SKUK BCU Week

Immediately after the symposium Nigel holds a week of courses, this gives kayak students not only from home, but also abroad, help in identifying with the BCU system and also see where their skills can be assessed at.
4* training and assessments were run by Simon through the week, whilst I had the opportunity to help out on the 5* training and assessments with Nigel Dennis, Fionna Whithead, Rowland Woolven and Trys Burke. I gained a massive amount of experience watching these guys assess the candidates. Cgratulations to those that passed and better luck next time to those who never quite made it.



The 5* training was great, with almost twenty students spread throughout the two days, with Rotem Ron and Harry Wheelan from London to help run things, i think the students had a good time

Rough water landings, swimming the kayaks on and off rocky shores,

Incidents involving casualties and tows through rough water as well as practising personal skills, such as re-entry and rolls in rough water

and Greg Stammer even getting airborne, maybe this is a roll he hasn't told anyone about yet were all highlights of the week for me.Many thanks to all those paddlers that attended and for the use of the above images.