Who We Are
Club Chairperson
Chris Davis
T: 01903 741422
E: chrisjgdavis@hotmail.co.uk
Membership Secretary
Terri Phillips
M: 07733 050 397
E: forestcanoe@yahoo.co.uk
Child Safety Protection Officer
Geoff Peek
M: TBC
E: forestcanoe@yahoo.co.uk
Forest
Canoe Club – Coaching
Introduction
The Team
We would like to introduce our coaching team to all our members. If you have any questions, or any coaching needs, please do speak to any of the team who will be happy to help.
Steve West – Head Coach
Chris Davis
Chris is a
very experienced Level 2 kayak
and open canoe coach, and has
been paddling for 25 years. He
has attended the Whitewater
Safety and Rescue course. He has
been a member of FCC since soon
after its formation in 1986, and
has been a coach for the last 18
years. Chris likes to run
rivers, both whitewater and
flat, and has extensive
knowledge of our local rivers.
He has paddled in many areas
across the
Andy Fenney
Andy has been a member of FCC
for nearly 20 years and is a
Level 2 kayak coach. He has
attended the Whitewater Safety
and Rescue course. Andy likes to
paddle rivers, especially
whitewater and loves the club
Jim McPherson
Jim qualified as a BCU UKCC Level 1 coach at the beginning of 2009 and spends most of his time coaching our younger paddlers in the club. He particularly enjoys paddling the Thames Weirs and travelling further afield to some of our white water rivers such as The Dart and The Tryweryn, either being coached by others or coaching less experienced members of the club. In 2009 he went paddling in The Alps for the first time and had a great week, progressing his paddling even further. Jim also enjoys surfing when the conditions are right.
Adam Harding
Adam is a UKCC Level 1 coach,
gaining qualification at the end
of last year. He is an
experienced paddler, having
started kayaking when he was 3.
Adam has extensive experience of
paddling in the
Ben West
Ben is a
Level 2 kayak coach, and has
been paddling for about 6 years.
He has attended the Whitewater
Safety and Rescue course. Ben
loves whitewater river-running,
and he spends a lot of time
freestyle paddling, either on
the Thames weirs or at HPP in
Our Goal
Our goal is to help our Club members to develop their paddling skills in a safe and enjoyable environment. We want to encourage people to try different disciplines within the sport, such that everyone has the opportunity to find those aspects of the sport that best suits their aptitudes and aspirations.
Our Objectives
We will work towards our goal by doing the following:
- Provide coaching to help our members attain formal qualifications, eg Paddlepower and 2 Star
- Provide bespoke courses to help our members become self-sufficient in their paddling, eg Basic Water Safety
- Organise varied trips to broaden our members experience and develop personal skills
- Provide informal coaching as required to help with skills development
- Encourage and help those club members that want to, to become qualified coaches.
Provision of Training for Club Members
Our plans for
2012 are as follows:
- Paddlepower – assess our young members to establish where their skills place them within the Paddlepower scheme, and develop an individual plan for each young person with a target achievement for the summer lake sessions
- Run a 2 Star course for adult and older children
- Run a Basic Water Safety course to ensure adult members are equipped to safely organise their own local trips
- Coaching of specific skills and techniques outside of the above, eg rolling, basic freestyle.
