Code 148 - British Canoe Union

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No 148 October 2009 £1 

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Euro Paddle Pass 

Neuro Linguistic Programming 

Child Protection Training for Coaches 

Women and Girls in Paddlesport 

Canoe England Coach Update Forums 

Regional and Course Updates

Euro Paddle Pass 

A European Approach to Competency in Paddle Sport 

The Euro Paddle Pass Project was initiated and originally led and coordinated by the French Canoe Federation. In the 

beginning the Project was co - financed by the European Commission as part of the European Year of Education through Sport 

(EYES), by the French Canoe Federation, and supported by the involvement of five other European Canoe Federations. 

The six other European Canoe Federations now involved are : Denmark, Great Britain, Ireland, Slovenia and Sweden and 

Germany. Subsequently the project has had to become self financing but still strives and works towards the objective of 

trans-national recognition of a series of performance awards. 

To date the project has resulted in a framework based approach to a five level range of performance awards which participating 

countries can either adopt directly or map there own existing awards to on the basis of meeting the frameworks levels at 

the minimum standard. This way it can be recognised that performance awards in participating countries, where mapped and 

confirmed by the project members, meet the frameworks minimum standards providing a level of cross country recognition of 

performance attainment. 

In this way a Level 3 paddler from Slovenia should have met the minimum standard or performance as a level 3 paddler in 

France or Britain. 

In this way Britain has so far sought to have its 1 – 3 Star awards recognised as meeting the minimum standard requirement 

and has achieved this without having to make any adjustments to it’s Star Award standards. This is recognised on BCU Star 

Award Certification which carries the Euro paddle pass logo. 

Similarly the 1- 3 levels within the other participating countries could be recognised in Britain as meeting standards equivalent to 

those of our Star Test. 

The BCU 4 and 5 Star Awards are not yet recognised by the Euro Paddle Pass system. While they do meet the personal 

performance standards of the Paddle Pass framework at level 4 and 5 the leadership standards within the BCU 4 and 5 Star 

Awards are not a feature of the Euro Paddle Pass framework at these levels. We will however seek recognition on the basis that 

they do meet the personal performance standards of the Euro Paddle Pass. 

Clearly, and important to note however, because of the combined personal skills and Leadership Skills and experience required 

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 

participating countries as directly equivalent. 

Future projects for Euro Paddle Pass include consideration of a similar framework approach to the recognition of participating 

countries Coaching Awards, however , it is important to note that at this time this particular project has only received basic 

scoping attention. Any outcomes are some way down the road and may well depend on transnational work agreements as much 

as on meeting coaching competency equivalence. 

Euro Paddle Pass Goals 

The Euro Paddle Pass Project was initiated within the context of the EYES to achieve the followings goals : 

• Heighten awareness of the educational and social value of Paddle Sport. 

• Increase public access to Paddle Sport through the widespread availability of standardised Paddle Sport information 

and training. 

• Develop a common approach to teaching/coaching standards in Paddle Sport. 

• Increase awareness of the positive contribution Paddle Sport makes to the natural environment. 

These Goals are to be achieved through: 

• Design and implementation of a framework of minimum standards that can enable trans - national recognition of 

competency tests. 

• Provision of a model of standard competency tests in Paddle Sport for federations which do not have 

competency tests. 

• Design and production of common resource materials to assist coaches and instructors in the delivery of competency 

training courses and assessments. 

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• Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP ) 

in Coaching Paddle Sport 

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Introduction 

In a nutshell, I love working outside and I find coaching people a wonderful and deeply rewarding challenge. My 

background to all this is rooted in my childhood where influential role models taught me to climb and kayak… I’ve never 

really looked back. 

At the age of 20 I stumbled across an outdoor centre in the new forest and by chance and fortune this outdoor centre 

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 

the way of adventure, but as time went on I saw instructors getting their groups doing things I could never get my students 

doing and thus prompted the most important question of all… 

I wonder how I can do that 

One of my favourite coaching sessions I have ever delivered happened last winter in a 

swimming pool in the new forest last year. The structure of the pool session was the first 

thing that impressed me. My job was to coach the club members coaching the new comers 

in the art of rolling and capsizing safely, a wonderful system of learning if you ask me. On 

this particular night a new comer in fancy kayak shorts, the latest thermal, paddle top and a 

shiny new set of carbon paddles strutted in from the changing rooms, walked straight pass the 

club coaches and made a direct line to me. His introduction me was something like “I’m here 

because I can’t roll! This is my third rolling session with the same number of clubs and this is 

my last chance before I give it up totally!!” 

WOW, I thought, I wonder what’s going on here. I like a challenge and my brain started to 

formulate a plan of attack to meet this challenge, and it was a challenge. 

I did the jumping through hoops to see the history in his paddling and I have to say I was 

impressed. On top of the water he demonstrated solid skills, so I moved on to the hip flicking 

to see how this was. To my surprise this was amazing too, he seemed to one of those people 

who could hip flick just using his little finger on the side bar of the pool! I had to ask “are you 

sure you can’t roll” nope he said and showed me the failed attempt. Racking my brain a 

little, this is what the evidence was telling me and showing me: 

1. great hip flick 

2. great high brace 

3. great water confidence 

4. great blade awareness 

5. no roll 

I’m coming to the conclusion that maybe some thing psychological is holding him back like a 

limiting belief, which in my experience takes time to coach and I get the feeling this will be his 

last session of kayaking ever if he doesn’t roll. One idea pops into my mind and to this day I 

don’t know where it stemmed from. It may be the fact that this guy, not being able to roll, had 

all the equipment but seemed to not be happy with his kayaking. 

I asked him to show me the best hip flick he could from the metal bar that runs along the side 

of the pool. With a tut he reminded me that he had already shown me this and reluctantly did 

it. I asked him to do the other side, and he did. I asked him to capsize away from the bar, 

find it and roll up effectively doing a complete roll, then asked him to do it on the other side. 

All absolutely fine, more than fine-it was perfect. 

What is NLP 

NLP is a bit like an owners manual 

for your brain! At school we learn 

wonderful things such as history 

and algebra but we don’t learn much 

about how to feel good and have 

great relationships. 

From the point of view of a kayak 

coach this help us in two ways: 

1. It provides us the skills to 

manage our coaching 

relationships efficiently and 

effectively for the benefit of the 

people we coach 

2. When our beliefs and behaviours 

reflect the training we provide, 

we become effective role models 

for students to model and learn 

from. 

This is when students learn effective 

skills that will positively affect their 

future. 

Tony Baker 

07833 096 875 

tonybaker865@msn.com 

I then grab his paddle which is the same thickness to the metal bar that runs alongside the 

pool, I grab three other people and ask them hold his paddle firmly in place at exactly the 

same height as the metal bar that runs along the side of the pool. I ask him to repeat the 

exercise treating the paddle just like the metal bar and he looks at me with a very patronising 

look as if to say of course I can do this, but he couldn’t. In fact he swam out of his boat 

and blamed me for moving the bar, and tried again. And again he failed and for the first time 

generally looked puzzled. I grabbed an ainsworth k-100 paddle with the metal shaft, repeated 

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 

was anchoring…in fact we all go through this process. In this instance success (great hip flick, timing etc) was anchored to the 

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 

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 

achievement was anchored. With this feeling he was inspired to go out and buy all the fancy equipment and by chance stumbled 

into a plateau in his learning. Feeling like he wasn’t learning he became frustrated he anchored undesired emotions such as 

failure, and disappointment to the feel of his new equipment and his carbon paddle. 

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 

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 

back. I gave him several exercises that had aims to breaking and collapsing the anchor point. 

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 

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 

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 

anything” 

I then said, “remember back to your first pool session where success was everywhere…now have a go at rolling” and with that he 

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 

of what was going on. He asked if he could do it again and I suggested he’d leave it there for today. 

By allowing him to revisit the period of his paddling where he was having huge amounts of success, and collapsing unhelpful 

anchor points, we were able to create the start of a new, more useful anchor point. 

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 

favourite song. You hear the tune or some words and it takes you straight back to the time this song is important to you. 

An anchor point is the unconscious change in state or behaviour that is triggered from a stimulus like smell, sound, taste, touch or 

sight. 

How do i learn more / 

There are various ways to learn NLP, the simplest way is to ask the right question… I wonder how they do that From that 

question we shift our belief and actively seek out people to model, success stories and consciously or unconsciously work this into 

our behaviour. 

Books and audio CD’s give valuable insights and provide food for thoughts and most importantly new ideas to play with. 

Like myself if you are a hands on person there are courses all over the country, some accredited, some in work shop format. 

Information is always close to hand with the use of the internet and the world wide web, for information on further courses 

contact…. 

Tony Baker 

07833 096 875 

Live the adventure… 

Tollymore Mountain Centre, Bryansford, 

Newcastle, Co. Down, BT33 OPT 

Tel: 028 4372 2158 

www.tollymore.com 

Tollymore Mountain Centre is the Sports 

Council for Northern Ireland’s National Outdoor Training Centre, 

and provides a full range of BCU coaching courses, plus personal 

skills and expedition courses. 

www.bcushop.org.uk 

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First Aid 

All active Coaches have a responsibility to maintain a current first aid award, to ensure they 

can look after paddlers in their care. Coaches sign a declaration upon registration for our 

Coaching qualifications accepting this responsibility. Holding a valid first aid award is also part 

of the BCU Coach Update Scheme; Coaches who meet these requirements are recognized 

by the BCU as being active and up-to-date. 

What do I need to do 

Ensure that your Home Nation has seen a copy of your First Aid Certificate. They will check it 

is one of our recognised courses, and record the expiry date on your membership record. This 

is applicable to all BCU Coaches with the exception of BCU UKCC Level 1 Coaches. 

What courses are recognised 

The BCU Website has a list of acceptable first aid training courses. If your qualification is not 

listed a copy of the syllabus will need to be submitted along with details of the course length 

and the training provider to the British Canoe Union for approval. Checks will be made that 

the training needs are delivered by a recognised provider and includes within the syllabus 

general first aid and CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation). 

How long does my First Aid Training Course need to be 

The minimum requirements for course length are listed below: 

5 

Serving military personnel, 

police officers, fire brigade, 

ambulance, personnel, doctors, 

nurses and physiotherapists are 

regarded as being currently first 

aid trained. However they still 

need to produce a recognized 

first aid certificate. 

All our policies dovetail together 

to help Coaches and Paddlers 

and assume a level of first aid 

knowledge. 

Training Course Length 

Old Scheme Level 1 

New Scheme Level 1 


New Scheme Level 2 

Moderate Water Endorsement 




BCU 4 Star Leader 

BCU 5 star Leader 

4 Hours 

6 Hours - Recommended 

4 Hours 

8 Hours 

2 Day 

8 Hours 

8 Hours 

16 Hours 

2 Day 

2 Day 

ON LINE CHILD PROCTECTION COURSE 

This new training course provides an easy way to access the basic training requirement for 

volunteers, coaches and staff involved in Paddlesport but who are not working regularly or 

alone with children*. Avoiding the time and cost required to travel to and attend courses. 

The course covers basic awareness training, explains best practice, and what to do if you have a 

concern regarding child protection. 

This training course is suitable for: 

• all coaches who do not work regularly with children* 

• Event Officials (as designated by the Event Welfare Officer) 

• Polo Referees 

• BCU Committee members 

*coaches who work regularly with children should attend the 3 hour Sports Coach UK 

Safeguarding and Protecting Children workshop or equivalent (see above) 

To access the course go to the Safeguarding section of your Home Nation website.

CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING FOR COACHES - UPDATE 

The BCU are committed to ensuring that any young person participating in Paddlesport can do so free from harm or abuse and 

as part of this we have now achieved the Advanced Standard for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport. Training is a key 

element of the Standards and a requirement for this section is that staff and volunteers are provided with opportunities to learn 

how to recognise and respond to concerns about child abuse. 

This requirement came into effect in 2007, however the BCU recognised that for existing coaches there was a need to phase this 

in over a realistic time scale and we therefore allowed 3 years for coaches to undertake the necessary training. We also 

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 

now introduced an on line child protection training course. 

The BCU Child Protection Steering Group have recently reviewed the required training for coaches to include the new on line 

course and the following outlines what training existing coaches must undertake by 31st December 2010. There are many options 

for training – and whilst the sports specific is recommended we have included at the end of this piece details of what equivalent 

training is accepted. 

Minimum Training Requirement 

The minimum requirement is a basic awareness course which can be accessed through a distance learning scheme or web based 

learning. The BCU new Paddlesafe On line Child Protection Course is designed to support individuals to meet this requirement 

and reduce the cost involved. This can be accessed through your home nation website. 

Who should do this Existing Level 2 Coaches and above who do not work regularly or alone with children. 

Basic Safeguarding Workshops 

The most popular and widely delivered workshop is the sports coach UK ‘Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport’ (SPC) 

course. Another option is the SCA Child Protection workshop. Details of how to access these workshops will be on your Home 

Nation website – in England workshops can be accessed through your local County Sport Partnership and in 2010 we aim to run 

some workshops specifically for coaches. Some coaches may have already attended a Safeguarding course through their local 

authority. Whilst this is not usually specific to sport it may be recognized as an equivalent to the SPC course. (See Equivalent 

training below) 

Who should do this Coaches and volunteers working regularly or alone with children, BCU Coach Training Directors, BCU 

Regional and Local Coaching Officers. 

New coaches 

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 

Level 2 Assessment. 

EQUIVALENT CHILD PROTECTION TRAINING GUIDANCE 

Minimum Training requirement 

An equivalent to the BCU Paddlesafe on line resource is the NSPCC EduCare Child Protection Awareness programme – Keeping 

Children Safe in Sport. This offers basic introduction to safeguarding and child protection but is not a substitute for where direct 

delivery is required. For individuals who are unable to access the Paddlesafe online course we recommend this as an 

alternative. It is the same programme currently used by Scouting UK. Unfortunately there is no BCU subsidy for this course 

which currently costs £27.50+ VAT. More details from http://www.educare.co.uk. 

Individuals who work regularly or alone with children are required to attend the sports coach UK Safeguarding and 

Protecting Children workshop or a basic safeguarding workshop as described below. 

Basic Safeguarding Workshops 

We appreciate that individuals may have undertaken safeguarding courses through work or such like. The following 

indicates the requirements for a course to be recognized as an equivalent. 

1. Courses must involve a minimum of 3 hours direct delivery. 

2. A certificate from the course is available to prove attendance. 

3. The course includes the following training outcomes so that coaches are able to: 

• identify situations and practices that might constitute either poor practice or possible abuse 

• identify ways of dealing with your own feelings about child abuse and state what constitutes neglect, physical, 

sexual and emotional abuse 

• recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse and appreciate why reporting it is often so difficult 

• identity appropriate action if a child discloses he/she has been abused 

• identity appropriate action if abuse is suspected and explain the role and responsibilities of 

other experts (e.g. police, social services) 

• Describe appropriate practice that reduces the likelihood of abuse occurring. 

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COACH UPDATE FORUMS 

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for the widest, most complete range of BCU Coaching courses in the country 

Supporting the BCU - Supporting Paddlers 

PLAS Y BRENIN 

Canolfan Fynydd Genedlaethol 

Capel Curig Gwynedd LL 24 0ET Tel 01690 720214

COURSES IN ENGLAND 

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4 STAR LEADER ASSESSMENT COURSES: 

Start Date Discipline Course Director Venue Contact 

12/10/2009 4*Sea Paul Hurrell Weymouth paulandangela@hurrell.freeserve.co.uk 

15/10/2009 4*Sea Owen Burson Isle of Wight owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk 


05/10/2009 4*Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

06/11/2009 4*Whitewater Andrew Noblett North West a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk 

14/11/2009 4*Whitewater Kevin Paul Edwards TBC kevin.edwards56@btinternet.com 

14/11/2009 4*Whitewater Joe Jordan South Wales joejordan599@blueyonder.co.uk 

20/11/2009 4*Whitewater Jon Cox Windsor CC jon@adventureplus.org.uk 

21/11/2009 4*Whitewater David White S.Wales dawhite1979@mac.com 

05/12/2009 4*Whitewater Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com 

12/12/2009 4*Whitewater Joe Jordan South Wales joejordan599@blueyonder.co.uk 



24/10/2009 4* Canoe Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

09/11/2009 4* Canoe Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

21/11/2009 4* Canoe Owen Burson S.Wales owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk 

4 Star Surf Assessments None currently planned 

4 STAR LEADER TRAINING COURSES: 



17/10/2009 4*Whitewater Sean McGrath Cumbria sean@wildriver.co.uk 


16/11/2009 4*Whitewater Jon Cox TBC jon@adventureplus.org.uk 

17/11/2009 4*Whitewater David White S.Wales dawhite1979@mac.com 



04/12/2009 4*Whitewater Sean McGrath Cumbria sean@wildriver.co.uk 

05/12/2009 4*Whitewater Andrew Noblett North West a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk 



18/10/2009 4*Sea Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 


10/10/2009 4*Canoe Sean McGrath Cumbria sean@wildriver.co.uk 

17/11/2009 4*Canoe Owen Burson S.Wales owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk 

OLD STYLE LEVEL 2 ASSESSMENTS: 

None currently planned. 

Please contact coaching@bcu.org.uk to request a list of assessors within your desired area. 

BCU Terms of 

Reference 

The BCU Terms of 

Reference provide 

guidance to 

coaches 

and deployers 

regarding suitable 

coaching / 

leadership 

qualifications, 

and ratios, 

for running 

paddlesport 

sessions in a range 

of different 

environments, 

disciplines, and 

craft. 

If you want to 

know 

if you are working 

within 

the BCU 

Guidelines, 

please refer to the 

latest version of 

this document 

available 

from your 

Home Nation 

Website. 

New 2 Star DVD Resource Now 

Available 

A resource for Trainers / Assessors and Candidates. 

Available on the BCU e-shop 

at £4.95 

Initial promotional price to 

registered and Up-to-date 2 Star Assessors of £2.50 

(Until 31/12/09) 

email - rachel.derry@bcu.org.uk 

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www.bcushop.org.uk/ 

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BCU WHITEWATER SAFETY AND RESCUE: 

Start Date Course Director Venue Contact 

03/10/2009 Sean McGrath TBC sean@wildriver.co.uk 

03/10/2009 Richard Watson N.Wales canoerichie@tesco.net 

24/10/2009 Ian Cave N.Wales ian@foxboats.co.uk 

30/10/2009 Kevin Edwards TBC kevin.edwards56@btinternet.com 

07/11/2009 Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com 

16/01/2010 Simon Westgarth Devon simon@gene17.com 

OLD STYLE LEVEL 3 ASSESSMENTS 


17/10/2009 Inland Kayak Andy Noblett Lancashire a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk 

23/10/2009 Inland Kayak Terry Hailwood Yorkshire terry@lowmill.com 

28/10/2009 Canoe Andy Davey River Dart, SW Andy.davey@bcu.org.uk 

14/11/2009 Inland Kayak Greg Bartlett Cumbria grog_uk@yahoo.com 

21/11/2009 Inland Kayak Andy Noblett Lancashire a.noblett@tiscali.co.uk 

BCU COASTAL NAVIGATION AND TIDAL PLANNING: 


14/10/2009 Owen Burson I sle of Wight owen@iow-seakayaking.co.uk 

11/11/2009 Paul Hurrell Weymouth paulandangela@hurrell.freeserve.co.uk 

COACHING PROCESSES 


12/11/2009 Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

5 STAR LEADER TRAINING COURSES: 


26/10/2009 Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

23/11/2009 Whitewater Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

12/12/2009 Whitewater Dave Brown umbria davebrown@ekit.com 

12/12/2009 Whitewater Simon Westgarth French Alps simon@gene17.com 



02/11/2009 Canoe Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 


05/10/2009 Sea Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

5 STAR LEADER ASSESSMENT COURSES 


14/11/2009 Whitewater Plas Y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

21/11/2009 Whitewater Nigel Garratt Cumbria nigelgarrett@yahoo. 

co.uk 



31/10/2009 Canoe Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 


17/10/2009 Sea Plas y Brenin N.Wales info@pyb.co.uk 

English Coaching Courses 

For details of Coaching Courses being run in England please visit the Canoe 

England website at 

www.canoe-england.co.uk/coaching/course-dates/. 

CANOE ENGLAND NATIONAL COACH CONFERENCE 

16TH/17TH January 2010 

Venue: Wyboston Lakes, Bedford 

Put the date in your diary for the annual BCU Coach Conference. 

More details will follow in the December CoDe and will be posted on the Canoe England website by 

the beginning of November.

REGIONAL UPDATE 

CANOE ENGLAND 

PADDLESPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME TEAM CONTACT LIST 

HEAD OF PADDLESPORT PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME (PPP): 

HOWARD BLACKMAN 

British Canoe Union, 18 Market Place, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8AP 

Tel: 0779 344 2585 Fax: 0845 370 9501 

Email: howard.blackman@bcu.org.uk 

DEVELOPMENT AND PPP SUPPORT OFFICER: 

KIMBERLEY WALSH 

British Canoe Union, 18 Market Place, Bingham, Nottingham, NG13 8AP 

Tel: 0845 370 9520 Fax: 0845 370 9501 

Email: kimberley.walsh@bcu.org.uk 

NORTH 

SDO TEAM NORTH: NIGEL TIMMINS Tel: 01768 480 084 Mobile : 07740 820113 

Email: nigel.timmins@bcu.org.uk 

PDO NORTH EAST: RAY HUDSPITH Tel: 07715 993535 

Email: ray.hudspith@bcu.org.uk 

PDO NORTH WEST & YORKS: GARETH FIELD Tel: 07738 185885 

Email: gareth.field@bcu.org.uk 

CENTRAL 

SDO TEAM CENTRAL: 

STUART BRIGGSTel: 0771 8982091 Fax: 0845 370 9501 

Email: stuart.briggs@bcu.org.uk 

PDO EAST & WEST MIDLANDS: JENNY SPENCER Mobile: 07889 168841 

Email: jenny.spencer@canoe-england.org.uk 

PDO EASTERN: JEFF TOSER Office: 0845 1576819 Mobile: 0791 2597986 

Email: jeff.toser@bcu.org.uk 

SOUTH 

SDO TEAM SOUTH: JAMES HINVES Mobile: 07834 583 369 

Email: james.hinves@bcu.org.uk 

PDO LONDON: CLIVE WHITTON Mobile: 07794 051274 

Email: clive.whitton@bcu.org. 

PDO SOUTH WEST: ANDY DAVEY Mobile: 0791 2466264 

Email: andy.davey@bcu.org.uk 

PDO SOUTH EAST: CHRIS EDGE Mobile: 07889 168843 

Email: chris.edge@canoe-england.org.uk 

New Forward 

Paddling DVD 

Resource Now 

Available on 

BCU e-shop 

£9.95 

A resource for Trainers and 

Assessors 

New Canoe England Coaching 

Appointment 

Russ Smith 

National Competition 

Development Coach. 

I am BCU Level 5 inland kayak coach, a past 

British slalom team paddler /coach/helper 

and have worked at the Teesside white water 

course for the last 14 years. Although slalom 

is my inspiration I regard myself as a paddler 

of disciplines and after passing my L5 coach 

have had a foot in both the competitive and the 

recreational camps. 

Working in this new post I see as an 

opportunity to forge some past and present 

ideas into the foundations for the future 

competition coach development and education 

program. 

I see it as the starting block of a long term 

coach development program that links in to the 

UKCC coaching programs. 

It is an opportunity to identify and recruit 

talented coaches from all disciplines and draw 

on the vast amount of knowledge they have 

and also make available competition coach 

resources to everyone that may have a need of 

them. By offering support to the Canoe 

England coaching team, national/regional 

networks and using them to help identify, 

recruit and train future tutors and mentors 

we can set up a national competition coach 

network. 

Links to the World Class programs are vital 

so that we have some ability to cascade good 

practice down into the clubs, tutors, mentors, 

paddlers and if needed be able to offer 

support/input, if required,in the opposite 

direction. 

I think that the new Competition coach levels 

need to have more single blade content to 

keep in line with the new 1 and 2 star awards 

and the UKCC L1/l2 coach awards. 

I am looking forward to helping build, 

coordinate and delivering a better and more 

up to date competition coach program that 

paddlers can use to steer themselves through 

their LTPD, that coaches from all disciplines 

can access and parents could use for 

guidance. 

Russ Smith 

www.bcushop.org.uk/ 

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Coaching Women and Girls in Paddlesport 

WE SEEK YOUR OPINION 

As part of the Canoe England Women and Girls project we are considering a new workshop/ module on coaching Women and 

Girls in Paddlesport. 

For many of you, you may not feel this is necessary or worth separating from general coach education, however, research has 

shown that this is an area that can greatly affect the participation and retention of females within a sport- particularly in male 

dominated sports such as Paddlesport. As the main objective of this project is to increase the number of females in the sport, 

we see this as an important area to work on. 

Currently 22% of updated BCU coaches and 23% of current CE members are female. We are aware that with all the recent 

changes in coaching there are more and more demands and costs placed upon you as a coach; therefore we seek your 

opinion as to how you would like to see such a course delivered. 

The possible options would be: 

A. An attended workshop, similar to Coaching Young Paddlers. 

B. A web based course, similar to Long Term Paddler Development (LTPD) online course. 

C. A resource to be read in your own time, similar to LTPD book. 

D. Combination of above 

If you have an opinion on how you would most value such a course please provide feedback to 

womenandgirls@bcu.org.uk. 

Do you have coach education/ tutor training background 

Do you know the qualities needed to successfully coach women and girls 

Would you like to be involved in writing a Coaching Women and Girls in Paddlesport course 

If you answered YES to ALL of the above please contact womenandgirls@bcu.org.uk to register your interest with 

of your background in this area. 

details 

RCO Service in Scotland 

RCO Borders Giles Chater RCO.Borders@CanoeScotland.com 01387 375394 

RCO Central Dave Rossetter RCO.Central@CanoeScotland.com 01786 464777 

RCO Dumfries & Galloway Alex Lumsden RCO.Dumfries@CanoeScotland.com 07920 528 11 

RCO Fife Ian Vosser RCO.Fife@CanoeScotland.com 

RCO Grampian & Speyside Andy Yule RCO.Grampian@CanoeScotland.com 07739 910960 

RCO Highlands & Islands Steve MacKinnon RCO.Highlands@CanoeScotland.com 07775 682034 

RCO Military Personnel Paul Mills RCO.MilitaryPersonnel@CanoeScotland.com 01855 811348 

RCO Lothians Mark Foster RCO.Lothians@CanoeScotland.com 0131 332 4506 

RCO Strathclyde East Mark Mckerral RCO.Strathclydeeast@CanoeScotland.com 07841 353460 

RCO Strathclyde West Richard Cree richard.cree@tiscali.co.uk 01505 502266 

RCO Tayside Ben Kellet RCO.Tayside@CanoeScotland.com 07751 722927

BCU(UKCC) COURSES IN SCOTLAND 

Level 1 Training & Assessment 

Start Date Provider Telephone Email 

4,5,18,19 Oct Dundee College/Ancrum Centre p.jackson@dundeecoll.ac.uk 

12/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk 

4,5,18,19 Oct SCA 0131 317314 coaching@canoescotland 

3-6 Apr 2010 Ken Hughes 07917044492 ianvosser@hotmail.com 

Level 2 Training 


12-15 Oct Outward Bound claire.knifton@btinternet.com 


Level 2 Assessment 


31st Oct 09 Abernethy 01967 411222 ardgour@abernethy.org.uk 

6th Oct 09 Abernethy 01967 411222 ardgour@abernethy.org.uk 


7th Apr 2010 Stirling University CC 07917044492 ianvosser@hotmail.com 

4th Oct Stirling University CC 07917044492 ianvosser@hotmail.com 

Tbc (weekends) Lowport Centre 01506 775390 Peter.Easson@westlothian.gov.uk 

4 Star Leader Training 

Craft Start Date Provider Telephone Email 

Canoe 08/10/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk 



Canoe 21/10/2009 Beyond Adventure 01887 829202 email@beyondadventure.co.uk 

Canoe 24/10/2009 Claire Knifton cknifton@aol.com 


Sea 02/11/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk 

Surf 07/12/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk 

White Water 07/09/2009 Glenmore Lodge 01479 861256 enquiries@glenmorelodge.org.uk 


4 Star Leader Assessment 

Craft Start Date Provider Telephone Email 

Canoe 28/11/2009 Claire Knifton claire.knifton@btinternet.com 

Sea 17/10/2009 Rowland Woolven rowland.woollven@ukgateway.net 


Sea 21/11/2009 Ian Bowler Ian.Bowler@hcs.uhi.ac.uk 



White Water 28/11/2009 Standing Waves 01786 464777 mail@standingwaves.co.uk 

5 Star Leader Training 

Discipline Start Date Provider Telephone Email 




Sea 16/09/2009 Skyak Adventures 01471 833428 info@skyakadventures.com 



White Water 10/11/2009 Standing Waves 01786 464777 mail@standingwaves.co.uk 

5 Star Leader Assessment 

Discipline Start Date Provider Telephone Email 



Sea 20/09/2009 Skyak Adventures 01471 833428 info@skyakadventures.com 

Sea 03/10/2009 Rowland Woolven rowland.woollven@ukgateway.net 





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