UKCC Level 2 Coach Training

Course Dates  19th - 21st Nov + 3rd - 5th Dec 2010  
                        or
                        6th - 9th July 2010
Cost                £344 (weekends) or £327 (4 day course)
The Level 2 Coach training is a four day course . It plays an important role for people starting out in the role of introducing and developing canoe sport witihn a club or centre.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PARTICIPANTS ON CANOESPORT COACHING COURSES - CENTRAL REGISTRATION

If you are attending a canoesport coaching (either training or assessment) you must obtain a stamped CR (COurse Registration) form prior to the course and bring it with you on the course. This is essential. You can obtain a C1 form from CANI (tel 0870 240 5065) or from clicking here

A stamped CR form is proof that you have obtained all of the course pre-requirements and may attend a training or assessment course. You should allow at least two weeks for your CR form to be processed.

Full details on the central registration process and a link to download a CR form are available by clicking here

If you book on a course and arrive without obtaining a stamped CR form, you will be unable to attend the course and will lose your course fee.

Purpose of the Level 2 Award.

Full details of the UKCC Level 2 Coach Award are available on the BCU website, www.bcu.org.uk

To provide candidates with the skills to safely introduce a group to canoe sport

To provide candidates with the relevant boat handling, group management and safety skills and to create a positive learning environment.

To develop a greater level of confidence and independence through greater knowledge.

Our Staff

The Coach(‘s) who will work with you are all highly experienced and qualified. Tollymore prides itself in the knowledge and experience that its full time and part time staff bring to its courses. Our staff are all keen canoeists who know all the local ‘hot spots’ enabling them to choose the most suitable site to run your course. You may well have met them on the water in the past, if not you’re sure to bump into them in the future on days when they are not working!

All are obliged to attend annual staff updates and training courses

What do I need to bring?

The following list is of equipment we recommend you bring. All essential equipment is available from our extensive stores. Borrowed equipment will be treated as your own for the purpose of the assessment therefore If you do have your own equipment bring it along our staff will be required to vet for suitability of equipment such as buoyancy aids, boats and helmets.

See BCU equipment guidelines for full details.


Tollymore Information
Tollymore Mountain Centre, on the edge of the Mournes, is Northern Ireland’s National Centre for Mountaineering and Canoeing Activities. It is funded and managed by the Sports Council for Northern Ireland as a National Centre. The Centre is an attractive, purpose-built facility of log construction with accommodation for 30 people in 2, 4 and 6 berth bedrooms. Quilts, pillows and bed linen are all provided. The Centre is well appointed with toilets, showers, modern kitchen, lecture room, workshop and drying room. Outside there is ample parking space, a ropes course and a floodlit granite-climbing wall. A modern indoor climbing wall is open year round. The centre is ideally situated on the edge of the Mournes, with quick and easy access to the hills.

The Central Council for Physical Recreation opened Tollymore Mountain Centre in 1969. In 1974, it passed to the newly established Sports Council for Northern Ireland Trust. In 1995, Tollymore achieved the management standard BS EN ISO 9001:2000 for the quality systems it operates. However, as part of Sports Council for Northern Ireland’s ongoing commitment to the development of the National Centre, Tollymore will be undergoing a major redevelopment, commencing in 2006. The facilities will be improved and expanded, to ensure that Tollymore remains as an example of best practice in the provision of mountaineering, hillwalking, climbing and canoeing courses in Northern Ireland.

Accommodation
Accommodation is available at Tollymore and is included in the course fee

Catering
This is a fully catered course.

What next?

This course provides you with training in the skills required to safely manage, lead and coach up to 2 star in a controlled environment. The logical next step courses are level 2 coach assessment or 4 Star or you try a course in an alternative discipline – sea, surf or White water.

Also you may choose to join a canoe club,

A full list of clubs is available from The Canoe Association Of Northern Ireland (CANI)

Useful Books

Recommended by and available from Tollymore
BCU Handbook, published by Pesda Press

Useful contacts:

CANI

Canoe Association of Northern Ireland

Unit 2 Rivers Edge

13 – 15 Ravenhill Rd

Belfast

BT68DN

Email: office@cani.org.uk

Web: www.cani.org.uk

Tel: 0870 2405065

BCU

www.bcu.org.uk