Club Development Conference
Sunday 27 January 2019
Durham ARC
Here is the programme for the Club Development Conference, which was held at Durham ARC on Sunday 27 January 2019. Please address any question about the conference to Ellie Hizzett at eleanor.m.hizzett@durham.ac.uk. Thanks to DARC for hospitality and great food.
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Programme
Time |
Session | ||
09:45 - |
REGISTRATION and TEA / COFFEE | ||
10:15 - |
Welcome and Overview Chair of Northern Rowing Council | ||
10:30 - |
Performance Mind Academy Graeme Foreman | ||
11:30 - |
Junior mobility Kathryn Henderson |
Club governance Michael Laing NRC Chair |
Water safety update John Mulholland |
12:30 - |
Developing individuals and clubs James Andrews |
Masters mobility Kathryn Henderson | |
1:30 - |
LUNCH | ||
2:30 - |
Masters mobility handbook review Jeff Watling |
Comps review (esp regattas) Colin Percy |
Junior strength and conditioning Jon Boyle |
3:30 - |
Advanced rigging Ian Shore |
Women in coaching Laura Richardson & Ellie Hizzett |
Masters strength and conditioning Jon Boyle |
4:30 - |
Closing Comments |
Further information on speakers and topics
10:30 -
Graeme’s sporting background originated in tennis before supporting a number or other sports both nationally and internationally. Over the past few years he has been working in County Durham and Northumberland supporting a wide number of organisations, from Northumberland LTA to Team Durham.
Session content -
11:30 (1) -
Based in Ryton, Kathryn brings over ten year’s experience of sports massage and athlete injury prevention education. Owning both a sports massage business, Fingers and Thumbs, and a gym, Tri Fit, she has spent that time enabling athletes in her area to perform. Working across sports such as rugby, triathlon and rowing from grass root to international performance levels.
Kathryn is running a session centred around targeting injury prone areas in junior rowers with stretching and rolling exercises that can be integrated into a normal training week to reduce risk. If you own a roller at home, please bring it with you but it is not mandatory for the session.
Suitable for junior athletes and their coaches.
11:30 (2) -
Run by an officer of British Rowing, a review on effective practice in managing and running clubs. Details to follow.
11:30 (3) Water Safety Update -
A review of safety in the last year in the region and an update on safety advice from the national level issues. Will also cover topical umpiring issues, there being a significant overlap between umpiring and safety concerns for competitions.
12:30 (1) -
Details to follow.
12:30 (2) -
See above for Kathryn’s background.
Kathryn is running a session centred around targeting injury prone areas in masters rowers with stretching and rolling exercises that can be integrated into a normal week to reduce risk. If you own a roller at home, please bring it with you but it is not mandatory for the session
2:30 (1) -
Presentation and demonstration by Jeff Watling, BR Masters Committee Chair.
2:30 (2) -
A presentation followed by discussion on the way forward for summer regattas in the region. We will also look briefly at head races and at the new Competition Framework.
2:30 (3) -
Originally Consett based, Jon has worked with DUBC for the last decade. Writing and delivering a programme recognised not only by the athletes to come through it such as Will Fletcher and Angus Groom but the GB Rowing Team, leading to his link to the current U23 GBRT Strength and Conditioning Coaching team. Alongside this he works with individual athletes around the region to support them reach their potential.
In this session Jon will be reviewing fundamental movement patterns needed to aid performance in a boat, including hinge, squat and single leg work.
3:30 (1) – Advance rigging workshop -
Running Programme’s and Squads across the country, with previous experience including leading the Welsh Rowing Team, Ian will be covering set up of general boat measurements, appropriate blade lengths and individualisation for athletes. Please bring your questions with you (and your tape measure!)
3:30 (2) -
Both full time at DUBC, Laura and Ellie have been attending conferences for female performance coaches as part of a UK Coaching initiative and are keen to share their experiences and highlight areas they have found the most useful and inspiring.
This session is for female coaches in the Northern Region.
3:30 (3) -
See above for Jon’s background.
In this session Jon will be reviewing fundamental movement patterns needed to aid performance in a boat, including hinge, squat and single leg work and focussing on masters rowing.
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