It would have been really good if our SCA Staff CEO and Performance Director properly announced this and communicated to all, however in the interim and abstracted from a document hidden in the background of the SCA site. Posted recently but the squads were kicked off in October:
SCA Performance – Athlete list 2013/2014
Scottish Athletes – GB Canoeing - Podium Programme:
S PENNIE Fiona K1W
S BAILLIE Tim C2M
S FLORENCE David C1M C2M
Scottish Athletes - UK Funded GB Podium Potential Programme
U23 HAINING Alice K1W
U23 FORBES CRYANS Bradley K1M
Scottish Athletes –SCA Performance - Vision Programme
U23 GIBSON Eilidh C1W
J18 HOUSTON Rachel C1W
U23 MASLEN Amber K1W
J18 STRICKLAND Lauren K1W
U23 HOUSTON Andrew C1M C2M
J18 BROWN Michael C2M C1M
Scottish Athletes –SCA Performance - Horizon Programme
J16 KELLY Isla C1W
J16 MURRAY Victoria C1W K1W
J16 OGILVIE Sophie K1W C1W
J18 REVELL Louise K1W
J16 OGILVIE Rebecca K1W
J16 JENNINGS Madeleine K1W
J16 EDWARDS Duncan K1M
J14 DICKSON Jonny K1M
J16 GIBSON Angus C1M C2M
J14 LINKSTEAD Peter C1M K1M
J16 WATERS Aiden C1M C2M
J18 MCALEENAN Aidan C2M K1M
Scottish Athletes Senior invites
U23 ROGERS Helen K1W
U23 GERRIE Stuart K1M
U23 MACDONALD K1M
U23 REVELL Cameron K1M
Scottish Athletes Junior invites
J14 MILNE Laura K1W C1W
J18 NIVEN Crawford K1M C2M
J18 LAMOND Andrew K1M
J18 BURTON George K1M
J16 STRICKLAND Connal K1M
J16 HAY Calum K1M
J14 KELLY Ben K1M
J12 CAMPBELL Ewan C1M K1M
J16 GLASGOW Fraser C1M C2M
J16 MCDIARMID Eddie C2M
J16 HOLMES Jacob C2M
Congratulations to all, work hard and do us proud, we look forward to hearing and seeing of your future success.
Best Wishes
CD
SCA Performance Paddlers
Re: SCA Performance Paddlers
Unless things change in the next few months, we will look back on the current participation levels in Scotland and athlete success across GB teams and ranking divisions as a high.
According to the 2013 year end rankings, there are 5 clubs in Scotland with > 10 paddlers : Breadalbane - 34, Aberdeen - 26, CR Cats 23, Strathallan 15 and Stirling and Falkirk 11.
Aberdeen have done a great job of bringing paddlers into the sport especially considering they have had no SCA employed coach support on either a regular or adhoc basis.
Much of the current success of the sport is down to having had employed coaches in some clubs and also a performance coach with top level skills.
Breadalbane and CR Cats have both benefitted from having employed coaches.
Strathallan paddllers have typically trained at Alva to benefit from the employed coaches.
Stirling and Falkirk have also benefitted from using the CR Cats facility and being able to train at CR Cats sessions once they reach the right level.
Squad paddlers have benefitted regardless of location from training camps with both employed and volunteer coaches
All Scottish paddlers, regardless of club have also been invited to participate in the annual family trip to France, usually with an employed coach.
As most clubs will know, volunteers are willing to coach but they hold down full time jobs and cannot dedicate the time to run twice weekly coaching sessions week in week out. What they can do is provide additional coach support to support employed coaches.
At the start of 2013, there were 2 development coaches based at Aberfeldy (Steve MacDonald working 28 hours) and Alva (Johnny Brown working 18.5 hrs). There was also Neil Caffrey as performance coach. Anthony Colin was recruited in January following additional Perth and Tayside funding working at Aberfeldy and Strathallan and Neil became the performance coach based at Alva.
At the end of 2013, we no longer have Steve MacDonald, Johnny Brown or Neil Caffrey in employed positions. Breadalbane have 8 hours of SCA performance funded coaching provided by a non slalom paddler, Biscuit (why only this club?) as well as sharing Anthony Colin with Strathallan. After 20 December, the remainder of Scotland have no SCA funded coaches.
This is an extremely sad position that Scotland is in, particularly when the SCA still have £270,000 of performance funding for Sprint and Slalom from SportScotland. Those who have been involved in Slalom have tried to discuss this with the SCA (Stuart Smith (CEO), Remi Gaspard (Performance Director) and the Board) but to no avail.
So unless the situation changes, we are walking the sport into oblivion. The SCA cannot say they didn't know.
According to the 2013 year end rankings, there are 5 clubs in Scotland with > 10 paddlers : Breadalbane - 34, Aberdeen - 26, CR Cats 23, Strathallan 15 and Stirling and Falkirk 11.
Aberdeen have done a great job of bringing paddlers into the sport especially considering they have had no SCA employed coach support on either a regular or adhoc basis.
Much of the current success of the sport is down to having had employed coaches in some clubs and also a performance coach with top level skills.
Breadalbane and CR Cats have both benefitted from having employed coaches.
Strathallan paddllers have typically trained at Alva to benefit from the employed coaches.
Stirling and Falkirk have also benefitted from using the CR Cats facility and being able to train at CR Cats sessions once they reach the right level.
Squad paddlers have benefitted regardless of location from training camps with both employed and volunteer coaches
All Scottish paddlers, regardless of club have also been invited to participate in the annual family trip to France, usually with an employed coach.
As most clubs will know, volunteers are willing to coach but they hold down full time jobs and cannot dedicate the time to run twice weekly coaching sessions week in week out. What they can do is provide additional coach support to support employed coaches.
At the start of 2013, there were 2 development coaches based at Aberfeldy (Steve MacDonald working 28 hours) and Alva (Johnny Brown working 18.5 hrs). There was also Neil Caffrey as performance coach. Anthony Colin was recruited in January following additional Perth and Tayside funding working at Aberfeldy and Strathallan and Neil became the performance coach based at Alva.
At the end of 2013, we no longer have Steve MacDonald, Johnny Brown or Neil Caffrey in employed positions. Breadalbane have 8 hours of SCA performance funded coaching provided by a non slalom paddler, Biscuit (why only this club?) as well as sharing Anthony Colin with Strathallan. After 20 December, the remainder of Scotland have no SCA funded coaches.
This is an extremely sad position that Scotland is in, particularly when the SCA still have £270,000 of performance funding for Sprint and Slalom from SportScotland. Those who have been involved in Slalom have tried to discuss this with the SCA (Stuart Smith (CEO), Remi Gaspard (Performance Director) and the Board) but to no avail.
So unless the situation changes, we are walking the sport into oblivion. The SCA cannot say they didn't know.
Re: SCA Performance Paddlers
I agree entirely with your comments and despair of the short-sighted and self-interested positions that have been adopted by employees of the SCA and some parents.
I would like to believe that this is not what Sport Scotland and Perth & Kinross want for our sport but the inactivity and complacency do not support my hope.
It looks like the delivery of coaching has regressed by 10 to 20 years; paid coaches, managers and so-called experts employed with tax-payers money present closed mind-set attitudes and ignore the success of previous programmes.
The current program is definitely broken and needs fixing.
Unlike the previous program which wasn't broken and did not need fixing.
I would like to believe that this is not what Sport Scotland and Perth & Kinross want for our sport but the inactivity and complacency do not support my hope.
It looks like the delivery of coaching has regressed by 10 to 20 years; paid coaches, managers and so-called experts employed with tax-payers money present closed mind-set attitudes and ignore the success of previous programmes.
The current program is definitely broken and needs fixing.
Unlike the previous program which wasn't broken and did not need fixing.
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Re: SCA Performance Paddlers
Guys
I have concerns the way this thread is going, yes concerned on the performance of SCA Staff - but that is one line compared with the recognition of circa 36 paddlers - most still Juniors and some very young Juniors at that.
We should publicly laud their efforts and sing their praises to demonstrate our support and promote motivation to continue their progress and careers. That some staff wish to promote a low profile is to their own detriment as we can clearly see and recognise the value provided by the paddlers whilst we can we see cost and judge the value added by our Staff.
CD
I have concerns the way this thread is going, yes concerned on the performance of SCA Staff - but that is one line compared with the recognition of circa 36 paddlers - most still Juniors and some very young Juniors at that.
We should publicly laud their efforts and sing their praises to demonstrate our support and promote motivation to continue their progress and careers. That some staff wish to promote a low profile is to their own detriment as we can clearly see and recognise the value provided by the paddlers whilst we can we see cost and judge the value added by our Staff.
CD
Re: SCA Performance Paddlers
Totally agree Seedy
It is all too easy to allow the paddlers to get forgotten in all this. As you say they are the ones who should be front and centre and their effort, achievements and commitment acknowledged and congratulated publicly.
It is all too easy to allow the paddlers to get forgotten in all this. As you say they are the ones who should be front and centre and their effort, achievements and commitment acknowledged and congratulated publicly.