From Friday the 11th to Sunday the 13th of September Glenmore Lodge hosted the Scottish Canoe Associations annual Coaching Confernce.

The event is aimed at paddlesport coaches all over Scotland and gives them the opporunity to learn new teaching methods and coaching techniques at the forefront of the sport today.

The weekend kicked off with an official welcome in the lecture theatre from Ian Sherrington followed by a whisky tasting session run by Balvennie and then a fantastic lecture by Iain Abercrombie and Dave Rossetter on their recent expedition to the Zanskar.

Saturday began with a series of classroom sessions and updates from the SCA. In the afternoon there were three "round robin" practical programmes.

In the evening there was an annual dinner and then a "few" drinks in the bar!

Sunday was a practical day in which delegates chose a course to attend. There were sessions in sea kayaking, white water kayaking, open boating, teaching rolling, teaching forward paddling.

Glenmore Lodge provided the venue, transport and loan of all equipment for the conference which is part of the Lodge's committment to providing for and being an HQ for the outdoor sector.