| Assisting members are considered
to be: The coaches, judges, volunteers, Water-ski
clubs, sponsors, parents, the Cyprus High Sport Authority,
various occasional sponsors and values which are
provided to each of these members, are mentioned
below.
The values that the CWF provides for the
Parents are training and taking
care of their children; an all round development
of the personality of their child; assurance that
their children are somewhere safe and on the same
time they are involved in a healthy sport activity.
Finally parents get to socialise amongst themselves.
As far as values that are provided to the Volunteers
as regarded, the CWF provides them with a spirit
of teamwork and makes them feel that they are
useful to the sport; they are given the opportunity
to work for the sport and provide new ideas that
are useful for its further development. It is
also worth mentioning that most of the volunteers
are the parents of the athletes, so they feel
that by helping the CWF, they help their children.
There are two to three Coaches
depending on the number of athletes. The values
provided to them are career-oriented job; practice
their studies; they get financial support to attend
seminars in Cyprus and abroad, so they develop
their knowledge and expertise; traveling abroad
for competitions and working for the CWF; receive
recognition, status and prestige for being the
coaches of the national team.
Through the CWF the Cyprus High Sport Authority
(CHSA) implement its objectives into action.
Furthermore, the CWF carries out the policy of
CHSA nationally and internationally and promote
Cyprus in an international level.
The CWF provides the Sponsors
with the opportunity to promote their products
through the athletes and the National Team.
As far as the Clubs are concerned,
the CWF assists them in organizing competitions;
members from the clubs form the board of directors
of the CWF; sometimes, depending on their athlete's
performance, they receive some financial support
by the federation. Moreover, the best athletes
from the clubs, are the selected ones who form
the national team and therefore promote the club
itself.
The Judges receive recognition
and status in the sporting arena; they travel
abroad; and they are offered the opportunity to
assist in promoting Water-skiing.
Based on his accumulated experience over the
past ten years, the author believes that the customer
base of the CWF should be broaden, something that
can be achieved by promoting Water-skiing to a
greater extent by persuading the media to provide
greater coverage of its activities and events.
CWF should also concentrate its efforts in attracting
new volunteers, Judges and sponsors.
|
