All4One Spring 2023

Commonwealth Games Medal winner, Sarah-Jane

Perry, visits the Boat Club

SJ is the 8th top squash player in the world!

On Saturday 14 January, Sarah-Jane Perry took time out of her busy schedule to come to Warwick Boat Club and tell our juniors what it’s like to have a world-class squash career.

She answered questions like, “What do you eat before a match” and “What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had” before putting on her medals (Commonwealth Games 2022 – bronze in the women’s singles, and silver in the doubles playing with Alison Waters) and letting us take an awful lot of photos of her.

The juniors got on court with her for a little knockabout, and then they were gently persuaded to make way for some of us star-struck adults. You can see SJ putting our new captain, Paul Docherty, through his paces here. It was a fantastic afternoon. Thank you so much SJ - we love the fact that you’re such an inspiring player and a local girl as well! #SquashGirlsCan

club captain

Libby Newman, Club Captain | captain@warwickboatclub.co.uk

Hi everyone, the Club has had the usual issue with poor weather since the last magazine. However, all sport has been played whenever possible and there have been several social events successfully run by Carey. Obviously Squash has not been affected in fact we have a new Squash Captain... Paul Docherty.

The river has occasionally been too high for safe rowing and the tennis courts frozen with snow or ice. This is not the Bowling section`s outdoor season so they have not been affected. However, much has been happening behind the scenes. My Clubhouse is taking shape with Laura and Susie working hard in the office to get everything in place in time for renewals.

I believe there`s still much to be done. Your General Committee is meeting monthly, as usual making sure your Club is running efficiently. There`s still long discussions on possible new changing rooms.

Don`t forget to support your Club Cafe... come and have a hot drink or snack! I look forward to seeing you around the Club and look forward to Spring arriving!

SJ with Max Peak and Perry, the Commonwealth Games mascot

Sarah-Jane and Paul Docherty

squash & Racketball

Meet some of our newest and youngest squash players

With the Squash Stars programme proving a huge success, a group of young school friends have discovered a love of squash at Warwick Boat Club. Theo Robinson, Harry Denton, Will Sullivan and more recently, Isaac Livingstone joined the club through the Squash Stars programme. The Year 3 pupils are now regulars at JP’s junior coaching sessions on Saturday afternoons.

They particularly like Racquet Attack and bring an endless energy to the club. They often have to be ushered off the court at the end of a training session to make way for the seniors. All four boys are working hard to move up through the different ball sizes designed to aid a junior’s development.

Harry recently represented WBC at a junior competition at Priory Edgbaston where his deep serving and speed around the court earned him first place in his group.

Keep an eye on these lads – we think they’ll go far.

Squash Stars update

Around 120 young players have signed up since the programme launched

It’s a huge success and we’re getting new juniors joining us every week. We’ve adopted the proven England Squash junior progress awards system to help us develop and support our younger players.

There are now two junior coaching sessions on a Saturday afternoon for around 20 children – 5-9 year olds at 2pm and 10+ at 3pm.

For just £30, a junior gets:

✓ Four beginner squash lessons

✓ A junior KARAKAL racket and ball

✓ Protective goggles

✓ A Squash Stars t-shirt and drawstring bag

Sign up at www.warwickshiresquash.org/squash-stars and choose Warwick Boat Club.

We have a new captain!

Paul Docherty was endorsed as the new squash captain at the EGM on 9th March. He’s bringing lots of fresh ideas and is particularly enthusiastic about tapping into the growing popularity of padel tennis to help more people discover the joy of playing squash and squash 57 (the new name for racketball).

“I’m delighted to be the new captain – it’s a great section with loads going on and I’m keen to attract new members, as well as increase the value the club offers to existing squash players. I want to thank Graeme [Mascall] on behalf of the whole section for the great job he’s done for the last 4 ½ years, and for his advice and support.”

We’ll hear more from Paul in due course but in the meantime, feel free to introduce yourself if you see him at the club.

Theo, Harry and Will loving their new sport

Paul Docherty –the new squash captain

Coaching update from Jon Peak

Saturdays are pretty busy these days with Alison running junior coaching sessions in the morning, and then two further sessions in the afternoon with me. Saturday seniors is really popular, especially if I play them dance music and buy them all a drink afterwards – it’s an active couple of hours between 2pm and 4pm.

Our mixed ability racketball sessions for everyone regardless of age, ability and skill, have now been moved to Saturday at 1pm. The numbers are growing with up to 12 people on court some weeks. Scan the QR code to join the WhatsApp group and keep up to date.

Thursday evening sessions are also getting busier with beginners at 6.30, intermediates at 7.30, and advanced players at 8.30. We’ve had weeks where every session has been fully booked and recently welcomed two badminton players on holiday here from France to try out the sport!

JOINTHE WHATSAPPGROUP

We’re pleased to have two new coaches –James Grimshaw has picked up the sport again after a long break away and is now coaching the juniors – and County Champion Olivia Gow is joining us in April.

We’ve welcomed six new adult members this year and in one week, we had over 50 people playing over the various group sessions.

Success of the juniors

On 4 February, 10 of our juniors played in a mini-series tournament at Edgbaston Priory. We might be the smallest club in the county, but we had the highest number of kids attending from any club.

They looked great in their club shirts and we had lots of comments from other clubs, coaches and parents about their positive attitudes and the effort they put in. Their confidence built as the day went on with over 40 matches played!

We came 1st and 3rd in the beginner ball group and took 2nd place in the single yellow dot group. And we were very proud of Harry, who came first in his group. Max was selected for the English Junior Championships which took place in February in Surrey. With only the top 32 players in the country being accepted, it was fantastic that Warwickshire juniors came away with four titles.

JP encourages more young players to get involved

With numbers of junior players at the Club rising, JP has also been encouraging youngsters further afield to try their hand at squash

He was part of the team running the Squash Activation Zone at the British Junior Open in January. During the threeday event at the University of Birmingham Sports Centre, children from around 20 schools picked up a racket at the Zone, which was set up next to the show court.

In February, he spent a day at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham helping England Squash deliver sessions for around 150 children with no access to other sports.

“These youngsters haven’t had easy starts in life, so it was wonderful to see them focus and build their skills. It’s a great way to have fun and improve teamwork.”

For a club that only has around 100 squash members, that’s not bad going!

Spond is helping us keep track of bookings and payments. Members get automatic reminders and can accept or decline through the app. Ask me if you want to be added.”

Jonathan Peak, Head Squash Coach

Squash socials

From Slovenia to sailing, we’ve got some exciting trips planned

The trip to Lake Bled for a long weekend of squash and outdoor activities is nearly upon us. Eight of our players will travel to Slovenia to enjoy coaching in the morning, then choose from paddle-boarding, swimming or cable car rides in the afternoon. The evenings will mainly be free for eating and drinking.

Mike Hornsby is arranging a SquashSail later in the year. A group will travel to Dartington Squash Club to meet the club players for a mini-tournament, motor up the River Dart from Stoke Gabriel, then sail on two 29’ yachts to Brixham Marina. The evening will mainly be free for eating and drinking.

And we also have a Spanish padel trip in the pipeline for later in the year. More details to follow.

Photo by Matteo Paonessa on Unsplash

JP promoting squash at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham

Max Peak at the English Junior Championships

court circular

Alex Rintoul secures two deciding wins for Lynchburg Hornets

With two important wins over this past weekend, Alex Rintoul is making his mark in college tennis for the University of Lynchburg Hornets.

On March 1st, Alex secured a close 7-6; 6-4 win at No. 5 singles versus the University of Roanoke, as part of the Hornets 7-2 win. This was the first time the Hornets have beaten Roanoke since 2019. Then on March 4th, Alex had a huge 7-6; 6-1 win at No. 5 singles in the deciding match to give the Hornets a nailbiting 5-4 win.

Lynchburg now have a 3-2 overall record, with a 2-0 record in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC).

Keep up the good work Alex!

Team

Talk

There are only a few winter league matches left and the summer season starts on the 2nd April!! Coventry league fixtures are also now available.

STRATFORD AND DISTRICT

Mixed

Mixed A team – 1st in 1st division

Mixed B team – 3rd in 1st division

Mixed C team – 1st in 4th division

Men

Mens 1st – 1st in 1st division

Confirmed league winners

Mens 2nd – 1st in 5th division

Confirmed league winners

Ladies

Ladies 1st – 2nd in 1st division

Ladies 2nd – 1st in 2nd division

Confirmed league winners

Ladies 3rd – 2nd in 4th division

Ladies 4th – 2nd in 6th division

Veterans

Mens vets – 2nd in division 2

Confirmed promotion

Ladies 1st vets – 4th in division 1

Ladies 2nd vets – 10th in division 1

Tennis Captain

Spring is arriving and it’s great so see many of you out playing as the daylight hours extend. The Club Tournament is fast approaching so be ready to submit your entries when they open in April. There’s been lots happening in the first part of the year. In particular the IT system is in the process of being implemented for membership renewals and the court booking system is targeted to ‘go live’ on April 17th. More information on this will follow but one of the key benefits will be to enable edits to existing bookings.

BIRMINGHAM MIXED LEAGUE

Through to the semi finals!

NATION PREMIER LEAGUE

National premier league Mens – top of division hopefully through to play offs

Ladies – struggled with players this season and will possibly look to not enter next year unless there is a better commitment from players

Juniors

U18 boys – 1st in division 1a

U18 girls – 2nd in division 1

U16 boys – 3rd in division 1

U16 girls - 2nd in division 1

U14 boys – 2nd in division 1a

U9 mixed – 3rd in division 2c

U8 mixed – 3rd in division 2d

We are also actively discussing the long needed improvements to the clubhouse and further important investments in the sports facilities that will enhance our tennis facilities, including potentially having two clay courts and introducing Padel Tennis to the club. As the plans develop, I will be looking to hold information sessions to share details of these plans and to prepare for a possible EGM at which these plans will need to be approved.

As always please provide myself and the rest of your Tennis Committee with as much feedback as you can on how your experience of our club is working and remember, we depend on members such as yourself volunteering to help run the club. If you are available to help support any of the club’s activities, please let me know. I look forward to seeing you around the club.

All the best,

Jon Browning, Tennis Captain tennis.captain@warwickboatclub.co.uk

Padel Tennis

Members may be aware that Padel is the UK’s fastest growing racquet sport! It is often described as a mix between tennis and squash and is played on an enclosed court roughly 25 percent smaller than a normal tennis court.

Padel is fast-paced and the ball can be played off the walls like in squash. This leads to long and exciting rallies. Padel is currently booming across Latin America and southern Europe. In Spain there are 4 million padel players and padel is now the country’s second most popular sport, behind only football.

Although late to the game, the UK has recently witnessed a massive spike in interest in padel in recent times; the number of courts installed in the UK has doubled in the last 12 months and the LTA anticipate that there will be 400 courts in the UK by the end of 2023.

Padel is usually played as a doubles game and is popular across the generations, with players from 8-80 playing regularly.

A number of sporting celebrities are keen Padel players, e.g. Andy Murray (who is also an investor in one of the UK’s leading Padel installers), David Beckham, Jurgen Klopp & Pep Guardiola.

We are aware that other clubs in the Midlands are looking at, or have already taken the step to invest in Padel courts. Not wishing to be left behind, and in an effort to keep your club at the forefront of developments in racquet sports and provide excellent and improved facilities for members, your Tennis Committee is actively looking at how we might be able to introduce Padel to WBC.

Myclubhouse tennis court bookings

Members will already be aware that we are using the Myclubhouse system for subscription renewals. In April we will be transferring tennis court bookings to Myclubhouse from Clubspark. You will be informed in due course when this is going to happen but we are aiming for 17th April. Please look out for more details on your emails over the next few weeks.

Access to Myclubhouse is via your internet browser. Just go to wbc.myclubhouse.co.uk, login and go to Information-court bookings. You can access daily or weekly booking sheets to see what courts are available. This page will not be live until court bookings are enabled.

All the rules concerning court bookings are the same as under Clubspark. The new system is very intuitive and straightforward to use.

Given our unique and spectacular location any changes to the appearance and ambiance of the club have to be sensitively taken into account in any proposed changes, but from initial conversations we have had with experts in the installation of Padel courts we think there might be a way – subject to the vagaries of the Warwick Council Planning Department! And assuming we can overcome that hurdle then there’s the question of funding….!!

The LTA are big supporters and promoters of Padel as they see it as a gateway for new players to Tennis. There is a separate Padel section on the LTA website which has a lot of useful information.

Those who are interested in learning more may find the following links helpful.

- www.swlondoner.shorthandstories.com/padel/index.html

- www.lta.org.uk/play/ways-to-play/padel/

If you want to try Padel you can also book Padel taster sessions at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton

- www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/PadelNTC

Please feel free to contact any member of the Tennis Committee for more information on Padel. We will endeavour to keep members informed of progress with this initiative.

Paul Isaacs

Facilities report

Paul & Chris, our groundsmen have been working hard to get the tennis courts to a high standard of playing surface. This involves the use of a lot of heavy equipment and is time consuming. Algae and moss continue to be a nuisance, and treating with chemicals is quite evasive. We are looking at getting a professional expert in to sort this, who have the right personal protection and equipment. I know Jon Martin my senior facilities volunteer is in total agreement. We have decided to save money, by retaining the existing fencing along court 1-5, it is in reasonable condition, and Paul may repaint the posts.

Gary Sharp

Photo from www.lta.org.uk

Photo from www.lta.org.uk

WBC hat-trick of wins at WALTA Awards

The Boat Club was well represented at this years Warwickshire LTA awards. Our three wins were Cameron Malik, adult player of the year, Graham Harrington, volunteer of the year and Kirsten Brice representing King’s High, one of our partner schools.

2023 WBC Summer Tennis Tournament

Warwick Boat Club Tennis Section is pleased to announce that its annual Tournament will be taking place and online entry is now open as of Friday 24th March.

Last year was a record entry with 212 members competing across all ten events and some 299 matches taking place during May and June. The entry fee will be £15 per person and includes food on Finals Day for all entrants.

Each member can enter up to 4 events across the Open and Handicap categories. Further detailed rules are published on the ClubSpark website, where entry can be registered under the TOURNAMENT menu. We look forward to another competitive tournament conducted over the months of May and June, culminating in Finals Day on Saturday 1st July 2023.

Any queries should be directed to any of the following:

Steve Chidlow

(Tournament Administrator)

Gavin Henderson

(Head Coach)

Sue Hawkesford

(Tennis Player Representative)

Please use the following Link to REGISTER and ENTER EVENTS: www.clubspark.lta.org.uk/ WarwickBoatClub/Tournament

Recycling your old Balls...

Why do I bother?

Since mid 2018 I have sorted and sent several thousand tennis balls to Recycaball, for repressuring, re-selling or giving to charities. Recycaball is a non-profit making organisation that gives money to various charities each year. We have received almost £500 for the balls since 2018, this money has been spent on...

• A mixed recycling bin, the recycaball bin, bird and bat boxes for the Club site and £270 given to local charities - the Friendship Project and Waverley Dementia Day Care Centre in Kenilworth.

We haven’t had many decent balls being recycled lately, so if you have a lot in your cupboard at home, do bring them to the Club to recycle. Any balls that aren’t good enough to send to Recycaball, Gavin gives to the local schools. This way the balls get used again, before they go to the general waste.

Margot Rowdon

balls. Please dry and clean them first.

The balls need to be clean and not have a damaged nap or be threadbare. If the balls are wet or dirty please don’t put them in the bin as they contaminate the other

Cameron Malik Graham Harrington Kirsten Brice

32 players joined in an impromptu social C team mixed tournament organised by their captain Jane Robbins on Sun 26 March.

Extra social players joined in too moving court and splitting every 25’ for 5 matches with Angelo Cugini in charge of whistle blowing on the day. Highest scorers of the men was tennis captain Jonathan Browning, and ladies joint winners Caroline Halliwell and Jette Cowan. The players clubbed together to give Jane flowers and a bottle of rose for all her organising. Everyone met new faces on court and enjoyed drinks, coffees and cake in the clubhouse afterwards. Plenty of requests for it to be a diary fixture for 2024 - if not before!

SPRING COACHING

Watch out on the noticeboards and website for full details of all our coaching opportunities. New this year will be fitness training by Soumeya Annan (for all sports) Also, junior players from 5 year-olds playing mini red to 16 year-olds. 12 week courses start Saturday 22 April and cost £96 for members (non-members £120)

Contact Gavin Henderson with any queries and to book

CONGRATULATIONS TO PAUL AND DON

We are all so very proud of Don Preston and Paul Hinton who have just passed their Level 1 Bowls Coaching Award. The knowledge gained from this qualification ensures they have great understanding of safe, ethical and effective coaching. They will join Jacqui and Chris as part of the bowls section coaching team. Thanks go to Warwick District Council who funded their training as part of the Commonwealth Games Legacy Initiative.

Great Bowling in Cyprus

Celia Bellamy escaped the winter blues by signing up for a bowling experience in Cyprus - and the weather was certainly warmer than Warwick in February!

Overlooking the sea, the Athena Paphos hotel has four bowling greens with lots of opportunity to play matches with other bowling guests, and the added bonus of visiting local clubs and teams.

So impressed by the experience, Celia and eighteen members of the Warwick Boat Club are taking the plunge and going out to Cyprus this November, making the most of the opportunity to mix a holiday abroad with bowls at the heart of the experience.

Celia with the opposition at a local Cypriot bowling

Social events at the clubhouse

We celebrated St Patrick’s Day in style!

We feasted on Irish stew and mashed potatoes, drank the bar dry of Guinness and Whiskey and danced all night to the Ceilidh Band.

DOES ROWING STOP FOR THE WINTER?

As rowers, we often get asked if we stop rowing for the winter. On the contrary, this is when the gruelling long-distance training takes place. Put the miles and the effort in now, and you’ll emerge as a strong underdog come summer.

Most of our winter training is indoors, on the dreaded ergs, however, we do still manage to get out on the water.

Weekends are particularly popular as this is pretty much the only opportunity to go out in the ‘light’. We run nose-to-tail sessions every Sunday morning to simulate competition, and coached sessions later in the morning for those looking for more technical training. A full risk assessment takes place before every session, and therefore restrictions apply in the dark or when the weather turns against us.

Yes, we still train when it’s cold, raining or snowing (!), however, no rowing takes place when the river is flooded (because the stream is too fast to be safe), when it’s foggy or too windy. This does put stops on a lot of planned training over the winter, however we make up for it with indoor and crosstraining, and we are certainly looking forward to a more settled summer period.

EGM - ROWING COMMITTEE

The rowing section held an EGM in early January to confirm 2 changes to the rowing committee:

Kate Rider is now back as a full committee member.

Richard Nelson has stepped up into the

Men’s Rowing Captain position - a much welcomed move to look after the men’s squads of the rowing section.

The full rowing committee now stands are follows:

Captain of Boats: Simon Horan

Secretary: Jess Lindley

Treasurer: Steve Smith

Women’s Captain: Petrina Witt

Men’s Captain: Richard Nelson

Ordinary Members: Kate Rider, Tanya Podinovskaia, Sam Wesley

LTR

As the days are getting lighter and warmer, Warwick Boat Club is looking to welcome another cohort for the Learn-to-Row course. The course will be running on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting 22nd March. We thank in advance all the volunteers for making this course happen - without you we would not be running it. Are you a non-rower and missed out on the ballot this time? Keep an eye out on our website for future course dates or to sign up for our mailing list to be first to be alerted when these are announced.

Flooded river

W4x training in the snow

stourport

The post-Christmas Head Race season kicked off with the Stourport Head on Sunday 29th January, with lots of Warwick crews in attendance eager to race. For some of our newer members, this was their first taster of rowing competition, having only learnt to row last year. For the first time, Warwick entered not one but 2 senior women’s eights, a signal to the clubs out there of what is yet to come with our growing Women’s squad.

The women secured 3 wins, including the 8+, 4x- and 2x. A fabulous result, the hard erg metres on dark nights combined with early on the water sessions seemed to really pay off.

WINS FOR:

W8+ - Megan Gilbert (cox), Kerstin Meisa, Kim Richings, Petrina Witt, Emma Sherwin, Jess Fiddler, Lauren Kemp, Lauren Leer, Daisy Meade

W4x - Mary Lack, Olivia Joyce, Barbara Krause, Lauren Leer

W2x - Mary Lack, Olivia Joyce

NOTTINGHAM

47 rowers and 6 boats headed off to the Head of the Trent on Sunday 26th February. Tough competition but convincing wins for the following crews:

WINS FOR:

W4x - Lauren Leer, Emma Sherwin, Barbara Krause, Mary Lack

W4+ - Polly Scurrah (cox), Elana Byrne, Taine Ranaghan, Sarah Woolham-Jaffier, Ann Dobrinski

Op Band 3 4x - Tom Garner, Will Burns, Tom Beard, Tom Masters

WEHORR

For the first time in the club’s 162 year history, Warwick sent two crews to the renowned women’s VIIIs race on the Thames. As ever Warwick BC punched above its weight, at what is the largest women’s rowing race in the world, and put all of the hard work over winter into practice.

FINISH POSITIONS (OUT OF 320 ENTERED CREWS):

WORCESTEr

Summary from Worcester Head - Saturday 11th February

WINS FOR:

W8+ - Sam Wesley (cox), Tanya Podinovskaia, Hayley Harper, Kate Rider, Deirdre Mordaunt, Esther Kinnersley, Jen Smith, Alicia El Haj, Kate Hipkin

W Mas D/E 4x - Mary Lack, Barbara Krause, Olivia Joyce, Emma Sherwin

Mx Mas D/E 4x - Sam Wesley, Hayley Harper, Graham Giles, Steve Sidaway

Congrats to the victors along with a big hats off to all the competitors. A special mention to Chris Stratton who chose to race on his birthday, with obligatory singing from the bank party to cheer his crew along.

Warrington head

Sunday 12th February - Steve Sidaway sneaked another victory for Warwick in the Mas E 1x.

Warwick A 154 (10/26 Medium Provincial Club)

Warwick B 253 (18/26 Medium Provincial Club)

WBC only has one 8+ so huge thanks to Pembroke College Oxford for lending a fantastic boat to make the day possible.

GLOUCESTER

Well done to all crews who participated at Gloucester Head on Sunday 12th March. Great turnout for the club and fantastic results!

WINNING CREWS:

W2x - Olivia Joyce, Mary Lack

Mx MasD/F 4x - Sam Wesley, Hayley Harper, Steve Sidaway, Graham Giles

Op MasD/E 4 - Jon Martin, Rich Pember, Rich Nelson, Bill Haynes

Op MasB/D 2x - Paul Gosling, Andre Delahaye

Op MasF/G 2x - Rob Holmes, Malc Griffin

VESTA

Two women’s crews headed off to London to take part in the Vesta Head of the River Race. This event is split by age categories, allowing for a more level playing field for some of our older members.

THE RESULTS:

WMasD 4x - Liz McEvoy, Ruth Lewis, Hilary Thomas, Yana

Vinogradova 179 overall, 12th out of 22 quads, 6th in age category

WMasD 8o - Alison Tonkin (cox), Tanya Podinovskaia, Hayler Harper, Kater Rider, Deirdre Mordaunt, Esther Kinnersley, Kate Hipkin, Alicia El Haj, Haidee Vedy 164 overall, 23 out of 38 eights, 5th in age category.

MX Mas D/E 4x

MX Mas D/E 4x

W2x

W2x

WBC social Dates for your diary

21st April Bingo Bonanza

A light hearted evening of good old fashioned BINGO + a chicken and chips supper, presented by our resident host Jason Turner.

There will be 5 rounds and 2 lucky drawers to play (this is payable on the night).

Come along for games night with your friends and family.

Booking via Carey McClean club.coordinator@warwickboatclub.co.uk

6th May

The kings coronation ceremony

Saturday afternoon cream team.

SAVE THE DATE

More details to follow

Meet our new Welfare Officer

Vicki Ward, WBC Welfare Officer

email: vickijward@sky.com

mobile: 07900 923 944

26th April revolve spring/summer fashion show

We are welcoming Jackie and Hayley with the amazing Models from REVOLVE to showcase their Spring Summer 2023 range on Wednesday 26th April from 12.00 noon.

Once again this will be a luncheon provided by our in-house team from Dough and Brew.

Booking via Carey McClean club.coordinator@warwickboatclub.co.uk

19th May

CURRY AND QUIZ NIGHT

Jason Turner will be hosting an entertaining and interactive quiz night.

SAVE THE DATE

More details to follow

For details on all the upcoming WBC social events visit www.warwickboatclub.co.uk/social-events

I have worked for the NHS for over 30yrs as a Registered General Nurse and had many roles to include Intensive Care Sister, American Red Cross Nurse, and over 25yrs in Primary Care as a Practice Nurse/Specialist Practitioner and Prescriber.

I have been a member of Warwick Boat Club for 30yrs and a keen tennis player. Over the years I have participated in the coaching and played in the league and various teams.

The club is a place of sanctuary, fun, fitness and should be open for all to enjoy and feel welcome in a safe and inclusive environment. My role is Safeguarding lead for the club.

Warwick Boat Club places Safeguarding at the highest priority. Safeguarding is everybody’s responsibility.

If anyone has any concerns regarding children, vulnerable adults or any other safeguarding issues then please contact me (details below)

Details can also be found on the notice board on the right hand side on entry to the club and on the Club’s website www.warwickboatclub.co.uk/ safeguarding

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