2. • Committee
Ed Jeffery - Chairman
Lulu Badger – Vice Chairman
Nic Wilson - Secretary
Marian Saunders - Membership
David Merrick - Treasurer
Helen Maguire – Welfare officer
Ben Salisbury – Selector
Rachel Vague – Safety officer
Andy Wyke – Maintenance coordinator
Cags Gilbert – Clubhouse bookings
Gavin Saunders - Webmaster
Jane Chetwynd – Junior rowing
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Helford Passage residents
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The Bligh's for the use of Pedn Billy beach
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Helford Car Park Trust
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Bob & Wendy – Gweek slipway
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Chloe - Slots
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5. • Boat Development plan – Implemented in
July
• Sale of Helford to Exmouth gig club
• Sale of Piglet to Mounts Bay
• New Gig – August Rock delivered in
October
• Grant of £20,000 awarded by the SITA
Cornwall Trust towards a new gig in
2014
• Club Mark awarded in July
• Contribution from the rowing foundation
towards a new set of junior oars
• Clubhouse improvements
6. • Equal split between our Rowing members
Adult rowers by rowing interest
Type
No.
%
Competitive
65
51%
Leisurely
62
49%
Total
127
• Leisurely
• 5 leisurely crews rowing consistently
during the week
• South siders – Fish & Chip row to
Gweek
• Social club Summer rowing
• Club Nights
7. • Competitive
• U14 Championships at Hayle – with
positions 2nd & 5th for Helford
• Mixed & Vets in June
• Scillies
Ladies Vets B - 26th
Ladies A - 10th (out of a fleet of 125)
Ladies B - 24th
Men’s Supervets A - 1st (World Champions!)
Men’s Supervets B - 5th
Men's Vets - 27th
Men’s A - 9th (out of a fleet of 127)
Men’s B - 31st
8. • Training to support Rowing
• HRGC join forces with Primal Fitness
Cornwall
• Circuit Training – Every Tuesday &
Wednesday night, at the gig club
• Training specifically tailored for rowers
9. • Mini Scillies – March 19
With 25 gigs in attendance
• HRGC Summer Regatta
• HORR – 30 gigs in
attendance this year
12. • New Website
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7840 visits since we launched in February
Sign up for events
Live weather & tide times
Saturday Rowing slots
Garage Sale
Membership renewal (implemented this month)
Less emails!
• Survey Monkey - Used to involve club in key decisions
• Social Media
• Facebook – 220 Likes
• Twitter - 245 followers
• Chairman Monthly updates
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Why?
• Expand club membership
• To keep club competitive
• To bring on a new generation within the
club
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Who to recruit?
• Competitive & leisurely
• Junior & Adult
• Students, companies, schools
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How?
• Plan for recruitment
• Review existing induction process
• Implement development & training plan
15. • Review existing boat development plan
• Preform annual review to ensure plan is still
appropriate for club requirements
• Purchase of new gig
16. • Website Development
• Simplify slot booking process
• Increase social media
• Improve communication further
• Maintenance
• Co-ordinator in place
• Assign Individual roles to share tasks
• Members support & involvement
• Expand Gweek Clubhouse potential
• School events
• Increase private hire
• Promotion & advertising – Newsletters &
Websites
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Events – self selected
Social events
Mixed rowing
Club Days
Summer Party
More ‘fun’ training videos
18. • IOS Shipping dates
• Golden Gear – Out 21st March
Back 30th May
• Pedn Billy – Out 4th April
Back 13th May
• Merthen
– Out 22nd April
Back 29th May
• Mini Scillies – Saturday 15th March
• Summer Regatta – 1st June
• HORR – 5th or 6th October (TBC)
Just wanted to say a huge thanks to my committee who give up endless hours to help with the smooth running of the club.For those of you know don’t know, we meet every month for around 2 hours (sometimes longer) and have some very productive & sometimes heated meetings.
I also wanted to say a thanks to:
So ……its been a very busy year and to summarise I have wrapped up all our achievement into 4 points:Number 1 – Club….Clubmark – a huge thanks to Phil & Lulu for their support on this.Clubhouse – New electrics, new kitchen roof, new door to clubhouseTeamed up with Gweek sliver band who now have a container on our grounds which provides the club with a small income
So in the club we currently have: 212 members, 35 cadet & junior with 127 adults actively rowing:Very interesting to see the split between competitive rowers & Leisurely at 50% which is a great balance
SupervetsFinalMen’s : 1st Helford A,, 5th Helford B, Mixed : 1st Falmouth, 2nd Helford, VeteransFinalLadies : 1st Mounts Bay, 2nd Newquay, 3rd Ilfracombe, 4th Helford, 5th Torridge, 6th Caradon.Men’s : 1st Flushing & Mylor, 2nd Caradon, 3rd Mounts Bay, 4th Ilfracombe, 5th Weymouth, 6th Portland.Mixed : 1st Flushing & Mylor, 2nd Caradon, 3rd Ilfracombe, 4th Flushing & Mylor B, 5th Helford, 6th Portland.ScilliesBoth ladies A & B in the top 30
To aid and support the competitive part of the club, this year we have teamed up with……
We are the only club to run 3 eventsThese events are getting increasingly popular and more well known. We have already received enquires from 3 clubs asking when Mini Scillies is happening!
The Great London River Race Rowers raised a total of £1560.00 which was split equally between Constantine Pre School and Primary School.School is putting it towards a new play house for the outdoor learning environment – huge well done to Cags and her crewAward went to the nativity crew
Jane - huge thanks
We have improved our communication this year in a number of ways, a big thanks to Gavin for setting this up and for adding more and more info throughout the yearSurvey monkey – quick to use, development plan & boat nameSocial media – promoting the club, keeping up to date with other clubs including members. We used it this year for cancelling our summer event. Chairmans report – not sure if anyone has read them, but I have been trying to keep the club up to date with what’s been happening (in a very light hearted way) 15% decrease in email traffic in the last 6 months compared to last year
We agreed last year on our club development plan, but feel its important to re-visit this annually to ensure it still fits the need of the clubNew gig – this is underway and we are currently in discussion with a boat builder
WebsiteChloe & Lulu will be working together – this will allow updates without endless emailsSocial media – Increase the club presence, easier communication within the club and other clubsWebsite in general – we realise there has been a huge amount of work in moving to new processes and we appreciate everyones support in the changesMaintenanceAndy is now our co-ordinator and is responsible for assigning jobs to individuals (many hands make light work) we will be looking for people to take on tasks like – seats, stretchers, pins, oars and boats
The selectors will nominate a handful of events that you can “self select” this is to encourage “fun” and support local events
Volunteers needed for towing
Our three rowing events throughout the year require a huge amount of support.Any support you can give personally, if everyone could give an hour per month this would help or skills that can be utilisedWe reviewed the membership fees this year and benchmarked this against other clubs, it was decided to keep fees as they are as we rely on the members support.Committee support – we are going to try and provide clear instruction – for example we require 3 people for half an hour on Wednesday night.
