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Frome Canoe Club Frome Canoe Club is affiliated to the British Canoe Union and is a Registered Charity (Number 1104728) Volume 36 Issue 1 January 2012 Grand Social P7 for details Two of our youngest members enjoy the Sunday session last month

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Frome Canoe Club is affiliated to the British Canoe Union and is a Registered Charity (Number 1104728)

Volume 36 Issue 1 January 2012

Grand Social

P7 for details

Two of our youngest

members enjoy the

Sunday session last

month

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Send articles for the next issue to [email protected] by 28th January

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Graham Warnecke

Vice Presidents

Richard and Jane Arney

Jim and Catharine Croft

Chairman

Andy Bell

Vice Chairman

Rich Carter

Treasurer

John Kent

Secretary

Pam Dixon

16 Blagdon Walk, Frome, BA11 2YH

Committee Members

Debbie Ashdown

Howard Charlesworth

Sam Charlesworth

Mandy James

Alun Jones

Gareth McGiveron

Karl Waldeck

Sara Withall

Jack Smiles (Youth voice)

Kit Officers

Tim and Sally Smiles

In this issue

3 Calendar in brief

4 River Dart

4 River Walkham

5 River Usk

5 River Frome

6 Pool sessions

6 Monthly DVD

6 Monthly Sunday Paddle

7 Social

7 AGM

8 Tavy report by Alex

9 Dart Report

10 Barle Report by Hazel

12 Canoeing on the Dart by Howard

15 Our ‘Slalom Stars’

16 More about the AGM

18 What has the committee been doing

19 Coppernose clip points

CALENDAR: details

REPORTS

SPECIALS

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Calendar 2011/12

Date Event Standard Contact

January

1 New Year’s Day paddle Passport/One Star

6 POOL SESSIONS RESTART All Pam D

8 River Dart One Star + John K

18 Wednesday DVD night All Pam D

21 Club Social + Awards ceremony All Pam D

29 River Walkham Two Star + Alex N

February

5 Sunday morning session All Pam D

8 AGM All Pam D

12 River Usk Two Star + Arthur B

15 Wednesday DVD night All Pam D

19 River Frome Passport/One Star Rich

26 River Dart One Star + Sam C

March

4 Sunday morning session All Pam D

9/10/11 Tryweryn weekend Two Star + Alex N

21 DVD night with a difference All Howard C

+ in the table above means that you must have had some moving water

training or experience, eg Tiverton Training or the Dart Training.

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Calendar in detail - day trips

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River Dart: 8th January Meet 8am at the Clubhouse Cost £15 Organiser - John Kent We’ll be doing two, maybe three sections of this river today.

Lower: Buckfastleigh to Staverton, a

total of around 5 miles. We will get on just below the stepped weir at the South Devon Railway. There are numerous small rapids (grade 1/2) all the way to Staverton and a good boulder garden for eddying in and out.

Loop: The trip will be from New-

bridge to Buckfastleigh, about 7 miles. With its many play spots and rapids, it makes a really good paddle.

Upper: Dartmeet to Newbridge,

with its grade 4/5 rapids.

Check with John or Rich if you’re not sure which section to do.

At this time of year it can be cold and the light fades quickly. Remember to wear warm clothes and bring food and drink for the trip.

Meet at 8am at the clubhouse where you can borrow all the club kit you need .

River Walkham: 29th January Meet 8am at the Clubhouse Cost £15 Organiser - Alex Nicol This tributary of the River Tavy is very water dependent so it might run, it might not. We will just have to cope with the uncertainty!

The river starts with grade 2 rapids surrounded by pleasant wooded valley. It changes dramatically as it steepens over a series of small ledges, which finishes with a sharp 1m drop.

Collect your wits, as there are now mostly continuous rapids between here and the Tavy. The river narrows and is confined by bedrock, forming numerous eddies which are excellent for practising eddy hopping.

The trip finishes with a short paddle on the Tavy to the get out including the grade 3 rapid.

Because it is a narrow river, we will divide into groups of about 8 and go down separately. But the groups can be decided on the day.

A grade 2/3 river, and one that we have only managed to do just once before. Should be good.

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River Frome: 19th February Meet 9am at the Clubhouse Cost £3 Organiser - Rich Carter

A local paddle and notice the 9am start, which gives us all a bit longer in bed!

One of our favourite rivers, the Frome is a good trip for beginners and experienced paddlers alike and also brilliant for our younger mem-bers.

The water levels fluctuate wildly so we can never tell what it will be like till a few days before we go. However the weirs are exciting and if they are too exciting because there has been abundant rain, we can always walk round them. If we do our usual sec-tion (Creamery to Langham Farm), there are six weirs to negotiate. In between them are narrow twisty bits with gentle moving water, trees to avoid and maybe some anglers.

Lots of thermals needed - February can be very cold. You also need to bring lunch and a warm drink. Kit can be borrowed on the morning. .

River Usk: 12th February Meet 8am at the Clubhouse Cost £15 Organiser - Arthur Belbin

The River Usk is in South Wales and we will be doing a section of it today.

The stretch we will most likely paddle this time is from Talybont to Gliffaes.

From Talybont after a flat start we encounter two grade 3 rapids at Mill Fall and Spuhler's Folley, although in normal water conditions there are clear routes down the left side of the river. In between are rapids above and below Llanginidr Bridge.

If the river is high we can do the stretch from Sennybridge to Aber-bran, although as always, in high wa-ter you need your wits about you. The rapids are straight forward and are a reasonably continuous grade 2. The hardest sections are en-countered early in the trip: with three successive rock ledges, the last being the highest but can be portaged.

Both stretches are around 6 miles in length. Remember to wear warm clothes and to bring food and a warm drink. .

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Calendar in detail - club sessions

FROME LEISURE CENTRE FRIDAYS, 8-9pm

Pool sessions are for everyone. Come to learn how to roll or capsize, or come to just paddle about. You can bring your own boat provided it is dead clean!

Monthly DVD night Wednesday 18th January At the Clubhouse 7-9pm

Once a month on the third Wednes-day we meet at the clubhouse for a DVD night. Not sure which dvd it will be but we have a vast selection to choose from, so it could be a pick-and-mix! Viewing starts at about 7.30pm. Refreshments will be available from 7pm.

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POOL SESSIONS

We’re back in the pool again on 6

th January

Every Friday now, till the end of March

Monthly Morning Paddle Sundays 5th February Clubhouse, 10am-noon Cost £2

Once a month, on the first Sunday, we meet at the clubhouse for a morning paddle.

You can blast through the poles or take it easy! You can try out some different boats or stay with the fa-miliar! We don’t mind.

Everyone is welcome.

In our last one - December 4th, 30 people turned up. The water was cold but the sun was shining. It was lovely.

£2.50 for Youth members £3 for Adults

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Annual General Meeting - 8th February, 7.30pm at the clubhouse

YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY! CHECK OUT what the committee has been doing for YOU!

Talk to us about your aspirations for the club! Bright ideas are gratefully received!

The AGM is your chance hear what the committee has been doing for you in 2011. It is also your chance to have your say Tell us about the good and the bad. And of course the new committee gets elected, so if you want to have some say in who is going to steer the club forward, then do come along.

The Annual Club Social and Prize giving 21st January 2012 At Trinity Hall, Frome (BA11 3DE) 7pm till 10.30pm

£5 adults, £3 youth members

This event is strictly social and informal. We invite members and their families to join in our evening of fun and entertainment.

The only paddling involved comes in the form of copious dvds!

You can buy drinks at the bar and the buffet is served at 7.30pm. Later in the evening we have the prize giving ceremony where we give out our annual awards in recognition of significant achieve-ments our members have made during 2011.

It’s important you let Pam know you are coming so there is enough food to go round.

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Reports - Tavy trip

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Tavy Trip 27th November By Alex Nicol

After an exceptionally early morning at the Market Yard we all set off to the River Tavy. This is the far side of Dart-moor, so not the shortest drive ever. We all knew before we set off the wa-ter would be low but would it be too low to paddle? Or just enough? That was the question.

At the get on in the centre of Tavistock a few people ran the weir as the shut-tle was taking place. The river was cer-tainly low and I think by the end of the day we could have collected all the plastic off the bottom of the river and made a whole new boat.

The Tavy is made up of lots of little drops where we had a number of swimmers, a roll from Arf and continu-ous swimming by Stuart in his banana. Everyone jumped out of their boats at the “Grade 3 bit” which was only a Grade 2 due to the water levels. We had no swimmers here, which was dis-appointing, but thinking about it we did, any guesses? You would be right, Stuart again in his banana.

After some more bumping and scrap-ing we came to the weir. People took different lines down this one including a boof on the right and the salmon steps on the left. Once everyone had

made it down Ben decided he would have a play in the bottom of the weir which eventually turned into a swim. Jack thought ‘I will have a bit of that’, so he went in and came out minus a boat.

We then made it down to the measur-ing station where there is a lovely little wave which kept everyone busy with wave battles and surfing. Something Richard needs to learn: let go of your paddle with one hand, and then using that hand, push the poor person next to you in.

The Liquid Logic lemmings team: Arf 1,Bex 9, Kate 3.

The others with points were Ellie 3, Jack 3, Isi 8, Ben 3, Rich N 3, Stu 12.

The whole rabble comprised: Girls: Ellie and Isi. Boys : Ben N and Kurt. Ladies: Bex, Kate, Megan and Nadine Men: Alex, Alun, Arthur, Carl, Jack, John, Jonathan, Mark, Rich N, Sam, Seán and Stu.

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Reports - Loop and Lower

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Dart Trip 27th November

We had two groups today: 10 on the Loop and 7 on the Lower. Levels were good and weather was once again remarkable.

Both trips went well, with Peter pro-viding all the drama on the Loop as he collected his 14 points on the way along!

The Lower paddlers were a bit more focused and we restricted the swims to just one, with Tierney giving us that obligatory rescue practice in the boulder garden.

Today was an additional training day for those who missed out on the Dart weekend. And it ran concur-rently with the Tavy trip. So a lot was happening !

Paddlers and their points Boys: Alex B, Harry B (1), Kieran F and Tierney O (3) Ladies: Carol K, Debbie A, and Pam Men: Chris H, Dave B, George E, Howard C, Peter B, Peter T (14), Pip, Rich C, Shaun D (3) and Terry O, Guest paddler: James H. Ed: read more about what went on in the Loop - see Howard’s article on P12.

Have you got a big hole in your kayak?

Fixing plastic boats has always been a little difficult but if

you're unlucky enough to have

had the sort of 'accident' this guy had, you’d be very pleased

to hear about the glue these people make. You have to

watch the whole thing to get a measure of the true strength of

this stuff ... Here’s the link

http://westsystem.com/ss/g-

flex-torture-demo/

Ed: Thanks for this Dave. It is an amazing clip. But can we really believe it?

I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger. Then it hit me.

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Reports - Strictly Come Kayaking

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STRICTLY COME KAYAKING

By Hazel Cottle

River Barle: Tarr steps to Dulverton.

Sunday 18th December dawned like an alpine morning (minus the snow, phew). It was cold, clear and heavily frosty but this did not deter our good sized group.

We loaded up and chassé-d southwest for Exmoor where the water level had been slowly dropping from an impres-sive 800+mm on Friday to a more manageable 500mm by Saturday. The last thing we wanted was to be tango-ing with trees so we were happy with this prognosis. There was some care needed as we drove down the lane to Tarr steps as it was cov-ered with ice. No-one wanted to trip the light fantastic in these conditions.

Alex, Ellie and Isi brought Santa Hats, Rich N brought Tooty Frooties, Stu brought a 3 course lunch box with hot chocolate included and Fred brought a Liverpudlian twang so as we waited at the get in, doing a Paso Doble with our feet to keep warm, there was some preparation of headwear and eating of sweets to keep us amused. We also formed a friendly audience for a man

with a digger who was performing some lifts and spins on a large log that was wedged at the Tarr steps and generally doing a good job of clearing up debris.

I chatted to a couple of hikers who were sharing a cup of tea by the get in and they were keen to let me know that they thought our youth members were “a really nice bunch” and that they had been entertained by watching our younger paddlers dancing around and wading in/out

of the cold river without any trepidation. I made sure to say that we were FROME canoe club: good press is always welcome.

Shuttling complete, we divided into our three smaller groups. My group was being led by Alex and he made sure to teach us

a hand jive of signals that we would be using. We then readied ourselves and headed off into the swift water. The low midwinter sun dazzled from the water creating a glitterball effect and we were glad to be waltzing off down the river to get warmed up. The moderate water level meant that though the Barle was some way from being a river to rival the Rhine, stones were still going to cause some hazards.

Come

Strictly

Kayaking

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Reports - The Barle continued

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We eddy hopped our way down the river, in the slower sections, looking out for wildlife - a few brave birds were around but despite hoping to see a stag or a fox trot by, the wood-lands and fields were quite quiet.

The whole group met up again at the usual lunch stop. A number of paddlers spent some time trying out different moves in the small play wave. Andy V did some showing off, demonstrating his majorette skills by balancing on the wave and ‘baton twirling’ his paddle. Very im-pressive! It soon got cold and a few unwelcome gusts of icy wind came down the river. That, partnered with the cha-cha-chattering of Sue’s teeth signalled that it was probably time to start paddling again.

Each group set off as before, side-stepping fallen trees and scraping on a few shallows and nothing much untoward happened until .... a slightly meaty rapid presented poor Ellie with a malevolent rock and sent her into a side spin that resulted in a swim. Alex and Mark sprung in to rescue mode and before long Ellie was reunited with her kayak and paddle and we were on our way again.

In the last stretch on the river, when we entered Dulverton, there was

just the weir and final rapids to ne-gotiate and in turn, we each quick-stepped down to complete the final few hundred metres to the get-out without incident. We met up with the rest of the group in the car park, where we were updated on Shaun’s 2 points and Ellie’s 3 points follow-ing rock run-ins, and as a happy (chilly) bunch, we quickly changed, ate a second lunch, watched Gareth load the van (ok, some others helped) and headed home.

Paddlers and Points Girls: Ellie H (3) and Isi M. Ladies: Hazel C, Pam and Sue F. Boys: Ben M, Ben N, Kieran F and Rich N Men: Alex N, Alun J, Andy V, Dave B, Fred H, Gareth M, Jonathan H, Mark B, Rich C, Shaun D (2), Stu M, and Tom K

Ed: Hazel wanted her article to start with an ‘apology to Stu’, but hey! Does Stu need an apology? I think not. If he paddles that big yellow one-man boat he can surely carry a three course lunch and more.

It was a good trip though and yes we did have fun as we waltzed and samba’d all the way down.

The water was a good level indeed!

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Reports - Two days on the Loop, 13th and 27th November

The River Dart A Canoeist’s Perspective Howard, with Debbie in the front

The River Dart provokes many emotions. The Upper, I hear, can be quite technical and scary. I’ve never done it, and have the utmost respect for those who have. The Lower is a lovely paddle especially with the sun out, it is a relaxing trip with a few bits to test you: a great piece of moving water. The Loop falls between these stretches; some nice relaxing sections where the world stops and you can contemplate nature and the beauty that still exists in this mad world, punctuated with boulder gardens and drops that can turn your world upside down.

We have paddled the Lower a couple of times and really enjoyed it, how-ever in the last month due to a mo-mentary lapse of reason we decided to run the Loop in our open boat.

We had a look at the get-off at The Dart Country Park on the Friday night, once the torrential rain had stopped and we could be persuaded to leave the bar. It scared the bejesus out of us. The flow was ridiculous and our chances or breaking out to the bank

would be slim. After a restless night and a fine breakfast we had another look, the level had dropped and the flow abated. We decided that you only live once and got ready.

At the get-on the ledge was wet and there were paddlers everywhere, a good sign that levels are high enough to be exciting. The nerves returned. We were paddling with Watermark Experiences, the company that Sam paddled with in the Himalayas, and we put ourselves in their competent hands.

Then we were off, our first sight was an open boat at the bottom of the first small boulder garden. It was being emptied by a couple of wet people. This did nothing to allay the

nerves. We however got through ok as we did the following boulder gardens. It was a nice day and our confidence grew. All the way to washing machine, we bounced down the white bits with little more than splashes in the boat.

Washing machine is a drop, on a bit of a wiggle, so the line has to be right with a deftly applied stern rudder at the right moment (that would be my job then). We waited for the kayaks to run the section and then powered off

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Reports - Two days on the Loop

to the left ready for the drop, not quite far enough left however we were tipping as we went over, there was only air against my paddle, hips were flicking right up until our heads went under. I held the boat, or maybe the boat held me, I got my legs out then heard two voices asking if I needed help. But was not me they were talking to. They were both sav-ing Debbie with advice for me to hold the painter and swim. I love these enlightened times of sex equal-ity. The water was lovely and I enjoyed the swim, we emptied and relaxed, now we had swum that worry was relieved.

The next big feature was Lovers Leap a boulder garden of proportion, with some big waves and stoppers in amongst it. All went well! ‘Stay right’ we were told. We did, bounced off a gurt rock and hit the bank on the right, half full of water the stern was pushed round and then we com-pleted the bottom section sideways and rapidly filling, at the bottom we were full of water but still upright, we managed to get to the eddy on the right and empty out again. My, how we laughed.

Triple Drop held no fear for us now: the kayakers discuss eddies between the drops, we didn’t. This is where

we realised that kayaks are for playing in waves and eddies and canoes are a means of transport and should just keep going. Which is what we did. First drop – a few splashes. Second drop, quite wet now. Straight on for the big third drop. Bounced through the cushion wave ran the gap and made it upright with half a boat full of Dart. Time to empty.

The remaining boulder gardens and weirs were all fun and uneventful, it was with some relief that we alighted the canoe. Many conversations with kayakers during and after the run say-ing that they had always fancied doing the Loop in a canoe. If you have ever thought it then there should be noth-ing stopping you, it was fantastic.

Two weeks later FCC was running a Dart trip so off we went again, with Rich leading Dave and Harry, Peter and a new young man called Shaun and us. The levels were low and this was reflected in the number of pad-dlers on the river. The boulder gar-dens had a lot more boulders, making the lines and manoeuvres much more technical, we hit a lot of rocks, mostly glancing off them. All survived up until Washing Machine, Rich ran it first, leaving us to send down the kayakers. Obviously Rich was confident we could advise on the right line. We followed the kayakers and with levels being low

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Reports - Two days on the Loop

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we could see the rock that we should have missed the first time. We missed it, dropped and kept the boat straight and upright, we took on a inch or two of water, lovely. Shortly after we helped pull Peter in to the bank. Harry was happy with a nice wave to play on, Dave also had some play, Peter and Shaun also had a dabble. Peter had an-other swim.

On to Lovers Leap, determined this time to complete the section without incident, we stayed right, bounced of a gurt rock and hit the bank on the right, half full of water the stern was pushed round and then we pinned on a rock at the stern. After a bit of the leaning downstream we considered our situa-tion: stuck. So while leaning to prevent being swamped Debbie valiantly moved to the bow, got the painter and started some impressive rock climbing. I alighted at the rear onto the offending rock. We dragged the canoe back to release the bow, Debbie let go and the

bow straightened, I fell back in and ran the rest of the rapid solo.

The kayakers then joined us at the bottom, Peter hit our rock and got 3 more points. The rest all smiling, proved that you can get all the way down without hitting that rock. This gives us something to aspire to.

Triple was a lot rockier today, again we opted to run all three without bothering with those eddy things. Hardly a drop entered the boat this time. We did, though, pull the boat out onto the bank as there was a group from Chiswick with their ca-noes. Time for some networking.

Peter and Shaun decided to have another swim and cool down and Harry had a roll.

We ran on down the last sections and weirs again uneventful, but a lovely chance to reflect and relax.

What a lovely stretch of river, We recommend it.

Congratulations to members who have achieved the following passes:

Carol Kenward Two Star Rich Norman Three Star Sam Charlesworth Four Star River Leaders

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Look at all our slalomists!

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K1 Women Division 3 Rosie Vallis Ellie Howell Isi Miles

K1 Women Division 4 Georgia Dunne Liz Kelly Bex Tanti

K1 Mens Division 1 Veterens Andrew Lyall

K1 Mens Division 2 John Kent Ben Nicol Nick Kent Rowan Avery

K1 Mens Division 3 Terry O’Neill Jamie Creese Ailbhe O’Neill Richard Heal Jack Smiles

K1 Mens Division 4 James Bennett Mike Bullen Mark Hemmens James Munn Tierney O’Neill Ellis Price

C1 Mens Division 2 Ben Nicol

C1 Mens Division 4 Rowan Avery George McGiveron

C2 Division 2/3 Rowan Avery/Andy Avery

C2 Division 4 Sam Nicol/Lia Hobbs Andy Vowell/Summer Vowell Jamie Creese/Lia Hobbs William Jones/Alun Jones Ben Nicol/Sam Nicol

A big round of applause for these club members who have taken part in national slaloms during 2011.

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The Annual General Meeting - agenda

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, 2012 Wednesday 8h February 2012, 7.30pm

At the Clubhouse, Market Yard, Frome,

Refreshments from 7pm

AGENDA

1. Apologies

2. Minutes of the 2011 AGM

3. Matters arising from the minutes

4. Reports relating to the year 2011:

Chairman’s report

Treasurer’s report

Secretary’s report

5. President and Vice Presidents remain unchanged

6. Election of 2012 club officials:

Chairman

Vice-chairman

Secretary

Treasurer

7. Election of 2012 committee

8. Ratification of Head coach

9. Proposal from the committee: that membership charges

be increased by 3%.

10. Any other business

Minutes for last year’s meeting can be downloaded from the web site.

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The AGM - Get involved!

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If you feel that you have something to offer the club and would like to share in forging the direction we go, consider standing for the commit-tee. It’s a one year post and we elect the committee at the AGM.

The committee consists of 12 people: Chairman Vice Chairman Treasurer Secretary and 8 other members

Would you like to get involved? If yes, the next thing to do is . .

Find out more by speaking to anyone on the committee between now

and the AGM.

Let us know that you are interested in becoming involved.

Be there on the night and get voted in!

Whether you want to get involved or not, please take some time to think

about who you would like to be on this year’s committee and come to

the meeting to vote for the people who you think will look after the club.

The nomination form included with this Newsletter can also be found on the website. We need either paper or electronic nominations for Chairman, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary back to Pam by 26th January.

Please note that coming to the AGM does not mean we will rope you in! Come to hear what has been happening and what the plans are for the future!

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Report from the 2011 committee

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WHAT HAS YOUR COMMITTEE BEEN DOING FOR YOU IN 2011?

Well, running the club obviously, but what else? Increased participation in slalom

Do you remember Andy Avery success-fully secured a major grant for a fleet of slalom boats? Well we achieved the tar-gets that he agreed with Sport England ... and some! YES, the numbers of people using the boats have been almost double that predicted. Not bad!

Slaloms with a bit of a twist! We always run two successful national slaloms, so what was different this year? Well we introduced a team event to the July one. This was so popular and so much fun we have decided to run an event in 2012 just for teams. Look out for it in May and get involved!

More kit and keeping an eye on Health and Safety

Airbags - loads of them. We have enough to fit all our boats with airbags which reduces the risk of damage to our backs when we are emptying flooded boats.

Kit again - we bought two white water spec Axiom 8.0s and a beautiful

new 15ft open boat.

On the clubhouse front we made some (slow) progress upstairs: we

improved the access to the room upstairs so we can get to it more easily now and we got a chunk of electrical wiring done, not to mention noggings.

Boat storage - we got the new large container in place, fitted it out

with racking for the new slalom boats and put a ramp for the small trailer.

River trips - The committee has responded to the increasing member-

ship by offering two or even three different river trips/sections of rivers on one day. This way we are able to cater for a greater range of ability. And we added an additional day of white water training to cope with demand.

So 2011 was a year of consolidation: no major projects, no major fund-

raising, no massive changes to the way things run, just running a (good) club!

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2011 Coppernose Points with the top three people removed!

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Bill Fryer 24

Jane Thomas 24

Ian Jones 24

Ellie Howell 21

Peter Thomas 20

Stuart Miles 19

Karl Waldeck 18

Rich Carter 18

Arthur Belbin 18

Becki Fryer 18

Miles B 17

Sam C 17

Bex Tanti 17

Jonny Bevan 16

Nick Mayell 16

Hilary Pound 16

Isi Miles 15

Tim Cottle 14

Mike Bullen 14

Veronica F 14

Chris Harvey 12

Andrew F 12

Kyra Brake 12

Kate Johnson 12

Hazel Cottle 11

Lia Hobbs 11

Nathan Howell 11

Alun Jones 9

Jaz Shillabeer 9

Joe Gregory 9

Mark Baines 9

Alex Nicol 8

Bob Barr 8

Ben Miles 8

Felicity H 8

Lily C 7

Jonathan H 7

Mark H 7

Fred Hobbs 6

Jon Cox 6

Alex Waldeck 6

Ben Lemon 6

Terry O'Neill 6

Bee Thomas 6

Nick Tyler 6

Alan Carpenter 6

Rich Norman 6

Ben Nicol 6

Amy Barlow 6

Mandy James 5

Neil Dixon 5

James Munn 5

Sam Nicol 5

Shaun Doel 5

Howard C 4

George McG 4

Lucas Wheeler 4

Harry B 4

Kurt Doel 4

Andrew Lyall 3

Jack Kimber 3

John Kent 3

Nadine Robson 3

Julia Rowley 3

Nathan Howell 3

Andrew Lyall 3

India Thomas 3

Philippa T 3

Julia Rowley 3

Vicky Bennett 3

Linz Kimber 3

Georgia Dunne 3

Sarah Mayell 3

Tom Kimber 3

Pam Dixon 3

Pip Hallett 3

John Cox 3

Chloe 3

Andy Vowell 3

Ricky White 3

Tierney O'Neill 3

Danny O'G 2

Katie Hobbs 2

Max C 2

Debbie A 2

Robert Francis 2

Shelley James 2

Aidan Williams 2

William Jones 2

Lynda Shields 2

Carl Gilder 1

Matt Norman 1

Sam B 1

Andy Bell 1

Jack Hobbs 1

Richard Heal 1

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Treasurer: John Kent 01225 765168 [email protected]

Secretary: Pam Dixon 01373 473836 [email protected]

Youth Voice: Jack Smiles [email protected]

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Here we go again! Jack and his boat are separated yet again!

Will Jack now be top of the Coppernose Leader-board, we wonder? That would be two years in a row. Turn to P19 to find out where you are. (Notice the top three members have been left off the list - we will be announcing them at the Social.

Stu on the Tavy trip. See P8 for report.