledon
Singles-
QF Mollurusa, Spain Sep 03
QF Wrexam, GB Aug 04
QF Dublin, Ireland Aug 04
QF Cumberland, GB Aug 04
SF Oxford, GB May 05
Qualifying Wimbledon June 04
Doubles-
QF Oxford, GB May 05
QF Edinburgh, GB May 05
QF Porto Santo1, April 05
QF Porto Santo2, April 05
Personal Statement
“I think I must have been born with the love of tennis, perhaps given to me at an early age by my father a professional tennis coach. By the time I was seven I had won a tournament and i received a senior world ranking at the age of fifteen. Tennis is my life but outside of it I love motor sport, running, golf, in fact anything that can appeal to my competitive streak!"
NIKKI PROSSER
Sport: Tennis
Date of Birth: 23/12/89
Details: Height 5' 9", Weight 65kg
Website: n/a
Best Achievements
U18 International Ranking 260
- U18 British ranking 5
- Staffordshire No.1 U18 & Ladies for 3 years
- U15 BBC Team of the year
- WTA Women’s International/ Ilkley Quarter-finals
- U18 International/ Istanbul Champion
- U18 International/ Winchester Finalist
- U18 International/ Winchester Doubles Champion
- U18 International/Edinburgh Doubles Champion
- U18 International/ Denmark Finalist
- U16 European/ Winchester Finalist
- U15 British National Championships/ Bournemouth Finalist
- U/18 British National Championships/ Bournemouth Doubles Champion
- U/15, U17, U18 National Junior Club Championships/ Champions
- U14 Road to Wimbledon/ Doubles Champion 2002-2003
- U12, U14, U16, U18 Staffordshire county championships/ Champion
U16 & U18 Staffordshire county Championships/Doubles Champion
SARAH KIPPAX
Sport: Squash
Date of Birth: 10/5/83
Details: Height 5’7” Weight 60kg
Website: www.sarahkippax.com
Best Achievements
Current highest World Ranking Top 30
Represented England at World and European Junior Championships.
Bronze medal at the european Championships 2004
Bronze medal at the Islamic Games 2005
Highest Under 23 World Ranking of No. 9
First Professional Tour title, Enschede Open Champion 2006
England ranking No.9
Recent Victory over the World No.16
Highest England Junior Ranking No.3
Finalist in the Liberty Bell Open (USA), Finnish Open, Goshen Open (USA)- all in 2006.
Personal Statement
“Sport, and Squash in particular has been my passion from an early age, I always had aspirations of becoming a professional sports women and it seems that my hard work during my junior years paid off and gave me the opportunity to make my hobby a career, and allow me to travel the world at the same time!
I'm from Cheshire, which is where I first began to play at the age of eleven. Now I am based out of Halifax and do most of my training in and around Manchester and the West Yorkshire area. Ultimately my aim is to be the best Squash player I possibly can be, and hopefully that will mean reaching the very top!
I enjoy coaching in the community, and over the last six years I have run the junior section at my local squash club, this was where I first learnt to play. I coach around thirty children on a regular basis and I'm delighted to be able to pass on everything I have learnt over the years and since I turned I turned pro at age 19.
Outside of Squash I enjoy painting, going to the cinema and theatre, shopping and socialising! Thanks to USA PRO for their support over the last couple of years and for making me the smartest girl on Tour!"
ASHLEA STEWART
Sport: Tennis
Date of Birth: 28/11/1991
Details: Height - 5'11" Weight - 8stone, 5pounds
Website: n/a
Best Achievements
U9'S,10'S,U12'S,U14'S Cheshire Champion
Winning the plate in an ETA in Bibione, Italy
Winning the Robinson Aces twice and meeting and playing with Tim Henman
Winning the North Of England Bowker U12'S AND U14'S
Winning the Northerns U12, U14, U16
Being selected at the ages of 12/13 to attend the LTA tennis academy in Loughborough
Going on the LTA La Manga trip twice
Reaching the final of the Ariel IS , U14
Qualifying for the U16 Grand Prix, beating the top seed and one of the top U16 girls in the UK
Winning two matches in the Open British Tour
Personal Statement
“My ambition is to become a professional tennis player and reach the top 10 hopefully one day, getting to number 1!
I keep my fitness up, doing what I love to do - running and training and doing what I do best - playing tennis! Over the next year, my aim is to stay fully fit, compete to my greatest ability and win major tournaments.
Towards the summer/winter of 2007, I will play a couple of ITF tournaments abroad and in the UK to get my ranking up and hopefully finish the year of 2007, being in the top 5 U16 in the UK.
Over the next 2 years, my main goal is to achieve a world ranking and then from there, proceed forward to bigger and better things!
Thank you so much to USA PRO for sponsoring me, your support is greatly appreciated and my kit is fantastic!"
DORA THRESHER
Sport: Fitness Professional
Date of Birth: 21/7/70
Website: n/a
Best Achievements
Qualified in the following –
RSA Exercise to Music
Personal Training
Dance, including: Urban Funk, Salsa, Greek, Belly dancing, Hip Hop, Street dance, Jazz, Disco and Freestyle dance.
BAWLA (British Amateur Weight Lifters Association),
BUPA Fitness Management (one of only two instructors trained in the surrounding area, GP referred)
Pilates
Studio Cycling
Body Pump
Fit Ball
Step and Slide
Boxercise and Circuit Training
Post and Ante Natal
Pole Dancing Fitness Teacher
A member of the Fitness Professionals and the Register of Exercise Professionals
During the summer of 2004, I passed a gruelling 2 day audition to appear on “Simply the Best”, a cross between the Gladiators and It’s a Knockout.
Writing and co-presenting the best selling Charlie Brooks Fitness DVD
Personal Statement
"My main hobby, after dancing, is running and in April 1996 I ran the London Marathon, and even with a chronic back injury managed 3 hours and 45 minutes, which I was really pleased with.
I now run in competitive races and do very well in my role as a lady vet runner!!
I have two wonderful children who are now nearly 11 and 9. They are fitness freaks too and about as competitive as myself!"
HARA MARKOS
Sport: Fitness Professional
BETH EBURNE
Sport: Running
Age: 25
Favourite Distance: Marathon, Half Marathons, 20 & 10 Miles
Best Achievements
Winning Robin Hood Marathon 2005,
- County Half Marathon Champion 2006,
- Being invited to join GB Marathon Training Squad,
- Pace maker for sub 2.40 womens group at London Marathon,
- Selected as GB reserve for Toronto Marathon Sept 2006.
- Finishing 6th in Toronto Marathon
CAROLINE SANDRY
Sport: Fitness Professional
Details: Height 5’9”
Date of Birth: 21/7/70
Website: www.carolinesandry.com
Best Achievements
- Pilates Instructor and specialist
- BOSU master trainer
- Yoga for fitness teacher - Caroline is trained to use the power of Yoga to condition, tone and challenge the body. These ancient postures are combined to give a modern work out that strengthens the body to cope better with the every day demands placed upon it.
- Thai bo instructor - Caroline uses elements of this fantastic martial arts routine to challenge the body and mind.
- Franklin movement - Caroline has trained in the Franklin Movement method to help unlock the body and allow it work as nature intended.
Personal Statement
Caroline is a sporty action woman, whose passions are fitness, motor cycling and the great outdoors. Her lust for life and enthusiasm has helped her make a successful career as a TV presenter, fitness expert and professional motorcyclist. Caroline can be seen regularly presenting fitness products on QVC - home shopping TV, and has written and presented several fitness dvd's. She also regularly writes fitness articles for Weightwatchers.
Caroline believes in living life to the max and quotes Shabkar:
"If you do not make good use of this free and precious life, what good does it do to possess a human body?"
JENNIFER WADE
Sport: Fitness Professional
Website: www.jenniferwade.de
LEANDA CAVE
Sport: Triathlon
Details: Height – 5’11’’ Weight – 58kg
Website: www.leandacave.com
Best Achievements
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2002 - ITU World Triathlon Champion
2004 - 1st ITU World Cup Korea
2005 - 1st European Cup Finale, Eilat, Israel
2005 - 1st Treasure Island, San Francicso, USA2006
13th Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
1st Australian Triathlon Championships, St.Kilda, OD
3rd St.Anthony's Triathlon, Florida
2nd Florida Half Ironman
2nd Eagleman Half Ironman
1st Philadelphia Triathlon, OD
14th Edmonton ITU World Cup, Canada
34th Lifetime Fitness, USA
1st Boulder Peak, USA
6th London Triathlon, UK
3rd Hungary ITU World Cup
5th Chicago Triathlon
2nd Scott Tinley's Adventures, California, USA
12th Cancun, Mexico, ITU World Cup
4th 70.3 World Championships, Clearwater, USA
2nd Phuket Triathlon