We have many years experience in developing exciting, innovative and quality programmes for staff recognition and teambuilding. We offer a range of traditional country sports as well as class room based activities which will revolve around each clients individual objectives set prior to the event. Our team of professional staff will design a program & deliver a day that ensures that you return to work satisfied having acheived your goals while also giving the group a fun experience.
Structured Training Programs
Management & Development
Our venue at Catton Hall offers a stimulating & unique working environment, away from the usual distractions of a hotel venue. Courses are held over a 2 day period and finish with a fun element.
Team Development
Our program considers the practical application of team-working skills, giving the opportunity for participants to apply effective communication to achieve results. Paricipants will be assesed on time managment, communication & initiative.
Performance Leadership
Our programm helps managers lead and motivate their team more effectively. We use appropriate practical methods to help instigate a high level of performace from managers. The objective is to encourage managers to get the best out of there team by delegation.
Quad Biking
Competitors are split into teams; Teams will battle it out on the race track for the fastest times. We start with a safety briefing then a practice circuit followed by heats - making the event exciting, intense and fast paced. Trophy prizes for the winners!
"Fun activities proved an excellent way of helping the team to integrate but there is still an element of competitiveness"
Kingsley Jones - Head Coach SALE SHARKS Rugby Club.
Paintball Games
Hugely popular teambuilding event over the years. Paintball involves many forms and levels of communication.
Paintball is really useful in helping to identify the leaders from the strategists, communicators from listeners the daring to the cautious. You'll be amazed at how the experience brings out personality and character never seen before in staff.
Archery
In one hour the team must master the art of longbow and cross bow archery. The session starts by practicing on the traditional target board before moving onto more tricky targets. Who can cut the string, suspended from the bottle of champagne?
Clay Pigeon Shooting
Clay Pigeon Shooting is a thrilling and highly satisfying sport. Participants will be amazed at how quickly they pick up this sport and they will find themselves not only becoming thrilled with the clays they hit but then disappointed with the ones they miss. Clay Shooting really brings out the competitive streak in participants!!
The format for the event involves participants being divided into small teams. Each team will be guided around various targets by an experienced Coach who will be teaching them how to shoot the targets successfully. Particpants will finish with a competition, each team will compete against each other, with individual scores counting towards an overall group score.
Trophies are presented to the winning team.
Treasure Hunts
This involves a testing but enjoyable walk throughout the Catton Hall Estate.
You will Orienteer around fields, woodland and along river banks. Questions are asked about local knowlegde, history and traditions concerning the this particualr area of Cheshire where Catton Hall is based. There are also questions about the landmarks and nature surrounding the walk. The Treasure Hunt is points and time based, so participants are racing against the clock but must also answer as many questions as possible to win.
We would ask participants to wear appropriate clothing and footwear for the weather on that day and season.
Falconry
Get up close and personal to Birds of Prey and experience the ancient art of Falconry. You will be given an educational insight into these majestic birds by our expert falconers, questions will then be asked at the end to test your learing skills. You will then be instructed on handling and flying the birds, the group can work together to achieve success. Group skills will then be marked by the falconers. You will then be given a quiz focusing on all that should have been learned thoughout the session - this will also then be marked. An overall group mark will be awarded.
Min group size is 6 and the max group size is 10.
Giant Lego
There are so many things you can do; this is the ultimate class room based activity... will keep you occupied for hours!
Skills include: developing attitudes, communication within teams, creativity, identifying objectives, team skills, leadership, problem solving and decision making, personal impact, problem planning and management.
This activity is subject to avaialability....
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