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One - Three Star Awards (Alps)
The New Star Kayak Award Scheme provides the support and encouragement paddlers need to get out and go paddling. The initial awards are generic, encouraging paddlers to experience the various disciplines of paddlesport available, with paddlers 'specialising' at the Three Star Kayak Award. The emphasis of these initial awards is to develop personal skills and gain independence; the Four Star Kayak and Five Star Kayak awards are leadership awards and enable paddlers to lead groups in appropriate conditions. The Star Award Scheme best suits paddlers aged 16 and over.
One Star Kayak - A flat water award that demonstrates an individual has basic boat control and foundation skills. The one Star Kayak can be taken in any kind of paddlesport craft (e.g. sit-on-top, slalom C2, polo boat, sea kayak, racing canoe etc).
Two Star Kayak - An improvement award that helps paddlers develop fundamental paddlesport skills on flat water. The emphasis is on gaining a breadth of experience, creating the desired movement of the boat and developing an understanding into how the paddle, boat and water interact. This award is significantly different to the old 2 Star Kayak, with a change to develop generic movement skills that can transfer to any discipline and with an assessed journey.
Three Star Kayak - The initial awards are generic, encouraging paddlers to experience the various disciplines of paddlesport available, with paddlers 'specialising' at the Three Star Kayak Award. The emphasis of these initial awards is to develop personal skills and gain independence; the Four Star Kayak and Five Star Kayak awards are leadership awards and enable paddlers to lead groups in appropriate conditions. The Star Award Scheme best suits paddlers aged 16 and over. Our own specialty of white water River running is well represented within this new system, with the advent of the new 3-4 and 5 Star Kayak awards. The training is a two-day course and the assessment is one day.
Aim
Successful performance at this level indicates that the paddler can consider themselves an intermediate kayaker, as they can now paddle on moving waters. They can do this in a competent manner as part of a led group and have the knowledge and ability to help the smooth running of a trip while being led down a section of a grade 2 river.
Pre requisites
Ideally be able to swim
Evidence of having paddled on grade 2 water
Venue
Open water (not a swimming pool)
Will also need to show competence on simple piece of moving water up to and including grade 2
This course is also offered in the French Alps or Provence it can be taken as part of a full week’s course or on its own as a two day training and one-day assessment.
For further information and itineraries please refer to the info sheet or the full BCU syllabi on the downloads page.
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Dates & Prices
BCU 3 Star Training & Assessment
BCU 3 Star Training (including elements of grade 2 rapids)
(Check out our info sheet and the BCU course syllabi www.bcu.org.uk).
Dates and Prices
November 14th - 15th 2009
February 06th - 07th 2010
Dates also by arrangement
Price course only
Two days
£140.00 per person non-residential
Location Exeter and river Exe
Ratios 3 Star Training 1 coach per 4 learners (max)
Other BCU Star courses 1-5 dates also by arrangement
BCU 3 Star Assessment (including elements of grade 2 rapids)
(Check out our info sheet and the BCU course syllabi www.bcu.org.uk).
Dates by arrangement
Price course only
One day
£80.00 per person non-residential + BCU Fees
Location South West Exeter and river Exe
Other BCU Star courses 1-5 dates also by arrangement
Ratios 3 Star Assessment 1 coach per 4 canditates (max)
Pre-requisites
-Logged either written or verbal evidence of having paddling short sections of grade 2 rapids
Extras
Boat and equipment hire (only training)
£15.00 per boat per day
£20.00 per boat and equipment per day
BCU fees for star test certificates (paid to BCU with LR form)
Reductions
Return booking by valued clients 10%
2-3 persons 5%.
4-7 persons 8%.
8-10 persons 10%.
For under 16 years 15%.
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