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We had a good start to our pool sessions with 12 club members, 5 non-club members and 4 coaches making good use of the pool. Next session is this Thursday, 26 October.
Don’t forget that the first of five pool session is on Thursday. Exclusive use of the whole pool, coaches on hand to help you with whatever skill you’re wanting to practice, open to non-members who’d like to try it in a pool before committing to the course next year. Pay on the door £5 adult and £3 concessions. Non members £7.50
That’s right, we’re now officially open for applications. see the symposium page for details
Check out the symposium tab at the top of the home page for details and forms
Pool sessions for the winter season start on Thursday 19th October at 8pm. The sessions will run for five weeks, the final night on 16th November 2017.
Again we have exclusive use of the whole pool area, this will allow us to bring in more sea kayaks and possibly canoes.
The extra space will let you to practice all types of strokes in the pool, rolling, rescues, etc. With extra coaches this year, who will be on hand to assist where required. Please let us know what you would like to work on.
If you have a friend who is keen to try out kayaking why not bring them along for a try.
The rates will be the same as other years £5 adult and £3 concessions. Non members £7.50.
There is more sessions booked for early next year, details will be released in the new year.
Monday and Tuesday were the two days for BCU Level 2 Coaches Rosalind Nicol and Rachel Shuchsmith to start the process towards the Moderate Water Endorsement under the watchful eye of Kim Bull. Monday morning saw a recap of the underpinnings for level 2 coaching, but they were soon out on the water exploring paddler development using the moderate water environment. Tuesday was spent doing a variety of coaching on relatively calm conditions. The morning’s work focused on development of 4* paddlers, with critique and analysis of the paddlers and fitting the coaching within the theme for that session.
Moderate Water Coach Training
The afternoon was with a slightly larger group of club paddlers looking to develop their techniques and skills, Rachel and Rosalind working on aspects of analysis and then fitting coaching to the group. Many thanks to everyone that attended and to Kim for coming up.
Kim Bull is a BCU Level 5 Coach and is in Shetland doing a variety of training for the Club over this next few weeks. Please contact Rachel for details.
Email has gone out to members about trips. Please get in touch with Craig Lobban if you haven’t received so he can sort membership details. Iain MacBride is club trip organiser this year and is looking to get things organised as much as possible. Check facebook and the forum for more information
If you’ve never kayaked and thought you’d like to give it a go, this is a good way to learn some of the basics before you get out onto the sea.
Each week we’ll spend just under an hour looking at safety, equipment and general paddling do’s and don’ts before heading into the pool. At the end of the four weeks you’ll be ready to head outdoors on the sea to put some of what we’ve been doing into practice before getting going with trips.
You need to be able to swim and be over 13, all children under 16 need to be accompanied by an adult.
Starts Thursday 20th April for 4 weeks (20th April, 27th April, 4th May, 11th May).
Meet 6:45pm at Waterside suite for the dry bit. There will be time to get changed before we go into the pool at 8:00pm.
Please bring your completed enrolment form with you.
All you require is your swimwear, we provide the rest.
Pool sessions for the spring season start on Thursday 9th March at 8pm. The sessions will run for six weeks, the final night on 13th April 2017.
Again we have exclusive use of the whole pool area, this will allow us to bring in more sea kayaks and possibly canoes.
The extra space will let you to practice all types of strokes in the pool, rolling, rescues, etc. With extra coaches this year, who will be on hand to assist where required. Please let us know what you would like to work on. A chance to refresh your skills before the outdoor season gets under way.
If you have a friend who would like to try out kayaking why not bring them along any Thursday for a try, if they are keen to go outdoors with us then our beginners sessions start on 20thApril.
The rates will be the same as other years £5 adult and £3 concessions. Non members £7.50. per night.