Membership Report for AGM 2021
Membership
For the second year running I need to start by thanking all those members who continued to pay their subscriptions through more lockdowns, Even more so than last year, this continued support has enabled the club to survive and now, to be in strong position to prosper as we start (I hope) to come out of the pandemic.
With support from the Boathouse Trust, who in turn have received a grant from Leeds CC, we have been able to offer another 2-month rebate on fees to renewing members to account in some part for time lost to rowing during lockdown. We are also holding membership fees at the same level again.
Club membership continued to fall a little during the year. As with last year this is mostly due to ‘natural wastage’ with members changing jobs, having babies, moving out of the area, etc and so having to leave. The number leaving in this way is not much different to any other year. Unlike previous years, we have not been able to bring in new members through Learn to Row courses to offset this loss and so overall numbers have been falling.
However, we were able to re-start Adult and Junior L2R over the summer and this, coupled with an influx of experienced rowers moving to Leeds and wanting to join, means that numbers are rising again. At the end of September 2021, we had 116 adult members and 37 junior members.
We now have a new system for juniors with a testing session in November and only those considered to have the aptitude for rowing invited to our L2R courses. We have been talking with local schools and such was the interest that we ran our first testing session in July this year with an extra L2R over the summer. This led to another 15-20 J13-15s joining the club. We will run a second testing session towards the end of this year, with indoor rowing starting after Christmas for those selected, and then on water rowing from Easter next year. The junior section is looking healthier than at any time for some years
Waiting Lists
Enquiries from juniors and adults have continued to come in and the adult waiting list has grown considerably in the last year as we were not able to run L2R courses for most of the year. At the end of September 2021, we had 78 people on the waiting list with an estimated wait for new enquirers of about 12-18 months!
The new junior system means we no longer have a waiting list for juniors as such. Instead we have a list of people waiting for the next testing session.
Safeguarding & Safety
Kate Riley has agreed to continue as Club Welfare Officer and David Coverdale as Club Safety advisor. Our thanks to both of them for their often unseen but always essential contributions to the smooth running of the club
Thanks
None of the above would be possible without regular volunteering from club members. Without their input the club itself could not function. We should all be grateful to:
Kate Riley and David Coverdale for taking on Welfare Officer and Safety Advisor respectively.
Dani Markendale for regularly coaching the Novice squad, ably assisted by Kate O’Connell
Callum Fergusson for running the Adult L2R courses
And a whole bunch of people who volunteer to help Dani and Callum on an ad hoc basis: Helen, Atkins, Matthew Bertola, Jessica Brush, Nick Collins, Lucy Conn, Paul Doherty, Niamh Forde, Geoff Hughes, Sarah Mannix, Paula Moses, Ruth Mullins, Tom Protheroe, Claudine Robertson, Lynn Smith, Paul Tinsley, and Tony West.
We also had a rota of juniors helping out at the junior L2R this year and so thanks are due to: Joe, Bramham Butts, Ruby Julier, Jacob Maida, Grace Thorburn, Alexander Tomlinson, and Thomas White.
My sincere apologies if I have missed anyone from this list.
If anyone in the club would like to help out at the lake by assisting at the occasional adult L2R or Novice session please let me know, we are always looking for more help.
David Cottrell Leeds RC Membership Secretary October 2021
Membership Report for AGM 2021
Membership
For the second year running I need to start by thanking all those members who continued to pay their subscriptions through more lockdowns, Even more so than last year, this continued support has enabled the club to survive and now, to be in strong position to prosper as we start (I hope) to come out of the pandemic.
With support from the Boathouse Trust, who in turn have received a grant from Leeds CC, we have been able to offer another 2-month rebate on fees to renewing members to account in some part for time lost to rowing during lockdown. We are also holding membership fees at the same level again.
Club membership continued to fall a little during the year. As with last year this is mostly due to ‘natural wastage’ with members changing jobs, having babies, moving out of the area, etc and so having to leave. The number leaving in this way is not much different to any other year. Unlike previous years, we have not been able to bring in new members through Learn to Row courses to offset this loss and so overall numbers have been falling.
However, we were able to re-start Adult and Junior L2R over the summer and this, coupled with an influx of experienced rowers moving to Leeds and wanting to join, means that numbers are rising again. At the end of September 2021, we had 116 adult members and 37 junior members.
We now have a new system for juniors with a testing session in November and only those considered to have the aptitude for rowing invited to our L2R courses. We have been talking with local schools and such was the interest that we ran our first testing session in July this year with an extra L2R over the summer. This led to another 15-20 J13-15s joining the club. We will run a second testing session towards the end of this year, with indoor rowing starting after Christmas for those selected, and then on water rowing from Easter next year. The junior section is looking healthier than at any time for some years
Waiting Lists
Enquiries from juniors and adults have continued to come in and the adult waiting list has grown considerably in the last year as we were not able to run L2R courses for most of the year. At the end of September 2021, we had 78 people on the waiting list with an estimated wait for new enquirers of about 12-18 months!
The new junior system means we no longer have a waiting list for juniors as such. Instead we have a list of people waiting for the next testing session.
Safeguarding & Safety
Kate Riley has agreed to continue as Club Welfare Officer and David Coverdale as Club Safety advisor. Our thanks to both of them for their often unseen but always essential contributions to the smooth running of the club
Thanks
None of the above would be possible without regular volunteering from club members. Without their input the club itself could not function. We should all be grateful to:
Kate Riley and David Coverdale for taking on Welfare Officer and Safety Advisor respectively.
Dani Markendale for regularly coaching the Novice squad, ably assisted by Kate O’Connell
Callum Fergusson for running the Adult L2R courses
And a whole bunch of people who volunteer to help Dani and Callum on an ad hoc basis: Helen, Atkins, Matthew Bertola, Jessica Brush, Nick Collins, Lucy Conn, Paul Doherty, Niamh Forde, Geoff Hughes, Sarah Mannix, Paula Moses, Ruth Mullins, Tom Protheroe, Claudine Robertson, Lynn Smith, Paul Tinsley, and Tony West.
We also had a rota of juniors helping out at the junior L2R this year and so thanks are due to: Joe, Bramham Butts, Ruby Julier, Jacob Maida, Grace Thorburn, Alexander Tomlinson, and Thomas White.
My sincere apologies if I have missed anyone from this list.
If anyone in the club would like to help out at the lake by assisting at the occasional adult L2R or Novice session please let me know, we are always looking for more help.
David Cottrell Leeds RC Membership Secretary October 2021
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