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Michelle on the bow of Torbay’s inshore lifeboat
running part. As she couldn’t afford to get too far away from the Lifeboat Station, she spent a lot of time running up and down Brixham Breakwater! Sometimes Michelle travels further for her sport. A couple of years ago she took part in a 200-mile bike-ride in Mallorca. She also loves skiing and travels to resorts in either Europe or Canada every year. This year she’s doing a range of smaller events and also taking the opportunity to do more open-water swimming. She’s done this for a few years, swimming off Breakwater Beach and Fishcombe Cove. She reveals, “I’m not one of the hardy folk who swim all year-round; and I always wear a wetsuit.” She says that open water swimming has other hazards besides the cold. The local seals can sometimes get a bit too friendly with one tugging her wetsuit boots recently. Gym and yoga are also on her training schedule and she’s a regular at Solstice Studio and Platinum Gym in Brixham. Scymaris’s CEO Tim Derrington has just popped into englishrivieramagazine.co.uk
our meeting to say hello. He tells me, “What we do here is not rocket science – but it’s close to rocket science. With her high level of skills and expertise, Michelle can provide an exceptional degree of interpretation to our clients. This helps them to understand how they can design products which are considerably better for the environment.” Michelle explains, “As a start-up we have to work really hard but we have been very successful in positioning our business as very high quality, client-focussed, bespoke service.” This has led to a raft of new global clients in places like California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The business is set for expansion and is already growing very quickly. Fortunately, there is still plenty of available space at their Brixham HQ. It looks as though Brixham’s illustrious heritage and proud tradition as a world-class environmental research centre is in safe hands. And Michelle couldn’t be happier to be back in Brixham doing what she loves. scymaris.com April/May 2018
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