Skills Training

Courses designed to give you the foundation skills in canoeing or kayaking and the varied types of paddle sport. Improvement awards available that helps paddlers develop fundamental paddlesport skills on flat water. The emphasis is on gaining a breadth of experience, creating the desired movement of the boat and developing an understanding into how the paddle, boat and water interact.

Learn new climbing skills under the direct supervision of our qualified instructors. The day starts with the basics on our own climbing wall. You will be taught basic rope work, belay and abseil techniques, and personal climbing skills.

Teaching participants to plan and follow simple walks in the countryside mainly on paths and tracks. You will also get the opportunity to develop skills and confidence further and build on the basic skills of the bronze award and adds skills required to navigate to features and places some distance from paths and tracks.

Aimed to teach competent boat handling in powerboats and introduce techniques used in powerboats escorting racing events and race management and cover subjects relating to the provision of safety cover for watersport training sessions, including sailing, windsurfing and canoeing.