Our philosophy on coaching is that we all have great potential. Working with an effective coach can develop your potential more quickly by identifying and clarifying your goals, challenging your limiting beliefs and supporting your reaching peak performance.

Zest sponsor Youth Football Club

Bray FC representing a small - no, incredibly small - village located in the heart of the South East counties

Posted 8th March 2013

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bray like this:

BRAY, a village, a parish, a subdistrict and a hundred in Cookham district, Berks. The village stands on the Thames, near the Great Western railway, 1½ mile S by E of Maidenhead; and has a post office under Maidenhead. It occupies the site of the Roman station Bibracte; and is now within the liberty of Windsor forest. The parish consists of the four divisions of Bray, Maidenhead, Touchen, and Water-Oakley; and contains part of the borough of Maidenhead. Acres, 9,102. Real property, £26,694. ...

Famous also for the 17th century poem ‘The vicar of Bray’ and more recently Chef Heston Blumenthal’s infamously unusual cuisine at ‘The Fat Duck’.

So not much to shout about until now; Bray FC under 14 youth football team of only 19 strong coached by a Mr Andrew Hull.

Zest sponsor Bray FC for many reasons

They are passionate, enthusiastic, team centred, selfless, dedicated, moved to change, committed to performance and, above all, dedicated to individual and team development through an inclusive supportive coaching style. And here is the big plus; a very small fish in a very big south east pond. Winning is the bi product of the coaching standard, and win they do. First year out league and cup winners, second year out played in a year above their age group finished top 3 played and qualified for international tournament in Holland, third year out currently lying second with games in hand and re qualifying for Holland. All against clubs four or five times their own size and resourcing.

Impressive by any standards; transfer that to business, anything is achievable with the right people support.

British Antarctic Record Attempt

Zest Are Proud to Announce their Sponsorship of the British Antarctic Record Attempt

Posted 23rd January 2012

As of 7:00AM (GMT) on 20th January 2012, Bryony Balen became the youngest Britain to ski to the Geographic South Pole from the Hercules Inlet! Overall Bryony and the team have skied 1134.9km (705miles) over a period of 56 days. The journey took her across the planets coldest continent, where temperatures reached as low as -45°C (-49°F) and facing the daily struggle of high winds, white-outs, sastrugi, and an almost permanent uphill climb!

In the last two days of the expedition the team trekked 67km, a huge push to get there just a little sooner! Bryony told me she would promptly sleep after the long days (and nights) skiing, followed by a visit to the centre and the pole marker before heading back to the Union Glacier Base (via aeroplane) at 4PM (GMT). Naturally, she is ecstatic!

Congratulations Bryony!

And thank you everyone for the support that has helped this fantastic feat occur!

Robert Carey, on behalf of the Polar Conqueror, Bryony Balen.

Posted 14th November 2011

This week Bryony Balen departs for a record breaking expedition to the Antarctic. After covering 1100km of icy inclines in freezing temperatures, Bryony Balen aims to become the youngest Briton to reach the South Pole from the Hercules Inlet. She will be just 21 years old.

Zest Business Coaching LLP works with individuals and organisations to help them achieve their goals. We are proud to support this record attempt of a very determined woman who has set her goal, identified the steps she needs to achieve en route and is to set off on this amazing challenge on 16th November. We wish her the very best of luck knowing that she and her supporting team will be fulfilling their potential and their dream.

Your goal, as an individual, organisation or team may not be to walk to the South Pole; we understand that all challenges are different and not everyone has Bryony’s sense of adventure! Whatever your goal though, Zest would love to talk it through with you. Our partners and consultants are specialists in providing the challenge and support individuals, teams andorganisations require to help them fulfill their potential to the max.

Visit southpoleadventure.com for ongoing information.

We helped Bryony to reach her goal;
how could we help you to reach yours?