Steven Turnbull

Steven is one of our head coaches here at Unity Fitness Berwick. Steven fell into Functional Fitness Training by accident, after originally using it as a form of fitness for his Downhill Mountain Biking, in which he competed in the Semi Pro (Expert) division at National and European race level. Since finding Functional Fitness, Downhill Racing has taken a back seat and Steven now puts all of his training efforts into competing in National and International Functional Fitness Events, recently qualifying for a worldwide event after finishing within the top 10 in the UK. Steven completed his CFL1 in 2018 allowing him to share his passion and knowledge for functional training with others. At Unity Fitness you shall find Steven delivering the compound and conditioning classes.

Nicola Turnbull

Nicola's early years were spent in the Swimming pool where she trained and represented Berwick ASC and the North East of England & Durham. When finishing her swimming career Nicola completed her L1&2 ASA Swim Coach Certifications, and worked teaching children and adults to become more water confident. Her love for sport continued when she graduated from Northumbria University with a BSC in Applied Sport & Exercise Science. After a gap year working as a youth sport coach Nicola returned to Northumbria University to complete her PGCE is Secondary Physical Education. Through this Nicola gained vast amounts of experience in coaching and facilitating a wide range of different sports. It was while at University Nicola found her love for Functional Fitness Training, upon her return home her love for this training style continued and she completed her CFL1 certification. At Unity Fitness you shall find Nicola delivering a wide variety of classes covering all ages and abilities. More recently since having her two girls Nicola has taken a keen interest in Pre and Postpartum training.

Chris Riddell

Chris is the second of our head coaches here at Unity Fitness Berwick. Before finding Functional Fitness Training Chris was a budding Rugby player. From the age of 5 Chris played competitive Rugby representing Berwick and Kelso RFC, whilst at Kelso he was named captain of the 1st team for 3 consecutive seasons. After retiring from Rugby, Chris found a passion for health and fitness, this passion lead to him taking a 2 year gap year, where he spent his time being educated on the fundamentals of Functional Fitness Training and Nutrition in different countries around the world, spending a year in a Thailand Training Camp. Upon his return to the UK Chris continued his coaching education by completing his Level 2 Gym Instructor, Level 3 Personal Trainer and CFL1 certifications. At Unity Fitness you shall find Chris delivering the circuit classes.

Kara ter Morsche

Kara is a strength & conditioning and CrossFit coach, personal trainer and yoga teacher with over 3 years experience of teaching group classes. Originally from Berwick, she now lives in Melbourne, Australia where she teaches across a number of gyms and studios.
Kara is passionate about helping people to move well, achieve things they didn’t think they could, and have fun while doing it.
Kara is back in Berwick visiting family for the next few months and will be taking some classes while she’s home. She will also be hosting occasional yoga classes so keep an eye out on this page for details.

Crystal Chui

Crystal has recently became a yoga teacher. She loved gymnastics as a child which she coached for a short period of time in a sense it led her down her yogic path. 15 years ago whilst visiting her family and travelling Thailand she was introduced to a new way of life. Practicing mindfulness and meditation has encouraged to her to have a deep sense of self and has a great drive for self development and healing past wounds. She’s longed to teach yoga therapy for a while but divine timing always plays its part.
Crystal teaches mindfulness and meditation and is also a silent counselling practitioner, she is still under construction herself and currently in the midst of completing her level 2 gym and fitness instructor and level 3 PT qualification. In the future she longs to promote physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and feels it's her soul's purpose to help others heal and nurture their natural wellbeing whether beginners or advanced. We can all learn from others from all walks of life!

Anthony Gleadow

Anthony is our newest coaching recruit having only recently completed his coaching qualification. You’ll find him coaching bright and early on a Monday morning.

Anthony spent his youth playing football, starting out with Eyemouth Youths before working his way through the ranks to Eyemouth United. In latter years he has also played for Tweedmouth Rangers , Tweedmouth Amateurs and Australian Soccer team Joondalup FC.

Upon returning from Australia Anthony started to take functional fitness more seriously. He enjoys this type of training as it never gets boring, there’s always new skills to learn and improve on.

Outside of fitness Anthony also runs his own painting and decorating business and was a RNLI volunteer.

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