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Having just read strings post and ensuing replys it seems they are on the way to have similar problems to Nottingham,
last year we had 60 (yes count em) novices, of last year only 6 are now OD and mostly as they got signed up on hols in Islay. Most people do the pool training and then we never see them again.
Unfortunately we're not really allowed to limit numbers under the uni "sport for all" thing and risk loosing some of our grant and membership money. As a uni club money is already very tight (and a good laugh for all you old folks we were still using ABLJs until v v recently for open water training.)
I qualified a OD this time last year and still havn't got to do my SD open water lessons, in this time I've also passed the DL theory!
We do have a real lack of instructors and almost all are "grown -ups" with real jobs and v limited time or have moved out of the area and so are only seen on trips.
Of course doesn't help that we live miles from the sea.
What experience have other people had of training in uni clubs and what ways have you found of trying to make it more efficent ie not, I would say wasting but I know someone'll shout at me for it, so using time on people who never get into the club and only ever complete pool training.
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Having just read strings post and ensuing replys it seems they are on the way to have similar problems to Nottingham,
last year we had 60 (yes count em) novices, of last year only 6 are now OD and mostly as they got signed up on hols in Islay. Most people do the pool training and then we never see them again.
Unfortunately we're not really allowed to limit numbers under the uni "sport for all" thing and risk loosing some of our grant and membership money. As a uni club money is already very tight (and a good laugh for all you old folks we were still using ABLJs until v v recently for open water training.)
I qualified a OD this time last year and still havn't got to do my SD open water lessons, in this time I've also passed the DL theory!
We do have a real lack of instructors and almost all are "grown -ups" with real jobs and v limited time or have moved out of the area and so are only seen on trips.
Of course doesn't help that we live miles from the sea.
What experience have other people had of training in uni clubs and what ways have you found of trying to make it more efficent ie not, I would say wasting but I know someone'll shout at me for it, so using time on people who never get into the club and only ever complete pool training.
