Following the recent resignation of Mr Peter Harris as Midlands Regional Coach there is now a vacancy for Regional Coach in the Midlands Region.

Any Advanced Level Coaches or anybody who are actively training to be an Advanced Level Coach who live within the EBCS Midlands Region and who are interested in being considered for the post of Midlands Regional Coach should apply for the position.

National Coaching Co-ordinator’s Report: Mrs Cresswell reported that the scheme was still ‘bottom heavy’ and although initiatives were under way throughout the county to try and encourage more to train to level 3 and move some Level 3 to Advanced, training of these people took time.

The Regional Coaches met several times as a working party and agreed the way forward.  They had also produced the new book – Coaching the Young Player, which is highly recommended (thanks expressed to Ian Paddy for the lion’s share in putting it together).

EBCS Southern Region report to EBCS Executive Meeting & AGM 16 May 2010

As you might expect, in the largest region of the EBCS, with 958 out of the total of nearly 2700 coaches no year is without change: Norman Evans-Rohrs ‘taking over the reins’ as Hampshire Men’s County Coach and with the Southern Region County Coaches meeting at least twice a year to arrange training and drive through common standards and best practice at all levels of coaching, change means seeking to make ourselves the best!

The South West has enjoyed a year of activity as follows:

Regionally:

Overall, the picture across the region is healthy.  All counties are looking towards standardisation, with refresher courses for all grades in the planning stages.