ATTENDEES: Alfie, Hannah, Millie, Dylan, Isaac, Dom, Ben, Mariella, Emily, Tom, Jake, Charlie
FACILITATORS: Lindsay Duncan and Brett Blake
This was our first meeting and we all discussed and acknowledged that not everyone can make every meeting. Minutes will be documented and circulated so that everyone is aware of our discussions. We all agreed that these actions would be driven forward by attendees (with the assistance from others where needed).
There were a lot of great ideas discussed at this meeting (documented below), our next meeting should focus on driving some of these actions forward and working towards getting some implemented.
Here are the ideas discussed:
Clothing (other branded items that people would like to see available):
Zip up jumpers with Sharks logo – colours; grey, blue and yellow
Jackets – Race Squad Jackets for those attending racing events, blue jackets with yellow writing?
Sharks jogging trousers
Sweatshirts/Hoodies for Champoluc holiday in April 2025 (possibly with names on?)
Ski bindings/Velcro straps – Alfie mentioned we had some at home so will bring to the next Sharks session
Brett mentioned that he was looking at options to have our logo added to clothing at a cheaper/more competitive cost (possibly purchasing printer) – watch this space!
Sharks Logo – design of new logo/stickers for the club (all mentioned a phrase or strap line) – those with ideas should drawer their design and share with the team, the team will vote and a prize awarded for the winner
Skiing (generally people wanted to ski more and look at options to expand skiing skills):
Visit Chill or Xscape
Possibility of additional Sharks sessions throughout the week (maybe evenings) – all aware this was reliant on Swad and instructor availability
Holiday club/camps – day(s) skiing in the school holiday
Land training – exercises helped warm up muscles to reduce possibility of injury
Race events – for us, open up to others, bibs, sponsorships (head to heads and group races) – look at options to have a sponsor
Build/purchase start ramp for race training
Introduction of freestyle training (believe Swad have some jumps etc)
Ski holiday/weekend in Scotland
Ski weekend in Llandudno
Moguls training at Chill (possibility of Sharks training on the Saturday morning following the moguls training on a Friday)
Generally, all wanted to ski more 😊
Awards:
All agreed that they would like to see the introduction of medals/awards/certificates presented on a monthly basis or more frequently. Discussed the trophies awarded at the Xmas party but all wanted to see something more frequent. Think Andy Duncan should visit the next meeting as a guest speaker to discuss the introduction of skiing awards.
Events:
Halloween – 26th October 2024
Games
Fancy dress
Fun races
Fund raising/Raffle
To be discussed further, planned and communicated
Xmas Party – 7th December 2024
Games on the slope
Fancy dress
Party games inside
Raffle
To be discussed further, planned and communicated
Easter (we don’t normally have an Easter event but would like to try one next year)
Rother Valley - All enjoyed and would like to have other events throughout the year (Ninja Warrior activity centre, crazy golf etc)
Sponsored events
Discussed possibility of doing sponsored events/walks etc. Suggested sponsored walk up Snowdon when we next visit Llandudno.
Social Media
Increase the number of posts, videos and pictures on our social media pages. All agreed to get parents to send pictures etc to Lindsay Duncan and Jo Green so that they can been added to our pages
Investigate possibility of having a Sharks newsletter (info about Sharks, events, nice to know info etc)
Sharks Club House/Storage Facility
Discussed possibilities of having a shed or storage facility to store gates, timing gear etc.
Next meeting: I will communicate the date for our next meeting once it’s booked. The next meeting will focus on prioritising some of these ideas and beginning to plan and implement. I’ll also try to book our next meeting around Andys availability so he can visit and discuss medals/awards.
Great meeting though, its great to hear so many ideas from you all and can’t wait to see some of these implemented.
Thank you!
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