Newsletter 116 Summer 2007 02

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Newsletter116

Summer 2007 / 02

Web: www.marlowcanoeclub.org.ukEmail: [email protected]

Marlow Canoe Club Newsletter Page 1 Summer 2007 / 02

EDITORS P IECE

We're a little late with this edition.Sorry about that, but some of you willknow that I needed a hernia op. andwhen a cancellation was offered to me,I jumped at the chance. Afterwards,sitting at the PC was impossible,standing allowed me to read e-mails

but not much else. Thanks to all thosewho sent me best wishes, cards etc.It's a sure thing that when you areunable to coach on a course you hadplanned to, nobody else is able toeither. Almost everybody hadsomething else arranged for the

weekend of the last 1* course.Eventually the club's coaches (and a3*) came to the rescue and we ran asuccessful course with the newmembers benefiting from some veryexperienced coaches. Ever thought ofbeing a coach! Read the feature insideon one of the last L1 coach courses(under the current system) to be run by

Andy Maxted. This course will improve

your own paddling by way of explainingstrokes, such that you should gain theconfidence to teach others.The operation also scuppered myproposed sea trip, but as the dateconflicted with a 3* course and a fewmembers wanted to make this theirmain priority this year, take up waslimited. The good news is that James &Elaine have offered to re-schedule the

weekend thus opening it up for morepeople. See inside for details.It won't have escaped your notice thatthis time of year is Showtime. AlthoughI could not paddle I did mange toattend a few, and have reported onthose.

WHATS IN THIS ISSUE

Editors Piece 1

Marsport Open Day 2

Competition 3Paintballing 3

The Outdoor Show 4

Sveden Update 6

Sea kayak Racing? 7

Spin my Blog 7

Hot Fruit Punch 7

Level 1 Coach 8

A note from the President 9

Riverside Open Day 10

Events / Diary. 11

Contacts etc. 12

JUST TWO TOOLS WILL SORT OUT MOST OF LIFE'S LITTLE PROBLEMS.WD40 & DUCT TAPE.

IF IT SHOULD MOVE & DOESN'T - USE THE WD40,IF I T DOES MOVE AND SHOULDN 'T - USE THE DUCT TAPE.


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As for me, I'm on the road to recovery,though it did not feel much like it forquite a while. Hopefully I'll be paddlingby early July, but it's not going to bethe racy old me for a month or so.Now about that paddling machine the

President was talking about???

MARSPORT OPEN DAY

I took myself off to the Marsport OpenDay (19/05), to see what was on offer.A different sort of a day to previousevents as the short kayak communitywas not catered for. That left moreroom for everything else and less

people milling around but the usual wellthought out control procedure seemedto ensure that those that wanted tohave a go in something got the chance.I didnt take my stuff along, which I laterregretted, for although Ive yet to getthe Capella to the sea, Ive heard thatthe glass and composite models are farsuperior to my own roto mouldedversion. And their sitting on the standwas an exquisite carbon fibre model,

with demonstrator written across thebow. I got the chance to talk to anexpert who explained that apart fromgreater rigidity these boats were able toaccelerate to their top speed muchmore efficiently than the plastic models.Still I was in no fit condition to prove thepoint, but a little paddle would havebeen nice. Maybe next year.I donated a couple of quid to theWokingham Canoe Club and in return

got a half decent burger and a cuppa. Iwatched James Hinves setting up thepaddling machine, something thePresident has suggested we mightinvest in. I like the idea, but where arewe going to keep it? Ive offered aspace in my shed free of charge, buttheres an admission charge to thepatch of grass that masquerades as mygarden. A shame, really, as theres afew people in the club who couldbenefit from this, myself included.

On to the Opens. Quite a few of thesearound from Venture, Wenonah andBell. To the uneducated in thesematters the Wenonah seems to share alot of similarities with other popularranges such as Dagger and Mad River.

But the Bells are a little different. Nothats the front seat unless yourepaddling solo when its the back seatwith these. Designed to be paddled inone way only, if you purchase a doubleand want to paddle it solo, the advice isto get another seat fitted. Im making apoint of being at the Riverside OpenDay in a few weeks time to try somethese out and get some expert tuition atthe same time.

All in all a nice morning out. Illprobably go again next year andperhaps you should too. See youthere.

SCOOP

New Wenonah open challenges shortyWW boats for manoeuvrability.

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COMPETITION TIME

Last issues competition was far tooeasy for some. Brendon Moore &

Adrian Cooper both got it right andenjoyed a cup of finest filter coffee atthe lock.The script was taken from the 1951 film'THE AFRICAN QUEEN' and the words


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were spoken by Humphrey Bogart(Charlie Allnut) and Katherine Hepburn(Rose Sayer)This issues competition is a little harderand I'm sure will give a better chanceto those not so competent with the

internet. But we'll see.

Which previously long establishedBritish canoe and kayakmanufacturer owes its cont inuedexistence to the Falklands war andwhy?

Answers by mail (snail & e) or byphone. Prize goes to the first correct

answer receivedAFTERJuly 1st.

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(from a coward's perspective)

Anyone up for paintballing? That wasthe question posed by our social repMelinda. Well it has now been a weeksince the event and as I sit down topen this report the bruises are only justfading. Why I ask myself did I everutter those words yes Ill give it a goperhaps it was to show willing tosupport our new rep and be sociable!

We all dutifully turned up at the Fryers

Farm Skirmish site on a warm, sunnySaturday afternoon being a group often which I must say waspredominantly male. Melinda and Iwere the only female members of theclub to volunteer, strange, maybe theother ladies had chosen a moresensible option to stay in the comfort oftheir own homes rather run aroundsome woods to be shot at.

When we had finished filling out thedisclaimers, it was at this point thealarm bells began to ring; we wereallocated boiler suits, body protectors,ammunition belts and full face masks.When fully kitted we all resembled a

cross between Andy Pandy and DarthVader with the added disadvantage

of making everyone unrecognisable.On arriving at Skirmish we were allallocated numbers by some blokescribbling on the back of your hand andthis denoted which team you would beplaying in, odd numbers on one sideand evens on the other. This resulted

in the Briggs family being split withmum and son opposing husband. Wedid wonder as to whether it would turnout to be shoot the rower competitionbut instead things took a different slantas it turned out to be a son and fathervendetta! As previously mentionedwhen kitted up it was hard todistinguish who was who exceptMichaels dad had chosen to wear hisbright blue neoprene cycling gloveswhich were a dead give away to asniping son unfortunately Paul C wasalso wearing almost identical attire somay have inadvertently been caught inthe cross fire! As for me in order not toutter any unrepeatable expletives orterms of endearment I had to doublecheck to make sure whether it was Paulor David I was talking to. Once inteams we were allocated black or

orange balaclavas in order to separate


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us out and lead through to the warzone to collect our guns and wheremasks had to be kept on at all timesunless we were instructed to removethem. We then were able to pick upthe guns and fire test shots at some

targets. Suddenly I had an inkling ofjust what was in store having witnessedhow fast and hard the paintballs hittheir chosen target, off went the alarmbells again!When everyone was fully armed wewere trouped off to the first gamewhich involved having to negotiate amaze of oil drums in order to hangcoloured disks denoting your team on a

central post with the winning teamhaving the most hung up before theend of the game. The marshalsexplained the rules, pointed out the

dead zones where you had to go if youhad been hit and sent us off to ourrespective ends to start. HavingMichael, who had been paintballingseveral times, in my team I had alreadydecided to stick to him like glue with

the hope that I would be able to survivewithout being hit. So the gamecommenced Michael shouted to me thathe was going over to that tree whattree I replied and within a split secondhe had gone leaving me somewhat likea startled rabbit standing on my ownwith paintballs flying everywhere. Thenext thing I knew I had been hit twicein the leg, once in the bum and on theside of my helmet THAT **********HURT I exclaimed and immediatelyretreated to the dead zone to cursesome more. It was at this point Idecided bugger this for a game ofsoldiers and resolved not to ventureout into the arena of war again quicklyreverting to being a pacifist. A fewmore wounded souls joined me beforethe game was over each rolling upsleeves or trousers to check the

damage. After this we were lead on to

a series of different games each havingcertain tasks to accomplish by theteams in order to score points. Onevery occasion I made a bolt for thenearest dead zone whereby I couldobserve the masses being shot at whilst

making bets with myself who would bejoining me first!It is fair to say that the rest of thegroup thoroughly enjoyed the day andall finished tired, hot, bruised but happywith their day out on the battle field!

Julie (white feather) Briggs

Thanks to the Social Officer for sortingout another well attended event

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THE OUTDOOR SHOW

Well, I got my free tickets and went tothe show. Talk was that this mightpossibly be the last one involving a

canoe element, as it's a little late in theseason for many manufacturers and the's / sq.m. price is through the roof forthis venue. I noticed that the watersports contingent was much reducedcompared with previous years.Still, that doesn't bother me none as I

just like the outdoors and go for theshow, but if you go solely for thecanoeing aspect you should check out

who's there next year before gettingyour tickets.It's a little over an hr. for me door todoor and we were waved straight inwith the complimentary tickets. Roband I headed straight for the 'outdoor'section where we found the Irelandstand. Thanks to St. Pats they weregiving away Bushmills whiskey. Lovely.(and the money off vouchers have been

used already.) Take it with a tad ofwater is my recommendation, then get


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in the queue for another. The JenningsLakeland bar was doing brisk businessfor early morning though I was happywith the Bushmills, and anyway I hadto drive 'El Presidente' back.But what of the show itself. There was

a couple of things I had in mind and apocketful of 20's for cash discounts.Initially we just looked around at a fewdemo's, then stumbled upon the NRSstand. NRS is a big player in the

American accessory market but is onlyavailable via mail order over here.

Amongst their range are some rackstraps with the buckles encased in asoft rubber. Invaluable for a short

bloke like me who is always throwingthe straps over the boats. I pointed outthat I was looking for a 4m pair, butsadly, they were only demonstratingtheir products - not selling. So theyrooted around in this big sack of stuffand gave me a pair instead. Before weknew it, it was time for some lunch. Acall to 'El Presidente' and we met upwith himself, Dianne & Junior - the

clubs only Gold Medallist to date - whorecommended a subway outlet in thefoyer. The grub was O.K. (sort of) butsitting on the convex aluminium railthat masqueraded for a seat was not.Still, it did ensure I was back into theshow pretty promptly with a view tosome serious purchasing.First up was a sea paddle. Thesethings are much more personal than atypical WW paddle and much of theadvice I've been given reflected this.The people at KNOYDART suggestednot spending a busting amount, getsomething that feels okish and learnfrom that. Simple, straightforward, andpossibly the best advice yet. The KARI-TEK stand had LENDAL sea paddles.150 got me a two piece kinetic seapaddle with a flash cranked shaft andN12 blades.

The reduced no. of (and size of) standsmeant I was unable to get some of theclothing I had shortlisted, and theSILVA stand had no binoculars to offer.I was scouting around picking up theodds and sods when I chanced upon

the fuji stand. Here they had a 4mpcamera / waterproof case package forunder a ton. I'd long wantedsomething similar, and as all othercameras in the house are fuji I snappedit up.There was very little to be had otherthan a few accessories that I mightpossibly have got of the market. Butthere were a few 'real food' type

stands. These stands always offersamples and if you are so inclined it'snot to hard to get a meal full. Ipurchased some 'quality' sausages andsome real food in space type bags.Shortly after, we chose to leave, justahead of the main crowd, a wisedecision as we were on the motorwayin next to no time.When I've tried out my purchases I'll let

you know how well they work in a newkit feature sometime.

John Norris March 2007

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SVEDEN UPDATE

Remember Dan & Linda, who returned

home earlier this year after a while withthe club. True to their word they sentme a little note just to let us know howthey are getting on.Got the last newsletter today andremembered that we promised to writea short note about the time with MCC.We, Dan & Linda the Swedish couple,have now left England and moved backto Sweden where snow and ice awaitedus. No canoeing just yet


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Linda (on her skates) and Oliver (takingit easy)

Wed like to thank all members of the

club for a great time. For us the clubprovided an opportunity to get to knowpeople outside work. A special thanksto Don for bringing us along on his

mini adventures, usually withoutlunch but always with an opportunity toget a drink. Wed also like to thankJohn Norris for introducing us to theclub. We joined in spring 2004, got ourtwo stars in late summer and bought

our own boats the following winter. Forus the club mainly provide a bit ofknowledge about canoeing and taughtus how to get out there. The first tripin our own boats was a surf trip toPoole Harbour, together with Don, Tim,Paul and a few others, this was a realinspiration and we realised the hugeopportunities with canoeing in England,with all the rivers and of course the

sea. A few other trips to remember arepaddling the Thames with Don on thelong journey to the sea, the trip toCroyde where we tried real surfing(hard but lots of fun) or just bringingthe boats out on the Thames on awarm summer evening. I think ourfavourite trip was to the Llangollencanal though. No locks just miles of

cruising through a hilly landscapeincluding two spectacular aqueducts

(http://www.canaljunction.com/canal/llangollen.htm).

There are of course many morememories, but we leave them for now.If anyone would like to try canoeing in

Sweden, well be happy to organise atrip. Just imagine sea kayaking in thearchipelago.

Dan, paddling on a lake near home.

Dan & Linda

[email protected]

I have left an e-mail address for thoseamongst their many friends in MCC whomight like to stay in touch.

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SEA KAYAK RACING?

I saw this stand at the Marsport OpenDay. Got talking to the chap and itappears he is trying to establish seakayak racing in the UK. I realise thatthis is unlikely to appeal to many of theSunday / Tuesday crowd but it's maybeof interest to someone in our wide andvaried membership. You can race astandard sea kayak or something morelike a marathon boat specially made forthe sea. I won't go into details herebut if you are interested in having a go,


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or just plain nosey, take a butchers atwww.ukseakayakracing.co.uk orcontact Nigel Hatton on 07933 133687(e-mail [email protected])

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SPIN MY BLOG!

Here's a useful little service that thecompany JP works for has put together.It's free to use apart from the cost ofthe call. Spin my blog is a speechrecognition programme with anintelligence that is self improving. Justcall the no. above and speak your

piece, and hey presto! - it'll appear onthe groups YAHOO messaging page.The programme recognises all words inthe dictionary and some that aren't butthat are in common use, e.g. bovvered& feck. It needs training to learn thingslike names that can be ambiguous andnames with alternative spellings suchas Geoff / Jeff. It will also learn all thekayaking / MCC special words and it will

get better the more it is used.It's currently capable of around 90 -95% of all words that it can here right,much better than other speechrecognition systems, but aims to deliverthe meaning of the message ratherthan just a translation that could losethe meaning. So for example; it mightspell Marlow as Marlo if the W dropsout of the audio, but the recipient will

understand the message. It also needssufficient audio signal to hear the word.If a word is ambiguous or has a partialdrop out it'll put a (?) after the word. Ifthe audio drops out then it'll leave anunderscore to indicate an audio dropoutor to much noise (electricalinterference) to decipher the word.There is no password and you canleave up to 3 minutes of audio, andthat's a long message. Please note that

any inappropriate use can be traced byJP, so don't misuse it.

John Parkin April 2007

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HOT FRUIT PUNCH

I got this rather tasty recipe from Debsjust the other day. Sounds like the kindof thing you need to know about whentrying to inveigle your way in with theopen boat people. But I'm going togive it a go, whatever I'm paddling.

In summer theres nothing I like morethan to take a nice relaxing trip up theThames and enjoy a hot punch yesthats right a hot punch in the summer!I use the recipe below pop it in my flaskand away I go!

Non Alcoholic - Fruit Punch Serves 41 litre of apple juice125ml of cranberry juice

125ml of pineapple juicejuice of one lemon and one lime2 to 3 tablespoons of soft brown sugar6 cloves one cinnamon stickGlass: 4 heatproof cupsGarnish: 1 sliced apple,1sliced lemonand one orange segmented.Mix all the ingredients together andheat slowly stirring until the sugar hasdissolved.

Remove from the heat and leave for afew hours to infuse.Bring backto a simmer.

Remove the cinnamon and thecloves before Serving putting in yourflask and paddling up the Thames.This punch goes well with Flapjacks!

Debs Hardy 06/06/07


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Flapjacks as well! Looks like I mighthave been right ref. the open boatcomment. I'm just of to check over mylittle camping cooker.

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LEVEL 1 COACH 12/ 08/ 07

A few years back I looked at gettinginto the coaching side of things. A L2Kcoach award was out of the question asI'd not really given enough time andeffort to master my 3* skills. I foundout about L1K awards and thought thiscould be a suitable introduction to

coaching. I managed to get AndyMaxted to run a coach course for 4 ofus, CST and FA already being in place.It was a revelation. I understood all ofthe strokes much better and learnt a bitabout people handling to boot. Fromthe club's point of view it had been myintention to free up the more seniorcoaches to do the more advancedcourses. I think it's been a success,

allowing the club to provide many more1* introductory courses even thoughmany of the more experienced coachesare still doing 1*'s as well as othercourses.It all changes next year with theintroduction of the new awardstandards and coaching requirements,but there is a chance to take one of thelast L1K coach courses and to be able

to put something back into the club.Andy Maxted has put aside a day to runanother of these courses which willlikely include a 1/2 days theory and a1/2 days practice on the water withsome 'learners' and rescuedemonstration. There are a few thingsto sort out beforehand, such as a CSTand FA certificate, and of course, you'llneed to have your 2*. The CST isapprox. a day long and may be runover a couple of sessions and aims to

increase river awareness and yourrescue abilities and can often be runwithin the club. As soon as we havesufficient numbers I'll try to get a seniorcoach to run one for us. The FAcertificate needs to be a 4hr. minimum

available from almost anywhere but an8hr. aquatic one is best. Available fromLongridge, they may well run a courseespecially for us if we have sufficientnumbers. I'm also looking into analternative cheaper provider so keep aneye on your YAHOO messages.Unfortunately there's the paperwork toattend too. You'll need to log on to theBCU website and check out the 'how to

become a coach' section and registeryour intention by returning yourremittance. The BCU then 'gives' you acoaching 'log book'.I like doing the 1* courses, but I needa new challenge. My L1K gave me theimpetus to nail my 3* and so open upthe possibility of a L2K award. Shouldyou get your L1K award who knowswhat you could go onto?

John Norris 08/06/07

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A NOTE FROM THEPRESIDENT

I was on the river a couple of weeksago as part of a group of about 20

boaters from the club. This is a verylarge group to be managed by oneperson and during the session I gavesome feedback to the Duty Officer tohopefully help with the task.The advice I gave was based onleadership skills that we coach at Level2, 3 and 5 Star but are equallyimportant when out on the Thames andis worth passing on to all of our DOs.

It goes like this. Often a key word helpsone to remember a complex process or


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task and in this case the word is CLAPwhich stands for Communication, Lineof sight, Awareness, Position.Communication - talk to your groupand explain the aims and restrictions ofthe session so that they know what to

expect, and most importantly, what isexpected of them. Keep chatting tothem throughout the activity to make itmore interesting for them, to involvethem and to update on any changes ofplan.Line of sight - this is probably the keyitem here. If you do not keep direct(preferably) or linked line of sight to thewhole group you have no control and

put yourself in a very dodgy positionregarding any incident that happens outof your sight. By linked I mean thatwhen a direct line is impossible whichoften happens on tight streams or evenat a bend in the river on the Thamesyou maintain the link byprearrangement with key members ofthe group. If someone is lagging behinddetail a couple of reliable group

members to help rather than let thegroup disappear out of sight. Whendealing with an incident it is very easyto be distracted and not maintain yourline of sight.

Awareness - this is the skill of beingaware the whole time of not only whatthe group members are up to but whatis happening all around the group.

Awareness of potential hazards in goodtime means that you can organise thegroup accordingly and avoid problemsbefore they start. A river environment isno place to be using panicmanagement. This comes naturally tosome people but most of us have towork at it. Always try to be "proactive"not "reactive".Position - this is all about being in themost useful position to help whereneeded and to pre-empt problems. On

the Thames this may for example be at

the front to supervise a portage, at theback to encourage stragglers or upwindto achieve maximum speed to anincident. There is no one correctposition and you as leader have to

judge where to be based on conditions,

circumstances and experience. Onevery important thing to remember isthat an Invader, even paddled badlytakes a long time to catch in anInazone for instance so choose yourleaders boat carefully and don't allowthe group to spread beyond your reach.

Also remember that when the riverlevel rises so the hazards increasedramatically so this too affects your

position. You may find that you have anasty hazard that is easily avoided anda simple hazard on which a capsizewould take the swimmer into a treestrainer. Given the choice of either or itmay well be the second one that needsyou to be close by.So to summarise - remember CLAP andwhat it stands for and you will be wellon the way to being a good safe leader.

I will be asking the DOs over the nextfew weeks to see if they have takenthis in!

Tim

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RIVERSIDE OPEN DAY

The next in a series of local open dayswas at 'The Riverside Centre' in Oxford.This has always been a day out for theopen boat fraternity, but new head ofcentre 'Rob Yates' had upped the antea little to include a no. ofdemonstrations as well as the chance topaddle a boat or two. Rob and I gotthere about for about 11:00 and theevent was in full swing. A little lookaround and we settled for our firstlecture entitled TARPOLOGY.


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Delivered by Jed Yarnold of 'True North'this was all about what you can do witha sheet. Not just any old sheet ofcourse, but one of Jed's very own tarpsincorporating a few little extra's toassist in the construction of various

forms of shelter, but without losing thebasic design, that of a sheet with 1 sideapproximately 1.5x the length of theother. I've just looked at Jed'swebsites and it's clear to me that he isa blokes bloke. Perhaps somewherebetween a Ray Mears and a BearGrhylls, Jed's team can offer trips /expeditions for most people, so if a no.of you have a similar interest (maybe

photography or watercolours) then theteam can incorporate this into a specificplan. There are a no. of other productsdesigned by and manufactured for Jed's'True North' company and all seem towell thought out. Indeed, a no. ofpeople I spoke to during the day hadnot a bad word to say about Jed or thecompany. All commented on the factthat here was a man who used what he

made, and he's used it in some farflung places. Take a look at the sitesand see for yourself. I might see youat a flint knapping day or possibly on'The Great Glen'.

http://www.bushcraftexpeditions.comhttp://www.truenorthoutdoor.co.uk

After some food from the D of Eexpedition team (practise the joined upthinking here, lads - or you might findyourselves paddling different rivers -but good luck anyway) there werevarious demo's in the afternoon. Wehad already met Brendan & Shades,and Brendan decided to go on a 'poling'demo. having gone to the effort oftaking his explorer down there. Over toyou Bren;.Well, you know, Ive always had a bit of

a love / hate relationship with poling.

When I get it right I love it, as it can bea really effective way of moving theboat upstream, especially in fast,shallow water.It seems a lot of other people feel thatway too, as the poling session was

heavily subscribed, with about thirtypeople turning up in twenty or so boats.We paddled upstream a few hundredyards, and turned off into a quietbackwater with very little flow so wecould practice in peace.Colin Broadway, a BCU L5 Coach, andothers where there to give us thebenefit of their experience, and itworked. Trying out a variety of poles

from traditional heavy wood to modernlight carbon-fibre, we were shown howto position both ourselves in the boat,and the pole in the water for the mosteffectiveness. Standing straight in theboat is less stable, but means you canswap sides easily I you need to;sideways on gives more power andstability.

And so the session was over and time

to go back downstream to the centre.Did we sit down and paddle back? Didwe heck! We put our new finely tunedpoling skills to good use, and aprocession of twenty open canoes poledback down to Riverside in (almost)perfect formation for a well earnedbreak

I had to get a bit heavy with thescissors on this as Bren got a bittechnical. But I've asked him if he canexpand on the original item a little togive us all a better insight to poling.

At the show I bumped into DaveHolmes. He's doing allright, enjoyinghis retirement, and looking O.K.

John Norris & Brendan Moore12/06/07


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WHAT'S ON, WHEN AND WHERE

The complete and authoritive guide to all that the club hopes to do in theforthcoming months. Please note that at the time of going to press dates cannot

be guaranteed and that the programme is subject to changes.

ALLSUNDAYS

CLUB SESSI ONS; ON THE W ATER FOR 10:00am. SEE D.O. FORFINI SH. CHECK NOTICEBOARDS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

D.O.

ALLTUESDAYS

CLUB SESSI ONS; ON THE W ATER FOR 7:OOpm. SEE D.O. FORFINI SH. CHECK NOTICEBOARDS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS

D.O.

30/06+01/07 BCU 1* KAYAK NOVICE COURSE 3 TT

07+08/07 BCU 3* KAYAK COURSE (SESSIONS 1-4 of 9) TT

09/07 COMMITTEE MEETING - CLUBHOUSE COMMENCING 7:30pm AC

10/07 BCU 3* KAYAK COURSE (SESSION 5 of 9) TT

14+15/07 BCU 3* KAYAK COURSE (SESSIONS 6-9 of 9) TT

28+29/07 BCU 1* + 2* OPEN CANOE COURSE TT

04+05/08 BCU 1* KAYAK NOVICE COURSE 4 TT

12/08 BCU L1K COACH COURSE AM

14/08 BCU 2* KAYAK COURSE 2 (SESSION 1 of 6) TT

18+19/08 BCU 2* KAYAK COURSE 2 (SESSIONS 2 - 5 of 6) TT

18+19/08 SEA KAYAKING INTRO WITH JAMES & ELAINE F. (TO BE CONFIRMED) JN

21/08 BCU 2* KAYAK COURSE 2 (SESSION 6 of 6) TT

01+02/09 BCU 1* KAYAK NOVICE COURSE 5 TT

01+02/09 TREWERYN COACHING FESTIVAL TBC

03/09 COMMITTEE MEETING - CLUBHOUSE COMMENCING 7:30pm AC

EVERY

THURSDAY

EVENING

9.00 - 10.30

SWIMMING POOL SESSIONS AT GURNELL POOL, WEST

LONDON.

GET TUITION IN ROLLING, OR PRACTISE 3* SKILLS, OR

ANYTHING YOU'VE GOT A BIT RUSTY ON. SEE WEBSITE FOR

MAP AND DETAILS OR CONTACT JOHN PARKIN or JOHN

NORRIS.

JP

ORGANISER / MCC CONTACT CODE FOR ABOVE EVENTS

AC ADRIAN COOPER 01844 344580 [email protected]

AM ANDY MAXTED 07730 852760 [email protected]

DL DAVID LYDIATT 01753 887773 [email protected]

JN JOHN NORRIS 01494 483833 [email protected]

JP JOHN PARKIN 07973 820515 [email protected]

MP MARTIN PLAIN 01628 483252 [email protected]

TB TERRY BELCHER 01628 851001 [email protected]


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THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER USEFUL NUM BERS

A list of those members who serve on the club's committee, their role and acontact no. should you need to contact them.

POSITION NAMECONTACT

NO.E-MAIL

PRESIDENT TIM WARD01494482959

CHAIRMANADRIANCOOPER

01844344580

[email protected]

SECRETARYANDYMAXTED

07730852760

[email protected]

TREASURERPAULCRICHTON

08708806962

COACHINGTIMTWITCHEN

07833995289 [email protected]

NEWSLETTER JOHN NORRIS01494483833

[email protected]

MEMBERSHIPRODEDMONDS

01753671389

EQUIPMENTCHRISPORTEOUS

01628485049

[email protected]

MARATHON DEBS HARDY & JAMES FARQUARSON.

LONGRIDGEMARTINPLAIN

01628483252

[email protected]

WOMENS REP. DEBS HARDY

07812

749555 [email protected]

YOUTH REP ALEX SHEIL07707953124

[email protected]

SOCIALMELINDALIVETT

[email protected]

WHITEWATER JOHN PARKIN01628476384

[email protected]

INLANDTOURS

GUYMADDIESON

01844275418

[email protected]

SEA TBA

OUR NEAREST RETAILERS / SUPPLIERS

RIVERSIDE OXFORD01865248673

http://www.riversideoxford.co.uk/

MARSPORT READING01189665912

http://www.marsport.co.uk/

WWC SHEPPERTON01932247978

http://www.whitewaterthecanoecentre.co.uk/

PADDLESPORTCOMPTON

VERNEY01926

640573http://www.paddlesport.co.uk/

Please advise the editor if any contact details are wrong or if you w ishto add an alternative no. / e-mail address to the list.

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