Castle Leisure is committed to the training and development of all staff and managers. These are the latest managers to achieve their NVQ level 4/5 in Management. (L to R)
Sam Nicholas - General Manager of Nantgarw.
Serena O'Brien - General Manager of Canton.
Mike Wiltshire - General Manager of Morriston.
Jayne Beynon - Operations Executive.
Alex Mackechnie - Deputy Manager of Neath.
Jason Harries - General Manager of Uskway.
Kelly McLean - Senior Assistant Manager of Morriston.
Dale has worked in the Bingo Industry for 15 years, 11 of which have been with Castle Bingo. Through his career he has worked at five of the Castle clubs, and now he is proud to be the General Manager at Neath, as it is his home town.
Dale has successfully attained his NVQ Level 4 & 5 in Management.
He is a keen mountain biker, and rides whenever he get the chance. He has also raised charity monies for Breakthrough (Breast Cancer) through his bike riding, by stopping at all Castle Bingo clubs and calling a game of bingo.
He enjoys attending live music events, supports Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and most of all spending time with his family!
Jason is Castle's longest serving General Manager.
He been General Manager at Canton, Neath, Bridgend and is currently at Uskway.
In 2008 he successfully attained his NVQ Level 5 in Management.
This is a special Birthday year for him - as he has just turned 40!
A sporting man he plays football weekly for Bryn Rovers. He supports the Swans, Ospreys and Manchester United.
Jason is currently in training to run the London marathon in April. He is looking to raise as much money as possible for his nominated charity.
Jodie has been with Castle Leisure since 1995 and has worked at most clubs.
She started her career in our Ebbw Vale club as a general operative and successfully progressed to Management at an early age of 20.
She has successfully completed her NVQ level4 & 5 in Management.
More recently Jodie studied for her MSc in Psychology, she achieved this whilst being General Manager at Merthyr.
Any spare time Jodie has, she enjoys spending with friends ,by eating out and shopping.
Sam started work with Castle in 2003 as a caller at Canton, whilst at University in Cardiff.
She is now the companies youngest General Manager, at the newest club, Nantgarw.
Sam was awarded the prestigious student of the year award in 2008. She completed her Management level 4 &5 NVQ in one academic year.
She is currently studying for an MSc in Human Resource Management at Glamorgan University.
She also completed her Management level 5 NVQ in 2008 and was awarded the prestigious student of the year award, for completing level 4 and level 5 in one academic year.
Arsenal and boyzone are Sam's interests.
With her wedding booked for September 2011, Sam spends much of her spare time finalising her plans.
A recent addition to the family was Rufus, the Alaskan Malamute puppy.
Serena is our current General Manager at our Canton club and thoroughly enjoys the atmosphere of the 21 year old club.
Serena is approaching her 15th year service with the company and during this time she has completed numerous training courses and has also achieved Levels 4 & 5 NVQ Management.
In her spare time Serena enjoys nothing better than jetting off to the sun, relaxing and absorbing the local amenities.
Marc has worked at the Company since he was 18 years old.
He started work in his home town of Pontypridd, and has been General Manager at Newport Road and Merthyr Tydfil clubs. He is currently at Bridgend.
Gareth joined the Company part time in 2002 whilst studing at University. He commenced full time employment as a Trainee Manager in 2003, following the completion of his degree in Business.
Having worked at most Clubs, his first position as General Manager was at Bridgend where he then moved onto Morriston and Merthyr. He is currently at Newport Road.
Gareth is a big sports fan and enjoys supports Everton United.
Gareth also enjoys spending time with friends and family.
Mike has worked for Castle Bingo for the last 10 years whilst completing his degree in Multimedia at Swansea Institute of Higher Education.
Mike has made his way around 7 of our 8 clubs. Mike has been General Manager of our Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil clubs and is now currently GM in our Club at Swansea. During this time he also attained his NVQ Levels 4 & 5 in Management.
When Mike is not in work, he can usually be found down the Liberty Stadium watching the Swans!! He enjoys eating out and is also a very keen guitarist...