New Year & New Courses/Programmes

Happy New Year to you all and many thanks for support over a fantasic 2011 year 

2012 looks to be just as busy with some new courses and programmes:

New Coaching BLOG

I have started to put a new BLOG together which is aimed to share coaching, delivery & leadership concepts, over the next few months and beyond I will add to the BLOG, i hope you find it useful or even thought provoking: http://adventureeducationcoachingleadership.blogspot.com/


New Climbing Courses:

ICG now offering Mountain Leader Training Courses such as the Climbing Wall Award (CWA), Climbing Wall Leaders Award (CWLA), Single Pitch Award (SPA).  Additional to these, workshops and programmes are being offered such as lead climbing, self rescue and multi-pitch climbing.  See the website for more details. These courses are run by Nick Arding MIC.


Sea Kayaking Courses & Trips

We are also offering the following workshops and trip to the Isle of Arran in 2012

BCU Coastal Navigation & Tidal Planning Course - 3rd March
Rough Water Handling Workshops
Expeditioning Skills
Surfing Skills

Isle of Arran 7th - 14th September 2012 (see website for more details)

BCU Courses - White Water & Coaching

BCU AWWSR  5 Star Inland Combined 20th - 23rd Feb
BCU Coastal Navigation & Tidal Planning 3rd March NEW
BCU Advanced Inland Water Endoresment (Coaching) - 27th & 28th Feb NEW
BCU/UKCC Level 2 Training Coach Course 16th - 19th April

HSE First Aid Programmes

I am also offering outdoor, pracical first aid programmes, first aid at work & emergency first aid over the year which is recognised by both MLTE & BCU.

Hope some of the programmes or new BLOG catches your eye, for further information look at the website: http://www.internationalcoachingandguiding.co.uk/ or send me an email: i.c.g@live.co.uk

Coaching programmes, personal development and even time to play

I thought November was a busy month and then along came December.  Although I cannot complain, all the work has been really enjoyable.  Working alongside some really good coaches and deliverers, team teaching and designing new methods of delivery for the BCU/UKCC Level 1 & 2 Coach programmes.

There has also been good water levels in the Southwest to run Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue and BCU 5 Star Inland courses and the sea has been fruity too.

What spare time there has been, it has been taken up with xmas shopping, endurance training and reading some really thought provoking research papers linked to coaching.

Sea, white water and coaching programmes

November has been a month of diverse delivery, from running BCU/UKCC Coach Education programmes, attending my Level 5 Sea training in Anglesey and providing BCU Inland 5 star training courses combined with Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue programmes.

Although busy and driving all over the UK, this diversity and level of delivery I really enjoy.

Advanced White Water Safety & Rescue Programmes

Over the past few weeks, the diary has been busy running BCU/UKCC Level 2 assessments, some sea kayak paddle training and mentoring aspriant Level 5 coaches. It is so nice to see and be involved in the development of these talented coaches.

This last week I have been delivering a variety of white water safety & rescue courses. Although we are experiencing low water levels at the moment, there are still some great locations to run these BCU WWSR and AWWSR courses. Its really nice to see paddlers taking a positive approach to their paddling and attending these courses to either learn new skills or brush up on existing experience.

Sea Kayaking at Pembrokeshire

With strong winds, and a prominant swell from the west we headed up to Pembrokeshire for some sea kayaking along the beautiful coastline and playing on the Bitches. 

Sea Kayaking, coaching and playing

Since returning from the French Alps time has flown past and life again has been busy.  Over the past three weeks I have found myself either sea kayaking, coaching or playing.

I have been invloved with some quality assurance for Canoe England on the coach education programmes, delivered a UKCC Level 2 programme with Darren Joy (Fluid Skills) and carried out staff training days for Duchy College Staff ready for their new intake this year.

This week, in between some technical advisors visits, myself and very good friend Nick Arding have been in our sea boats most the time, night paddling around the southcoast, being thrown around like rag dolls at Start Point in springs and coaching along the way.

Fontainebleau and the French Alps

Had a great two weeks with my daughter and friends climbing at Font and then moved down to the Alps for the second week were I ran several development programmes for a canoe club.  The weather throughout the two weeks was very good considering the confused climate in France this year.


In Font we climbed at Bas Cuvier, L'Elephant, and 95.2, the climbing was fantastic and amazing how strong you became after a few days.  The swimming pool in the evenings although cold was a welcoming sight.

In the Alps whilst I delivered the development programmes on white water including WWSR, BCU 4 Star Inland Training, personal coaching and advanced skills, my daughter, Jo and Mandi enjoyed the via ferrata, some kayaking and walked up to Glacier Blanc.