March

Mawrth

Where: Plas Menai,

National Outdoor Centre

Lle; Plas Menai, Canolfan

Awyr Agored Genedlaethol

The Big Weekend offers a packed programme of workshops to benefit Individuals, Parents, Coaches, Instructors, Race Officials as well as Clubs and Organisations.

Mae Penwythnos Mawr yn cynnig rhaglen llawn o weithdai i unigolion, rhieni., hyfforddwyr a swyddogion rasio yn ogystal â chlybiau a sefydliadau.

INFORMATION GWYBODAETH

Big Weekend Penwythnos Mawr

A one stop shop for everything in Sailing, Windsurfing and Power in Wales! The RYA

Cymru·Wales Big Weekend offers a packed programme of workshops to benefit

individuals, instructors, coaches, Race Officials, Club Officials as well as clubs and

organisations.

Join the RYA Cymru Wales team for weekend, the day or the Mexican themed dinner on

Saturday evening.

The prices for the weekend are below, there is an early bird discount of 15% if you book

before 12th February.

Saturday 12th and 13th March

at

Plas Menai National Outdoor Centre

Food & Accommodation Early Bird Price Price after 12th February

Weekend Delegate Saturday night B&B Saturday dinner

£70 £80.50

Weekend Delegate Saturday night B&B No dinner Saturday

evening

£55 £63.25

Saturday & Sunday Delegate With dinner but no accommodation included

£50 £57.50

Sat & Sun Delegate No accommodation or dinner included

£35 £40.25

Day Delegate (Sat or Sun only) No accommodation or dinner included

£20 £23

Sat Evening Dinner only £15 £17.25

Additional Booking Notes -

Lunch is included in all tickets

There is a discount for Under 21’s, please use the code ‘Under21’

If you require accommodation on Friday night please book that directly with Plas Menai National Outdoor Centre.

‘Green Scheme’ - RYA Cymru Wales ‘Green Scheme’ is designed to help volunteers who are travelling over 120miles (round trip) to attend the conference.

If you have a round trip journey of 120miles or more within Wales and are bringing 3 or more people in your car

(including the driver); your mileage will be paid at a rate of £0.15p per

mile!

See the website for more details

All bookings can be made via the website www.ryacymruwales.org.uk

Guest Speakers

Chat with Trade

Hartley Boats, Laser Performance, RS Sailing

and more!

Penny Tranter

Come and listen to Met Office advisor, former BBC

weather forecaster and London 2012 forecaster, and

learn things you never knew about the weather!

TV Conwy

TV Conwy will be running an exciting interac-

tive workshop on producing a short video using

your tablet or mobile phone for use on the web

or social media.

Farrel O’Shea

British speed record holder, Farrel O’Shea talks to Ali Yates.

He recently broke the 50knt barrier, putting him 5th in the

windsurf world speed rankings. Watch the record breaking

attempt here https://youtu.be/flMM8-LZjx8

Andy Wright

Join Andy Wright for a roller coaster ride of

the highs and lows of teaching shorebased

topics in the classroom.

Matthew McGovern

Matthew, Archery GB Senior Physiotherapist is no

stranger to the sailing scene having come up through

the squad pathway, worked for the RYA and has been

a regular speaker at the RYA Suzuki Dinghy Show.

Rachel Andrews

RYA Chief Instructor Power, Rachel Andrews

will be at the Big Weekend giving an RYA

update, offering advice and talking about

coding.

Saturday Dydd Sadwrn

0900 Registration

0930 Welcome Address

0945 Updates a. RYA Training Update b. RYA Race Management & Rules Update

1030 Session 1 a. Advanced Rules Clinic b. Shorebased Teaching Techniques c. Making Short Promotional Videos

(Session 1&2) d. Community Sport Going Forward: the

opportunities

e. Rough Water Boat Handling f. Social Media: promoting your

activity g. Chatty Ali and Friends h. Fitness and Posture for Sailing i. Inboard and Outboard Engine

(De-)Winterisation with Llandrillo College

1120 Coffee Break

1130 Session 2 a. Challenging Racing, New Styles and a

Champions League b. Shorebased Teaching Techniques c. Making Short Promotional Videos

(Session 1&2) d. Community Sport Going Forward: the

opportunities

e. Rough Water Boat Handling f. Corners! Roll Tacks and Gybes g. Windsurfing Kit Review - what's

out there? h. Sailing Kit Review - what’s new

with the trade? i. Inboard and Outboard Engine

(De-)Winterisation with Llandrillo Colege

1230 Lunch

1315 Session 3 a. Advanced Race Management Clinic b. Meteorology c. Making Short Promotional Videos

(Session 3&4) d. Social Media: promoting your activity

e. Introduction to Disability Awareness Training

f. Navigation g. Hiking Clinic

1400 Short Break/Movement Time

1405 Session 4 a. Meteorology b. Making Short Promotional Videos c. (Session 3 & 4) d. Making the most of Rio and planning for

a successful 2016

e. Growing your club or centre pathway

f. Introduction to Disability Awareness Training

g. Navigation h. Careers in Watersports

1450 Coffee Break

1500 Session 5 a. Fair Sailing and Gross Misconduct - the

issues b. Green Blue Instructor Resources c. Push the Boat Out Activators Workshop d. Promoting Inclusivity in your Club or Centre

e. Coding f. Rig Tuning g. Fitness and Posture for

Windsurfing h. Senior Instructor Preparation i. From Design to Build with RS

Sailing

1545 Finish

1600 Watch Wales v England rugby match in the bar

1900 Dinner

0830 Registration

0900 Introduction

0930

Session 1

Workshops a - j will take place on the water

over sessions 1 - 4

a. Yacht MOB Technique

b. Displacement Boats

c. Asymmetric Practical

d. Symmetrical Practical

e. Rough Water Powerboat Handling

f. Windsurfing

g. Safety Boat Refresher

h. Roll Tacking Clinic

i. Windsurf Intro for DI’s

j. Practical Mark Laying Training and

more advanced matters

lc. Dinghy Taster Session (for Llandrillo

College Students Only)

0930

Session 1

k. Mark Laying essentials for Race

Officers (Shore Based)

l. Saving Money for your club or cen-

tre with Energy4Sport Utility Aid

m. Making the most of Rio and

planning for a successful 2016

n. Coding

o. RYA Cymru Wales Squad Coach

Session (Squad Coaches Only)

1020 Short Break/ Movement Time

1025 Session 2

k. Introduction to Sailwave

l. Alternative Funding Sources

m. Ready Steady Cook

n. Introduction to Disability Awareness

Training

o. RYA Cymru Wales Squad Coach

Session

1115 Coffee Break

1145 Session 3

k. Sailwave - the next steps

l. Push The Boat Out Activator

Workshop

m. Promoting Inclusivity in your club

or centre

n. Poor Weather Options

o. RYA Cymru Wales Squad Coach

Session

1235 Short Break/Movement Time

1240 Session 4

k. Where to START? in Race

Management!

l. Alternative Funding Sources

m. Ready Steady Cook

n. Poor Weather Options

o. RYA Cymru Wales Squad Coach

Session

1330 Prize Draw

Chairman's Vote of Thanks

1415 Lunch

Please Note: This programme is subject to change

Sunday Dydd Sul

Advanced Rules Clinic Latest updates on any minor alterations to the rules before the next

Olympics with David Battye, North Wales Regional Rules Adviser.

Shorebased Teaching Techniques Here Andy Wright will look at session planning, teaching spe-

cific navigation topics and ways to motivate a group of people with different learning needs.

Making Short Promotional Videos Bring your smart phone or tablet along to this great workshop

run by TV Conwy and find out how easy it is to film, produce and edit your own short videos to

promote your club or centre using these tools. During the course of the workshop you will make

a short video that will be entered in the Big Weekend Video Competition!

Community sport going forward; the opportunities. The funding of community sport is chang-

ing, come along to this update session with Sport Wales to find more about the opportunities

any organisation engaged in community based sport can now engage with.

Rough Water Boat Handling Rough water handling at Intermediate and Advanced Powerboat

level, including deciding on operating areas, reading waves, safety and injury prevention.

Social media; Promoting your activity Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and more; social media is

an ever changing landscape, come along to this exciting session to find out more about the

different opportunities this medium provides.

Chatty Ali and Friends Join Ali Yates, RYA Cymru Wales Windsurfing Coach for an entertaining

session with some exciting and well known faces on the Windsurfing scene in Wales. Ali is

joined by Farrel O’Shea who smashed the British speed windsurfing record, and Louis Morris,

British Raceboard Champion 2015.

Fitness and Posture for Sailing with physiotherapist Matthew McGovern. Learn sailing focussed

exercises and stretches.

Challenging Racing, New styles and a Champions League What’s new and current on the rac-

ing scene; what are the opportunities here in Wales? Come along to this update workshop with

Mike Butterfield, North Wales Race Management coordinator to find out more.

Corners! Roll Tacks & Gybes Those pesky corners can really slow you down. Let’s break it

down into simple steps to find more about these key manoeuvres, to not only enhance your

own skills, but also how to teach them.

Windsurfing Kit Review - what’s out there? With so many different types of opportunities in

windsurfing it can be a bit over whelming. Come along to this session to find out the differences

and what is new or up and coming in the world of windsurfing.

Sailing Kit Review- what’s new with the trade? Chat with the trade; Hartley Laminates, RS Sail-

ing and more.

Advanced Race Management Clinic Already a RYA Race Officer? This session is for you! Bring

along your thoughts and questions.

Meteorology Penny Tranter lifts the fog surrounding meteorology for dinghy, windsurf, personal

watercraft and power boaters.

Saturday Workshops

Introduction to Disability Awareness Training This interactive workshop based course is relatively unknown in Wales, find out more about it here and how easy it is to integrate into your regular training activity at your club or centre.

Inboard and Outboard (De-)Winterisation Coleg Llandrillo Cymru technology department show

you how to take care of your engines.

Navigation Andy Wright helps you brush up on teaching basic navigation including ideas, top tips

and further resources.

Hiking Clinic Find out more about preventing injury or unwanted stress on the body and how to

optimise hiking positions with Matthew McGovern.

Make the most of Rio and plan for a successful 2016 2016 is a big year with Rio, the Americas

Cup World Series and the Extreme 40s’ raising the profile of boating. Discover how to use

these events and other opportunities to raise awareness and demand for your Training Centre.

Growing your club or centre pathway What route do participants take when they enter the sport?

How do we retain the people we teach and grow them into regulars?

Careers in Watersports What’s next? What opportunities are out there? Not sure, got some

questions? This is the place to ask them!

Fair Sailing and Gross Misconduct - the issues Fundamental rule 2 and rule 69; how does this

apply and what do the changes mean for us all.

The Green Blue: New Interactive Resources for Instructors: Find out about the brand new

resources The Green Blue have to offer. This workshop will provide you with information, as

well as the ability to have a go at the new engaging on-board and onshore eco related activities.

Push the Boat Out Activators workshop Is your club or centre running Push the Boat Out this

year? Come along to find out more about the programme, time frames involved and resources

available.

Promoting Inclusivity in your club or centre How we can be more inclusive in our own

environments? A thought provoking session designed to challenge your thinking, so you can

reap the benefits that this approach can offer.

Coding Rachel Andrews, RYA Chief Instructor Power takes us on a walk through the coding pro-

cess including common issues and how best to resolve them. The session includes an update

to the Recreational Craft Code and its progress.

Rig Tuning Get to know your mast rake from your kicker? The cunningham from the outhaul? Get

some top tips and tricks on teaching this challenging subject!

Fitness and Posture for Windsurfing Physiotherapist, Matthew McGovern, looks at the simple

things you can do to make sure you don’t spend the summer nursing niggles or watching on

frustrated from the shore.

Senior Instructor Prep Looking to becoming a Senior instructor? Not sure what this involves or

whether you are ready? A great opportunity to quiz a member of the RYA Cymru Wales Coach-

ing Development team.

On the water -

Yacht MOB Techniques - Practise your skills with Andy Wright.

Displacement Boats - Spend some time on the water driving displacement boats.

Asymmetric Practical - Join an RYA Cymru Wales Coach and practise those hoists.

Symmetrical Practical - Improve and develop your knowledge of spinnaker work.

Rough Water Powerboat Handling - Get out on the water and learn from experienced RNLI

crews.

Windsurfing - Varying skills and topics will be covered depending on wind and weather.

Safety Boat Refresher - Turn that boat upside down, then the right way up again! Correctly!

Roll Tacking Clinic - Improve your personal boat handling. Windsurf Intro for DI’s/ Sailors - Try something new.

Practical Mark Laying Training and more advanced matters (part 2) with Neil Williams,

RYA Mark Laying Instructor.

Mark Laying essentials for Race Officers (Shore Based) with Neil Williams, RYA Mark Laying

Instructor.

Saving Money for your Club/Centre with Energy4Sport - Utility Aid Join Utility Aid to find out

how you could save your club/centre money off your utility bills with Energy4sport!

RYA Cymru Wales Squad Coach Session by invitation only for RYA Cymru Wales Squad

coaches.

Introduction to Sailwave will give you the skills to use Sailwave in your club.

Alternative Funding Sources workshop will give you ideas on how to access funding.

Ready Steady Cook what’s easy and delicious to cook whilst at sea using a one burner stove.

Sailwave the next steps, learn more about what the program can do for you.

Poor Weather Options: Never sure what to do when the weather is against you? Want to ex-

pand your repertoire? A fun interactive session exploring potential options and enhance your stu-

dents learning.

Where to START? in Race Management! Learn how to run and manage a successful race in

this fun and interactive workshop.

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