Forth Canoe Club. Paddling in the Heart of Edinburgh

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2 1. Minutes of the AGM 2. Commodores Address 3. Strategy Planning Day 4. Strategy Plan for 2018/19 5. Reports 6. Treasurers Report 7. Election of Office Bearers 8. Subscription Levels 9. SCIO and changes to Constitution 2

3 1. Minutes of the AGM A show of hands to accept last years minutes 3

4 Commodores Address Looking Back Membership at record levels Lots of activity 95 blocks of courses run Club Coach business model proved to be sustainable for a second coach 2 new XL adult boats delivered Strong junior section Craiglockhart Primary sessions, Development Squads and Sprint Squads now up and running 7 FCC members paddling for GB in Sprint, Polo and WWR and K1 200m Junior European and World Sprint Champion Grantully Slalom, Great Edinburgh Paddle Race Significant back office improvement to membership systems Reasonable progress on boat house re-build FCC Voted as 2017 Club of The Year by Club Sport Edinburgh 4

5 Commodores Address Looking Forward Full calendar of activities for seniors planned, many star award courses All year round calendar of activities for juniors plus continuation of the FCC Junior Development Squad and FCC Sprint Squad Continuing our partnership with Craiglockhart Primary Review our legal status and consideration of becoming a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation Continue work on building a new changing room and toilet block at the front of the boathouse as well as new storage on the land behind Nola s Barge Following EGM in March and the Strategy Day we have refocused activity more later 5

6 Commodores Address Recognition Volunteering is what sustains the club so here s a vote of thanks to all the people who have given up their time to support the club in Special mentions to Kelso without whom Grandtully would be impossible to run Andrew takes this on in 2018 Committee members for their work in 2017 and especially those standing down this year thank you Katerina & Laura Volunteers who have contributed a lot in 2017 such as Mike Hook, Cameron Playfair, Tomas Duarte, Poppy Croal, John Raven, Gillian Denvir & Dan Rhodes, Catherine Jones, Phil Young, Ben Gallcher, Cassie and Jo. There are many, many more volunteers who continue to give there time and effort and I d like to thank them all for their time and goodwill 6

7 Club questionnaire and Strategy Day 3 Key Take Outs: 1. Continue with the Junior program 2. Extend the adult program past 2* to start running more trips for members 3. Find ways to communicate with members on a more regular basis. 7

8 Strategy Plan Re-run and improve on 2017 Commitment to run trips in 2018 budget set aside and volunteers to co-ordinate Website and communications- 3 folk now trained Explore becoming a SCIO Get serious about new facilities 8

9 Boat House Plan 3. Toilet block 2. Re-model interior of existing boat house 1. New boat storage 9

10 Lets talk about the PADDLING now 10

11 Sprint Report 1 World Championship Gold, plus A-Final for Rachel Kneen 1 European Championship Gold 17 FCC competitors at Scottish Championships 9 Gold, 9 Silver & 10 Bronze at Scottish Championships 1 Silver Medal at September Nottingham Regatta, U14 K4 500m for Aida (after 3 months training) GB Vests for Ieuan James, Ben Gallacher, Lydia Dowling- Clarke & Rachel Kneen 6 FCC athletes in SCA Squads (Alexander, Ben, Maks, Rachel, Elliot, Rory) Lydia and Ieuan now full time at Nottingham Junior section training hard all year round and having fun too 11

12 Slalom Report

13 2017 Slalom Report 13 Paddlers competing at Slalom last year We had 10 promotions across 4 divisions and 4 classes (K1W, K1M, C1W, C1M) Paddlers developed and improved over the sessions. We have attended competition including 2 in England We have purchase a new C1 Boat 4 Boats in the Scottish Championships J16 C1M Runner Up J16 C1W 3 rd J15 Scottish Schools Champion (C1W) All (certainly appeared to) have FUN

14 Slalom in 2017 Three Groups Beginners Improvers Forth Canoe Club Performance Coach Piotr Szczepanski Target 1 Prem boats, 5 Div 1 Boats, 3 div 2 boats, multiple Div 3 boats Focus for top group moves to performance but aim to continue to have FUN Limited availability in Beginners Contact Andrew for details. (Age 8+)

15 White Water Racing Report Racing a sprint and classic down a section of white water Boats are 4.5 metres long Classes in K1, C1 and C2 for both women and men 15

16 White Water Racing Report Two club members securing positions on the GB team at both junior (Michael Denvir) and senior level (Ryan Hunt) Several club members trying out and participating at local WWR Racing 16

17 Access Report Forth Canoe Club 1,700 Grant secured for Access equipment Para performance paddler now involved in the club Introduced an new regular slot as a drop-in sessions with a regular turn out Forth CC provided taster sessions for the RNIB, Teens first and Edinburgh City Council A range of support being provided by the access team on either a 1:1 or group basis Huge thank you to Cameron Playfair who has put a astronomical amount of volunteering hours as a cadet this year Access support has increase with a massive thank you to Michael Hook, Cassie Abousamak and Cameron 17

18 Child Protection Forth Canoe Club Growing importance 200 children and >1500 coached hours being delivered to children each year FCC takes child protection seriously and completed disclosure process for existing coaches and coach helpers All new coaches/coach helpers are undergoing disclosure process when getting involved We make sure that our policies are updated and put into place. Parents please support this by making children aware of their rights for a safe environment. 18

19 Coaching Forth Canoe Club This year we concentrated on consolidating the skills of our existing coaches, and bringing in new, experienced coaches with the aim of creating more provision for improver paddlers. Welcome to Forth s new coaches! Ben Gallacher UKCC Level 1 John Raven UKCC Level 1 Michael Hook (assistant) Petra Adams (assistant) Lynn Moir (assistant) Matthew Harvey (assistant) We have our 1* and 2* courses planned out and staffed for the new year, and are looking forward to getting going! 19

20 Coaching adult courses BC Star Courses We took 45 learners through 1* kayak or canoe We took 19 learners through their 2* course Coach/Coach assistant training 6 First Aid 6 FSRT 1 Moderate Water Endorsement Training 3 UKCC Level 1 Training and Assessment 1 UKCC Level 2 training 1 4* White Water Kayak Training 1 White Water Safety and Rescue 9 trained with Dave Rosseter to deliver rolling clinic (granted CPD credit from SCA) Poppy has gained the ability to run and assess FSRT 20

21 Membership Forth Canoe Club Year Adult Members Junior Members TOTAL Female 213 Male members in

22 Net Income Forth Canoe Club Item k Membership/Keys/Storage 3.9 Day Boat Hire (cashbox) 2.3 Summer Courses 8.5 Training & Coach Training 5.9 Pool Sessions 2.2 Grandtully 1.0 Access Grant 1.7 Finance Charges (inc. one-off RBS Refund 2,130) 0.9 Total Net Income 26.3 FCC Accounts 2018 Net Expenditure FCC Accounts k Opening Club Balance Jan Closing Club Balance Dec Annual Surplus 3.5 Item k Boathouse & Running Costs 6.4 Equipment 4.6 Minibus & Trailer 1.2 Clothing 2.2 DCI Coaching 8.3 Total Net Expenditure

23 Election of Office Bearers 7 voted for positions 1) Commodore Matt Harvey 2) Secretary Petra Adams 3) Treasurer - Robb Peel 4) Child Protection Officer Jolanta Czarnecka 5) Membership Secretary - Wiola Starus 6) Coaching Co-ordinator Cassie Abousamak 7) Hut Custodian Oscar Vazquez All positions nominated by Mick James and seconded by Katerina Stein 23

24 Additional Office Bearers Additional positions co-opted by the committee 1. Access Representative Rob 2. Adult recreational officer John 3. Trips Co-ordinator Katerina 4. Club Liaison Officer - Katerina 5. Slalom Representative Andrew 6. Sprint Representative Tomas 7. Polo Representative Poppy 8. Event Safety Officer Poppy 9. Pool session manager - VACANT Sub-Committees 1. Boathouse redevelopment reporting through the Hut Custodian Mick 2. Adult Courses Entry Central Manager reporting in through the Coach Co-Ordinator Jo 3. Junior Courses Entry Central Manager reporting in through the Commodore Tomas 4. Communications / Website / Social Secretary reporting in through the Secretary Lynn and Fernando 24

25 Subscription Levels for 2018 No change recommended Key Hire 20 (with 5 rebate for returning previous year s key) Senior (ordinary) membership - 25 Junior membership Family membership - 50 Associate (non-paddling) member - 5 Club boat hire on canal, junior member - 2 Club boat hire on canal, senior member - 3 Club boat hire off canal, all members - 5 (waived if competing for FCC) Club boat hire on canal, non-member (taster session) - 5 Club boat hire off canal, non-member (taster session) - 10 Club boat hire annual subscription (members) - 60 Remember that if you sign up for many of the courses you automatically become a member 25

26 Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO). FCC currently unincorporated Becoming a SCIO, among other things, means: 1. Our club assets are the cap for our legal liabilities 2. We can apply for charity funding desirable for the boat house re-build 3. We will have some additional annual paperwork 4. We will have to update the club constitution 5. SCIO is SCA best practice club structure Vote to give the Committee authority to review the Club s legal status with a view to becoming an SCIO. Any final decision on the club structure to be made at an EGM.

27 Notices Changes to the constitution : 1) At the end of section 2, insert: No portion of the income and property shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, distribution, bonus, honoraria or otherwise howsoever by way of profit to the members. This is to state explicitly that the Club is not for profit. 2) In section 9, paragraph 5, line 2, delete the word him and replace it with the word them. This is to render the Constitution gender neutral throughout. The Constitution can be found here: 27

28 Notices Club Policies please remind yourselves of these - they are all on the website and will help you to understand how the club works PLEASE GET INVOLVED Volunteers needed for Canal Festival 16th June Dan Rhodes Grandtully Slalom August see Andrew T Great Edinburgh Paddle Race September see Simon Clarke Boat House Redevelopment looking for folk with planning application / building control/ architecture experience see Mick James 8 Adult river trips planned - Sun 25 th March on the Tweed is the first one see Katerina 28

29 Notices Club Clothing Helly Technical Training Tops - 25 Game Gear Long Sleeve Technical Training Tops 15 Hats - 5 T-shirts - 5 Any questions on what you have heard today? 29

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31 Sprint Awards 4 Slalom Awards 3 Polo Awards 2 Coach Awards 3 Commodores Cup 1 31

32 Sprint Awards 4 Most Consistent Effort Most Improved Most Enthusiastic Paddler Most Improved Effort from Performance Squad Member Aida Mathew Ksymena Maks 32

33 Slalom Awards All paddlers showed great skill acquisition and supported each other. Difficult to pick a winner but the following awards Performance of the year Capsize of the Year Achievement of the Year

34 Performance of the Year Max Hampson

35 Capsize of the Year Winner Alex Thomson

36 Achievement of the Year Promotion into Division 1 Clare Denvir

37 Polo Awards FCC currently second in Div 2 Polo shield for Commitment and Improvement Hannah James Polo Tankard for Player of the Year Anna Young 37

38 Coach Awards Forth Canoe Club Coaches, Coach of the year Double Handled Trophy Adult Paddler of the Year Gold rimmed tankard Calum Arundle Lynn Moir Most Committed Coach of the Year Star trophy Hooker 38

39 Commodores Cup Ieuan James K1 200m sprint Junior GB Champion Junior European Champion Junior World Champion 39

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