Rowing Ireland Strategic Plan Draft

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Rowing Ireland Strategic PlanDraft

• AGM,
• Sports HQ13 Sept 2008

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Backdrop

• Modest growth
• Expectations
• Balance Home, Intl
• Improved facilities (NRC)
• Weather challenges

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Overview

• Progress Grow
• the numbers or rowers involved,
• the quality of development of those rowers,
• development of a wide, solid base from which
  international success may be pursued.
• Domestic and International activities
• part of an integrated whole,
• geared toward the health of both endeavours.
• One must not be allowed prevail to the detriment
  of the other.

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Key Issues

• Recruitment and Retention
• Long Term Athlete Development
• Domestic Events, Clubs
• International Rowing.
• Rowing Ireland Structures
• Communications

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Process

• Identify the key issues
• Identify the Critical outcome required for
  success
• Determine the key initiatives required in order
  to deliver those outcomes
• Identify annual key performance indicators

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Recruitment and Retention

• Improving the stream of new recruits both at
  Junior and Novice level Retaining rowers in the
  sport as they leave school.
• Desired outcomes
• Retain higher percentage of ex-Juniors
• Recruiting Novices
• Healthier club, stronger competitors,
• Enhanced pool of potential coaches and committee
  workers.
• Increased need for coaches. Later, an increased
  pool of coaches.Broadened base/greater pool at
  Senior and International levels

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Long Term Athlete Development

• A structured approach to the development of
  rowers over a number of years. Ideally, world
  class athletes emerge from the end of the
  process. This is a multi-year investment and is
  integrated with club, regional and International
  efforts.
• Desired outcomes
• Pathway to assist all rowers in reaching their
  highest potential over time.
• Coach Ed will drive the future development of the
  sport.
• LTPAD will optimise training programmes,
  competition structure, how we recruit and develop
  athletes to reach their potential

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Domestic Events

• A more structured approach to the rowing calendar
  is indicated, as is a rethink of how regattas
  offer a pleasurable experience. The challenge of
  foreign regattas and the impact of national
  trials need to be addressed or catered for.
• Desired Outcomes
• Calendar better structured to integrate with
  development towards championships, key
  international events, Interl development.
• Regattas tailor the events and specialising in
  sprints, Juniors, etc
• Regattas broaden the attraction to become a
  social event beyond pure rowing i.e. a
  festival improved attendance and support.
• Clubs better structured to manage their human and
  other resources

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International Rowing

• The new coaching and development structures
  post-Beijing need to be put in place to develop
  toward London 2012 and beyond, but also
  encompassing competition on the world stage at
  Junior and U23 as well as senior. The efforts of
  international development will need to operate
  hand in glove with the activities domestically .
• Desired outcomes
• Developed existing crop of rowers to achieve best
  performance at 2012.
• Irish Rowing consistently compete at World level
  at Senior, Under 23 and Junior with medals at all
  levels a real prospect.
• Crews competing at A-finals at World cup, world
  championships Gold medals at Coupe, Home
  Internationals.
• Much expanded U23 squad Expanded Senior squad
• Refer to the forthcoming High Performance plan
  for further detail

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Rowing Ireland Structures.

• The view of Rowing Ireland as the Board needs
  to be changed. Local, regional or provincial
  resources need to be better engaged in the
  delivery of a cohesive, integrated structure for
  management of Irish Rowing
• Desired outcomes
• An ongoing positive relationship with the sports
  sponsors and partners ISC/Sport-NI maximised
  revenue from key supporters.
• Full engagement with all participants,
  individual members, clubs and provincial
  branches.
• Integrated delivery of projects/ programmes to
  develop Rowing through Branch/regional
  organizations.
• The appropriate coaching structures to
  identify/develop talent and teams for Home
  Internationals, Coupe, U23, world and Olympic
  regattas.
• Management and control structures manage the
  sport at all levels, deliver quality coaching and
  assure child protection and an ethical approach
  in all aspects.

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Communications

• Irish Rowing needs to get the message out with
  respect to domestic events, regatta results,
  International developments and success etc. This
  needs to be done extensively and professionally
• Desired outcomes
• Regular coverage Irish national newspapers and
  broadcast media.
• Informed press officers at national and Branch
  level regularly interacting with the media
• A website attractive and informative to both
  public and rower alike

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In Conclusion

• Each of these Strategic Areas will be developed
  further with outcomes, initiatives and key
  performance indicators to be developed for each.
• We would welcome feedback to this process.
• The implementation of the plan may also be
  dependent on changes to the relevant Rowing
  Ireland rules

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