Brighton Marina conference 2010 17-05-2010
The Walcon Marina Managers' Conference in Brighton was a tremendous success

The sixth annual Marina conference sponsored by Walcon Marine was held in Brighton in May.

The two day networking event was attend by 119 delegates, including Steve Sammes CMM and Jeff D’Albora CMM from Australia.

The conference included a range of pertinent presentations including Innovative Marina Practices, Developing new marinas and Yard Operations and Equipments. Various experts were on hand to discuss, legal and environmental issues with delegates, the Green Blue were once again on hand to give valuable free sustainability guidance to marinas.
All Presentations are available at www.britishmarine.co.uk/training.

Dr Tim Brabants MBE, Kayak Olympic Gold Medallist gave an entertaining after dinner speech, highlighting the build up to the Olympics and post event from an athlete’s experience. Tim was on hand afterwards to talk to delegates.


Photo of: Libby Gordon, Tim Brabants, Julian Goldie and Gareth Turnbull


Debbie Burns CMM, Chairman of the UK and Europe Certified Marina Managers Group, had the pleasure of awarding six delegates with their CMM designation. The Six new CMM’s are; Sarah Hanna, Lowestoft Haven Marina, Charles Bush of Mayflower Marina, Tony Dye, Castle Marinas, Charlie Telfer, St Katherine Dock, Chris Windsor, Dover Marina and Mike Gates, Marina Developments Ltd. Congratulations to all our new CMM’s.

There are now 253 Certified Marina Managers world wide, with the UK and Europe Group now having 58 members. In order to achieve the CMM status, marina managers need to have at least five years managerial experience in the marina industry, be a graduate of an Advanced Marina Managers School, be an active member of a trade association and manage a facility of at least 100 berths.


Photo of: Tony Dye - Castle Marinas, Chris Windsor - Dover Marina, Charlie Telfer - St Katherine’s Dock, Charlie Bush - Mayflower Marina, Sarah Hanna - Lowestoft Marina, Mike Gates - Marina Developments Ltd,
Debbie Burns - Chairman CMM UK and Europe


The conference concluded with a field trip to Premiers Brighton Marina, Marina Manager Phil Godfrey took delegates on a boat trip around the marina, demonstrating the vastness of the marina.


Photo of: Brighton Marina


Thank you from Julian Goldie

"The Walcon Marina Managers' Conference in Brighton was a tremendous success, extreemly well organised by Dee Williams and many of her team at the BMF, supported by the UK and Europe CMM Group. The Holiday Inn, on Brighton seafront was an ideal venue, providing both excellent food and service. The Conference was very informative, and we all took away some really good ideas. I was delighted to meet many of our overseas members, in particular Steve Sammes and Jeff D'Aldora, from Australia.

Thank you!"