Back in November 2021 we put together an update of where the club was at in regards to the beginners course. Having to close the club down for so long due to covid really has put us on the back foot in regards to our waiting list for the course.
Towards the end of last year (2021) the waiting list was up at over 120 people. Some of which had been on there for 2 years. With things opening back up we where able to run a course at the beginning of 2022. This was a massive success and allowed us to get the club numbers back up to full also dramatically reduce our waiting list for the beginners course.
It has been a blessing and curse but we have had an extremely high retention of membership recently and we do not feel we have the space to be able to offer a beginners course this coming year. We have always had the strong opinion that there was not much point in running a course if we where not able to offer participants a space at the club after the course was complete.
Since reducing the waiting list last year we can see the list has grown to over 80 people and continues to grow each week. The club had a very long discussion about what was best to do at the AGM at the end of August. It was agreed that it was best to pause the waiting list until we are able to run the next course. This will give us a great chance to get caught up with everything and look to run a full course as soon as possible. All going well we will aim to run our next course in September 2023.
If you are looking to take part in the beginners course then please keep an eye on our Facebook page and on our website for further updates on the waiting list opening back up. Thank you for taking the time to read this and if you have any questions please get in touch.