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Jack Allan, Club Manager

Jack joined UYC in May 2024 with experience leading private members sports clubs, fitness, tennis and racquet clubs. Most recently a five-year tenure managing Windsor Lawn Tennis Club, through a period of growth. Jack has experience working closely with boards and committees and to help deliver the club objectives and enhance the overall experience for club members, as well as guests and visitors.
Jack is also passionate about sport and fitness he graduated from St Mary's University in Twickenham in 2010 with a 2:1 degree in Sports Science, Management and Nutrition. Before University he travelled around Australia and New Zealand for a year. He is also a qualified personal trainer and worked as gym & sales manager at one of the Nationals Sports Centres Bisham Abbey. He enjoys water sports, gorge walking, fell climbing and outdoor fitness activities! Jack has always has an eye on living in Cumbria, to be closer to family members who live in Scotland and to be among the overall stunning scenery and lakes.
- Jack Allan, , generalmanager@ullswateryachtclub.org.uk

Steve Sykes, Sailing Support Officer

Steve started traveling at the age of 16, inspired by his father. Initially around Southern Africa and when apartheid fell, the world. He met his partner Sarah in Israel in 1996. They came to Ullswater in 2003 and learnt to sail in a GP14. Inspired by what sailing can offer, he dedicated all his time gaining the necessary qualifications in order to teach and then run a successful little sailing school. Sarah continued her travelling, exploring the South China seas in a 40' steel ketch.
Covid-19 led to Steve's redundancy but UYC stepped in and allowed him to continue to do what he loves doing best working with and inspiring other people with what has got to be one of the finest ways of maintaining both physical and mental equilibrium sailing.
Sarah and Steve now have two boys and live in a village on the shores of Ullswater.
- Steve Sykes, 07917 703930, SPM@ullswateryachtclub.org.uk

Last updated 12:37 on 10 December 2025