Meet The Team
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.
Keith Polkinghorn
Tracker.
Trained in mantracking with internationally acclaimed instructor.
Susannah Parsons
Tracker.
Trained by SAR Trackers Cornwall instructors.
Ben James
Tracker.
Trained by SAR Trackers Cornwall instructors.
Ultramarathon runner, trained to track at speed.
Probationary team members are currently in training and will be added to this page as they qualify.