As the Wiltshire team prepared for the County Finals at Ganton, 23-25th September, they were joined at a squad meeting by Norman Basson, Founder of Premier Training International and a great supporter of golf in Wiltshire. Norman has been impressed with the sustained success of the Wiltshire team and has agreed a package of financial support to encourage that success to continue. The Wiltshire Executive are delighted to welcome the association with Premier whose credentials in sports training are second to none. Our picture shows Norman with, l-r: Ali James, Ben Loughrey, County Secretary David Lewis, Captain Kevin Phillips, Josh Loughrey and Jordan Smith in their County Finals kit supplied by Travis Mathew.

Premier Training International is a leading health and fitness industry Training Provider and has built a first class reputation in delivering quality vocational education since 1992.

Some facts about Premier:  

• Premier has trained over 2000 graduates in the Diploma in Personal Training during the last 18 months
• Since it was formed in 1992 it has trained in excess of 30,000 students
• It employs 150 staff and has held Investors in People status since 1994
• The company has 29 national training venues and its head office is located in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
• Premier employs unrivalled fitness research and development teams; continuously pioneering the latest trends in training within health, fitness and wellbeing
• The state of the art London Academy delivers a host of health and fitness training courses, from Personal Training to Sports Massage Therapy, from Kettlebell training to Exercise Referral, in a modern, newly furnished dedicated training Academy stocked with the latest Technogym equipment
• The company works in association with local further education Colleges, enabling students to have access to the College facilities
• Premier provide fitness training for individuals as well as international clients such as Fitness First and Village Hotels
• The UK health and fitness market is worth around £3.81 billion
• There are currently around 2,633 private health and fitness clubs in the UK
• 11.9% of UK adults belong to a health and fitness club