ERRC Contact : Marcus Walker
Coach Education is currently under review and Educators are undergoing reorientation to the new course.
Team members are:
Marcus Walker, ACT Tutor and COACH Assessor – Email Contact
Jacq Barnard, ACT Tutor and Assessor Email contact
Pete Forrest, ACT Tutor – Email contact
Steve Brown, ACT Tutor – Email contact
Steve Casey, Assessor – Email contact
Ian Bardrick, Assessor – Email contact
What we do:
The group of tutors, assessors and verifiers meet regularly to plan and deliver training and workshops throughout the Eastern Region including:
ACT Assistant Coach Training:
This is a first step into coaching with less of a commitment than the COACH award. Participants are helped to develop their coaching skills with three online modules and a practical In Person day so that they can support their club with coaching by delivering a taster day, planning one off sessions or assisting with a wider development programme.
COACH : The online learning is published on ROW HOW but the course per se starts on 21/09/2026
The first award for coaching individuals on the water. It is aimed at beginner coaches, not just coaches of beginners, so is applicable to coaches working with all groups. You may be a former athlete or a parent wishing to begin coaching, a teacher or a coach with experience looking to gain formal recognition of your abilities. The ACT is a compulsory element of the COACH course and the COACH award sees 3 independent modules and an In Person Day that rounds off the whole process and prepares the candidate for the Assessment process and the follow up day and professional conversation from an assigned assessor.
ADVANCED COACH:
Details available upon request
WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Including an introduction to what it takes to become a coach, Coxing and Steering, Rigging and Safeguarding and Protecting Children are open to all coaches in the region or on demand to individual clubs.
We can also organise workshops which are delivered by the British Rowing high performance coaches and biannual seminars to keep coaches in touch with the latest thinking behind providing excellent coaching at all levels.
FUNDING
The Eastern Region is keen to support candidates who are coaching or planning to coach in the Region and up to 33% has been offerredin the past . Funding is likely to be approved upon the completion of the COACH award. It is also available for the Regionally run First Aid Course and by BR for the British Rowing licensed Safeguarding Course (contact BR for further details)
Funding is also often available through your County Sports Partnership or local authority.
If you wish to access Regional funding please please download this application form