Regatta Officials

National Regatta Officials and Volunteers

The organising and running of our National Regattas are implemented entirely by volunteers. Several officials work throughout the year in Pre-Regatta groups that liaise with the Sprint Racing Committee, the Performance Department and HPP Centre, they also update club colours, and paddler registrations. These officials also follow up issues that arise during and at the end of the season.

We have an IT team who manage the development of the software for online entries, online results and the preparation of the official results. Live streaming is also being developed with professional external input.

Your National Regattas only run smoothly because of the people who volunteer their time on the day. These volunteers are mainly parents of current and ex paddlers. They are all supporting a discipline that is developing the young paddlers of today for the future. Without the help of new volunteers our regattas will eventually, not function as smoothly as they do at present. Our existing team often work solidly throughout the weekend without breaks. You are probably not aware of this, but that is why we always need more help.

We are continually asking clubs for more assistance to help run our increasingly popular regattas. No experience or special skills are required. Each person is a small cog in a large wheel, which makes each area manageable. Working as a team is important along with a sense of humour and commitment to the time you are able to offer. Just half a day helping, whether morning or afternoon, would support and develop our team. We also need First Aiders to work on a rota basis as part of the team led by a full-time paramedic who takes overall responsibility for reporting accidents. All clubs have qualified First Aiders who could help with this important service.

Would you like to help at a national regatta?

Interested? Please contact Ann Hoile by email or at the Information Cabin during the regattas. You are invited to come and sit alongside experienced officials to find out what is involved. Whilst learning on the job we also organise a ‘Workshop’ day where we meet to catch up on developments for the year ahead. Developing the number of officials to increase the knowledge and experience is a highly important area.

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For any club that enters ten or more paddlers, you are expected to provide at least one volunteer to help run the regatta. We are happy for volunteers from smaller clubs too of course.

Clubs already supplying volunteers

The following clubs already provide Regatta Volunteers:

ADL. ANK. BAN. CLM. DEV. EAL. GAI. LBZ. LKR. NOR. RDG. RIC. RLS. ROY. SOU. TON. WEY. WHI

If your club is not listed, please consider who could help us this year.

The Regatta Volunteers’ Inter-Club Award

All volunteers will earn points. One point for each half day worked. Once a minimum of 8 points has been accumulated, they will be transferred to the volunteers nominated club. Points will also be awarded for attending an Officials workshop.

National Regatta Officials

NATIONAL REGATTA ICF OFFICIALS

Officials who have gained experience in key areas can go on to take the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Technical Officials Examination (ITO). This enables them to officiate at International Regattas. These officials must have worked a minimum of 50% of the regatta days during the current year to qualify to apply to be nominated for an international appointment. Regatta officials interested in knowing more about the ICF Examination please contact the Chief Official.

The following Officials have all gained International Canoe Federation ITO status.

Phil Caisley, Paul Edwardes, Sara Edwardes, Martin Hook, Steve Jones, Liz McGown, Adam Miles, Cathy Wynne.