View from the Pool Poolview Limited - Robin McGloughlin

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. Meet Donna Bristoll - a fine art student in Falmouth who metamorphosed into a Contract Training Manager for Places Leisure. Her journey, like many, features the "stumble" into Leisure, followed by a steely determination to become successful.Her uncanny timing in landing the role of Group Lifeguard M...

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. Alan Ritchie is GLL's National Pools and Water Safety Manager, but don't mention the job title! This is a man who was at the very start and there at the very heart of Greenwich London Leisures journey back in 1993. We chat about the early days, his deep fat fryer training and his subsequen...

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. This is one banger of a story with Helen Bull who was a national level swimmer in her teenage years. She began her unique career holding various roles at The Walt Disney Company, starting as a lifeguard in Florida at the Walt Disney World Resort. She then went on to work for P&O Cruises in...

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. Phil Weitzel met Dean Bolton during his early days of leisure facility management. Phil arrived quite late into the leisure game and it was then that he first crossed paths with Dean, who was one of those troublesome teenage lads whose name was rarely out of the "barred" book! Today they are D...

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. Steven Gallagher left school as a 16 year old in the late 80's, a little unsure of where life was taking him. His decision to accept a leisure apprenticeship with Leeds City Council took him on a path which eventually saw him become Sigura's European Business Manager for Commercial Pools.The 2012 Lo...

“View from the Pool” is a distinctive series of conversation podcasts between Poolview’s Robin McGloughlin and his guests, who uniquely have all been Lifeguards at some point in their career. Jim Flatley started with St Helens Council as part of the Youth Training Scheme in the late 80's. A few decades later Jim is very much part of the fixtures and fittings at Queens Park Health and Fitness Centre and still driving a change and modernisation program.A staunch Evertonian , Jim takes...