Well, last weekend saw the second GBR training weekend. Two beautiful summer days, combined with great organisation and coaching, made for a great weekend on the water.
Saturday saw the team meeting up at the rugby club and being split up into workshops. The workshops on offer ranged from learning or perfecting a specific move with Sam Ward to planning a competition run with Ross Montanadon, “Sneaky Pete”, and Dennis Newton. The workshops were fantastic, and every paddler took away something to bear in mind from each workshop. In the evening, Matt Chadder arranged games of dodgeball and basketball, with teams split up into north and south and juniors versus seniors, which proved to be highly entertaining.
Sunday was another day of paddling and taking part in workshops missed on Saturday. Team training finished for the weekend at 3 o’clock with a demonstration on how to improve core strength.
A huge thank you must go to Matt Chadder and the Freestyle Committee for arranging the weekend and also to the coaches who gave up their time to come and help.
