Pool Courses - Learn to Roll

 

Course Title:	Pool Courses - Learn to Roll
Course Dates:	Contact Centre for details
Cost:

Who Is This Course For?
We run two levels of pool courses - ‘Intro to Canoeing’ and ‘Learn to Roll’

Our intro courses are aimed at those who want to develop confidence and to learn the basics in the warmth of a pool and our rolling course will focus on developing the necessary skills required to roll your boat.

 

These evening courses are designed to develop your boat handling confidence and all the necessary skill required to roll.

 

Course Aims

-          Develop boat handling skills necessary to roll.

-          Develop a level of confidence and independence through greater understanding

-          Provide individually tailored coaching experience

Skills Covered
When the staff meet the group and discuss aspirations and previous experience, they will decide on a more accurate structure for the course.  This will ensure that all participants will have the opportunity to learn new skills at a pace that suits them. 

A variety of skills will be covered over the evening, including:

-        Boat fit

-        Balance and edge control

-        Support strokes, rescues and rolling.

-        Choosing the right boat and paddling equipment

-        Safety considerations appropriate to the environment,

 

These are some of the essential skills required when making the next step as a paddler. All of these areas will be covered in a practical way during the course and reinforced on the bank, giving you the opportunity to learn from the staff and other course participants alike.

Outline Programme

Detailed programme available on application.

 
Our Staff
The instructor(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 .  You may well have met them on the water in the past, if not your  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.  We advise you not to rush out and buy kit for the course, but use it as a chance to find out what would best suit your needs. But if you do have any of your own equipment do bring it along our staff will be required to vet for suitability equipment such as buoyancy aids and helmets.  You should bring the following:

 

Footwear - wet suit boots	Thermal tops
Waterproof jacket	Towel
Personal medication	Notebook and pen

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
N/A

Catering
N/A

What next?
Having attended our ‘Pool course’ course there are a number of options open to you. Why not try  one of our other ‘Go courses’ for example ‘Go sea kayaking’ or try ‘Go open canoeing’. Alternatively you could focus on continuing to develop your skills in kayaking by attending one of our Flat water or our ‘Next Step’ weekend courses, which are based in a sheltered environment  

You may also choose to join a canoe club, or join the governing body, The Canoe Association Of Northern Ireland (CANI). A full list of clubs is available from CANI

Useful Books

Recommended by and available from Tollymore
British Canoe Union handbook, Published by Pesda Press

Useful contacts:

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