News and Events
Winter pool sessions February 2012
The winter pool sessions re-commence on Wednesday, 1st February for five weeks.
Children's session 8-9pm
Adults 9-10pm.
The sessions cost £15 and £25 respectively for the five week block and is payable in full on the first night
The February pool sessions will cover similar topic areas to those outlined in the November program below. However, as in November, the session will be broken down into smaller groups to allow everyone to work at the level that challenges them. So if you have already attended the November sessions or have other experience, we will aim to build from wherever your starting point is.
Please note: The February sessions are now fully booked- 8 children and 10 adults for 5 sessions.
Winter pool sessions 2012
The arrangements for winter pool sessions are going to change this year. The cost of pool hire has risen and last year we made a financial loss on the pool meetings. The SSLKC club coaches will offer two blocks of weekly sessions; four weeks in November and four weeks in February. These will be allocated on a first-come-first served basis and will cost (per 4 week block, payable at the first session) £15 for children and £25 for adults. See attached programme for the November sessions.
SSLKC Club AGM
The proposed date for the AGM is Wednesday April 25th 7.30pm in Breakish Hall - subject to confirmation of hall availability.
Outdoor Sessions 2012
The outdoor sessions will start on May 2nd 2012 with a coaches session 7-9pm
The first childrens session will be on May 9th at 7.00 pm
By mid May we will move to 7.30pm, alternating weeks for children and adults.
Club Trips 2012
For information on upcoming club trips please see our trips page.
Club News
Open Canoe Course - June 2011
A 2 Star Canoe Skills Course coached by Donald Macpherson of Highland Leisure Training took place on 18th & 19th June, 2011 in pleasant weather conditions at Kyleakin and Struan with members
of both North and South Skye clubs participating including two keen juniors. Much fun was had by all and thanks go to Lara for organising the event.
Club Survey - December 2010
In December a survey of members was undertaken to look at possible improvements for the club. Generally the response was very positive about the Club
and it's activities. Many thanks to Steve Heap for designing and collating the survey. The responses to the survey are shown below.
Stromeferry trip - October 2010
"Clive "organised" a perfectly stunning, sunny, calm day for our 14k round trip from Plockton with a spot of luncheon and history lesson at the
salubrious Strome Castle before continuing along the charming coastline with a detour around Kishorn Islands. Club Members from Skye, Edinburgh,
Inverness and Garve added to a handsome turnout of ten paddlers."
Plockton Small Boat Sailing Club Open Day, May 15th 2010
In spite of a challenging offshore wind, coaches Chrissie, Clive and James ran some successful sea kayak taster sessions as part of the open day at Plockton.
We even had time for a kayak rescue training session with the RNLI, with James and Chrissie kindly volunteering to go for a cold swim. (see photos)
L1 Coaching awards
Congratulations to the new L1 coaches, Ali Wilson, Chrissie Gillies, Clive Poulter and James Adams, who all got their L1 coach award on Sunday 15th November.
SCA Child Protection Course
On the 21st September Yvonne Yost, the SCA Child Protection Officer facilitated an evening course on guidelines and practices relating to child
protection for kayaking clubs. The course was attended by Lesley McKee (SSLKC Child Protection Officer) and four club members. For more information
please see www.canoescotland.com.
BCU Level 3 coaching award
Congratulations to Alex Townend, the SSLKC Treasurer and coach who recently passed his BCU Level 3 coaching award. Alex is pictured with a cake
made by club members to celebrate this award.
On 12th November 2008 Alex Townend was presented with a Scottish Canoe Association Gold Medal for his "Contribution to Sport in 2008". Alex is the SSLKC Treasurer and Coach and was nominated by club members for the award in recognition of the huge enthusiasm, hard work and commitment he gives to the SSLKC.
Three Star Awards
Congratulations to the successful 3 star BCU sea kayak award candidates who were assessed on 8th November 2008 at Plockton by Ken Nicol, level 5 coach from
Thurso. The candidates were: Rhiannon Cumine, James Adams, Clive Poulter, Trent Townend, Lis Phillips and Lesley MacKeown.
SSLKC Newsletter
The SSLKC October 2010 Newsletter in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
SSLKC Committee Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 12th September 2011 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 6th April 2011 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 12th January 2011 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 29th September 2010 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Coaches meeting held on 22nd March 2010 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 6th January 2010 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 7th October 2009 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
The minutes of the Committee meeting held on 28th March 2009 in a PDF file ....... Please click here.
Other News
The following list of news and events is taken from the Scottish Canoe Association website and will be updated periodically.
Converting into UKCC Awards
Find out how you can convert your 'old style' coaching award into the UKCC system.
read more...
Coaching information for clubs
A range of information relevant to clubs on understanding and making the new coaching scheme work for them is now available
read more...
Latest SCA news
See the separate news section for all the latest news read more on the SCA website.
Weekend visit to Loch Duich in February 2009.
