\n Ash Roberts, who motivated hundreds of people at Wyre Forest Leisure Centre, teaching body pump, combat and cycling classes each week, died\u00a0on June 5 at the age of 51.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Roberts, from Kidderminster, also worked as a teaching assistant at Burlish Park Primary School, teaching PE, and has\u00a0been described as an “inspiring man.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Paying tribute, his wife Sarah Roberts\u00a0said he\u00a0was “full of life” and was “loved by so many.” They were together for 22 years and married for nine years.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n She said “Ash\u2019s life was full” and there was “never a moment wasted”.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs Roberts, aged 48, said: “Ash was a pillar of the community, an inspiring man and loved by so many.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Ash adored working as a level 3 TA at Burlish Park Primary School, teaching PE, leading his famous cooking club and many educational visits in the minibus.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “He also started his own breakfast club to encourage giving children the best possible start to the day, this was coupled with a lunchtime group watching wildlife programmes and\u00a0learning about sport. Ash was known as Mr Fish by many children”.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Ash loved standing on stage motivating hundreds of people teaching body pump, combat and\u00a0cycling classes each week at Wyre Forest Leisure Centre, he supported and encouraged people into what could have been an intimidating place by making it welcoming, fun and full of endless chats about food. Each Christmas and\u00a0ahead of summer holidays he would say \u2013 eat and\u00a0drink as much as you like – it keeps me in a job”.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs Roberts added: “Away from the day jobs, Ash organised \u2018jolly days out,\u2019 from dog walks to socials.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He also loved to fundraise for amazing causes, such as most recently The Donkey Sanctuary, driven by his love of animals, especially all the ones at home”.\n<\/p>\n
\n In a book of condolence for Ash at Burlish Park Primary School, headteacher Heather Lindley said: “It is with immense sadness that we say goodbye to our dear friend and colleague, Ash.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “His warmth, his humour and the deep kindness he brought into every classroom, corridor, sporting event or visit at Burlish Park will never be forgotten.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Ash was not just part of our team – he was part of the soul of this school. His care for the children, his unwavering support for colleagues and the joy he brought to everyday moments made him truly special.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We will miss him more than words can say but we will carry his spirit with us in all we do.\n<\/p>\n
\n “With deepest sympathy and heartfelt thanks for the gift of knowing him”.\n<\/p>\n
\n A funeral will be held at 1.30pm on Wednesday, July 2, at Wyre Forest Crematorium, followed by a gathering from 3pm at Kidderminster Harriers Football Club.\n<\/p>\n
\n People have been asked to “wear your Sunday best for Ash, with a splash of red for his beloved Formula 1 Ferrari team & Liverpool Football Club”.\n<\/p>\n
\n The family has said donations can be made to The Donkey Sanctuary and The British Heart Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ash Roberts, who motivated hundreds of people at Wyre Forest Leisure Centre, teaching body pump, combat and cycling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175756,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4322],"tags":[1630,105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-176977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fitness","8":"tag-fitness","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114667452140343456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}