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Raft Guide Training Course French Alps 2012

bluepaddle — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:27:19 +0000

French Alps 2012 Poster

Raft Guide Training Courses

bluepaddle — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:14:30 +0000

Level 1 Training
4th -6th April
£200
Student rates available upon request

BCU Courses this winter

bluepaddle — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:01:28 +0000

Up and coming courses being delivered by Blue Paddle leading into the spring

Feb 19th UKCC L2 Assessment South Wales

March 2nd-4th Raft Guide Training London

March 12th-13th 4 star Canoe Leaders Training South Wales

March 14th-15th WWSR Course South Wales

March 22nd-23rd 4 Star Canoe Leaders Assessment South Wales

March 23rd-24th UKCC L2 Transfer South Wales

April 4th-6th Raft Guide Training South Wales

April 14th-15th Ladies Raft Guide Development

April 18th-20th Rescue 3 WRT Course South Wales

April 25th-28th UKCC Level 1 Coach Award S. Wales

For other courses or different dates drop us a line

Happy Paddling

BCU Raft Guide Training

bluepaddle — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:09:13 +0000

BCU Raft Guide Training Course 28th -30th October 2011. The course will be based around the great training rivers of South Wales. Cost £200 drop me a line if keen. Happy paddling Matt

Scotland Rafting Trip

bluepaddle — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:52:35 +0000

The Alpine Raft Guide Development Week

bluepaddle — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:42:10 +0000

The Alpine Raft Guide Development Week 2011

Rivers are up, Raft Guide Training and Assessments

bluepaddle — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:13:02 +0000

Hi Guys well it seems its raining just about everywhere at the moment, this means river levels going into this week will be perfect for some further raft guide training and assessments.

For existing Level 1 Raft Guides, I am offering a chance to progress towards your level 2 award and develop your river skills with either a;
One day assessment on one of the rivers in the local area £60 min 3 persons.
Or additional training on rivers to progress trainees toward assessment, based in the local area £35 per person min 4 persons.

In addition to these we will also be looking for folk to come along and be paddlers for the guides being trained and assessed, this is free so if keen drop me a line.

Options in the area for guides nearer Cardiff we have the Rhyondda (grade 4) Middle Wye (grade 3) Usk (grade 3) there are a few other rivers that would open up with high water as well.
If you are closer to Swansea, Carmarthen and Llandysul then we have the Teifi (Grade 3+) Middle Towy (Grade 3) Sawdde (grade 3+)
and of course we have a stack of amazing rivers in North Wales to go and play on.

Drop me a line if you are keen and we will get a program together

all the best
Matt

Lee Valley White Water Centre, Raft Guide Training begins

bluepaddle — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:19:42 +0000

Last week the Lee Valley White Water Center kicked off their Raft Guide training program. The team from London headed over and met up with the course providers Matt Blue and Talc the head guide of CIWW assisting us was also the Head Guide of Lee Valley and British Raft Team Captain Paskell Blackwell. Day one saw us honing our techniques on the lake at Llandysul before heading off down the mighty Teifi for some eddy hopping practice. Day two saw us heading over a few valleys into the beautiful Tywi Valley below Llyn Brianne reservoir, this stretch of river is a narrow grade 2 / 3 that twists and turns through some stunning scenery if the Tywi Gauge is over 0.60 this is a cracking run in all craft. A few stops along the way saw us introducing all the necessary rope work skills and even gave us time for some throw bag practice from the raft. On day three we decided to head East to ease the end of day drive for the Londoners, and found ourselves on the Usk from Talybont another lovely section that takes in a small drop at Mill Falls, then it was high fives all round as the guys headed back to London in preparation for the pumps to start churning. Over the next few months teams of trainees will be heading into Wales for their training as well as using the course in London if interested in become a guide to work at one of the many sites around the UK either contact us or Paskell at Lee Valley White Water Center.

Raft Guide Training for CIWW

bluepaddle — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:28:56 +0000

A great few days has just been had training up some new folks from the Cardiff area and a few a bit further afield. Day one was spent out on the mighty Taff getting to grips with the boat handling, day two based at the White Water course looking at rope work and then taking on the rapids a fair bit of swimming and even a flip was managed by my team as the group got in to zone of stadium rafting. Day 3 saw the team heading over to the stunning Tywi valley and rafting 16km of twisting and technical river, this section is great for new guides lots of manuvering without too much risk.
Next is a break in the Lakes and then getting stuck into the training of the guides for Lee Valley White Water the London project.

New Raft Guide Training Course Dates 22nd – 24th Novemeber

bluepaddle — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:47:42 +0000

We are going to run a BCU Level 1 Raft Guide Training Course straight after the Llandysul Raft Race event hosted by the British Raft Race Series the course will be based around the South Wales area and is £200. As something extra to add to the flavor of Blue Paddle’s raft guide courses we now have an oar frame which you will be able to have a go on. Look forward to seeing you all at the races.