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<strong>Greater</strong> <strong>London</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Southern</strong> Regional Meeting Minutes<br />

Denham <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Club<br />

Monday 14 March 2011<br />

Attending:<br />

Richard Mattos – JB<strong>Ski</strong> (<strong>Southern</strong> Chairman)<br />

Adrianne Nightingale – Liquid Leisure (<strong>Southern</strong> Treasurer <strong>and</strong> Secretary)<br />

Mark Burridge – JB<strong>Ski</strong> (GLSE Vice Chairman)<br />

Stuart Hills – Wiremill (GLSE Chairman)<br />

Rachel Aldington – Rickmansworth<br />

John Battleday – JB<strong>Ski</strong><br />

Steve Plumridge – Denham<br />

John Howard - Theale<br />

Apologies:<br />

Trevor Leagas – Ellingham<br />

Ed Sexton – Langstone Harbour<br />

Simon Baldry – Langstone Harbour<br />

Stuart Marston – Liquid Leisure<br />

Mathew Priddy – Liquid Leisure<br />

Claire Ellis – Heron Lake<br />

Ken Cuckow – Kent Boat <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Club<br />

Paul Cuckow – Kent Boat <strong>and</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Club<br />

Rachel Tallon – BWSW<br />

Robin Allen – Denham <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Club<br />

Peter Bowden – Princes (GLSE Treasurer <strong>and</strong> secretary)<br />

Approval of minutes from AGM:<br />

Approved by Mark Burridge <strong>and</strong> John Battleday<br />

Chairman’s GLSE Report:<br />

All going well <strong>and</strong> looking forward to the start of the new season.<br />

Chairman’s <strong>Southern</strong> Report:<br />

The 2011 season has started: The <strong>Southern</strong> Region will have all the regular events combined<br />

with GLSE. We place all our news & events on the regional web site www.glse-southern.co.uk all<br />

the events <strong>and</strong> news are added as soon as we have details.<br />

Development Directorate: Richard will attend the next meeting on 31 March. There has not<br />

been an All Regions meeting this year & I’m waiting for a date for the next meeting.<br />

The <strong>Southern</strong> & GLSE: Clubs are set to host all the favourite events again:<br />

<strong>London</strong> Night jump at Liquid Leisure, Denham 3 rd slalom, evening slaloms & Seaton at JB<strong>Ski</strong>,<br />

Regional’s at JB<strong>Ski</strong> Thorpe, BDWSA have events planned; there were many Cable & club events<br />

<strong>and</strong> all the league events.<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> & GLSE cables: Some of the cable clubs are adding more obstacles & training.<br />

These will add more variety to the cable circuit & club competition.<br />

Club Ladder trophy: The trophy has become very sought after. Last year the top boy was from<br />

Liquid Leisure <strong>and</strong> the top girl from Fairford. We have over 400 skiers on the ladder & most of<br />

them don’t enter league events.

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Club Ladder: This will start again in April. You don’t need to kill yourself to get a score in the first<br />

month! Most club skiers produced good scores in the mid season warm weather. The rules<br />

remain the same; Score is off the dock, just like normal comps. It can be from a practice set or<br />

league score. You need to get your club driver to set the boat up & use st<strong>and</strong>ard league speed,<br />

weight & rope lengths. Many club boats run Zero Off or Perfect Pass now but if yours is manual<br />

make sure the times are correct. 14 clubs sent in scores for their members last season <strong>and</strong> some<br />

just e-mailed personal scores to me. Join in <strong>and</strong> it might tempt you to enter a league comp <strong>and</strong><br />

get your name on the BWSW st<strong>and</strong>ings list. You can also win a trophy for the most improved<br />

skier.<br />

Kids coaching & Development: The Cutting edge event were well attended last season.<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> & GLSE hope to have teams for the annual competition again this year. Church Wilne<br />

will host the 2011 event 20-21 August. Please send Richard Mattos the names of your juniors<br />

who would like to join the regional teams. We need at least 8 for a team.<br />

Free Cutting Edge kneeboard training at your own site, in preparation for the Cutting Edge Boat<br />

competition. For more information please call 01932 579933.<br />

All Regions team 3 event: The All regional event is for league skiers. Each region sends a team.<br />

Runs bi-annually. The next one is 2012. I will be looking for team members very soon. Let us<br />

know if you want to be on the list<br />

Judge training: Jill Howard will be looking for new judges. No date yet, so if you know of<br />

anybody who wants to have a go, point them in our direction.<br />

Inter Club competitions: We had some new teams last year. Many of the skiers have now had a<br />

go at some league events. Dates listed at the bottom.<br />

Facebook: Has now become a good way to keep in touch with skiers! As with all these sites the<br />

content can be seen by many, so please watch what you post! It might seem funny at the time but<br />

it could be seen by team selection / sponsors in the future.<br />

Webcasts: There were some very good webcasts last season. If you know of any events being<br />

covered then let us know. We can then add them to our website.<br />

Young Volunteer of the year: Steve Plumridge (from Denham) won this award in 2010. He was<br />

a great help running the Cutting Edge team <strong>and</strong> he supported the team at the comp. A final<br />

personal thank you to all who voted for Richard as volunteer of the year, he made it into the top 5<br />

but didn’t win �<br />

BWSW Report:<br />

Cutting Edge: This year there are two competitions as follows:<br />

Cable Competition – 10 July at JB<strong>Ski</strong>, Surrey<br />

Boat Competition – 20-21 August at Church Wilne <strong>Water</strong>sports Club, Derbyshire<br />

Volunteers: A new volunteer recognition scheme is about to be launched – Cutting Edge<br />

Rewards. People can sign up for a free online Active Passport to track their volunteer hours <strong>and</strong><br />

gain recognition for them. This is ideal for young people.<br />

Voluntary Clubs accreditation: BWSW are working with the Sport Engl<strong>and</strong> programme<br />

Clubmark this is an accreditation for clubs with junior members. Gaining Clubmark can aid in<br />

gaining funding <strong>and</strong> also working with school <strong>and</strong> youth groups. Clubmark clubs can also collect<br />

the Sainsbury’s Active Kids vouchers. For more information www.clubmark.org.uk

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Magazine: The magazine is always looking for content ideally with high quality photos to go with<br />

the story. Please send in stories from your clubs to editor@bwsf.co.uk please see the magazine<br />

for further information.<br />

Club reports<br />

Ellingham:<br />

They are preparing 1 or 2 teams for the inter club competition this year from Ellingham. Our aim<br />

will be to enter a gents <strong>and</strong> a ladies team, however at this early stage we can give no guarantees<br />

that both teams will compete in all events.<br />

JB<strong>Ski</strong>:<br />

New funbox is already being made for the cable, boat lake open as usual with John Battleday<br />

driving <strong>and</strong> coaching.<br />

The Arena was open 3-4 days per week, weekends stayed busy but as usual the mid week was<br />

quieter.<br />

The Cable opened on Wednesday <strong>and</strong> Sundays, We had 10 University clubs mainly boarding on<br />

the Wednesday, a members session on Sunday mornings <strong>and</strong> were pleased to see lots of<br />

regulars as well as some new riders in the afternoon.<br />

On Saturday 26 th March we had a Pig competition on the cable, all the universities entering teams<br />

<strong>and</strong> enjoying the day<br />

As it warms up we are extending the number of days <strong>and</strong> hours we open <strong>and</strong> looking forward to a<br />

busy, hopefully warm Summer.<br />

We are holding a number of competitions behind the boat <strong>and</strong> on the cable, we try to get a mix of<br />

events to encourage new competitors as well as the more experienced.<br />

Driving <strong>and</strong> the new National Level 2 Coaching Courses have helped keep me busy in the week,<br />

we are also now offering a new Instructors course to bring people to the correct ability to attend<br />

the new National Level 2 Courses<br />

Wiremill:<br />

Nothing to report apart from the lake has been frozen for a few months.<br />

Liquid Leisure:<br />

Liquid Leisure has had a very productive winter with the boat <strong>and</strong> cable lakes running in to early<br />

December, only closing due to snow <strong>and</strong> ice <strong>and</strong> the club had planned a shutdown in January for<br />

decoration of the club house & changing rooms <strong>and</strong> ground work around the cable. The boat lake<br />

re-opened at the beginning of February with a new lick of paint <strong>and</strong> a few hardy members coming<br />

out of hibernation to get a head start on their fair weather skiers.<br />

A new Nautique 200 has already been delivered to the club <strong>and</strong> ready for the start of the season.<br />

The 2011 season starts on Friday 1 April <strong>and</strong> the cable will open every day from this date. The<br />

very popular Love Jam returns on Saturday 30 April, please check Facebook <strong>and</strong> the LL<strong>Ski</strong><br />

website for more details on entries <strong>and</strong> timings.<br />

Lake Side Health <strong>and</strong> Fitness, a new gym located on the site, is open for business 7 days a week<br />

<strong>and</strong> owned <strong>and</strong> managed by Personal Trainer Neil Shannon. Shannon has created a new fitness<br />

programme to help pre-season skiers <strong>and</strong> wakeboarders on Tuesday <strong>and</strong> Thursday evenings<br />

from 19:30. Please see Lake Side Health <strong>and</strong> Fitness on Facebook or get in touch with Neil<br />

Shannon for more details. www.neilshannon.co.uk<br />

Now in its tenth year, the <strong>London</strong> Night Jump is back to its Bank Holiday weekend slot <strong>and</strong> will<br />

once again light up the night skies of Datchet on Sunday 29 August. This is not an event to be<br />

missed, so please put the date in your diary now <strong>and</strong> spread the word amongst your friends as<br />

there are so many other extreme sporting activities to watch. With other competitions, like

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member slalom <strong>and</strong> inter club slalom comps taking place throughout the year, keep updated from<br />

the Liquid Leisure website. www.llski.com<br />

Rickmansworth:<br />

Rachel Aldington wished to minute that Rachel Tallon from BWSW has been absolutely fantastic<br />

with Rickmansworth lake environmental issues <strong>and</strong> bank erosion. <strong>Water</strong> level is too high as the<br />

fishing club always want a high level lake. They are waiting to hear from the council to see what<br />

their decision is. Wiremill have lots of reeds <strong>and</strong> seedlings that Rickmansworth could use.<br />

Langstone Harbour:<br />

Nothing to report from LHWSA as it’s our closed season until 1 st April.<br />

Denham <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Ski</strong> Club:<br />

New Nautique 200 arriving soon, replacing the one from last year. Permission for a new building<br />

to house the new boat as the 200 doesn’t fit in the old boathouse.<br />

Kent Boat & <strong>Ski</strong> Club:<br />

A.G.M.was held in February <strong>and</strong> fairly well attended. The club is on a sound financial footing,<br />

although we have noticed our outgoings are rising so a careful eye is being kept on that issue.<br />

S.B.D.A.’s are quiet at the moment due to the time of year <strong>and</strong> nearly all of our boat drivers are<br />

qualified already. 50th Celebrations, the first event, The Brass Monkey Trophy, was enjoyed by<br />

all, with about 50 attending, with 7 hardy skiers all followed by refreshments in the clubhouse.<br />

Next event is a social evening on 7th May at the K.B.S.C. clubhouse<br />

Theale:<br />

Updating the site over the winter, <strong>and</strong> opening early April. We’re putting fat sacks in to one of the<br />

boats with fast pumps.<br />

Kneeboarders!<br />

We are currently in talks with a couple of new sites with a view to holding a competition late<br />

July/early August so we will let you have details as soon as we receive confirmation from either of<br />

these sites.<br />

The Freestyle event has been brought back by popular dem<strong>and</strong> following the Rider Cup event in<br />

the USA. This year we have decided to tow the event behind the tour boat, with one extra fat sac.<br />

If there is sufficient dem<strong>and</strong> we may look at obtaining a wakeboard boat for next season, so if you<br />

are interested in this, please sign up for the event at Treeton! This is a great way to push<br />

kneeboarding to the next level, with an opportunity for the top riders to try out new <strong>and</strong> bigger<br />

tricks, as well as for riders of any ability to experience tricking on a big wake!<br />

You will see that a training day is available this season on the day before the Nationals at<br />

Humber Bridge – training days are limited availability <strong>and</strong> places will be allocated on a first come,<br />

first served basis, so get your training forms in early to secure your place.<br />

Once again, please ensure that entry forms are returned in good time before the first competition,<br />

<strong>and</strong> we will see you all at Pentney.<br />

For any further information, please contact either Mark (mark@msgarnett.fsnet.co.uk) or Brian<br />

(brianrook@aol.com ).<br />

Barefoot:<br />

Just to let you know some good news for our sport, the Barefoot team has been voted Kent<br />

sports team of the year. This follows the fantastic performance of the team at the European <strong>and</strong><br />

African Championships held at Action <strong>Water</strong>sports in Lydd Kent, last summer. The members of

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the team that live or train in Kent went to collect the award on Thursday at the awards ceremony<br />

held at Eastwell Manor <strong>and</strong> presented by the Minister for Sport <strong>and</strong> the Olympics.<br />

2011 Competitions:<br />

Regional Championships – 9 July at JB<strong>Ski</strong><br />

Cutting Edge Cable – 10 July<br />

Thorpe Evening slalom – 14 June, 29 June 14 July<br />

Seaton – 15 <strong>and</strong> 16 October<br />

Denham running a 3 round slalom – Saturday 2 July<br />

All regions competition – Bi annual, next one is 2012<br />

Interclub Slalom dates:<br />

Liquid Leisure - Saturday 11 June<br />

JB<strong>Ski</strong> - Monday 20 June<br />

Denham - Saturday 16 July<br />

Rickmansworth - Saturday 23 July<br />

Ellingham to provide a date<br />

Secretary’s Report:<br />

Many clubs did not pay for their regional subs last year. I have chased numerous times <strong>and</strong> sent<br />

invoices out by email <strong>and</strong> post, but received nothing back. Please can all clubs within the region<br />

update their contact details with BWSW with their boar members, secretary <strong>and</strong> treasurer.<br />

Invoices will continue to be posted out from BWSW. All clubs to pay subscription fee this year at<br />

£25.00.<br />

<strong>Southern</strong> Treasurer’s Report:<br />

Bank balance as of November - £642.50<br />

GLSE Treasurer’s report:<br />

Bank balance as of November - £1,400.00<br />

Matters arising:<br />

Lack of skiers at clubs. Need some injection from clubs to push the sport, get more people <strong>and</strong><br />

younger skiers involved.<br />

AOB:<br />

Looking for a <strong>Southern</strong> Vice Chairman to support Richard Mattos, anybody wishing<br />

to volunteer for this role, please email Richard <strong>and</strong> ask for further information.<br />

Level II coaching is a national coaching structure set by Sport Engl<strong>and</strong>. Level I is an assistant<br />

coaching certificate which they should consider bringing in. Level III will be looked at in the next<br />

few weeks. The coaching certificates will be brought up at the Directorate meeting.<br />

Currently the regional instructor’s course lasts for 3 years.<br />

Dates for next meeting:<br />

Monday 23 May at JB<strong>Ski</strong><br />

AGM to be held on 14 November at Heron Lake<br />

With thanks to:<br />

Denham <strong>and</strong> Steve Plumridge for their hospitality at this meeting<br />

Stuart Hills for chairing the meeting<br />

Minutes taken <strong>and</strong> prepared by Adrianne Nightingale<br />

Contact details <strong>and</strong> all updates:<br />

www.glse-southern.co.uk