The Western Cape department of Culture and Sport have developed a model for sporting codes to create sub structures under their respective unions. The Western Cape Canoe Union supports this initiative and the following metros have been created
Cape Town Canoeing – Chairman Peter van der Merwe peter@van-der-merwe.co.za
Through this management model, DCAS aims to:
- Manage the development of sports people across the age spectrum to enhance excellence and increase global competitiveness
- Ensure effective partnership with stakeholders
- Build capacity of stakeholders to leverage international, national and other external stakeholders
- Facilitate dispute and find resolution for disputes within stakeholders
- Transform sport through specific interventions
- Ensure global competitiveness
- Ensure identification of latent talent
- Ensure the development of latent talent and deployment of such talent
- Ensure participation of sport persons in national and international events to increase their competitiveness and in so doing, increase the participation base
- Ensure the creation of an enabling environment for the successful development of talented sports persons
- Ensure the establishment of regional academies in the five District Municipalities and the Cape Town Metro
- Ensure the development, implementation and maintenance of a talent nurturing system
- Ensure equity, access and growth opportunities for marginalised groupings in sport and recreation
- Ensure support for the application of new technology within the sector
- Ensure utilisation of applied research to enhance talent development programmes
- Develop a facilities plan for the province taking into consideration the historical pass legacies
- Ensure a plan to recognise the performance of deserving sports people