Apologies

Wendy Kendell & Dale Clarke

Minutes & Matters Arising

None

Opening / Chairman Statement

Nothing to report

Club Admin

Nothing to report

Finance

Sara & Lesley have not got a receipt for the polo coaching course & referee course that was paid for by the grant money, Hayley has been in contact with British Canoeing to get a duplicate receipt (awaiting response). Lesley to meet up with Sara to discuss and sort out this issue.
£4566 currently in the bank

Equipment

Ian Jennings has suggested the idea of buying more children’s buoyancy aids
Paul to order 5 children’s buoyancy aids
Paul to look into how we sign out kit and keep better records of this. Paul & Level 2 at the lake to be the only person to sign out kit, under no circumstances should this is changed.
Paul to look at boat repairs and work with Richard to fix these (RPM Footrest)

Events

Martin Aldridge & Fraser Watson are no longer running trips for HCC
Rutland trip was successful (Trip report is on the website)
Advanced canoeing weekend went well on the Lower Tryweryn
Intro to WW trip been organised, Grade ¾ trip is in the process of being organised
WW Scotland trip is being organised for the end of the year – Further details TBC
Canoe camping weekend in July is being organised by Dave Clarke, probably likely to be around Ross-on-Wye area
A campsite has been decided for the surfing trip, members will need to book themselves on.

Club Development

Booked Alice Smith onto Level 1 coach course (new one)
In the process of booking Core training and other training for Martin Stretton, Paul Morgan, Neil Smith & Michael Ward
Callum Longshaw running intro to racing boats sessions for the club, bringing 5 boats with him

Membership

45 members have currently renewed for 2018-2019
Nikki to remind people to renew

Club Communications

Nothing to report

Polo

Aylwyn Barton has resigned as Polo Rep, Phil Riley to post an advert for a replacement
Hayley & Paul to check polo kit list

General

Nothing to report

AOB

Sea Cadets
(Claire & Shane)
came to the meeting to discuss partnership with HCC for their young people (minimum age 10 years old) regarding canoeing, kayaking & maybe other watersports in the future.
Hayley to email our proposal to Claire, aiming for 20th May to be the first of 6 sessions over the 2018 season. Main aims from them are:

– Get there young people some access to the water this summer

– Help with coaching / instruction

– Use of resources both equipment and water access

– Build a mutually beneficially relationship for both parties

– Long term – Within Stanton Lakes expand opportunities for the local community
with different activities

Michael Ward has asked for the committee to discuss the idea of subsidising petrol costs for trip leaders – This was discussed and was decided that trip leaders who run a number of trips throughout the year will be considered for free membership for the following year.
Hayley to advertise the leader kit for all leaders to use, Paul to top up with some other kit.

Date of next meeting 6th June, 7pm @ Ashby Road Sports Club

As we have now finished our lake sessions for 2017, we hope that you will continue to join in with a variety of trips and events over the winter period! Check out the calendar for the latest details.

They run a scheme to provide money to community groups to help benefit the local people in Hinckley & Bosworth and we we’re lucky enough to be given £200.

I think you’ll agree that this will get a lot of use within the club both at the lake and hopefully on clubtrips

HCC are proud to announce that today we received British Canoeing Club Mark Status and also their Quality Mark.

This is a great achievement as the process for accreditation has changed significantly and we are one of the first clubs in the region to go through this and with flying colours.

British Canoeing said of us:

“The club’s website is current, modern and inviting. It’s layout is great and is a fantastic example for other clubs as to how to get all the information across in a simple yet effective way.”

“The coaches and committee are passionate about what they are doing, provide development opportunities for all levels of paddlers and host many events and trips to keep members entertained.”

“Hinckley really is a great example of what a quality marked club should be and I am happy to award them their Clubmark status.”

Well done to every one involved, this is something to really be proud of.

Cheers

Dave

Steve Ball
Burton Canoe Club

As many of you will know, via the Facebook post, we have decided to cancel the HCC open day this year.

There are a couple of reasons that led us to this not easy decision and we’d like to try and outline the committee’s view.

Firstly the club is really strong at the moment with record membership numbers and lots on the calender every month, if we were to get a big influx of new members from the open day we just could not cope with the extra numbers on a thursday night session, some of last years sessions were a bit of a challenge to get enough coaches and kit on the water. We do have expansion plans for the site, kit and coached but that’ll take time to get in place to enable us to support larger groups during the summer.

Secondly this event is a very big thing to organise with months of prior planning and organising. We have not been successful this year in getting third parties (kit suppliers, open water swimming, etc..) involved to make this day such a good event and don’t want to put something on that does not stand up to the success of previous years.

Also we recognise that the open day in the past has been a great day for members to bring their family along to see what we get up to and have a chance to go in some boats etc and so to try not to loose this fun opportunity we will be putting on a members fund day in the summer.

We are still actively trying to grow the club, by training new coaches and trip leaders and encouraging more members, but want to grow in a way that is sustainable and does not outstretch out ability to put on enjoyable and safe sessions.

Rest assured it’ll be back in the future.

HCC Committee

AGM Nomination Form 2016

Most of its content was taken from the website or Facebook and repeated.  Furthermore the newsletter was read by very few members.

latest News page will now show what’s happening with the club and will always be current.  Upcoming trips can be found on the calendar on the website along with the pinned post on Facebook.