Ross Darragh
Although my name is Ross and I am one of the owner/managers, I get called Jack (not really, only by me in my head). But I am, (and need to be - like all other small business owners), a Jack of all trades and in my case a master of none - I’m sure the staff would agree with me on this one.
I am lucky enough to have an incredible immediate and extended caring family. Christine, my wife, and our 2 kids – Ashleigh and Josh who have recently left home to forge their own ways in life.
So, what do I do – well I oversee the staff, the roles they all play in our business and how we want you our members to be treated, alongside keeping on top of all the admin and day to day processes.
I like to be prepared, organised and on time always, although there are occasional slip ups, not all my fault, as happens in partnerships, if you know what I mean.
I train in the gym 7 days of the week most weeks at 6am. I have tried all sorts of other training times throughout the last 30 years for various reasons e.g. work and family commitments, but find I can train uninterrupted, go home to get ready for work and then not need to worry about unexpected things popping up and me having to miss out.
I am lucky that I am a reasonable sportsman no matter what the sport, a quick learner (except for math’s at school), and that I possess the amazing ability to forget and can at times, just not think! The other abilities I have are that I can very quickly sum up a situation and will correctly react/respond and have not made many, if any, mistakes twice. And yes, I know what you are thinking about me right now!
I am also lucky that Christine allows and supports me to indulge in my other hobbies. One of these is renovating houses (its ok, I was a builder in my past life) and yes, I do eventually finish them, and the other is riding our motorcycle.
I am fortunate, that I love what I do and to call Feilding our home, just as the previous 3 generations of Darragh’s have done before me.
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Chris Darragh
Five words my friends may use to describe me: fun, straight-up, no nonsense, down to earth, funny.
I enjoy most music but have no absolute favourites. Little River Band,
Fleetwood Mac, The Eagles, Pink are some artists/bands that I like.
I like clothes shopping (like most females), but I love Op Shopping the
most. Weird and wacky but definitely interesting. You never know what
treasure you’re going to find and there’s nothing more satisfying than
finding that special something for a bargain price.
For relaxation I enjoy reading fiction from authors Stephen King, Robin
Cook, Lee Childs, James Patterson and Sandra Brown to name a few. I also
like watching action and comedy movies with a big block of chocolate.
My biggest weakness is chocolate. I especially like Cadbury Dream or
Dairy Milk but honestly, any other flavour will do as long as it’s
chocolate!!!
My favourite type of holiday is camping in tents. The catch being that I
prefer Top 10 camp grounds as they have showers and toilets, running
water and most of all – power – this comes in handy for the
fridge/freezer, jug, radio, laptops, blow dryers and hair straighteners .
So camping but not really… There’s nothing quite like it!! Everything
is so relaxed – no housework, no cleaning, minimal cooking and meeting
lots of interesting people.
Even though currently I do not play sports I have previously played
touch rugby, indoor netball, indoor cricket and winter netball. My
passion now lies with resistance gym workouts.
Family is really important to me. I believe, “without family you have
nothing”. Another is life balance. I believe balance is key to
everything in life.
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