Rockley International Trainer, Tom Wilson, has been working hard in Iceland with the Iceland Sailing Association & affiliated sailing clubs to deliver the Æfingabúðir SÍL 2010 Sailing week for the youth sailors of Iceland.

The sailing week is an annual event, bringing together Iceland's young sailors. Run at the Ymir Sailing Club, this is the very first year Rockley International has been asked to help in the delivery of the sailing week. The overall numbers attending this year's sailing week were impressive having doubled since 2009; with 48 youth sailors taking to the water.

The aim of the sailing camp is to bring together young Icelandic sailors to build cohesion, develop personal sailing skills and to enjoy being afloat. The sailing week is part of a larger strategy within Iceland to develop grassroots sailing participation and drive regular participation amongst the youth sailors.

The training, during the Sailing Week, was coordinated by Tom and delivered in conjunction with coaches from the different Icelandic sailing clubs. All Icelandic coaches had, in April 2010 taken part in an ISAF Level 2 'Train the Trainers' course which was delivered by the ISAF Training Manager, Dan Jaspers and ISAF Trainer, Mike Hart. Tom Wilson noted "the Icelandic coaches were eager to use the skills they had learnt from the ISAF Training course and get some 'real coaching experience' with large fleets of boats."

Ulfer Hrobjartsson, President of the Iceland Sailing Association, has declared the Æfingabúðir SÍL 2010 Sailing week and its first year of partnership with Rockley International a success. Ulfer extended his thanks to Rockley for coordinating and helping deliver the sailing week, particularly highlighting that Rockley had enthused both the coaches and young sailors of Iceland.

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