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PPCA review
As we are now into July I thought I would take this opportunity to give you a quick review of how I see the club is doing. There are some positives and also some areas of concern. Financially the club is doing well. The negatives are that the club Tuesday evening sessions should be thriving, but the number of members coming along are very low compared to recent years. Another observation is the lack of members coming forward to train as new coaches and ultimately take over the mantle from our experienced club coaches. Our governing body BC is about to announce a complete overhaul of the present coaching scheme and launch a new scheme in the near future. If there are any aspiring coaches out there please come forward or have a chat with one of the club coaches to find out more.
Another area of concern is that the various club recreational paddles have seen very few new club members joining in. These paddles continue to be supported by a core of dedicated club paddlers who regularly attend. I know time constraints are a problem for many but without the club members supporting the organised club sessions they may gradually reduce and potentially cease to be run. The club continues to offer a variety of Paddlepower, Taster and Intro courses to introduce new paddlers into the sport. But again numbers attending these are not what they used to be. July should be one of the peak months for attracting new paddlers but this weekend we ran a 1 star course with only 2 people on it. Although not of concern yet the current trend is that the club membership is starting to shrink. To finish on a positive note we now have a newly fitted out members shed and a club shed with a lot of new kit and a number of new boats for the members to use.
The easy thing would be to ignore what is happening and just carry on until the next AGM and let the new committee sort things out. But it is important to know what the current club membership wants and needs from its club. I was thinking about organising an online survey similar to what we have had in previous years. But I think the best thing is for club members to send me their thoughts, ideas, aspirations, wants, wishes terryc1@blueyonder.co.uk Then I can collate the information and take it to the committee with a view to implementing some of the suggestions.
Please continue to send in your emails, there are some good ideas coming in from across the membership.
Terry Calcott
PPCA Vice Chair
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