Transcript RYA Winter Workshops

RYA NEY Winter Workshop
Activate your club
North East & Yorkshire Club Clusters
October/November 2011
The Plan for the evening
Explore Ideas to help Activate your Club
Give you ideas on how to Activate your Fleets
Planning ‘Sail for Gold’ 2012 events
Further support available to your club from the RYA
Activate your club –
What exactly do we mean?
1. What are your current membership numbers?
2. What is your current active membership?
3. How many people sail regularly – once a week
4. How many people sail often – once a month
Most impact on sailing satisfaction
 Release and diversion
 Facilities and the playing environment
 Social aspects
 Value for money
 Exertion and fitness
Further satisfaction indicators
 Performance
 Coaching
 People and staff
 Ease of participating
 Officials
Is your current activity/club programme
meeting these requests?
1) Racing calendar
2) Social Programme
3) Training opportunities
4) Groups within your club
1. Current Activity - Racing
• Your Racing Calendar
› How many series'?
› How many races in each?
› How long do the races last?
› What is the course?
› What are the boats/classes/fleets?
Potential barriers to racing
• Time!
• Weather!
• Lack of knowledge
• Fear of the unknown
• Suitability of Racing
• Split in fleet/classes
• Length of race/series
• Same person wins each
race
• The courses
• Too competitive
• Poor Race Management
 We’ve always done it
this way so why
change??
‘Ease of Participation’ (accessibility)
• Promote, advertise,
remind!
• Timings of racing
• Shorter races / series’
• Different Starts
• Novice/Suitable racing
• Good Race Management
• Rolling handicap
• Rules & “Expert”
Seminars evenings
• Good rules
observance !
• Pre Race Briefing by
club expert
• Coaching and training
‘Playing Environment’ (enjoyment)
• Simple structure
• Special events/themes
• Shorter racing
• Buddy systems
• Different types
• Sharing pictures/stories
• Race Training
• Cruises
• Big & Novelty prize
• Away days
• Team racing
• Speed sailing (STIG…)
• Set challenges
• Sprint series
2. Current Activity - Social
• Your Social Programme
› What do you do?
› Why do you do it?
› Who aimed at?
› How advertised?
Social opportunities
• Themed events/parties
• Quiz
• Pizza club – catering attractions!!
• Festivals
• Prize giving's
• Regattas
• Bring a friend day
• Activity weeks/ends
• Guest speakers
3. Current Activity - Training
• Club Training Programme
› Beginners/new members courses
› Youth/junior courses and regular training
› Introduction to racing
› Race coaching
› Fleet coaching
Training opportunities
? How is it advertised
? What time of season
? The follow up
• Appointing ‘Club Pro’
• Buddy system
• Regional Club Coach (RCC) support
Further support – RCC days
• Must have a Club Development Plan!!
• Discuss with RCC or RDO
• Increase regular adult
activity (16+)
• Complementary or additional
• Must demonstrate follow up and predicted
impact
• Complete form - End of MAY
4. Groups within your club
• Current groups: natural / formal
• SATISFASCTION: social aspects – people & staff
• Safety in numbers
• A varied programme helps encourage more sailors to
take part in activities
activate YOUR FLEET
Why Fleets/Group & Fleet/Group
Captains?
• Successful activity is regularly due to key person
• Sense of belonging
• Groups motivate each other
• Voices will be heard
• Improve welcoming process
How to Activate your Fleet/group
1. Take stock and plan
2. Effective communication is essential
3. The location in the boat park
4. The racing its self, starts, format etc
5. Coaching - Level 2 Racing Coach
6. Social activities/events
7. Don’t forget the other groups in your club
What have other clubs done
•
Arranged fleet coaching day
•
Organised social events at and away from the club
•
Regatta days – invite local club fleet
•
Took advantage of fleet deals from manufactures
•
Personal handicaps
•
Encouraged novices
•
Shore based sessions
Inspire participation in clubs, centres and
marinas
Celebrate our past and present successes
Support and spectate the British Sailing Team
Push the Boat Out – 21 July 2012
• Get as many boats out on
as possible
• Create an amazing
• Wave a Union Jack to wish
Good Luck!!
the water
spectacle
the team
• Use 2012 Sail for Gold kits
• Use online Sail for Gold event pack to promote your
event
Don’t forget to let RDO know the date of your Have a Go
day for the regional flyer!
5th of December
Sail for Gold ‘have a go’ sessions
• Part of your clubs normal open day or a separate event
• Recommend holding them on the key dates:
9 June Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta medal race day
21 July Push the Boat Out day
During or after the London 2012 Games period
• Sail for Gold kits and online
resources to enhance sessions
• Poster, press release, certificate..
Sail for Gold events clubs & centres held a variety of
events and activities this year
Get involved what will you
do in 2012?
www.facebook.com/sailforgold
www.rya.org.uk/sailforgold
Keep up to date:
Sail for Gold
Facebook &
Website
Sail for Gold
Activator!!
Further support – info & advice
• Club Development Pages
• Guide to Social Media
• Regional Web Pages:
www.rya.org.uk | regions/ | northeast |
www.rya.org.uk | regions/ | YorkshireandHumberRegion |
• Facebook: RYA North East & Yorkshire RDO
Funding Pots
• RYA Small Equipment Grants
• Sport England Small Grants
www.sportengland.org/funding
• County Sport Partnership websites/newsletters
Activate your Club conclusions
• Plan & Promote a exciting programme
• Try new race formats - be creative
• Plan your social calendar and keep telling people
• Provide training opportunities for all
• Activate you fleets/groups
• Take advantage of Sail for Gold – sign up Activator
• Use RCC days and web based resources to help
The solution will be specific to your club!
Suzie Blair RDO North East &Yorkshire
(
07771 642 933
: [email protected]
Liz Wrigglesworth ODO Yorkshire & Humber
(
07789 271 810
: [email protected]
Helen Bainbridge ODO North East
(
07825 212 985
: [email protected]