Meet The Team
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Our team members and instructors come from a broad range of backgrounds and occupations, from bushcraft and outdoor instructors, fitness coaches to serving police officers. A few of our members have a number of years of previous Mountain Rescue experience, in a range of operational roles. All have extensive outdoor experience and an intricate local knowledge.
Rhoda Watkins
Team Leader.
Tracker.
21 years experience as a mantracking instructor.
Trained in mantracking for search and rescue and tactical tracking.
Former Mountain Rescue medical offer and trustee.
Jay Opie
Team Leader.
Tracker.
Former Lost Person Search Manager (LPSM) & Mountain Rescue Controller.
Trained in mantracking for search and rescue and tactical tracking.
Tracking Instructor.
Nathan Marshall
Tracker.
14 years of tracking experience.
Trained in tracking with internationally acclaimed school.
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Keith Polkinghorn
Tracker.
Trained in mantracking with internationally acclaimed instructor.
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Susannah Parsons
Tracker.
Trained by SAR Trackers Cornwall instructors.
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Ben James
Tracker.
Trained by SAR Trackers Cornwall instructors.
Ultramarathon runner, trained to track at speed.
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Probationary team members are currently in training and will be added to this page as they qualify.