Canoe & Kayak star awards on the River Wye with Black mountain in the brecon beacons near Hay and Brecon, Wales

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Ideal Christmas and Birthday presents. A Black Mountain Gift Vouchers can be purchased and covers all the activities.

4 Star White Water Kayak Award

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Call 01497 847897 or email

1 Star Award.......2 Star Award......3 Star Award.....Canoe Safety

The 4 Star award is a leadership award and is not suitable to beginners. you should have at least a 3 star white water award and the appropriate skill levels.
Duration:
Training - Two Days
Assessment- Two Days

	Craft White Water Spec Kayak.
Pre-requisites First aid award (minimum 8 hours with CRP). Evidence is required of 12 different river trips of about 4 hours duration in four different locations, this should include 6 grade 3 river trips as a member of a group, 6 grade 2-3 river trips as an assistant leader. White Water Safety & Rescue Training. Candidates must be 16 years and over at time of assessment	Venue Suitable rivers with grade 2-3 water
Part A- Personal Paddling Skills Lifting, carrying and launching, efficient & effective river running skills, rolling, and surfing small waves and running stoppers.	Part C- Safety, Leadership & Group Skills Skilful application of leadership, leadership strategies, judgment & decision making, safety awareness and risk management, group control
Part B-Rescue Skills Boat and bank based safety and rescue, incident management and first aid, effective team leader and rescue/incidents	Part D- Theory Equipment, safety, weather, hypothermia/first aid, access, environment, planning, group awareness & management, water features/hazards, navigation, etiquette, leadership responsibilities
down lord a copy of the BCU Syllabus in PDF Link to BCU website and awards
Cost £180.00 includes kayak or canoe, wetsuit, bouyance aid & helmet	What you need Change of clothes, towel, sutable foot weir such as trainers or neoprene boots

About the day!

Times 9.15am to 4.30pm each day

Arrive at our center where you will be introduced to your qualified and professional instructor for the day and the equipment you will be using during course. Once kited up, your instructor will talk you through the days events, covering the type of craft, paddles, and general equipment.

Once on the water we will cover the BCU syllabus
Lifting/Carrying of craft:-looking at safe moving and handling techniques best practice..
Forward Paddling:- Competent and confidence on moving water.
Breaking In/Out:- Effective skills needed to break in/out
Ferry Gliding: - including reverse ferry gliding
Surfing Small Waves:- Experience surfing small waves looking at edge, body trim.
Paddle into and out of small stopper:- Understanding the advantage of using a dynamic edge, posture and active core.
Draw Strokes on the Move:- practicing draw stroke on the move.
Supporting:- Looking at supporting strokes on moving water.
Rolling: Rolling:- on moving water.
Rescue Skills:- Capsize Swim, throw line rescue, basic first aid incidents, team and part of a team leadership
Safety, leadership & Group Skills:- Identify hazards, identifying stable lines, being a team player, good rescue positions, signals, and communication, locations personal risk management & awareness of others.
Theory:- Covering all aspects of canoe safety, weather, equipment hypothermia, first aid, assess, environment, planning, group awareness, navigation and etiquette and leadership responsibilities

These Fun Days are great to mix with our other activities such as High Level Ropes, Climbing Tower, Canoeing, Clay Shooting, Archery Orienteering etc

Tel 01497 847897
info@blackmountain.co.uk