Making Waves: Club Leadership Programme
Triathlon Ireland and Cycling Ireland are hosting a club level leadership programme including training, mentoring and networking support in September and October 2025.
Club Leadership Programme
Triathlon Ireland and Cycling Ireland recognise the need for a support network for the fantastic women who lead our clubs. This programme aims to support women who work within their clubs to increase their confidence and knowledge and create a network of leaders within our clubs. We would like to invite applications from current and aspiring club leaders who are driven and passionate to develop themselves and their community.
This programme is fully funded and will provide participants with:
- Development of a new skills set under the guidance of a very experienced facilitator
- Scope to improve your own personal skills as a club leader
- Support after the program, provided by experienced mentors
- Opportunity to create a network of club leaders
Programme Details
The purpose of the programme is to show how development and planning is pivotal in developing clubs. There will be a series of online and face-to-face workshops coupled with mentoring support. The participants will be introduced to and use key leadership and management activities supporting existing club activity and developing new opportunities for their clubs.
Key topics to be addressed include:
- Self awareness- recognising your values and areas of weakness
- Support clubs in recruitment and training of volunteers for various roles including committee members
- Club Governance and its role in assisting clubs in the development and implementation of club development plans.
- Support clubs in designing and implementing club development plans
- Identify examples of good practice in the areas of club leadership, management and development amongst clubs and share this information at all levels.
- Develop mutually beneficial working relationships with other key organisations/agencies.
Requirements
- Four evening online sessions
- Tuesday 2nd September (7pm- 8pm)
- Tuesday 9th September (7pm- 8pm)
- Tuesday 16th September (7pm- 8pm)
- Tuesday 23rd September (7pm- 8pm)
2. One in-person session at the Sport Ireland Campus, Dublin- Saturday 27th September (10:30am to 3pm)
3. Mentoring commitment of 2-3 sessions between October and December
What do graduates of the programme think?
For me the making waves program was a tool or kick start I suppose you could say to give me the contacts and confidence to progress within my club. Since then I’ve done the Tri leader course, level one coaching. I’m coaching in my club and I’m the chairperson. I’m also race director for the clubs first ever race on the TI major events calendar so I suppose you could say a lot has changed since making waves. I would highly recommend it.
Facilitator: Myra McGlynn
Myra is a strategic governance and HR expert with over 25 years of leadership experience in global and national sport. Myra is a former senior executive at World Rugby with fourteen years as part of the World Rugby management team and worked on critical initiatives that drove substantial change, including returning rugby to the Olympic Games. Myra now leads a consultancy practice supporting NGBs in governance, HRM, policy development, and board effectiveness. She has leadership experience in World Rugby, Rugby League, Commonwealth Sport, World Olympians, and a track record of grassroots sport involvement.
How to Apply
We are inviting one application per club. If you wish to apply to this programme, please complete our short application form outlining why you would like to be part of the programme by close of business on Friday 22nd August. If you have any questions please contact amina@triathlonireland.com
