Newsletter 09/09/2017 Dear members and guests. Please find attached updated club documents 1. General Session rules 2. Video and Camera policy 3. Skating learning programmes 4. FARS membership letter 5. Head Coach Profile Please note, FARS membership renewal is now due for existing FARS members, and for new members who wish to join. These now have to be paid to the club who will forward the payment and forms on to the Federation, these need to be paid prior to the 18th which is when they need to be sent to FARS. The World Roller Games have been taking place in Nanjing, China, see the links on the FIRS website at http://www. rollersports.org/ rg-2017 We welcome your feedback on the skating sessions, we can only improve the sessions if you let us know what you would like to happen. Next session Sunday 17th September at Bexhill Leisure Centre.
General Skating Session Safety Rules For the safety of everyone attending the skating sessions please follow these rules. Breaking the rules could result in you being asked to leave the skating floor, or the session. 1. No food or drink to be eaten on the skating floor including chewing gum, please only eat or drink in the sectioned off seating area. 2. Correct equipment should be used. Skates should be clean and safe at all times 3. Mobile phones must not be used while skating. 4. No smoking, alcohol, or illegal substances are allowed anywhere in the sports centre. 5. If you spot liquids, food or objects on the floor, please inform a member of staff immediately. 6. Non-skaters accompanying young skaters must keep to the outside of the floor near to the walls. 7. All skaters must skate in the same direction, this will normally be counterclockwise, but will be directed by the skating coaches. 8. Do not carry skaters while on the skating floor, a fall from height can cause serious injury. 9. In the event of a fire alarm the coaches will open the fire exits, and ensure everyone leaves, please remember the outside surface is rough so please take care when on skates, only take your skates off once safely out of the building, do not return to collect possessions, wait until the staff of the sports centre or coaches advise you it is safe to do so before re-entering the building. 10. Anyone seeing anyone or anything suspicious or of concern should immediately report it to a member of staff or coach. 11. Pushing, hitting, tripping, overly fast skating or any unsafe behaviour will result in you being asked to leave the skating floor for 10 minutes, repeated occurrences could result in you being asked to leave the session. 12. No bullying or fighting. 13. Please follow any other directions given by the coaches or authorised staff at all times, if a coach raises their hand and shouts stop, please leave the skating floor immediately as someone may be hurt or there may be a hazard that needs to be addressed straight away. 14. Do not take skates off on the skating area, please return to the seated area before removing your skates. 15. Do not cause an obstruction. Avoid stopping suddenly if possible, or standing still while others are skating. Do not walk across the skating area when entering or leaving the hall. If you fall and are unhurt, please get up as quickly as possible. Please remember these rules are for your safety and to ensure everyone has a fun and safe skating session. Your safety and enjoyment are our primary concern. Updated 20/08/2017
Policy on the use of photographs and images of children and young people Children and young people can be at risk directly or indirectly as a result of the use of photographs on sports web sites and other publications. Photographs can be used as a means of identifying children and young people when they are accompanied with personal information. This information can make a child or young person vulnerable to an individual who may wish to exploit a connection for child abuse. It should be remembered that the content of a photo or video could be used or adapted for inappropriate use. The Federation of Artistic Skating sets down its policy in respect to all clubs, trainers, organisers of sanctioned events and providers of services as follows: - if the skater is named avoid using their photograph if the photograph is used avoid naming the skater a parent or carer must be consulted and subsequently give permission for an image to be used. This ensures that the parents are aware of the way the image of their child or young person is used the images of skaters must be restricted to appropriate dress to reduce the risk of inappropriate use the content of any image should focus on the activity and not on a particular child or young person full face and body shots should be avoided All events sanctioned or organised by the Federation of Artistic Roller Skating must follow the guidelines with regard to images of children and young people. These guidelines are as follows: if professional photographers or the press are invited to an event a clear brief as to expectation of the Federation with regard to images and Child protection photographers authorised to take photographs or video must be identified at all times and must display an identification key at all times all skater's parents and carers should be advised that a photographer (s) is(are) present and an indication of their approval advised there must be no unsupervised access to skaters on one to one photo sessions at events photo sessions outside the event or at a skater's home should only be allowed if approved by FARS all person and spectators attending an event wishing to take photographs or video recordings must be registered by the event organiser skaters, parents, carers and coaches must be diligent and inform the organisers if they have any concerns about the activities of any photographers or video operators Concerns regarding inappropriate or intrusive photography or video recordings should be reported to the F.A.R.S. Child Protection Unit. Updated 26/08/2017
Information on our Learn to skate programmes 01/09/2017 Sussex Artistic Roller Skating Club now offers three programmes of basic skills courses to suit everyone whatever their current skill level. These are open to all; however, the FARS grades require that you join the club as a member. 1. BRFS Basic skills grades - Suitable for anyone, even if you haven't skated before. These grades will be run on a regular basis in the general session, they are a 5-week course that people can sign up for, in these sessions you will do the BRFS grades 1-5 which are suitable for quad and inline skates and cover the basics of falling, getting up, starting to skate and progress to two-foot jumps and power slides. 2. Sussex Artistic Roller Skating Club grades - We start you off with our own club basic skills certificates and when Certificate 6 is passed, you can then move on to the Grade Badges issued by the Federation of Artistic Roller Skating if you wish to. 3. FARS basic skills grades to Gold level tests - If you want to start on the path to competitive dance or free skating we invite you to become a member and can then take FARS grades 1-6 Grades 1-5 can be assessed by our qualified coaches, grade 6 will be judged on a test day by an external FARS Judge. These will be run in the members only, beginner, junior and senior sessions. Please talk to one of the coaches about what would be suitable for you.
The Federation of Artistic Roller Skating From: FARS President - Nick Loader Email: president@fars.co.uk Date: 25/08/2017 Dear Clubs and Members, F A R S Membership Renewals On the 1st September 2017, the majority of FARS members membership is due. In the announcement at the beginning of 2017 I announced that FARS would be requesting the clubs to take over the management of their skater s membership renewals, by sending FARS a list of skaters and one payment to cover membership renewals. Please can all clubs download the form from the FARS website (http://www.fars.co.uk/join-fars/) and complete ALL the sections in the existing format for their skaters/fars Members and email the list to the office along with by the BACS reference number for the payment to FARS. Please remember to include the B A C S ref number so we can track payments. Wherever possible please can clubs pay via B A C S, if you need to pay by cheque please send the cheque to the office along with the list of skaters. What happens if you don t belong to a club? Please still complete the form and send a BACS payment to FARS. Please can all payments be made by Monday 18th of September at the latest. If you joined in October, November, December 2016 or January 2017, please use the below guide for your payments to align you to the one payment date for 2018. NEW M EM BERS (R ED U CED RATE) R EN EW A LS (FU LL RATE) Junio r Senior Junior Senior 11.00 15.75 22.00 31.50 October 2017 10.08 14.44 20.17 28.88 To 1st September 2018 November 2017 9.17 13.13 18.33 26.25 To 1st September 2018 December 2017 8.25 11.81 16.50 23.63 To 1st September 2018 January 2018 7.33 10.50 14.67 21.00 To 1st September 2018 Additional Rem inders: 1) We can still see skaters/parents have standing orders incorrectly setup for membership renewals please can you cancel these. 2) When you are making any payments to FARS via BACS please make the references meaningful. 3) If you are paying FARS for something please let the office know. Any questions, please don t hesitate to ask. Regards, Nick Loader FARS President FARS, Terence House, 24 London Road, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG18 4LQ
The Federation of Artistic Roller Skating Neil Streeter (Head Coach, Sussex Artistic Roller Skating Club) Neil is a UKCC Level 2 roller skating coach who is licensed and accredited by both the British Roller Sports Federation and the Federation of Artistic Roller Skating. He is a UK Coaching Silver member and holds certificates in first aid, Child Protection in Sport & Active Leisure and Sport Coaching & Psychology. He has passed his NSA preliminary, Bronze and Inter-silver dance tests. Neil is a UK Anti-Doping Accredited Advisor and advocate of clean sport. His goal is to help people develop their skills in artistic roller skating and prepare for competitions. He has been skating for many years and has a great deal of experience of competing in artistic roller dance, free skating and show events with medals at both club and national level. DBS certificate number 001576840147. F.A.R.S. Red Coaches CPU licence member 72263 BRSF certified Coaching Programme Level 1 & 2, member BRSF0120 UK Coaching Silver member SM661 National Skating Association Inter silver level Dance UK Coaching Public Indemnity and Professional Indemnity Insurance Current Certifications 2017 Open University - Exploring Coaching and Psychology, Online safety. EduCare Level 2 - Child Protection in Sport & Active Leisure, Equality and Diversity, Introduction to Safety in Clubs, Food Hygiene & Safety, Child Exploitation & Online Safety, First Aid Essentials, Personal Safety, Preventing Bullying, Safer Recruitment, Safeguarding Adults Wallace Cameron - Appointed person - First Aid Certificate 1030612 UK Coaching - Discover Coaching, How to Coach, Plan Do Review, Inspiring Positive Behaviour in Sport. Sport England Club Matters - Good Governance, Developing a Marketing Strategy and Organisation structures. N SA skating certificates to Inter Silver Level Dance and Bronze Free. EUSR - Health & Safety and Environmental Awareness - EUSR number 210678. UKAD Anti-Doping Accredited Advisor. All certificates may be viewed on Request. Neil is also a member of: - protecting sport actively susse/y f t SP O R T V / ENGLAND Creating a sporting habit for life