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most of 2016 Gareth Brookes, Regional Development Officer for the Midlands, offers his tips in ensuring your club or centre makes the most of the new season.


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e’ve been doing a lot of work with sailing providers to encourage


them to be proactive during the coming season. With events like Rio 2016 and the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth, clubs and centres have to look at how they can use the interest generated by these to bring new participants into their clubs. Making sure any events you


have planned, such as Push The Boat Out or standalone open days, are visible on local event listings sites can make a huge difference. Once you have ensured great


visibility for your events, make sure your facilities are also up to standard. We often try a mystery shopper approach with clubs to help them improve in all areas as sending a non-sailor with a critical eye into a club or centre can reveal things that are often missed. Creating a welcoming atmosphere and often doing things as simple as offering new visitors a cup of tea can make a huge difference to whether people return for another session or not. Getting your shop window as


strong as possible, from your website to the state of your clubhouse or changing rooms, will pay dividends in retaining current members and bringing in new participants. The RYA are putting a lot of effort


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into making 2016 special, and we are here to help and support you in a great range of ways. From increased presence in local and national media to having a presence at regional shows and events, we want to help generate greater interest in our sport at all levels. Contact your RDO for more information. See page 16.


RYA Training Conference 2016


schemes. Attendance grew yet again and the weekend had an incredibly positive atmosphere with a good mix of principals, coaches and trainers in attendance. We continue to be supported


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by Arthur J Gallagher, and without their support the event would be very different. A big thank you! We also enjoy great support


from a variety of exhibitors who, again, provided a fantastic opportunity for delegates to speak direct to them about new and existing products. Amazing prizes were also provided for Saturday’s raffle! The exhibitors included: Arthur J Gallagher, Tushingham, Severne, Whaly, Topper, Hartley Boats, PWP, RS Sailing, Versa Dock, Spinlock, Yamaha, North Sails, Laser Performance and Total Option. Craig Burton, RYA Training


Resources Manager, opened the conference with a look at the health of RYA Training, an update on changes which have taken place and an insight to future projects and developments. Duncan Truswell, RYA Sports


Development Manager, shared findings from Sport England’s research, initiatives to help promote our sport, guidance on marketing opportunities, use of social media and the suite of videos the RYA have available for clubs and centre use. Saturday also saw a range of


presentations from speakers including: » RNLI Training Manager, Glen Mallen - RNLI searches


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» RYA Technical Manager, Bas Edmonds - Coding


» RYA Legal Manager Gus Lewis - Duty of Care and Insurance


» Arthur J Gallagher’s, Ben Bennett » Green Blue Outreach Officer, Kate Fortnam - new initiatives


» RYA Safeguarding and Equality Manager, Jackie Reid - Safeguarding


Discussions in the afternoon invited the conference delegates to discuss a range of topics, details of which are on the RYA website.


Sunday provided an opportunity for delegates to attend various presentations aimed at upskilling and enhancing knowledge, including; » Meteorology by Penny Tranter » Understanding Sailing Fitness by Matt McGovern


» Symmetrical Spinnaker Sailing by Adam McGovern


» Stability by Andy Wright » Training plotter by Phil Brown and Vaughan Marsh


» Understanding your Learning by Alan Williams.


Copies of many of the presentations are available on the RYA website. RYA Training would like to


say a big thank you to everyone involved in the weekend, from our supporters Arthur J Gallagher, to workshop hosts and presenters, those who helped with organisation prior to and during the weekend, our exhibitors and all those who attended. We hope you all had a great time!


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