At 26 years old Hamish Adkins has made great progress as a coach achieving his England Boxing Level 2 and a Level 3 Personal Trainer award. He’s active as a senior amateur boxer and competes on the circuit when his coaching commitments allow enough time for sparring. An avid sports fan and player, with cricket and rugby experience at school which led to some competitive playing experience for Lowestoft and Yarmouth Rugby Club. Powerlifting was a big part of Hamish’s life for five years, which saw him compete at one stage. Interestingly, he’s also spent two years learning the art of fencing which will come in handy when it comes to boxing footwork we’re sure!

In 2019 a chance came for Hamish to better himself with a three month trip to the USA to work as a volunteer for Camp America. Hamish worked as a counsellor and sports coach at Camp Alleghany, Pittsburgh, with a new influx of between 200-300 young people aged 6 to 14 years old on a weekly basis. Hamish was allocated 20 children to work with each time. Mainly the children were from underprivileged areas and backgrounds, and they received mentoring along with all the summer camp activities. A fantastic experience which would stand him in good stead for the boxing coach role he began on his return to the UK.

Hamish clocked up some voluntary coaching experience helping his friend and former full-time Ultimate Boxing coach Connor Tooke. When Connor left in the summer of 2019 to start his Applied Sport and Exercise Science degree at Brighton University Hamish was ready to use his voluntary experience to move on and take the chance of building a career with Ultimate.

Hamish performs advanced coaching techniques on the pads and his Level 2 qualification allows him to supervise open sparring. He has a large roster of PT clients and if you would like to become one of them give us a shout on 07889731717.