Mark "Nobby" Simmons
Club Instructor Mark “Nobby” Simmons is a Second Dan Black Belt after
passing his grading on January 25th 2010. Mark lives near Atworth in
Wiltshire and has trained under the guidance of Grand Master Butler since
2005. For the past 20 years he has been a Commercial Hot Air
Balloon Pilot and is currently the owner/operator of the
He can regularly be seen throughout the
summer months in the skies over Bath & Bristol flying his
big red Virgin balloon, which carries 16
passengers at a time on champagne balloon trips.
