Editorial The year in review E
very year when I write this particular piece I tend to open with ‘This has been another
busy year’ or words to that effect. Without fail the following year then trumps the previous one and so the cycle continues. As usual the world of RYA Training has been filled with activity, opportunity and plenty of challenges.
On a very sad note we lost a long-serving and much loved member of the RYA Training team in early October after a long battle with cancer. Many of you will have known Annie Lawler, our Senior Administrator for the Training Department who worked for the RYA for more than 12 years. Our thoughts are with Annie’s many friends and family. There have been several additions to the RYA Training team here in Hamble and I would urge you to introduce yourselves at instructor conferences or if you happen to be visiting the office in Hamble. By the new year we
should be back at full strength in the administration team. On a very positive note, RYA training continues to grow in popularity and our numbers of instructors continue to increase. We now have centres in 58 countries and our qualifications have never been recognised in more places than they are today. Whilst the total number of
certificates issued for 2016 isn’t yet finalised at the time of going to print, the indications are that the year has been a reasonably solid one in terms of numbers for most training centres, be they volunteer- based clubs or commercial-based
businesses. There is no question that many UK centres felt the impact of the Brexit referendum, as is the case with any major political upheaval, and we can only hope that the impact corrects itself reasonably quickly once it becomes clearer what Brexit will actually mean. Thank you for your continued
support of RYA training through 2016. I wish you a very happy Christmas and the very best for a healthy and prosperous New Year. With best wishes, Richard Falk RYA Director of Training and Qualifications
Who’s who in RYA Training There have been quite a few staffing changes in RYA Training recently, so here’s a quick ‘who’s who’.
Richard Falk, Director of Training and Qualifications and Sara Mills Communications Officer, Sara is the media contact for all aspects of RYA training.
Rachel Andrews, Chief Instructor for Power Schemes, supported by Tricia Leeson-Smith.
Jane Hall, eLearning Manager, supported by Amy Frampton, Victoria Jacobs and Ionut Albu. Amy, eLearning Assistant administers all RYA online courses. Victoria, Training Resources Assistant, looks after RYA Training’s section of the website including the jobs page and the listing of training centres. Ionut works across RYA Training helping with technical issues.
Vaughan Marsh, Chief Instructor for Sail Cruising and Shorebased courses, supported by Nicky Hortsmann. Helen Byrne administers the bookings for all Yachtmaster and Shorebased Instructor courses and updates.
Michelle Weston, RYA Recognition Administrator for cruising and shorebased centres. Cloe Andrews, RYA Recognition Administrator for centres delivering Dinghy Sailing, Powerboat, Personal Watercraft and Windsurfing Schemes. Helping part-time with general administration is Beth Jenkins.
Nic Wymer, acting Chief Instructor for Dinghy Sailing and Windsurfing while Amanda Van Santen is on maternity leave, supported by Dawn Seymour.
Craig Burton, Training Resources Manager, oversees the development of teaching materials and supporting resources.
Steen Ingerslev, Publications Manager, supported by Anthony Lovell, Stephen Vittles and Beth Ingason. Anthony, Editor, works with authors to produce the range of RYA publications. Stephen, eContent Editor, produces our eBooks. Beth, Publishing Assistant, marketing of publications and foreign rights.
Contact details: RYA Training 023 8060 4181 or
training@rya.org.uk or
publications@rya.org.uk. To contact any one of the team members shown above by email, simply use the format of
firstname.surname@
rya.org.uk.
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