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Raft Building & Racing..................................................................

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A management training group from Transco enjoying a fun 
improvised raft building & racing session during a serious 
CIP training programme with Peak Activities training staff 
in the warmer months. This was part of a course  designed 
to increase this procurement team's overall efficiency.

 

As part of our longer programmes we can easily

arrange fun-filled improvised raft building and

raft-racing on safe flat water for private groups

at one of a number of excellent watersports

facilities.

Raft racing with delegates from 
Transco BG's Information Systems 
Procurement Team.   Click here 
to see what this team had to say 
about their training with us.

 

 

 

 

Rafting in the warmer months is loads of fun for all ages and

can be included as one of many watersports or as one of the

team challenges in our popular "Panathlon" events which

combine several challenges in a single day or over a longer

period. Raft racing can be dovetailed with our unique water

-based treasure hunt learning experiences too...or combined

with sailing and windsurfing training and canoeing instruction.

 

 

We do, however, have heart felt and serious professional

reservations about booking this activity in the winter or for

beginners and for, say, non-swimmers.

 

 

If combined with business-games, inter-team auctions, and

so on a short session of home-made raft racing can be a

useful, light-hearted, ice breaking tool. We have used rafting

for development training & fun-filled team build sessions.

Activities can be designed to include reviews and inculcate

creative problem-solving, listening skills, and much more !

 

 

In general, we tend to only include raft racing as part of longer

3 and 4 day duration programmes involving full days of water

sports for corporate clients ...and as summarised below there's

good reasons for avoiding certain activities in the colder months...

 

 

Scroll down and see what some of our corporate clients

who have been improvised rafting with us have had to

say about their experiences....

 

Corporate clients' comments. Comments from senior staff

in the NHS and other organisations after using our problem

solving sessions during serious training courses.

 

 

 

Please call us on 01433-650345 to discuss your group's specific requirements.

CASE STUDY : AMOCO EXPLORATION TEAM BUILDING EVENT ...

Above : A really good-natured team building group from the 
Montrose-Arbroath Resource Development Group of 
AMOCO OIL EXPLORATION have donned their wet suits, 
thermal undies & life jackets put the finishing touches to their 
oil raft creation named "January Titanic Explorer ! " 
Once ready they raced against their colleagues' rafts winning
prizes plucked out of the water along the way.

The team's leader, exploration geologist Warren Birch, 
came up to Rock Lea well beforehand & worked closely 
with our manager, Iain Jennings to plan options tailored 
around the group's specific requirements....

 

Warren later sent us the following kind endorsement : -

 

 

"Dear Iain,

Thanks for making our few days with
your friendly team so enjoyable. I have
had nothing but really good feedback
from all concerned since we came back
and want to pass this on to you and your
prospective customers.

Although terrified (!) at times everybody in
the team thought all the activities were really
safe, well organised and great fun. I feel the
team is now much more cohesive as a result
of our time with you.

I'm writing to say once again 'thank you' for
all the hard work that I know was put in behind
the scenes and to let you know we won't hesitate
to recommend your events to anyone else interested /
mad enough to try this sort of team building event
in the future. I look forward to returning again
with another party sometime, & when are we all
going gliding ?"

"All the best, Warren"

 

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Our supervising staff will provide you with all necessary wet suits,

life jackets, buoyancy aids, a fast safety boat & rescue cox on the

water plus lots of barrels and string and rope and everything else

needed to have a great, safe time. There are hot showers in the

changing rooms and a shop and cafe adjacent. A great way to

wrap up a full day of watersports !

 

As with all our activities we automatically provide

£2 million Public and Third Party Liability Insurance.

 

 

 

Please click to see more endorsements & comments from

some more of our delighted corporate customers...

 

click the photo below for information on cable waterskiing....

 

ALSO ON OFFER WITH PEAK ACTIVITIES LTD

 

sailing

windsurfing

canoeing

watersports events for under 18's

land-based sports

mountain biking

caving

rock climbing

& many more activities !!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Group leaders and organisers should ideally contact 
us on 01433-650345 in the first instance, please, so we 
can qualify your requirements and check over any 
specific needs and objectives.

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OTHER SPORTS ACTIVITIES ON OFFER with Peak Activities Ltd.

Corporate clients

As seen on television with BBC sports commentator Damion Johnson
    
ACTIVITIES & SERIOUS TRAINING FOR COMPANIES WISHING
TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR TEAMS

 

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PEDAGOGY : A FRIENDLY WORD OF CAUTION :

 

Wet suits do keep you warm but It is cold in winter ( a blindingly obvious

point we know ! ) and if it's very cold and windy people can get very chilled

and can become unhappy doing this activity when the weather is bad...so unless

you really don't like the people involved or if they owe you money ....we'd suggest

you keep away from raft racing, etc. in the colder months when most normal

people prefer to stay out of the cold water ! We definitely don't think it's a

v. good idea to make anyone do anything like this against their will at any

time of the year ! Character building involving frozen lakes is for Royal Marines

perhaps but it is not necessarily a good idea for office workers.

 

Similalry, non-swimmers may find this activity quite daunting, so it's probabaly

not a good idea to brow beat non-swimmers into situations where they feel

obliged or forced by peer group pressure to face this activity.

 

There has been a worrying trend recently amongst some some customers to

try put a plenary " three line whip" in place for some v. short team builds - and

as experienced and qualified professionals we don't like this tendency.

In both the short and longer terms forcing folks in to sitiuations they really

don't want to be in can be very counter productive and we don't want to get

involved in motivating or looking after people who have been "pressed ganged "

and who really don't want to be out there on a raft !

 

Another worrying trend is for group organisers to "surprise" their delegates by

not telling what they've booked for them till they arrive....especially if key

kit lists and health and safety notes have been "hidden" from the delegates

by organisers who feel such surprises are good for everyone. Frankly that's

the sort of thing the infamous "The Office " television team might have

sprung on them by their idiotic leader played by Ricky Gervais. Experience

here shows it's neverf a good idea to hold back heath & safety and other

key information from your participants unless its for a BBC office comedy

programme set in sunny Slough !

 

Activities such as rafting are best suited to people who truly want to have

a go and it is simply not our style to work with people who'd much rather be

somewhere else ! With over 26 years experience in this field we have a lot

of knowledge about what works best with different kinds of groups at different

times of the year. Talk to us if you are interested in buying in our expertise.

Our 30 or so staff collectively have nearly a thousand years of experience

between them to fall back on...

 

 

 

 

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