Safety Courses Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre are running Foundation Safety and Rescue courses on demand. Those wanting a course should contact wateractivity@cardiff.gov.uk or 029 20353912 Level 5 Dates for 2008
Bookings are via CT and must be made 3 months in advance - so to calculate days take 3 months off above dates!
UKCC Level 1 Coach Award, Cardiff Bay Water Activity Centre, 12th / 13th July, 19tth 20th July 2008. £200 Please contact 02920353912 or wateractivity@cardiff.gov.uk
4 star discipline specific training days – Glasbury November 8th Kayak 9th Canoe contact Paul Samuel/ Paul Marshall sewalesrco@hotmail.com info@inspirecc.co.uk
Freestyle Development Second development session http://www.flowfree.co.uk/2008/10/the-new-wca-freestyle-plan/ COACHING COURSES SE WALES AREA SouthAutumn 2008
The Coach Update Programme for the Autumn Season has now been finalised and in order to support Paddlesport Clubs and the volunteers that help to run them the following courses have been organised.
New 2 Star – a prerequisite for the UKCC Level 1 Course Saturday 20th September 2008 (Me)
NEW ‘Foundation Safety and Rescue Course’ – a prerequisite for the UKCC Level 1 Course and UKCC Level 2 Course Sunday 21st September 2008 (Me)
NEW 3 Star (IK) Saturday 27th September 2008 (Paul)
NEW 3 Star (OC) Sunday 28th September 2008 (Paul)
UKCC Level 1 Course Saturday 15th, Sunday 16th, Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd November 2008 Cost £100 (Me)
UKCC Level 2 Course Saturday 18th, Sunday 19th, Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th October 2008 Cost £100 (Paul)
If you would like more information on either of these courses, please check out the link: http://www.bcu.org.uk/bcu/2391-5-new-bcu-coaching-awards.aspx
NEW 4 Star (IK & OC) AND UKCC Level 3 Courses We are hoping to run these as part of our Easter programme 2009
If you are interested in booking a place on any of the above courses, please complete the booking slip enclosed and return it to me ASAP. If you have any questions about any of the above, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Paul Samuel, (07534) 285334
We will be running a trainers / assessors course for people who would like to become assessors for the new 4 star award, in the autumn. To be able to train and assess the 4 star leaders award you need to be a level 3 coach or above in the discipline and also hold a 5 star award. The process involves 5 stages which are listed below.
Ø Register with home nation - £39.00 – You will then receive a log book Ø Attend generic training day - £TBC Ø Attend discipline specific training day - £TBC Ø Complete action plan Ø Assessed delivery. £TBC
The dates are as follows
Ø Generic training day – 11th October at Cardiff bay Ø Discipline specific day, Kayak – 8th November at Glasbury Ø Discipline specific day, Canoe – 9th November at Glasbury
Should you require any further information please contact me on one of the numbers below.
If you would like to book a place on any of the above days then drop me a e mail and i will forward you a booking form. PAUL MARSHALL info@inspirecc.co.uk 01600 891515 07776 196460 LEVEL 3 TRAINING IK Two courses back to back thurs 4th and 5th sept AND sat 6th and 7th sept BOTH AT LLANDYSUL Contact either myself or Gareth Bryant bpaddlers@aol.com LEVEL3 ASSESSMENT IK 8th/9th nov at Llandysul contact as above CLUB DEVELOPMENT NORTH WALES CLUB DEVELOPMENT OFFICER Trys Burke has been appointed as the Club Development Officer for the North Wales Region. The WCA is putting a considerable ammount of resources into club development, recognising that this forms the bedrock of our sport. Trys will continue as Community Coach North Wales as well. It is anticipated that clubs will feel the benefit very quickly. I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Trys to her new role, and look forwards to working with her. She can be contacted by e-mail trysburke@hotmail.co.uk WCA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS The format for the above championships is as follows Regiional Copmetitions to be held in South East Wales, South West Wales, and North Wales with the top two teams from each region qualifying for the National Finals. Regional Competitions to be completed by 15th Feb 2009, Finals as soon as thereafter. Each Competition will have five discipline specific matches. The disciplines will be Sprint Regatta- several classes TBA Long Distance Race- classes TBA Slalom - Flat or moving water only Polo- Junior/youth and senior (relaxed rules) White Water Race- classes TBA Participating Clubs will be asked either to stage one of the events or to help officiate at an event. It is envisaged that each discipline will take a day to complete. A points system will be devised so that the all clubs will score points for competing and winning. Every effort will be made to avoid clashes with existing competition dates. DATES OF EVENTS= SO FAR South East Region Sprint Regatta 4/10/2008 at Brecon Promenade Slalom 15/11/2008 at Ogmore, Bridgend Polo 26/10/2008 at Taff Bargoed White Water Race 09/11/2008 at River Taff Long Distance TBA South West Slaom 22/11/2008 at Llandysul White Water Race 30/11/2008 at Llandysul Polo TBA at Llanelli North Dock Sprint TBA LD TBA Dates for Northern Clubs will be available shortly, as soon as Trys has had chance to talk to local clubs.
Entries from clubs are invited immediately even though this is only a brief draft of the competition. Please register an interest by e-mail to me at midgley852@btinternet.com The main aim of this competition is to promote inter club activity and it is hoped that clubs will enter this in a spirit of participation as much as aiming to win.
Nigel SCHOOLS CANOEING CLUBS The First Welsh Schools Championship was won by Ysgol Y Berwyn , Bala. 150 school children took part on the day with some incredibly exciting races throughout the day culminating in bell boat races involving each schools entire team. The event was a huge success in terms of participation and enjoyment and those present either watching or officiating were affected by the energy and excitement generated by the competitors. I should like to thank all those who helped put the event on , and all those teachers, managers and children who took part. Next year will be bigger, but more exciting ?? we'll see ! Hopefully this event will grow , and next year there will be regional qualifying events leading up to a national finals in the summer. RESULTS 1ST Ysgol Y Berwyn, Bala 2ND Coed Cae, Llanelli 3RD Porth Community School 4TH Gwernyfed, Brecon BELLBOAT 1ST Dyffryn Taf, Whitland 2ND Ysgol Y Berwyn 3RD Gwernyfed The primary aim of this event is to promote canoeing/kayaking in schools, and to eventually see school canoeing clubs all across wales. The WCA will provide taster sessions for schools, provide a peripatetic canoe service where necessary, provide help for teachers to acces the coaching system and get them to a level where they can run a school canoe club without outside help, and to guide schools towards existing clubs and facilities. Please make contact if you're at school (teacher, pupil, support staff, head ,whatever) for more information. I also have plans for a Welsh University Champs and FE/HE College Champs for next academic year, news to follow. Again if you're interested in this please get in touch. MAWDDACH PADDLESPORT PROMOTION !! The weekend of 20/21 september is the date for a paddlesport promotion event at Penmaen Pool, Dolgellau. This event is open to all Clubs and the general public. There are two aims, one is to promote the sport by offering ' come and try it ' sessions in a variety of different boats, the second is to put on a display of paddling, which will include races, a slalom 'wiggle test', and an exciting QUADATHLON CHALLENGE. This will incorporate cycling, running, swimming, and paddling, and can be entered individually or as teams. For details contact myself or Trys Burke. BCU Level 3 Training These courses have been withdrawn by the BCU. Advice is if you were seeking level 3 training go and get the 4* leader award in preparation for UKCC level advanced which will give you the BCU level3 remitt, and will be available december/january time.
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