Staff

Our friendly staff are fully qualified personal trainers registered with REPS (The Register of Exercise Professionals). They are always available for advice and support.

Sonja Botha

Gym owner

Sonja spends most of her time behind the scenes working on the running of the gym and making sure every member has the best possible experience. Her vision is to have a gym that combines friendliness and human interaction whilst getting fit and having fun. Sonja has a huge love for all things art and music. She is also ActivZone’s owner and would like you to contact her personally if you have any feedback for her.

Alex Bone

Gym manager

I have worked in the leisure industry for 10 years and am passionate about
health, fitness and the benefits of exercise. As well as being Gym manager, I am a
REPS level 3 personal trainer and spinning instructor. I love to play as much
sport as I can, with my main sports being football, rugby, golf, and squash. I
believe if you find an exercise or activity that you enjoy, then it's easy to stay fit
and healthy.

Helen Pryer

Helen is an international 200m/400m athlete who has represented Great Britain and
England on a number of occasions in the past 3 years. Her number one focus is to reach the
2012 Olympics!
Helen is a very friendly and bubbly member of the team at Activzone Gym and is always
willing to help members with her invaluable knowledge gained from years of top-level
fitness performance.

Jay Patel

Many of the people we see lead busy lives and find it difficult to find the
time to exercise and stay healthy.
As a fitness coach I try to develop exercise programs and give help and
advice on nutrition in order to help individual in achieving their overall
aim.
Health and fitness has been a major part of my life for over 5 years. I've
always played sport, and used strength and conditioning training to
improve my fitness and sports performance. In 2008 I decided to pursue
my passion, and formally qualified as a fitness trainer and currently hold a
sports degree.

Fiona MacKenzie

Fiona MacKenzie is a Level 2 Gym Instructor planning to specialise in spinning and padwork classes.
She loves team sports such as football and rugby but also involved in playing squash and rock
climbing, and is never too far away from music gigs and festivals.

Gym angels: Sam, Jack and Liam

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

We often keep in touch with former staff members and we thought you may like to know what they have been up to!

TIM STEVENS:

Tim moved to Wales and is now following his dream of being a dance teacher. He has an enthusiastic and loyal following of students. If you're ever down his way go and check out his classes!

JULIE (JULES) MANNING:

Jules is still part of the fitness industry and teaches Pilates as well as various dance classes - predominantly Salsa in Godalming. She is also still singing and performing in frequent live music gigs. Rumour has it she is writing the first of a series of novels too!

CHRIS EAST:

Chris is still dabbling with a bit of Personal Training and is enjoying it as much as he did when working at Activzone, his main role now however is working with children who have emotional behavioural disorder (EBD) near Guildford during the day and heads up an after school activities club In the evening. Apparently his music taste has finally improved as well.