Coaching Staff, Astrid Academy of Movement, www.iamastrid.co.uk

Hannah Astrid Goggin - Head Coach & Founder

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She is probably cringing as we write this about her, but she didn't have a choice, We are so proud to have her leading the way in all things dance and gymnastics.

Hannah has always loved moving, dancing, singing and gymnastics, and occasionally has been known to be dangling from ropes in the ceiling!

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Graduating from Northumbria University with a First Class honors degree in Dance & Choreography, she has gone on to have a fantastic career in performing arts. Prior to this Hannah represented GB at Acro Gymnastics internationally, which resulted in her being awarded the grade of "Master Gymnast" - not too shabby!

Hannah is currently a Fully Qualified Preschool Coach, Level 2 Freestyle Coach & Level 3 Acro Coach.

Hannah is also one of our First Aiders holding a certificate in Paediatric First Aid

David Castling - Club Manager & Founder

Having spent years ferrying his daughter Grace to gymnastics classes and seeing how much she developed as an athlete and as a little human, he had a desire to get more involved . Note that he is keen to stress this doesn’t extend to actually doing anything dance or gym related!

So when the opportunity came up to set a club up from scratch with Hannah, he didn’t give it a second thought.

Dave spends his days working for North East based start-up Atom Bank, following a 15 year career in financial services. He then spends his evenings and weekends helping keep the club ship shape.

Dave graduated with an HND in Sports Science from Newcastle College and as a mature student gained a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship from Durham University. As Member of the Chartered Management Institute, he previously spent 4 years with Kirk Merrington Primary School on their Governing Board as a Co-Opted Governor, chairing the Finance and Premises Committee .