It’s been a busy couple of weeks for everyone involved in coaching at the Club. Well done to all the members who have passed their tests and undertaken new training. The progress in people’s paddling skills is very evident, especially amongst some of our newer members, who have only been paddling for a few weeks. Congratulations to Grant Foster, Martin Scott, Craig Nicholson, Mike Watton, Alfie Watton, Liyun Ye, John Miller, Harry Miller, Georgie Harrison and Carrieanne Stares; all of whom passed their One Star Test. The test was carried out on the sea by the Club on a Thursday Club Night – July 8th. And thanks to Ade who came down especially to administer the test.
The following Tuesday (July 13th) seven members of Martlet passed their Two Star at Cuckmere Haven. These included Izi,Gareth,Nigel,Clive,Emily,Agnes and Danny.
Most recently ten people underwent Foundation Safety & Rescue Training on Sunday July 18th. This was a whole day course and involved a lot of getting wet. Fortunately we were blessed with fine weather & a hot and sunny afternoon, which helped a lot. It is quite a full-on, rigorous course but everyone got stuck in and, when it came to the staged incidents at the end of the day, it was clear how much the candidates had grown in confidence. The Club has an increasing number of paddlers attuned to safety and, whilst incidents are few and far between, if an incident should occur there are now even more people equpped with the skills to take the appropriate action.
Congratulations to Agnes, Kelly, Simon, Richard, Patrick, Emily, Nigel, Richard and Matt, Clive. and a special thanks to all the Club Coaches who have worked with Martlet paddlers over the season and contributed to so many successful outcomes over the last fortnight.
There were also Members of the Cuckmere haven Club taking part and it was good to see such collaboration from our coaches organizing inter-club assessments and training. Thanks to Steve Douch from Cuckmere and Pete who all helped out.
We hope to continue these collaborative events and already have a Level One UKCC coach course in the Calendar for September.
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