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No <strong>148</strong> October 2009 £1<br />
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Euro Paddle Pass<br />
Neuro Linguistic Programming<br />
Child Protection Training for Coaches<br />
Women and Girls in Paddlesport<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> England Coach Update Forums<br />
Regional and Course Updates
Euro Paddle Pass<br />
A European Approach to Competency in Paddle Sport<br />
The Euro Paddle Pass Project was initiated and originally led and coordinated by the French <strong>Canoe</strong> Federation. In the<br />
beginning the Project was co - financed by the European Commission as part of the European Year of Education through Sport<br />
(EYES), by the French <strong>Canoe</strong> Federation, and supported by the involvement of five other European <strong>Canoe</strong> Federations.<br />
The six other European <strong>Canoe</strong> Federations now involved are : Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Slovenia and Sweden and<br />
Germany. Subsequently the project has had to become self financing but still strives and works towards the objective of<br />
trans-national recognition of a series of performance awards.<br />
To date the project has resulted in a framework based approach to a five level range of performance awards which participating<br />
countries can either adopt directly or map there own existing awards to on the basis of meeting the frameworks levels at<br />
the minimum standard. This way it can be recognised that performance awards in participating countries, where mapped and<br />
confirmed by the project members, meet the frameworks minimum standards providing a level of cross country recognition of<br />
performance attainment.<br />
In this way a Level 3 paddler from Slovenia should have met the minimum standard or performance as a level 3 paddler in<br />
France or Britain.<br />
In this way Britain has so far sought to have its 1 – 3 Star awards recognised as meeting the minimum standard requirement<br />
and has achieved this without having to make any adjustments to it’s Star Award standards. This is recognised on BCU Star<br />
Award Certification which carries the Euro paddle pass logo.<br />
Similarly the 1- 3 levels within the other participating countries could be recognised in Britain as meeting standards equivalent to<br />
those of our Star Test.<br />
The BCU 4 and 5 Star Awards are not yet recognised by the Euro Paddle Pass system. While they do meet the personal<br />
performance standards of the Paddle Pass framework at level 4 and 5 the leadership standards within the BCU 4 and 5 Star<br />
Awards are not a feature of the Euro Paddle Pass framework at these levels. We will however seek recognition on the basis that<br />
they do meet the personal performance standards of the Euro Paddle Pass.<br />
Clearly, and important to note however, because of the combined personal skills and Leadership Skills and experience required<br />
to achieve the BCU 4 and 5 Star Awards we would not be in a position to recognise the Level 4 and 5 Awards from other<br />
participating countries as directly equivalent.<br />
Future projects for Euro Paddle Pass include consideration of a similar framework approach to the recognition of participating<br />
countries Coaching Awards, however , it is important to note that at this time this particular project has only received basic<br />
scoping attention. Any outcomes are some way down the road and may well depend on transnational work agreements as much<br />
as on meeting coaching competency equivalence.<br />
Euro Paddle Pass Goals<br />
The Euro Paddle Pass Project was initiated within the context of the EYES to achieve the followings goals :<br />
• Heighten awareness of the educational and social value of Paddle Sport.<br />
• Increase public access to Paddle Sport through the widespread availability of standardised Paddle Sport information<br />
and training.<br />
• Develop a common approach to teaching/coaching standards in Paddle Sport.<br />
• Increase awareness of the positive contribution Paddle Sport makes to the natural environment.<br />
These Goals are to be achieved through:<br />
• Design and implementation of a framework of minimum standards that can enable trans - national recognition of<br />
competency tests.<br />
• Provision of a model of standard competency tests in Paddle Sport for federations which do not have<br />
competency tests.<br />
• Design and production of common resource materials to assist coaches and instructors in the delivery of competency<br />
training courses and assessments.<br />
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• Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP )<br />
in Coaching Paddle Sport<br />
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Introduction<br />
In a nutshell, I love working outside and I find coaching people a wonderful and deeply rewarding challenge. My<br />
background to all this is rooted in my childhood where influential role models taught me to climb and kayak… I’ve never<br />
really looked back.<br />
At the age of 20 I stumbled across an outdoor centre in the new forest and by chance and fortune this outdoor centre<br />
seemed to pay a great amount of value on what was known as “Soft Skills”. At first this was mumbo jumbo stuff that got in<br />
the way of adventure, but as time went on I saw instructors getting their groups doing things I could never get my students<br />
doing and thus prompted the most important question of all…<br />
I wonder how I can do that<br />
One of my favourite coaching sessions I have ever delivered happened last winter in a<br />
swimming pool in the new forest last year. The structure of the pool session was the first<br />
thing that impressed me. My job was to coach the club members coaching the new comers<br />
in the art of rolling and capsizing safely, a wonderful system of learning if you ask me. On<br />
this particular night a new comer in fancy kayak shorts, the latest thermal, paddle top and a<br />
shiny new set of carbon paddles strutted in from the changing rooms, walked straight pass the<br />
club coaches and made a direct line to me. His introduction me was something like “I’m here<br />
because I can’t roll! This is my third rolling session with the same number of clubs and this is<br />
my last chance before I give it up totally!!”<br />
WOW, I thought, I wonder what’s going on here. I like a challenge and my brain started to<br />
formulate a plan of attack to meet this challenge, and it was a challenge.<br />
I did the jumping through hoops to see the history in his paddling and I have to say I was<br />
impressed. On top of the water he demonstrated solid skills, so I moved on to the hip flicking<br />
to see how this was. To my surprise this was amazing too, he seemed to one of those people<br />
who could hip flick just using his little finger on the side bar of the pool! I had to ask “are you<br />
sure you can’t roll” nope he said and showed me the failed attempt. Racking my brain a<br />
little, this is what the evidence was telling me and showing me:<br />
1. great hip flick<br />
2. great high brace<br />
3. great water confidence<br />
4. great blade awareness<br />
5. no roll<br />
I’m coming to the conclusion that maybe some thing psychological is holding him back like a<br />
limiting belief, which in my experience takes time to coach and I get the feeling this will be his<br />
last session of kayaking ever if he doesn’t roll. One idea pops into my mind and to this day I<br />
don’t know where it stemmed from. It may be the fact that this guy, not being able to roll, had<br />
all the equipment but seemed to not be happy with his kayaking.<br />
I asked him to show me the best hip flick he could from the metal bar that runs along the side<br />
of the pool. With a tut he reminded me that he had already shown me this and reluctantly did<br />
it. I asked him to do the other side, and he did. I asked him to capsize away from the bar,<br />
find it and roll up effectively doing a complete roll, then asked him to do it on the other side.<br />
All absolutely fine, more than fine-it was perfect.<br />
What is NLP<br />
NLP is a bit like an owners manual<br />
for your brain! At school we learn<br />
wonderful things such as history<br />
and algebra but we don’t learn much<br />
about how to feel good and have<br />
great relationships.<br />
From the point of view of a kayak<br />
coach this help us in two ways:<br />
1. It provides us the skills to<br />
manage our coaching<br />
relationships efficiently and<br />
effectively for the benefit of the<br />
people we coach<br />
2. When our beliefs and behaviours<br />
reflect the training we provide,<br />
we become effective role models<br />
for students to model and learn<br />
from.<br />
This is when students learn effective<br />
skills that will positively affect their<br />
future.<br />
Tony Baker<br />
07833 096 875<br />
tonybaker865@msn.com<br />
I then grab his paddle which is the same thickness to the metal bar that runs alongside the<br />
pool, I grab three other people and ask them hold his paddle firmly in place at exactly the<br />
same height as the metal bar that runs along the side of the pool. I ask him to repeat the<br />
exercise treating the paddle just like the metal bar and he looks at me with a very patronising<br />
look as if to say of course I can do this, but he couldn’t. In fact he swam out of his boat<br />
and blamed me for moving the bar, and tried again. And again he failed and for the first time<br />
generally looked puzzled. I grabbed an ainsworth k-100 paddle with the metal shaft, repeated<br />
the exercise and had success.
For those people out there who know something about NLP the process this man has been through over his time of learning to roll<br />
was anchoring…in fact we all go through this process. In this instance success (great hip flick, timing etc) was anchored to the<br />
feel of a metal pole in his hands such as the bar in the side of the pool and beginner paddles. So when he was learning in the pool<br />
with centre kit he was on a positive and steep learning curve, it was this that was committed to muscle memory and the sense of<br />
achievement was anchored. With this feeling he was inspired to go out and buy all the fancy equipment and by chance stumbled<br />
into a plateau in his learning. Feeling like he wasn’t learning he became frustrated he anchored undesired emotions such as<br />
failure, and disappointment to the feel of his new equipment and his carbon paddle.<br />
As you can imagine he couldn’t believe his body could react in two completely different ways just by what he was holding and after<br />
trying to prove me wrong by making it work with the carbon paddles he gave in and I explained what I thought was holding him<br />
back. I gave him several exercises that had aims to breaking and collapsing the anchor point.<br />
The cherry on the cake as a coach was I purposely gave him little attention as he needed to be free of coaching and play with<br />
the exercises, plus I had four other coaches to coach and he had already taken up half an hour of my time. So on the pack down<br />
some one shouted “last five minutes” and he raced over to me in his boat and said “thanks, but I still can’t roll…you haven’t fixed<br />
anything”<br />
I then said, “remember back to your first pool session where success was everywhere…now have a go at rolling” and with that he<br />
rolled, came up and his jaw was on his spray deck. I left his jaw there for almost a minute and watched his mind try to make sense<br />
of what was going on. He asked if he could do it again and I suggested he’d leave it there for today.<br />
By allowing him to revisit the period of his paddling where he was having huge amounts of success, and collapsing unhelpful<br />
anchor points, we were able to create the start of a new, more useful anchor point.<br />
In a nutshell for those who are new to NLP and find themselves wondering what I am talking about, an anchor point is like your<br />
favourite song. You hear the tune or some words and it takes you straight back to the time this song is important to you.<br />
An anchor point is the unconscious change in state or behaviour that is triggered from a stimulus like smell, sound, taste, touch or<br />
sight.<br />
How do i learn more /<br />
There are various ways to learn NLP, the simplest way is to ask the right question… I wonder how they do that From that<br />
question we shift our belief and actively seek out people to model, success stories and consciously or unconsciously work this into<br />
our behaviour.<br />
Books and audio CD’s give valuable insights and provide food for thoughts and most importantly new ideas to play with.<br />
Like myself if you are a hands on person there are courses all over the country, some accredited, some in work shop format.<br />
Information is always close to hand with the use of the internet and the world wide web, for information on further courses<br />
contact….<br />
Tony Baker<br />
07833 096 875<br />
Live the adventure…<br />
Tollymore Mountain Centre, Bryansford,<br />
Newcastle, Co. Down, BT33 OPT<br />
Tel: 028 4372 2158<br />
www.tollymore.com<br />
Tollymore Mountain Centre is the Sports<br />
Council for Northern Ireland’s National Outdoor Training Centre,<br />
and provides a full range of BCU coaching courses, plus personal<br />
skills and expedition courses.<br />
www.bcushop.org.uk<br />
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First Aid<br />
All active Coaches have a responsibility to maintain a current first aid award, to ensure they<br />
can look after paddlers in their care. Coaches sign a declaration upon registration for our<br />
Coaching qualifications accepting this responsibility. Holding a valid first aid award is also part<br />
of the BCU Coach Update Scheme; Coaches who meet these requirements are recognized<br />
by the BCU as being active and up-to-date.<br />
What do I need to do<br />
Ensure that your Home Nation has seen a copy of your First Aid Certificate. They will check it<br />
is one of our recognised courses, and record the expiry date on your membership record. This<br />
is applicable to all BCU Coaches with the exception of BCU UKCC Level 1 Coaches.<br />
What courses are recognised<br />
The BCU Website has a list of acceptable first aid training courses. If your qualification is not<br />
listed a copy of the syllabus will need to be submitted along with details of the course length<br />
and the training provider to the <strong>British</strong> <strong>Canoe</strong> <strong>Union</strong> for approval. Checks will be made that<br />
the training needs are delivered by a recognised provider and includes within the syllabus<br />
general first aid and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation).<br />
How long does my First Aid Training Course need to be<br />
The minimum requirements for course length are listed below:<br />
5<br />
Serving military personnel,<br />
police officers, fire brigade,<br />
ambulance, personnel, doctors,<br />
nurses and physiotherapists are<br />
regarded as being currently first<br />
aid trained. However they still<br />
need to produce a recognized<br />
first aid certificate.<br />
All our policies dovetail together<br />
to help Coaches and Paddlers<br />
and assume a level of first aid<br />
knowledge.<br />
Training Course Length<br />
Old Scheme Level 1<br />
New Scheme Level 1<br />
Old Scheme Level 2<br />
New Scheme Level 2<br />
Moderate Water Endorsement<br />
Old Scheme Level 3<br />
Old Scheme Level 4<br />
Old Scheme Level 5<br />
BCU 4 Star Leader<br />
BCU 5 star Leader<br />
4 Hours<br />
6 Hours - Recommended<br />
4 Hours<br />
8 Hours<br />
2 Day<br />
8 Hours<br />
8 Hours<br />
16 Hours<br />
2 Day<br />
2 Day<br />
ON LINE CHILD PROCTECTION COURSE<br />
This new training course provides an easy way to access the basic training requirement for<br />
volunteers, coaches and staff involved in Paddlesport but who are not working regularly or<br />
alone with children*. Avoiding the time and cost required to travel to and attend courses.<br />
The course covers basic awareness training, explains best practice, and what to do if you have a<br />
concern regarding child protection.<br />
This training course is suitable for:<br />
• all coaches who do not work regularly with children*<br />
• Event Officials (as designated by the Event Welfare Officer)<br />
• Polo Referees<br />
• BCU Committee members<br />
*coaches who work regularly with children should attend the 3 hour Sports Coach UK<br />
Safeguarding and Protecting Children workshop or equivalent (see above)<br />
To access the course go to the Safeguarding section of your Home Nation website.
CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING FOR COACHES - UPDATE<br />
The BCU are committed to ensuring that any young person participating in Paddlesport can do so free from harm or abuse and<br />
as part of this we have now achieved the Advanced Standard for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport. Training is a key<br />
element of the Standards and a requirement for this section is that staff and volunteers are provided with opportunities to learn<br />
how to recognise and respond to concerns about child abuse.<br />
This requirement came into effect in 2007, however the BCU recognised that for existing coaches there was a need to phase this<br />
in over a realistic time scale and we therefore allowed 3 years for coaches to undertake the necessary training. We also<br />
appreciated that with the many demands on coaches’ time that a quick and easy way to do this was required and as a result have<br />
now introduced an on line child protection training course.<br />
The BCU Child Protection Steering Group have recently reviewed the required training for coaches to include the new on line<br />
course and the following outlines what training existing coaches must undertake by 31st December 2010. There are many options<br />
for training – and whilst the sports specific is recommended we have included at the end of this piece details of what equivalent<br />
training is accepted.<br />
Minimum Training Requirement<br />
The minimum requirement is a basic awareness course which can be accessed through a distance learning scheme or web based<br />
learning. The BCU new Paddlesafe On line Child Protection Course is designed to support individuals to meet this requirement<br />
and reduce the cost involved. This can be accessed through your home nation website.<br />
Who should do this Existing Level 2 Coaches and above who do not work regularly or alone with children.<br />
Basic Safeguarding Workshops<br />
The most popular and widely delivered workshop is the sports coach UK ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport’ (SPC)<br />
course. Another option is the SCA Child Protection workshop. Details of how to access these workshops will be on your Home<br />
Nation website – in England workshops can be accessed through your local County Sport Partnership and in 2010 we aim to run<br />
some workshops specifically for coaches. Some coaches may have already attended a Safeguarding course through their local<br />
authority. Whilst this is not usually specific to sport it may be recognized as an equivalent to the SPC course. (See Equivalent<br />
training below)<br />
Who should do this Coaches and volunteers working regularly or alone with children, BCU Coach Training Directors, BCU<br />
Regional and Local Coaching Officers.<br />
New coaches<br />
Will now be required to have evidence of undertaking some form of child protection training in line with 1 or 2 above prior to their<br />
Level 2 Assessment.<br />
EQUIVALENT CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING GUIDANCE<br />
Minimum Training requirement<br />
An equivalent to the BCU Paddlesafe on line resource is the NSPCC EduCare Child Protection Awareness programme – Keeping<br />
Children Safe in Sport. This offers basic introduction to safeguarding and child protection but is not a substitute for where direct<br />
delivery is required. For individuals who are unable to access the Paddlesafe online course we recommend this as an<br />
alternative. It is the same programme currently used by Scouting UK. Unfortunately there is no BCU subsidy for this course<br />
which currently costs £27.50+ VAT. More details from http://www.educare.co.uk.<br />
Individuals who work regularly or alone with children are required to attend the sports coach UK Safeguarding and<br />
Protecting Children workshop or a basic safeguarding workshop as described below.<br />
Basic Safeguarding Workshops<br />
We appreciate that individuals may have undertaken safeguarding courses through work or such like. The following<br />
indicates the requirements for a course to be recognized as an equivalent.<br />
1. Courses must involve a minimum of 3 hours direct delivery.<br />
2. A certificate from the course is available to prove attendance.<br />
3. The course includes the following training outcomes so that coaches are able to:<br />
• identify situations and practices that might constitute either poor practice or possible abuse<br />
• identify ways of dealing with your own feelings about child abuse and state what constitutes neglect, physical,<br />
sexual and emotional abuse<br />
• recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and appreciate why reporting it is often so difficult<br />
• identity appropriate action if a child discloses he/she has been abused<br />
• identity appropriate action if abuse is suspected and explain the role and responsibilities of<br />
other experts (e.g. police, social services)<br />
• Describe appropriate practice that reduces the likelihood of abuse occurring.<br />
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COACH UPDATE FORUMS<br />
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for the widest, most complete range of BCU Coaching courses in the country<br />
Supporting the BCU - Supporting Paddlers<br />
PLAS Y BRENIN<br />
Canolfan Fynydd Genedlaethol<br />
Capel Curig Gwynedd LL 24 0ET Tel 01690 720214
COURSES IN ENGLAND<br />
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4 STAR LEADER ASSESSMENT COURSES:<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
12/10/2009 4*Sea Paul Hurrell Weymouth paulandangela@hurrell.freeserve.co.uk<br />
15/10/2009 4*Sea Owen Burson Isle of Wight owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
05/10/2009 4*Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
06/11/2009 4*Whitewater Andrew Noblett North West a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk<br />
14/11/2009 4*Whitewater Kevin Paul Edwards TBC kevin.edwards56@btinternet.com<br />
14/11/2009 4*Whitewater Joe Jordan South Wales joejordan599@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
20/11/2009 4*Whitewater Jon Cox Windsor CC jon@adventureplus.org.uk<br />
21/11/2009 4*Whitewater David White S.Wales dawhite1979@mac.com<br />
05/12/2009 4*Whitewater Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com<br />
12/12/2009 4*Whitewater Joe Jordan South Wales joejordan599@blueyonder.co.uk<br />
23/01/2010 4*Whitewater Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
24/10/2009 4* <strong>Canoe</strong> Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
09/11/2009 4* <strong>Canoe</strong> Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
21/11/2009 4* <strong>Canoe</strong> Owen Burson S.Wales owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk<br />
4 Star Surf Assessments None currently planned<br />
4 STAR LEADER TRAINING COURSES:<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
12/10/2009 4*Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
17/10/2009 4*Whitewater Sean McGrath Cumbria sean@wildriver.co.uk<br />
14/11/2009 4*Whitewater Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com<br />
16/11/2009 4*Whitewater Jon Cox TBC jon@adventureplus.org.uk<br />
17/11/2009 4*Whitewater David White S.Wales dawhite1979@mac.com<br />
21/11/2009 4*Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
28/11/2009 4*Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
04/12/2009 4*Whitewater Sean McGrath Cumbria sean@wildriver.co.uk<br />
05/12/2009 4*Whitewater Andrew Noblett North West a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk<br />
30/01/2010 4*Whitewater Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
18/10/2009 4*Sea Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
10/10/2009 4*<strong>Canoe</strong> Sean McGrath Cumbria sean@wildriver.co.uk<br />
17/11/2009 4*<strong>Canoe</strong> Owen Burson S.Wales owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk<br />
OLD STYLE LEVEL 2 ASSESSMENTS:<br />
None currently planned.<br />
Please contact coaching@bcu.org.uk to request a list of assessors within your desired area.<br />
BCU Terms of<br />
Reference<br />
The BCU Terms of<br />
Reference provide<br />
guidance to<br />
coaches<br />
and deployers<br />
regarding suitable<br />
coaching /<br />
leadership<br />
qualifications,<br />
and ratios,<br />
for running<br />
paddlesport<br />
sessions in a range<br />
of different<br />
environments,<br />
disciplines, and<br />
craft.<br />
If you want to<br />
know<br />
if you are working<br />
within<br />
the BCU<br />
Guidelines,<br />
please refer to the<br />
latest version of<br />
this document<br />
available<br />
from your<br />
Home Nation<br />
Website.<br />
New 2 Star DVD Resource Now<br />
Available<br />
A resource for Trainers / Assessors and Candidates.<br />
Available on the BCU e-shop<br />
at £4.95<br />
Initial promotional price to<br />
registered and Up-to-date 2 Star Assessors of £2.50<br />
(Until 31/12/09)<br />
email - rachel.derry@bcu.org.uk<br />
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www.bcushop.org.uk/<br />
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BCU WHITEWATER SAFETY AND RESCUE:<br />
Start Date Course Director Venue Contact<br />
03/10/2009 Sean McGrath TBC sean@wildriver.co.uk<br />
03/10/2009 Richard Watson N.Wales canoerichie@tesco.net<br />
24/10/2009 Ian Cave N.Wales ian@foxboats.co.uk<br />
30/10/2009 Kevin Edwards TBC kevin.edwards56@btinternet.com<br />
07/11/2009 Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com<br />
16/01/2010 Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com<br />
OLD STYLE LEVEL 3 ASSESSMENTS<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
17/10/2009 Inland Kayak Andy Noblett Lancashire a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk<br />
23/10/2009 Inland Kayak Terry Hailwood Yorkshire terry@lowmill.com<br />
28/10/2009 <strong>Canoe</strong> Andy Davey River Dart, SW Andy.davey@bcu.org.uk<br />
14/11/2009 Inland Kayak Greg Bartlett Cumbria grog_uk@yahoo.com<br />
21/11/2009 Inland Kayak Andy Noblett Lancashire a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk<br />
BCU COASTAL NAVIGATION AND TIDAL PLANNING:<br />
Start Date Course Director Venue Contact<br />
14/10/2009 Owen Burson I sle of Wight owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk<br />
11/11/2009 Paul Hurrell Weymouth paulandangela@hurrell.freeserve.co.uk<br />
COACHING PROCESSES<br />
Start Date Course Director Venue Contact<br />
12/11/2009 Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
5 STAR LEADER TRAINING COURSES:<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
26/10/2009 Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
23/11/2009 Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
12/12/2009 Whitewater Dave Brown umbria davebrown@ekit.com<br />
12/12/2009 Whitewater Simon Westgarth French Alps simon@gene17.com<br />
09/01/2010 Whitewater Simon Westgarth French Alps simon@gene17.com<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
02/11/2009 <strong>Canoe</strong> Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
05/10/2009 Sea Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
5 STAR LEADER ASSESSMENT COURSES<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
14/11/2009 Whitewater Plas Y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
21/11/2009 Whitewater Nigel Garratt Cumbria nigelgarrett@yahoo.<br />
co.uk<br />
23/01/2010 Whitewater Simon Westgarth French Alps simon@gene17.com<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
31/10/2009 <strong>Canoe</strong> Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact<br />
17/10/2009 Sea Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk<br />
English Coaching Courses<br />
For details of Coaching Courses being run in England please visit the <strong>Canoe</strong><br />
England website at<br />
www.canoe-england.co.uk/coaching/course-dates/.<br />
CANOE ENGLAND NATIONAL COACH CONFERENCE<br />
16TH/17TH January 2010<br />
Venue: Wyboston Lakes, Bedford<br />
Put the date in your diary for the annual BCU Coach Conference.<br />
More details will follow in the December CoDe and will be posted on the <strong>Canoe</strong> England website by<br />
the beginning of November.
REGIONAL UPDATE<br />
CANOE ENGLAND<br />
PADDLESPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME TEAM CONTACT LIST<br />
HEAD OF PADDLESPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME (PPP):<br />
HOWARD BLACKMAN<br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Canoe</strong> <strong>Union</strong>, 18 Market Place, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8AP<br />
Tel: 0779 344 2585 Fax: 0845 370 9501<br />
Email: howard.blackman@bcu.org.uk<br />
DEVELOPMENT AND PPP SUPPORT OFFICER:<br />
KIMBERLEY WALSH<br />
<strong>British</strong> <strong>Canoe</strong> <strong>Union</strong>, 18 Market Place, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8AP<br />
Tel: 0845 370 9520 Fax: 0845 370 9501<br />
Email: kimberley.walsh@bcu.org.uk<br />
NORTH<br />
SDO TEAM NORTH: NIGEL TIMMINS Tel: 01768 480 084 Mobile : 07740 820113<br />
Email: nigel.timmins@bcu.org.uk<br />
PDO NORTH EAST: RAY HUDSPITH Tel: 07715 993535<br />
Email: ray.hudspith@bcu.org.uk<br />
PDO NORTH WEST & YORKS: GARETH FIELD Tel: 07738 185885<br />
Email: gareth.field@bcu.org.uk<br />
CENTRAL<br />
SDO TEAM CENTRAL:<br />
STUART BRIGGSTel: 0771 8982091 Fax: 0845 370 9501<br />
Email: stuart.briggs@bcu.org.uk<br />
PDO EAST & WEST MIDLANDS: JENNY SPENCER Mobile: 07889 168841<br />
Email: jenny.spencer@canoe-england.org.uk<br />
PDO EASTERN: JEFF TOSER Office: 0845 1576819 Mobile: 0791 2597986<br />
Email: jeff.toser@bcu.org.uk<br />
SOUTH<br />
SDO TEAM SOUTH: JAMES HINVES Mobile: 07834 583 369<br />
Email: james.hinves@bcu.org.uk<br />
PDO LONDON: CLIVE WHITTON Mobile: 07794 051274<br />
Email: clive.whitton@bcu.org.<br />
PDO SOUTH WEST: ANDY DAVEY Mobile: 0791 2466264<br />
Email: andy.davey@bcu.org.uk<br />
PDO SOUTH EAST: CHRIS EDGE Mobile: 07889 168843<br />
Email: chris.edge@canoe-england.org.uk<br />
New Forward<br />
Paddling DVD<br />
Resource Now<br />
Available on<br />
BCU e-shop<br />
£9.95<br />
A resource for Trainers and<br />
Assessors<br />
New <strong>Canoe</strong> England Coaching<br />
Appointment<br />
Russ Smith<br />
National Competition<br />
Development Coach.<br />
I am BCU Level 5 inland kayak coach, a past<br />
<strong>British</strong> slalom team paddler /coach/helper<br />
and have worked at the Teesside white water<br />
course for the last 14 years. Although slalom<br />
is my inspiration I regard myself as a paddler<br />
of disciplines and after passing my L5 coach<br />
have had a foot in both the competitive and the<br />
recreational camps.<br />
Working in this new post I see as an<br />
opportunity to forge some past and present<br />
ideas into the foundations for the future<br />
competition coach development and education<br />
program.<br />
I see it as the starting block of a long term<br />
coach development program that links in to the<br />
UKCC coaching programs.<br />
It is an opportunity to identify and recruit<br />
talented coaches from all disciplines and draw<br />
on the vast amount of knowledge they have<br />
and also make available competition coach<br />
resources to everyone that may have a need of<br />
them. By offering support to the <strong>Canoe</strong><br />
England coaching team, national/regional<br />
networks and using them to help identify,<br />
recruit and train future tutors and mentors<br />
we can set up a national competition coach<br />
network.<br />
Links to the World Class programs are vital<br />
so that we have some ability to cascade good<br />
practice down into the clubs, tutors, mentors,<br />
paddlers and if needed be able to offer<br />
support/input, if required,in the opposite<br />
direction.<br />
I think that the new Competition coach levels<br />
need to have more single blade content to<br />
keep in line with the new 1 and 2 star awards<br />
and the UKCC L1/l2 coach awards.<br />
I am looking forward to helping build,<br />
coordinate and delivering a better and more<br />
up to date competition coach program that<br />
paddlers can use to steer themselves through<br />
their LTPD, that coaches from all disciplines<br />
can access and parents could use for<br />
guidance.<br />
Russ Smith<br />
www.bcushop.org.uk/<br />
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Coaching Women and Girls in Paddlesport<br />
WE SEEK YOUR OPINION<br />
As part of the <strong>Canoe</strong> England Women and Girls project we are considering a new workshop/ module on coaching Women and<br />
Girls in Paddlesport.<br />
For many of you, you may not feel this is necessary or worth separating from general coach education, however, research has<br />
shown that this is an area that can greatly affect the participation and retention of females within a sport- particularly in male<br />
dominated sports such as Paddlesport. As the main objective of this project is to increase the number of females in the sport,<br />
we see this as an important area to work on.<br />
Currently 22% of updated BCU coaches and 23% of current CE members are female. We are aware that with all the recent<br />
changes in coaching there are more and more demands and costs placed upon you as a coach; therefore we seek your<br />
opinion as to how you would like to see such a course delivered.<br />
The possible options would be:<br />
A. An attended workshop, similar to Coaching Young Paddlers.<br />
B. A web based course, similar to Long Term Paddler Development (LTPD) online course.<br />
C. A resource to be read in your own time, similar to LTPD book.<br />
D. Combination of above<br />
If you have an opinion on how you would most value such a course please provide feedback to<br />
womenandgirls@bcu.org.uk.<br />
Do you have coach education/ tutor training background<br />
Do you know the qualities needed to successfully coach women and girls<br />
Would you like to be involved in writing a Coaching Women and Girls in Paddlesport course<br />
If you answered YES to ALL of the above please contact womenandgirls@bcu.org.uk to register your interest with<br />
of your background in this area.<br />
details<br />
RCO Service in Scotland<br />
RCO Borders Giles Chater RCO.Borders@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 01387 375394<br />
RCO Central Dave Rossetter RCO.Central@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 01786 464777<br />
RCO Dumfries & Galloway Alex Lumsden RCO.Dumfries@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 07920 528 11<br />
RCO Fife Ian Vosser RCO.Fife@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com<br />
RCO Grampian & Speyside Andy Yule RCO.Grampian@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 07739 910960<br />
RCO Highlands & Islands Steve MacKinnon RCO.Highlands@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 07775 682034<br />
RCO Military Personnel Paul Mills RCO.MilitaryPersonnel@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 01855 811348<br />
RCO Lothians Mark Foster RCO.Lothians@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 0131 332 4506<br />
RCO Strathclyde East Mark Mckerral RCO.Strathclydeeast@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 07841 353460<br />
RCO Strathclyde West Richard Cree richard.cree@tiscali.co.uk 01505 502266<br />
RCO Tayside Ben Kellet RCO.Tayside@<strong>Canoe</strong>Scotland.com 07751 722927
BCU(UKCC) COURSES IN SCOTLAND<br />
Level 1 Training & Assessment<br />
Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
4,5,18,19 Oct Dundee College/Ancrum Centre p.jackson@dundeecoll.ac.uk<br />
12/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
4,5,18,19 Oct SCA 0131 317314 coaching@canoescotland<br />
3-6 Apr 2010 Ken Hughes 07917044492 ianvosser@hotmail.com<br />
Level 2 Training<br />
Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
12-15 Oct Outward Bound claire.knifton@btinternet.com<br />
30/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Level 2 Assessment<br />
Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
31st Oct 09 Abernethy 01967 411222 ardgour@abernethy.org.uk<br />
6th Oct 09 Abernethy 01967 411222 ardgour@abernethy.org.uk<br />
20/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
7th Apr 2010 Stirling University CC 07917044492 ianvosser@hotmail.com<br />
4th Oct Stirling University CC 07917044492 ianvosser@hotmail.com<br />
Tbc (weekends) Lowport Centre 01506 775390 Peter.Easson@westlothian.gov.uk<br />
4 Star Leader Training<br />
Craft Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 08/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 19/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 19/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 21/10/2009 Beyond Adventure 01887 829202 email@beyondadventure.co.uk<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 24/10/2009 Claire Knifton cknifton@aol.com<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 26/10/2009 Beyond Adventure 01887 829202 email@beyondadventure.co.uk<br />
Sea 02/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Surf 07/12/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
White Water 07/09/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
White Water 07/09/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
4 Star Leader Assessment<br />
Craft Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 28/11/2009 Claire Knifton claire.knifton@btinternet.com<br />
Sea 17/10/2009 Rowland Woolven rowland.woollven@ukgateway.net<br />
Sea 05/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Sea 21/11/2009 Ian Bowler Ian.Bowler@hcs.uhi.ac.uk<br />
Sea 09/12/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Surf 10/12/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
White Water 28/11/2009 Standing Waves 01786 464777 mail@standingwaves.co.uk<br />
5 Star Leader Training<br />
Discipline Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 06/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 03/11/2009 Beyond Adventure 01887 829202 email@beyondadventure.co.uk<br />
Sea 02/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Sea 16/09/2009 Skyak Adventures 01471 833428 info@skyakadventures.com<br />
Surf 30/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
White Water 06/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
White Water 10/11/2009 Standing Waves 01786 464777 mail@standingwaves.co.uk<br />
5 Star Leader Assessment<br />
Discipline Start Date Provider Telephone Email<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 29/10/2009 Beyond Adventure 01887 829202 email@beyondadventure.co.uk<br />
<strong>Canoe</strong> 26/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Sea 20/09/2009 Skyak Adventures 01471 833428 info@skyakadventures.com<br />
Sea 03/10/2009 Rowland Woolven rowland.woollven@ukgateway.net<br />
Sea 05/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Surf 01/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
Surf 02/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
White Water 26/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk<br />
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