ERRC Contact : Marcus Walker
Coach Education is currently under review and Educators/Coach Consultants are undergoing reorientation to the new courses.
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 and Assessor- Email contact
Steve Casey, Assessor – Email contact
Ian Bardrick, Assessor – Email contact
What we do:
The group of tutors, assessors and any verifiers can meet regularly to plan and deliver training and workshops throughout the Eastern Region.
ACT: Assistant Coach Training
The first award for coaching individuals. 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 by delivering a taster day, planning a one off session or assisting with a wider reaching development programme.
The ACT is a compulsory element of the COACH course with 3 Tutor led modules and an In Person Day that rounds off the whole process and prepares the candidate for the COACH award, the In Person day and the Assessment process and professional conversation from an assigned assessor.
In Person days for our region are currently held at either Peterborough and Oulton Broad Watersports Centre based in Lowestoft . Participants are helped to develop their understanding of the role of the coach and coaching skills so that they can support their club with coaching.
COACH :
This course takes previous ACT learning and practices, and with e learning modules and a further IP training day, Task Assessments, Professional visits, mentoring and conversations, takes the candidate to a Coach Competency qualification from British Rowing. This course is being fully rolled out from September 2026. The e-modules are available now to be studied and are published on ROW HOW .
ADVANCED COACH:
Details available upon request from British Rowing.
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