Female Competition Pilot Development

Objectives of Today

• Share knowledge with like-minded pilots

• Learn – about Women’s International Comps– how to Fly Faster– how to prepare for Comps

• Resolve to raise your flying level

• Find out how the British Team can help

• Find out how you can contribute

Agenda

• Intro to international comps  • Going Faster • Competition preparation • Objectives setting for 05/06 • Who's flying what Comp? • What development training

opportunities will there be? • What next?

Intro to international comps 

• British team

• how International Comps work

• selection

• training

• run up to comp

• what women's events are like really?!?!

The British Gliding Team

One Team

One Aim

One Logo

Women’s World Champs

Klix, Germany

Standard ClassGill Spreckley & Sarah

Kelman

Club ClassLiz Sparrow & Rose Johnson

15m Class Lucy Withall

One TeamThe British Team

European Championships

Finland

Open ClassPete Harvey, Russell

Cheetham & Kim Tipple

15 Metre ClassLeigh Wells & Patrick Naegeli

One TeamThe British Team

European Championships

Nitra, Slovakia

Standard ClassJez Hood & Andy Davis

Club ClassOwain Walters & Jay Rebbeck

18 Metre ClassSteve Jones & Phil Jones

One TeamThe British Team

Junior World Champs

Husbands Bosworth, UK

Club ClassJon Roberts, Ian Craigie

& Mark Holden

Standard ClassMark Parker, Jon Meyer & Andy May

One TeamThe British Team

British Team Squad Training Programme

The British Team One Aim

•British Coaching Squad

Internationally successful UK pilots elected to coach British teams

•Team Training

Every international team has opportunity to train together – training hub is Ontur, Spain

•Our Coaching System Wins Medals

See success in our Junior & Women’s World Teams

How the British Team Squad is Getting Involved at Grass Roots Level

The British Team

•Trickle down effect of team training

•Interclub League this season

•Talks at Clubs & this morning…

•How would you like us to get more involved?

One Aim

Thanks to last seasons Sponsors

The British Team One Logo

Sponsors have already joined the team for 2005

The British Team One Logo

Our Sponsors help cover costs and raise our profile – please do business with them!

One LogoThe British Team

International comps

• how International Comps work

• selection

• training

• run up to comp

• what women's events are like really?!?!

Going faster

• Pete Masson

Competition preparation

• Rose Johnson

Objectives setting for 05/06

• Split into experience groups

• Consider your personal objectives

• Write them down

• Share them

• Challenge them

• Revise them

• Review success next January

Who's flying what Comp?

Come and join us!

Further development training opportunities

• British Team Development, Ontur – Last 2 weeks April

• Bayo – 29 Jul – 6 Aug• UK Comps• Interclub• Mentoring

• What do you want?

What next?

• Who else is out there?

• Keep in touch

• Volunteer– Getting funding– Raising profile– Organising events– Helping deliver events

• Get Racing!