Club Safety Audit. Deadline for completion 27/11/17.

To: All Wessex Region Club Safety Advisiors.

As part of your affiliation to British Rowing all affiliated Clubs are asked to complete an annual Club Safety Audit each year.
The deadline for clubs is November 27, 2017 with suspensions coming in from November 28, 2017 for those clubs who have not submitted on time.

​By now your Club Water Safety Officer (CWSO)​ should have received a link to complete the audit online, as well as a link to a secure club safety folder on Google Drive.​ If your CWSO ​has not received this email then ​they need to ​contact safety@britishrowing.org​, and check ​that BR have the correct ​contact details on the British Rowing Club Management system​

As in previous years, clubs that don’t submit their audit by Monday, 27 November 2017 will automatically be suspended from racing ​in BR events - which may be extended to H&D ARA events. Please note that this will be implemented with immediate effect from Tuesday, 28 November​ (BR events only).​

British Rowing ​will publish reminders via their ​website and by emailing your Regional Rowing Chairmen​ and those clubs who haven’t submitted their safety audit will be notified two weeks before as well.

​The 2017 safety audit process:

1.       Regional folders on Google Drive are shared with Regional Rowing Safety Advisors (RRSAs)

2.       2017 Safety Audit link is shared with Club Rowing Safety Advisors (CRSAs)

3.       Club folders on Google Drive are shared with CRSAs

4.       CRSAs complete their safety audit

5.       RRSAs and British Rowing are notified of submission and sent a PDF copy

6.       Copies of the clubs’ submissions are saved in an editable format in the relevant Google Drive club folder

7.       RRSAs to review submissions and contact CRSAs directly to confirm acceptance or comment on points to address

8.       RRSAs to note the date of acceptance on the Contacts spreadsheet in the Google Drive region folder.

​Please direct any questions on the Audit and the process to British Rowing.

Steve Bull.

Regional Rowing Safety Advisor.
Wessex Regional Rowing Council.
stephencbull@gmail.com  

10 Brookfield Gardens,
Binstead, Ryde,
Isle of Wight.
PO33 3NP.
Telephone: 01983 566481
Mobile: 07786 034941

Hants & Dorset ARA Autumn Council Meeting & Return of H&D Championship Trophies.

Can I remind you all that the Hants & Dorset ARA Autumn Council Meeting takes place this coming Saturday - the 21st October - at 10.30am at the Itchen Imperial Rowing Club Clubhouse. Can I also remind those Clubs who are holding H&DARA Championship Trophies from last year to return them, in a clean condition, to this meeting. 

Hants & Dorset ARA Presentation Dinner on Saturday, 18th November, 2017. The Novotel, Southampton

The details of the Hants & Dorset ARA Presentation Dinner, at the Novotel, Southampton on Saturday, 18th November are now available - and the menus can be downloaded from its calender entry on the home page of the H&D ARA Web Site at www.hdara.co.uk 

The organisor - Paula Williams is asking for a one person email link from each club - and she has E mailed the contact she had from last year. If they are not able to collect the money & information they have been asked to advise her who from the club it is best to contact? 

So if you want a ticket you need to make your application through your Club contact. 

This year because we have a large number of younger coxswains she thought it would be nice to encourage them to want to be part of the evening without huge expense for the parents - so their menu is keenly priced at £12 with complimentary Orange juice throughout the meal.

The Adult menu  price is £27.50, Which includes a three course meal, shortbread + ( gluten free offering) & mints

The Menus are of a wide choice hopefully catering for everyones needs, She has asked the hotel to confirm Vegan Menus & whether the "Jus" are gluten free - & will up-date you all accordingly.

She will be shortly sending out some pre set table links which should make it easier to place your members on to tables to be returned to her. 

All enquiries regarding the Presentation Dinner Dance should be sent to - 

Any queries contact Paula on 07525339144  or paulamwilliams@hotmail.co.uk

Coastal Entries for Teddington Head

There is a coastal section at the Teddington Head on 18^th November.  This race is run from Walbrook Rowing Club and is a good long head race from Thames Ditton to the Island just below Kingston Rowing Club.  Walbrook have made us very welcome in recent years and it would be great to see Hants and Dorset Clubs there in numbers. For more information contact Diane on 07920401093 or 01932 240459

BTC Coastal & River HORR. 8/10/17. CANCELLED

Due to the lack of entries we will be cancelling the event on October 8^th.  If you have paid by cheque it will br torn-up. If you have paid by BACS the BTC treasurer will return the entrance fees (although he is currently in Australia so may take a while).

For clubs that sent entries thank you for your support, hopefully we will have more response in the spring.

Regards. Kaye. BTC Rowing Club