About Us
Sports camps with a difference
As a small company, everyone at Cotswold Sports Camps is personally involved in camps that we run. Because of this, we are able to provide tailored camps and coaching sessions that larger companies are unable to offer. Children of all abilities – from those new to a sport, to those looking to progress to the next level – can be catered for by our experienced coaches, all of whom have been selected because of their experience and ability to engage participants.
Our senior coaches, who lead our sessions, all have extensive experience of working with children and have many years of coaching under their belts. The coaches at Cotswold Sports Camps have been personally selected on their coaching ability and how they engage with the children at our camps. We have asked them to work with us on the camps because they are great people, and we know that they can do a fantastic job.
We are small, and we are flexible
If we receive feedback of any sort, whether it is from a child or a parent, we are able to quickly adapt how we run our sessions. We care about the camps we run, and the enjoyment and engagement of those we coach is a top priority for us. If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Meet our directors
The company directors, Steve and Richard, have spent their holidays playing and coaching at Sandford St Martin CC and Chadlington Sports Club, respectively. Our senior coaches have worked with us before, and many of you will recognise them from previous camps. We are a young, motivated, and friendly team, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Richard Ingram
Richard is a qualified teacher and has over 10 years of coaching experience, including a head coach position at the Michael Vaughan Cricket Camp (he once bowled the ex-England captain out during a soft-ball demonstration, but this has yet to be acknowledged in the back pages). Richard has taught Science, Learning Support classes and sports at Sibford School, Kitebrook House Preparatory School, and Pembroke House School, Kenya. He plays his cricket and football at Chadlington Sports Club.
Taking a break from teaching, Richard is studying for a PhD in Systems Thinking and Inclusive Education while working as a consultant for UNESCO's inclusive education department
Steve Dobson
Steve is a sociology graduate from Newcastle University, and has a Masters in Psychology. He has formerly worked as an assistant youth worker and has been working as a teaching assistant at Springfield School, a special education school, in Witney, West Oxfordshire for the past four years.
A keen sportsman, Steve has represented Oxfordshire at a junior level in both football and cricket, and now finds himself captain of Sandford St Martin Cricket Club. A wicket-keeper batsman who enjoys hitting the ball as hard and as far as he possibly can. Away from a match day, he is heavily involved in planning and delivering coaching sessions at the club as well as coaching the academy side. Having led and run cricket sessions for over seven years, he is currently working towards completing a variety of coaching badges.