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The club has a large number of BCU qualified coaches and race trainers, all of whom have first aid qualifications.

Placid Water coaches are experienced paddlers, with a high level of skill (3* and above). They are qualified to take groups of paddlers out on the water in kayak or in canoe.

Competition Race Trainers are not necessarily paddlers themselves, and are not qualified to take paddlers out on the water unless they also hold a coach qualification. As the name implies, their remit is to train paddlers to be successful racers. Most of our coaches are Flatwater Race Trainers; we also have three  Wildwater Race Trainers.

Bellboat Helms are qualified to coach and steer bellboats, 8-12 person catamaran canoes.

BWLA Weighlifting coaches are qualified to coach and organise weight training sessions.

Name	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1	Other
Dom Murphy	Level 3 Placid Water Level 3 Competition Racing	Level 2 Wildwater Racing	Level 1 Bellboat Helm
Neville Simmons	Level 3 Placid Water Level 3 Competition Racing		Level 1 Bellboat Helm	Assessor
Debbie Anderson		Level 2 Placid Water	Level 1 Bellboat Helm
Keith Anderson		Level 2 Closed cockpit
Irene Hills		Level 2 Placid Water	Level 1 Bellboat Helm
Mark Kirk		Level 2 Competition Racing
Melanie Murphy		Level 2 Placid Water
Mike Palfrey		Level 2 Placid Water
Ray Pearce		Level 2 Placid Water Level 2 Competition Racing
Guy Robins		Level 2 Competition Racing Level 2 Closed cockpit.
Mick Rowlinson		Level 2 Placid Water	Level 1 Bellboat Helm
Keith Stone		Level 2 Placid Water	Level 1 Bellboat Helm
Hilary Thomas		Level 2 Placid Water
Carl Warland		Level 2 Wildwater Racing
Graham Warland		Level 2 Placid Water Level 2 Competition Racing	Level 1 BWLA Weightlifting Coach
Ian Warren		Level 2 Placid Water Level 2 Wildwater Racing	Level 1 Bellboat Helm
Bill Weir		Level 2 Placid Water
Steph Weir		Level 2 Competition Racing
Katie Wood		Level 2 Competition Racing (Trainee)	Level 1 Bellboat Helm (Trainee)	Junior Cadet Coach
Angela Ferguson			Level 1 BWLA Weightlifting Coach
Chris Jones			Level 1 Placid Water
Roger Hiley	Roger is a highly qualified sea kayak, closed cockpit and open canoe coach, who runs masterclasses and tours for the club.
Michael Punter	Like Roger, Grunt is a highly qualified coach, who does most of his coaching work with Cherwell Canoe Club.