TEAM REPORT
The year 2001 was the beginning of our new long-term development program. Our efforts have been concentrated on improving and expanding our coaching staff and to increase coaching support for our athletes. With the addition of Rob Fox in Ontario we now have three National Sports Center coaches. The other two are Brian Todd in Halifax and Tine Moberg-Parker in Vancouver. Efforts are underway to hire an additional National coach and/or a half-time National coach.
One of the program strategies was to implement core
training programs based in North America.
Training camps and clinics were held for various classes. We are striving towards a minimum of two
camps per class per year. The focus of
these class specific programs is to improve skill level, fitness, teamwork and
to improve our international results.
Our CST athletes have shown they have the right stuff. My congratulations go to the following
athletes that achieved top sixteen at the worlds; Chris Cook, Larry Lemieux,
Jen Provan, Nikola Girke, Joanne Abbott, Martha Henderson and Kari
MacKay. We look forward to seeing more
of our promising sailors excel at the international level.
Great results are also expected at the final Worlds of the year, the 2001 World Disabled Sailing Championships, which will have just concluded at the time of this reading.
Led by CYA staff member David Wolff, sponsorship programs are being implemented including
an Athlete’s Finder’s Fee. We all recognize the need for additional funding
beyond Sport Canada’s contributions if we want to maintain a high performance
program.
This past year has been a learning year for myself
and I would like to acknowledge my sincere thanks to all the CYA staff in
Kingston, our coaching staff, and a
special thanks to our High Performance Director, Ken Dool. The ongoing development of the CST is a
direct result of the dedication, enthusiasm and hard work by everyone involved.
Let’s show them what Canadian sailors are made of!
To access this report and the following links, see http://www.ebspars.com/sail/2001/cst/report.doc
For 2001 NQR and Worlds results, see http://www.ebspars.com/sail/2001/cst/cst.htm
For 2001 Training Camps, see http://www.ebspars.com/sail/2001/cst/camps.htm
For Long Term Athlete Development, see
http://www.ebspars.com/sail/2001/cst/LongTermAthleteDevelopment.doc
For CST 8 Year Plan, see http://www.ebspars.com/sail/2001/cst/cst8year.xls