FCC ‘THROWLINE ’ CLUB MAGAZINE
From your committee: some good news! After every summer season the committee reviews, along with help from the Coaches, just how successful the season was. Some suggestions for next year from the meeting: Chloe had a brilliant suggestion to set up colour coded notice boards so that young people can look to see what are the next steps for them. And she offered to spear-head the development. The Tiverton pre-meeting was a good idea and needs now to be refined. Polo group - we need to think of a foolproof way to stop paddlers just travelling through the Polo group on Wednesdays. We have to set better course dates for the Two Star. And interestingly the new-for2016-Skills-group did not take off; paddlers instead choosing fun and games! So next year we will try to get young people onto actual courses.
The main points from the Coaches meeting : The Tuesday Adult group was a major success. Led by Alan C, we saw a big retention of adults through the season and on into the ww winter programme. Slalom group on Wednesdays: there was a lot of help given by our up-and-coming young slalomists and we need to harness the offers of help from them next year. Red group: although slow to take off, paddlers showed great improvement as the season progressed. They benefited from playing polo when there was space. The welcome person at the door (Linz) was a great success and now we need to think of ways to keep a free-running corridor.
In summary Rich said “2016 has been a very positive summer season. It was good to hear the constructive and supportive comments made by coaches.” He said that negative comments are always an indicator of (bad) feelings and at the Coaches meeting there were absolutely no negative comments at all. This was noted and welcomed, giving a clear indication of a successful season. Rich thanked all the coaches and volunteers for their commitment. We can’t run our club without all your help given so generously. 17