Enjoy the CDU Newsletter
Published: Wed, 04/01/15
Issue
460
2nd April 2015
Message Bank
Our Easter opening hours are: Closed Good Friday. Open
Easter Saturday 9.00 to 3.00pm. Closed Easter Sunday and
Monday.
Happy Easter
Saturday Fitness Training as usual
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The Epic V7 is finally here. I went for the first paddle
Wednesday morning and I was very impressed. Like all Epics
it is very comfortable, turns extremely well, great cut-aways
to avoid paddle striking the sides, rudder plate and pedals
are the same as all the other Epics so foot comfort and leg
drive is just amazing. The patented Epic Bailer/venturi cleared
a full cockpit of water in seconds. Close it on flat water
and you stay dry.
Comes with underslung rudder but trailing rudder is available.
Good side and end handles to help with ease of carrying. It
has a water bottle holder, and leg leash attachment and large
rear compartment for storage. Elastic cargo straps behind
seat.
It’s not going to be quite as fast as the Spirit PRS,
but for those paddlers who want a great ski with good speed,
good stability and extraordinary comfort, which will equally
perform well on the flat water and the ocean, this is going
to be a ski worth buying.
I paddled the V7 at Monday night training and was able to
keep up with Michael and Doug who were paddling their PRS
and are usually a little faster than me, so the V7 might be
quicker than I had thought. They did say they were tired from
the weekend. I raced it Wednesday night and Lawrence who sat
behind me for a while said I was going 10.5 - 11kms an hour
but there weren't any other plastic skis for me to race against
to get a good comparison. I will have more of an idea when
I race it on Saturday morning.
Weighing in at 21kgs it's not too heavy to throw on your
roof rack. Anyone wanting to trial it please call me on 93781333.
Happiness is just being on the water, but to be comfortable
and to be paddling a beautiful boat, it just doesn''t get
any better.
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Sorry about the newsletter being delayed.
I have had a few issues with sending it out and because my
assistant Alaine who could retify the problem was floating
around New Zealand, it's a few days late.
Alaine wants to move to New Zealand and have
this as her new home
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The CDU Team back in 2000/01
Back 10 years or more, nearly but not all
paddlers doing our CDU training courses were kayak paddlers.How
things have changed. Nowadays ski paddlers dominate the Avon
Descent and they are much longer and faster craft. You could
say it is much easier to do the Avon Descent nowadays with
the faster boats, so really there is no excuse for not not
doing the Avon. And if you join a team you only have to paddle
about 20 kms a day and just about anyone can do that with
their eyes closed.
So think about taking the challenge. Think
about the Avon Descent
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Shane Richardson Taking
on a NZ Waterfall
A young Shane Richardson in New Zealand paddling
a slalom C1. Back in the 1980s.
Shane was a Bassendean
boy and started kayaking as a young teenager at Ascot Kayak
Club. Like many other juniors around that time I took him
under my wing and taught him a lot about white water paddling.
In the late 1970 and 80s I trained several young paddlers
in white water, which included paddlers like Darryl and Neil
Long. Shane went on to be a great paddler as you can see from
the photo, but after I introduced him to climbing he then
became a great climber. Shane moved to Switzerland and got
married. A few years after I wrote the instructional book
and Avon River guide, Canoeing Down Under Shane started writing
several WA climbing books. A few years ago he returned to
WA with his two children and his son Lois is also a good slalom
paddler.
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Anthony & Monique Carbone
at the Bayswater Festival
You usually see brother and sister in their
K1s flying across the water or winning lots of medals but
on Sunday they were manning the Come & Try stall at the
Bayswater Riverside Festival with Jenelle Power and a few
other members. They were also on the water guiding young paddlers
who wanted to give paddling a go or may be interested in joining
the Bayswater club. I also met a nice young guy called Dillon
Spivy who is trying his hand at sprint C1 paddling. He is
in for a challenge as it is one of the most difficult canoes
to paddle, but he had great enthusiasm so I'm sure he will
master it.
Anthony & Monique Carbone
Monique helping at the Come&Try, Bayswater
festival.
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Do You Need Some Plastic Welding
Doing
Steve is going on holiday so if you have a
hole in your plastic kayak or ski get it in this next week.
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2015 Canning Classic
Paddle Race Sunday12th April
Shelley Sailing Club Watersby Crescent Shelley
Note different location
to other years
Registration 8.15 – 9.15am
Race start 9.30am
Race Distance: Long course 12 km, Short course 6 km, Guppy
Course 3 km
Race & Times by class (sex, age, boat)
All prizes allocated by participation not result (i.e lucky
draw)
Bacon and egg burgers and a sausage sizzle for sale
$20.00 CWA member. $30,00 non member. $10.00 Junior CWA member
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Paddle Challenge
17th May 2015
The Tri Series
Entries open
for the Paddle Challenge
http://wa.canoe.org.au/
Training & Courses
Saturday
Morning Fitness Training
Race Start 7.30am on the dot!
PFD MUST be worn
Sandy Beach Reserve,
West Road, Bassendean
Please
make sure you bring your PFD
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We are thankful that
the river is wide at Sandy Beach but it is always a little
crowded on the line.
CDU Training session last week, so different from 12 years
ago when most people were in kayaks.
Saturday morning 21st March
race times are here: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=39008
Featured Products
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The 5.2m x 54cm V7 adds a whole new
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paddled in areas where composites cannot.
Length: 17' (5.20m)
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Depth: 14" (35cm)
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Trailing Rudder extra $240.00
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On Special
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RRP $1495 .00
PRS
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RRP $1649.00
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XT Cart
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Features
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Carrying capacity of 70kg
Watercraft should not be stored for extended periods on Sea
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Stories
Bevan Dashwood
Race
Sponsored by
Canoeing Down Under
The Bevan Dashwood race is usually smaller
than many other races but it a great race, very social and
the race course itself is scenically different from other
races and it has a portage across Kent Street Weir. With one
or two dead end channels it is possible to take the wrong
route. The race is run by the slalom committee and the race
itself is named after Bevan Dashwood who has been a long supporter
of slalom paddling over the last 50 years.
I have always been a big supporter of
this race and of the slalom committee over the years. The
slalom committee is doing such a great job introducing slalom
paddling to a lot of young paddlers and with little white
water to train on in WA we have a great number of WA slalom
paddlers doing extremely well on the national stage. When
you see young slalom paddlers they are always having fun and
improving their skills.
The briefing
As we milled around waiting for the
race to start I caught up and chatted to other paddlers. It
was great to catch up with Shane Richardson who I hadn't seen
for some time. Shane was a Bassendean boy and started kayaking
as a young teenager at Ascot Kayak Club. Like many other juniors
around that time I took him under my wing and taught him a
lot about white water paddling. In the late 1970 and 80s I
trained several young paddlers in white water, which included
paddlers like Darryl and Neil Long. Shane went on to be a
great paddler but after I introduced him to climbing he then
became a great climber. Shane moved to Switzerland and got
married. A few years after I wrote the instructional book
and Avon River guide, Canoeing Down Under he started writing
several WA climbing books. A few years ago he returned to
WA with his two children and his son Lois is a slalom paddler
who was also competing today.
Craig, Shane, (middle) Ian and Adam.
Four of the young paddlers I used to train.
Here we camped on top of Bluff Knoll on News Years Eve.
Shane racing a K1 for
the first time today. Photo Lawrence Greed
The weather was going to be perfect
and with the start time this year of 9.00am instead of 10.00am
we would be home earlier so we couldn't ask for a better day.
I was paddling a Down River kayak but from the start I had
no chance of winning as the current WA slalom champion and
Australian representative Ben Pope was paddling. Then there
was Peter Liddle and young Kieran Simpson who is on the rise
in Wild Water paddling. Also on the line was Richard Lowther
and Patrick Irwin but I was more confident in beating them.
The fast paddlers went off first, followed
by grid two, then the plastics, then it was our turn. The
river wasn't very wide at this point so it was good to only
have 6 paddlers on the line. Ben and Kieran took off like
rockets with Peter Liddle trying his best to keep with them
but he couldn't. Richard Lowther managed to get on my wash
and for some time I had thoughts he was going to pass me.
Bugger, had he been training? Did I misjudge him!
Mark & Brett passing
Doug Hodson. Mark & Brett are going to the Marathon Championships
at Easter time in Canberra. Photo Lawrence Greed
Sam Pilton showing style.
Photo Lawrence Greed
I didn't expect Richard to be so powerful,
so with three paddlers in front of me and with Richard breathing
down my neck there was little chance I would get a podium
finish. After about 500 metres I finally lost Richard which
I was thankful of and I could see Peter catching Kieran and
eventually pass him so I knew that Kieran was slowing. I soon
passed Kieran, which I must admit I was surprised but didn't
mind at all .
The start of the Wild
Water kayaks. Ben's missing but his paddle blade is there.
Photo Slalom committee
Ben Pope showing real
style as he paddling away from us all. Ben has been selected
to compete in the Canoe/Kayak Slalom Under 23s World Championships
in Foz, Brazil. He will be leaving Perth, on the 10th of April
to travel to Foz with the rest of the team where he will spend
a week and a half training before racing in the 2015 Under
23s World Championships on the 22nd-26th of April.
Photo Lawrence Greed.
I'm chasing Peter for
a few seconds at least. Photo Lawrence Greed
I started passing slower paddlers in
plastics and about a kilometre from Riverton Bridge the fast
first grid paddlers were coming back after turning around
Shelley Bridge. When I eventually turned around Shelley Bridge
the wind hit me like a ton of bricks. The wind was so strong
and it stayed against me until the river narrowed. Up ahead
I could see Jane Liddle and Brett Young and a little further
Michael Liddle and Jarrad Eaves. They were in plastic skis
and had started two minutes ahead. I soon met juniors in slalom
boats which looked a lot harder work but in the 1970s slalom
boats had a class in all the races.
The slalom juniors head
off on the 6km course. Photo Slalom
9 year old Byron Martin
going like a rocket. Byron came second only 3 seconds behind
first place. As we were waiting for the presentations, Byron
came up to me and said, how did you go Terry, just like an
adult would. It was quite sweet.
Photo Lawrence Greed
I was catching them slowly and by the
time I arrived at the Kent Street Weir portage Brett and Jane
were less than 100 metres ahead. They helped each other carry
their heavy boats around the weir whereas with mine being
only 11kgs I was able to lift it easily on my shoulder and
run around and gain a few metres. I chased them but they weren't
making it easy for me to pass. Eventually when I did pass
them I set my next target on Michael and Jarrad.
I'm desperate to catch up. Photo Lawrence
Greed
A group of social paddlers in double
kayaks were ahead and one kayak with two girls in it were
snaking along in the middle of the river. They were giggling
because a paddler was coming from one direction and I was
coming from the other and they didn't know which way to go
or what to do. I joked with them as I paddled by and not looking
where I was going I hit an underwater object which was part
of the purifying plant. Luckily no real damage was done.
Judy Darbyshire looking
fit and fast. Judy is going over to the National Marathon
Championships with her husband Peter and daughter Bronwyn
who was the fastest women in the race. Photo Slalom
I paddled on trying to gain on Michael
and Jarrad, as several other paddlers passed from the other
way. Before the turn buoy I saw Peter Liddle who didn't seem
that far ahead of me. That gave me a bit of a lift in spirit.
I eventually reached the turn buoy but it was in a different
and closer place than other years so I was surprised to see
it there and by the time I ask the spotters if this was the
turn buoy I had slipped a few metres passed it and lost a
few seconds.
I turned and chased Michael and Jarrad
seeing Kieren and Patrick on my way back. Michael and Jarrad
were still pushing hard but I was gaining slowly. When you
paddle by yourself it's often hard to keep motivated to paddle
hard. With Michael and Jarrad in front they were driving me
on. On the turn Jarrad was trailing Mike but now he was up
with him and a little later started to ease away from him.
I paddled hard to catch up and about a kilometre from the
finish I passed Michael and left him wallowing in my wash.
It felt good! I sped by him and had Jarrad in my sights but
he was also paddling hard and making it hard for me to catch
him up. I put the pressure on as I was still feeling I had
a lot of life left in me and on the last corner Jarrad was
only 20 metres ahead. I put more pressure on but it was to
no avail Jarrad sneaked over the line a few seconds ahead.
I was pretty happy with my paddle and
being just over 2 minutes behind the much fitter, younger,
muscle bound Peter Liddle I thought that wasn't so bad but
then I was told he took the wrong channel and had to turn
around so that ruined my day.
The slalom committee had nutritious
hamburgers ready and waiting at the finish. The park was absolutely
full with café clients, social paddlers and of course
all our cars. The place was abuzz.
As we were waiting for the presentations,
which didn't take long, 9 year old Byron Martin came up to
me and said, how did you go Terry, just like an adult would.
It was quite sweet. Byron came second in his class. I could
see he just loved paddling, just like his dad, and will be
a fierce competitor when he gets older, although I think he
is a fierce competitor now.
I sponsored a few gift vouchers and
several prizes which capped off a great social racing event.
For the paddlers that didn't turn up you missed a great show.
Thanks to the volunteers and organisers
for another successful event.
Results here: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=39084
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Ben Pope
Every year Ben Pope has competed in
the Australian National Championships, and this year he placed
1st in the Under 23s and 3rd overall. He also competed in
the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival where he was placed
3rd.
Ben has been selected to compete in
the Canoe/Kayak Slalom Under 23s World Championships in Foz,
Brazil. He will be leaving Perth on the 10th of April to travel
to Foz with the rest of the team where he will spend a week
and a half training before racing in the 2015 Under 23s World
Championships on the 22nd-26th of April.
Competing in a world championships has
been a lifelong dream of Ben's and this is my first chance
to do so. So if you would like to help his dream come true,
you can donate a small sum to:
http://makeachamp.com/benpope
Ben at a National
Championships
Race of the Week
International
Canoe Federation award two World Championships to new course
being built for Rio 2016
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By Duncan Mackay
The Whitewater Stadium in Deodoro being
built for Rio 2016 has been awarded two major events by the
International Canoe Federation ©Rio 2016The course being
built for next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has been
awarded two major events by the International Canoe Federation
(ICF) in an attempt to help ensure its legacy, it was announced
today.
The Whitewater Stadium, currently being
built in Deodoro, will host the 2017 ICF Canoe Freestyle World
Championships and the 2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships.
The decision, announced following the
ICF Board meeting in Marrakech, follows a visit from senior
officials to the construction site of the canoe slalom course,
after which they claimed it was "wonderful".
The canoe slalom course has proved to
be one of the most controversial of the Rio 2016 venues after
Brazilian officials at one point proposed not building it
and instead holding the events 700 miles away to an existing
course near the famous Iguaçu Falls.
Both the ICF and the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) opposed the idea, however, and it was eventually
dropped.
Construction is now almost completed
on the reservoir that will feed the 250 metres course for
next year's Olympics.
Fully modular, man-made obstacles will
be placed along the course to simulate the rocks found on
natural rapids.
An innovation of the Rio 2016 project
is the use of pre-casted slabs for the river bed.
The course design underwent innovate
model testing at Prague's Czech Technical University last
year and there are now 900 people working in two shifts on
its construction in Deodoro.
"The general views, landscape and
atmosphere of the venue will be absolutely wonderful,"
said Jean Michel Prono, the ICF's technical delegate who is
helping oversee the building of the course.
"Now we are focusing on more specific
aspects, such as channel construction, the obstacles - how
we create this artificial river in the middle of Rio.
"We must shape and tune this river
to have a flow of 12-13 cubic metres per second, with waves,
eddies and other features.
"It is an artificial river, but
it follows the principals of a natural river - and we must
play with this: directing, slowing and accelerating the water
along the course.
"We will have a very, very good
international standard competition course, and we will probably
save energy and operating costs, in comparison to London [the
2012 Olympics], as we learn from one experience to the next."
After the Games, the Whitewater Stadium
and the Olympic BMX Centre will form the X-Park.
The first major ICF event to be held
after Rio 2016, the Canoe Freestyle World Championships will
fit in perfectly with its target of attracting youngsters.
Canoe freestyle is a whitewater disicpline
where the paddler performs a range of acrobatic tricks and
manoeuvres on a river feature such as a wave or hole.
ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships,
meanwhile, is the sport's flagship event outside the Olympics
and have taken place every year in non-Summer Olympic years
since 2002.
This year's Championships are due to
be held in London at the Lee Valley White Water Centre, the
venue for London 2012.
The 2017 Championships, the year before
Rio de Janeiro stages it, are scheduled to be held in Pau,
France.
Races
2015 Canning
Classic
Paddle Race Sunday12th April
Shelley Sailing Club Watersby Crescent Shelley
Registration 8.15 – 9.15am
Race start 9.30am
Race Distance
Long course 12 km,
Short course 6 km
Guppy Course 3 km
Race & Times by class (sex, age,
boat)
All prizes allocated by participation
not result (i.e lucky draw)
Bacon and egg burgers and a sausage
sizzle for sale
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03-Apr-15 Friday Marathon Champs Canberra, Easter Weekend
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12-Apr-15 Sunday Canning Classic
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26 April - Pinjarra to Ravenswood - 16.5 km
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3rd May John Sims Race
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Paddle Challenge
17th May 2015
The Tri Series
Entries open
for the Paddle Challenge
Bay 2 Beach to 7th February
2015 (Gone)
Paddle Challenge will be 17th May 2015
Classic Paddle will be the 4th October
2015
With the tri series there
will be no presentations at the first two events (Bay 2 Beach
and Paddle Challenge) instead there will only be the tri series
presentations made at the Classic Paddle in October.
Points will be awarded for each event
but you will only gain points towards the final prizes (presented
at the Classic Paddle), if you do all three races of the series.
Paddle Classic entry
HOW MUCH?
$45 Adult Member, $30 Junior Member, $20 Guppy Member
No Prizes will be awarded
WHAT DO YOU GET?
A professionally timed race.
A susbstantial roll and bottle of water provided by Bayswater
Paddlesports Club
A great healthy day on the river, out with friends having
fun.
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24 May - Double Barkers
- 23.2 km
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21 June - Middle Swan
- 25.6 km