4 Star Training, Skills and Leadership (Surf)
This course is for those who are interested in achieving Personal Proficiency (Star) awards, and or those who are particularly interested in progressing as coaches in Canoe sport.
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Course Title: |
4 Star Training, Skills and Leadeship (Surf) |
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Course Dates: |
25 - 27 Sept 2009 |
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Cost: |
£130 |
Who Is This Course For?
This award is aimed at those looking at progressing through the coaching scheme and is a prerequisite to attending the relevant Level 3 Coach award (surf). It can also be useful for those who would wish to be bench marked against the Governing Body scheme
Please check out the BCU website for full details.
Course Aims
The test is designed to indicate that the candidate has sufficient proficiency to surf a break. Holding the 4 Star Test is a requirement for attending a training course for the qualification of Level 3 Coach
Skills Covered
Please check out the BCU website for full details of all strokes covered.
Outline Programme
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AM/PM |
Evening |
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Friday |
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Course outline, Equipment issue
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Saturday
Sunday |
On the water focusing on 4* skills
Complete4* skills, debriefs |
Boat and paddle design
What we wear and what we carry |
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It is important to note that the above outline programme is a guide. Times may vary due to weather conditions or other reasons.
Our Staff
The Coaches(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?
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Suitable Boat |
Tow line |
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Paddle |
Dry bags |
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Buoyancy aid |
Spare clothes |
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Wet suit, cagoule or dry suit |
Suitable drink – Hot/cold |
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Suitable foot wear |
Boat Repair |
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Spray deck if appropriate |
First Aid |
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Woolly/peaked hat |
Group shelter/bivi bag |
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Compass |
Throw bag |
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Spare paddle/splits |
Suitable Map |
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 2007. 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 not included in course fee.
Catering
The course fee does not include catering.
What next?
The 4 Star course provides you with the skills to be a competent member of a group under leadership. The logical next step are courses such as those that appear in ‘Canoesport in Rough Conditions’ or try a course in an alternative discipline – sea, surf or Inland Kayak .
You may choose to join a canoe club, or/and join the governing body - The Canoe Association Of Northern Ireland (CANI). A full list of clubs is available from CANI
Useful Books
Recommended by 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