DAVID ROTHWELL
Jackie Handley who made an offer to David and trudy six years ago. David said: “the current owners offered to buy and
we didn’t know what to do. It was in the old village school so we couldn’t do anything with the building and I was cooked out. We decided to sell but stay in the village and buy another property.” their children are now grown up and have moved
out. Chris, aged 26 and a former Dartmouth royal naval College student, is now a navy Lieutenant. And recent graduate pippa, 22, works for a global food production company. trudy now works as a housekeeper for a luxury bed
and breakfast. she also makes and sells desserts. David enjoys playing golf and walking, especially on the moors and along the coastal paths. He also enjoys spending time with trudy in brittany. He added: “On the agenda for next year is to get
a boat. I like the look of the Cornish Crabbers with a cabin, so we can set sail and stay over somewhere.” David has sailed since childhood. His parents moved
to salcombe when he was six. His parents are from bolton, Lancashire and, after being born in spalding, Lincolnshire, David spent his early childhood in Altringham, greater manchester. He said: “they bravely moved down to salcombe in
the days before the motorway and A38, when it took forever to get here from manchester. “they moved down with me and my sister, who now
lives in Canada as a doctor. “I sailed in the summers and played rugby in the
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winters and didn’t go anywhere else. “When I was at Kingsbridge Community College I
worked shifts at the marine Hotel in salcombe and re- ally enjoyed being in the kitchen and restaurant.” David studied catering management in torquay and
worked his way up through the hotel business – in scotland, Channel Islands, London and bristol. While in bristol he was headhunted to run the marine Hotel in salcombe and so returned there as the general manager. “my ambition was to be a general manager of a four star hotel by the age of 30 and I got there at 29,” he added. David’s father was a planning officer and chairman
for south Hams District Council. He’s followed in his father’s footsteps as a member of strete parish Council, now in his second term. A chance meeting in sainsbury’s with friend Kit
noble, of nonsuch House, resulted in David being ap- pointed house manager at the royal Dart Yacht Club. the club has more than 1,100 members and is very
busy at weekends, especially in the summer. During the quieter off-season, when a lot of mem-
bers are away, the club is being made more available for non-members. David said they’re looking to expand this side of the business – and encourage more outside companies, groups and societies to make use of the facilities when they’re not in use by the club. For more information see
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