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White water safety and rescue course
The club is proposing to organise a WWSRC course with 6 places. This is a 2 day weekend course for paddlers who have been doing white water paddling for a while and is provided by external coaches. The cost is around £80/85 plus £5 if you need the certificate (eg if you are working towards 4* white water). Please could reply if you are interested in the course and say if there are any weekends in January to March when you are not available. If there is enough interest I will book a course with a provider.
http://www.canoe-england.org.uk/media/pdf/WWSR Syllabus Dec 2008.pdf
http://www.canoe-england.org.uk/media/pdf/WWSR Syllabus Dec 2008.pdf
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I am arranging White Water Safety & Rescue training for my scouts on the weekend of 21-22 February 2015. We will be based at Dulverton on the Barle. The provider is Ollie Vann. I have 9 intending participants, providers are allowed to train 6 so Ollie is looking for another provider to help him. If he's successful, there will be 3 places on the course available to ECC paddlers and/or their friends. If he's not successful in securing another provider, he's offered alternative dates of 31 Jan-1 Feb for those not accommodated on 21-22 Feb. However, of the 9 intending participants I have already, 6 have replied saying they can't make the alternative weekend so it might not be viable.
Cost will be your share of the £450 provider fee that covers up to 6 people so, £75 per participant if there are 6 or 12. Additional is the usual BCU certification fee and your travel arrangements will be up to you.
We will be staying at the Dulverton Residential Centre on 20-22 February and able to offer at least a floor to sleep on and meals in return for a donation, if that suits?
Ollie has undertaken to sort out suitable venues for the actual training, these might be on the Barle or elsewhere, depending upon conditions over the weekend. I'm sure you will understand the venues cannot be fixed until a few days in advance....
Anyway, please let me know if you are interested.
Brian.
P.S. Jane knows about and supports this offer!
I have a couple of friends in the Salisbury Club who would be interested in doing a WWS&R course. Is anything happening?
It WILL happen as long as we have enough people to pay the provider!
I have 2, maybe 3 and need 6 in total. Preferred date is 31 Jan- 1 Feb as he can do this without finding another provider. There are already 6 participants for the 21-22 February.
If there are less than 6 participants, running will depend upon whether those signed up are prepared to pay the £450 course fee between them....
So, yes the potential is still there!
Brian.
Two of your friends have booked on to this. Now full and 6 people will be doing it this weekend in the snow!