Third party insurance is provided for all members (including club members) in recreation and competition. Public liability cover is provided for all coaches, while voluntary coaches, professional coaches, not trading under a business name, and officers of the WCA are additionally covered for Professional Indemnity. The WCA and its affiliated clubs are covered for public liability and professional indemnity in their activities.
The licence allows canoeists to paddle 2000 miles of British Waterways canals.
The BCU yearbook is distributed to appropriate members.
This provides core information to members (individual/club), distributed in January.
Ceufad is the magazine of the WCA. It is an A4 format magazine with information and sections on Access and facilities, Coaching, Disciplines, Clubs and Calendar items taking priority. Key articles will be published and it is produced on a quarterly basis to set deadlines.
Canoe Focus, the BCU magazine is distributed to Comprehensive Full and Youth members and Full Basic members six times a year, providing information and articles of interest from home and abroad.
The WCA negotiate a number of access agreements on behalf of members. Formal agreements are currently in place on a number of rivers while there are many rivers with informal agreements. The WCA has an industrious network of access officers and can offer advice on rivers and stillwaters within Wales. A Canoe Access line service is available, while Canolfan Tryweryn can offer advice on canoeing in North and mid Wales. The WCA is now employing a full time Access Development Officer.
Members can receive information on canoeing across Wales, while the staff of Canolfan Tryweryn and the WCA can provide specialist advice.
The WCA and Canolfan Tryweryn organise tours at Canolfan Tryweryn and support the Teifi tour. In 2001 we ran a surf symposium, an open canoe symposium, training for voluntary club coaches at Plas Menai and to provide low cost, high impact skills courses in a number of disciplines.
Discount on WCA tours and at organised conferences and for WCA/BCU members at Canolfan Tryweryn.
A number of competitions are provided by the competitive disciplines within Wales. The most significant of these is the Welsh National Polo league, while there are local competitions in Freestyle, Surf and Slalom.
A national competition programme is organised by the federal organisations and their clubs. Comprehensive members may take part in these national events, while the WCA competitive disciplines provide training and competition opportunities, which are supported by the Sports Council for Wales.
The WCA administers the BCU coaching scheme in Wales. The service is administered through the WCA offices, while Nigel Robinson is employed as Coaching Development Officer with a remit to support the Coaching scheme members and enhance the services provided.
This magazine is provided to all coaching scheme members, providing important information to all coaches and key articles by leading coaches.
WCA members receive discount on supplies purchased from the WCA
An Annual General Meeting will be held in July 2002. This meeting is open to all, although only Comprehensive and Basic Full members can vote at the meeting. The meeting is preceded by circulation of an annual report and we hope that members take the opportunity to become involved in the democratic process employed by the WCA.
A comprehensive insurance policy for club coaches and members, yearbooks / resources and access to a subsidised club coach education scheme are the main features of this scheme that will allow greater reinvestment in the WCA affiliated clubs in future.
The WCA operates a WCA Centre Approval Scheme that provide a number of benefits.
Every year the WCA submits a grant application to the Sports Council for Wales to gain support for staffing, Club coach education scheme, and a performance and excellence programme in the competitive disciplines. In 1999 the WCA became involved in Clwb Cymru, a scheme to encourage and support junior member initiatives within affiliated clubs. The WCA also has three part time slalom coaches as part of the Sports Council for Wales funded "Coach Cymru" scheme.