Enjoy the CDU Newsletter
Published: Wed, 10/14/15
Issue
480
14th October 2015
Message Bank
I have been looking after 15 year old Luke Dooley from Kalbarri
for 4 days over the weekend. He came down to take part in
the Classic Paddle Race. Luke is the only person that paddles
competitively in Kalbarri so he loves coming to Perth to compete.
Last year Luke used a V10L but this year he wanted to try
the V14 though he'd never paddled one before. So leading up
to the race, Luke took the opportunity of paddling the V14
at any opportunity which was actually 6 times including the
race. At our Saturday morning 4km race he was the first single
craft over the line in a time of 20.31 but his biggest achievement
was his result in the Classic Paddle on Sunday. He was 4 seconds
slower than Darryl Long. He was only 31 second slower than
our Olympian Alana Nichols. He was 35 seconds slower than
the young gun Matthew Greed. This is a 15 year old from the
bush who trains with no-one, and is given snippets of information
about training and technique from paddlers who come in contact
with him two or three times a year.
Luke is a young man with manners, who can talk to adults like
he is a grown up, who has the drive, the dedication, the willpower
to want to paddle even when there is no-one else around to
share his passion.
Luke paddled extremely well in the Classic Paddle
but unfortunately there wasn't a real junior category. There
was an under 23 year old class, but when you get that old
you are really an adult, so paddlers like 15 year old Matthew
Greed who was the 15th fastest single craft over the line
and 15 year old Luke who was the 21st fastest single were
competing against much older paddlers. Hopefully they will
have an under 16 category or at least an under 18 category
next year so to encourage these young paddlers to compete
and be recognised for their amazing abilities.
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After years and years of sponsoring canoeing events and giving
thousands and thousands of dollars away I can't help but feel
disappointed that Canoe WA decided to add an Internet Paddle
Sales Company to their Paddle Classic sponsors list. The sales
that they make on-line go directly to a European company rather
than supporting our local retailers who have given so much
to WA paddling over a long period of time. Some may say I
should catch up with the times, I'm old fashioned, that's
the way business is going, but what happened to loyalty to
the sponsors that have given so much.
Local canoe shops really do need all the help they can get
to survive at the moment. Every time a local paddler purchases
an item on the internet that can be bought in WA puts another
nail in the coffin of WA canoe shops. Buying on-line will
make that happen. So is that what WA paddlers want? And what
happens when one of these paddles bought on-line break and
need repairing? Who are you going to call?
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IOP 2015/16 Downwind Summer
Series
Saturday 31st October 2015
Sponsored by Canoeing Down
Under
Just getting out to start the race can be a challenge
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Ocean Racing World Champs in
Tahiti
Australia's Cory Hill was the overall winner
with Epic's Clint Robinson only 29 seconds behind and Epic's
Jasper Mocke 1.01 off first place.
How does 40+ years Clint manage to keep up
with the young guns?
See more Australian results below.
Saturday Morning Fitness
Training
7.30am start on the dot
Sandy Beach Reserve, West Road, Bassendean
PFD must be worn
$5.00 for paddlers who have bought
a boat from CDU
$10.00 for other paddlers
Don't forget your PFD
Fun, fitness and a great group of people.
Trainer Steve Pilton
Last week's race times at the end
of newsletter
37 paddlers took part in last Saturday
morning training
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Monday Night Training Group
- Change of Venue
Next Monday
The Monday night training group that
meet at Garrett Rd Bridge in winter is moving to the summer location of
Claughton Reserve, Katanning St, Bayswater on Monday 19th October.
Training commences on the water at 5.45pm anyone welcome to join in for
some group fitness training , no cost but hard work guaranteed.
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Stories
Island to
Island 2015
It's always interesting
to know how much fitness I have lost over the Avon Descent
post rest-the-body, stay-in-bed, can't-be-bother-to-train
6 week period. I do know my times on a Saturday morning have
been down about a minute over the 4 kilometres and everyone
else is getting faster so it would be interesting how I would
go today.
Jarrad is also down in
his times so he will be interested to see how he goes as well.
My competition last year was Vince Linardi, Jeff Stone, Dave
Tupling and Simon Walker. Jeff wasn't there this year but
Vince, Dave, Simon and John VanMannan was. John had been paddling
very well last season so I didn't think I would stand a chance
against him.
Michael Liddle hoping to beat his dad
Peter
So the time came to paddle
to the start line. It's funny as I never get nervous when
I race but when I was watching Fremantle play footy a couple
of weeks ago my heart was fluttering and I don't even follow
footy!
The first, second and double
division took off at two minute intervals, then it was my
turn. There were 18 paddlers in the third division, not quite
as crowded as Saturday morning but it's nice to have a bit
of space. I decided to paddle the Epic V14 the same as last
year as I needed all the help I could get.
The start of divison
1 grid. Photo Lawrence Greed
The start of divison 2 grid. Photo Lawrence Greed
We took off with young
Zac taking the lead with Michael Liddle chasing and Chris
Watson and Rob Jarrett not far behind. As we rounded the island
I was up with Vince, Simon O'Sullivan, Rob Riggir and Dave
Tupling and several others. I had thoughts of just hanging
on to them but the power went to my head and I attempted to
pass. To my delight I surged away from Vince to catch up with
Simon. Then I saw that Jarrod, Malcolm Henning and Ian Oxwell
were in a bunch 50 metres ahead with Mark Sedgewick and Ray
Smith well ahead of them. To think that last year I was as
fast as Mark now he was miles away and he was in an Epic V10
Sport.
The start of Terry Bolland
(grid 3) Photo Lawrence Greed
I couldn't even think about catching
Mark but with Jarrod only 50 or more metres away was it possible
to catch up! I had the option of staying with the pack or
killing myself to catch Jarrod in the hope of wash riding
him when I got there. I thought what the hell I'll go for
Jarrod so I picked up the pace and left Simon behind and in
doing so left several other paddlers as well.
The start of the guppies. Photo Lawrence
Greed
It was a big ask to make up so much
ground especially because I knew he was a faster paddler than
I was but where there is no pain there is no gain. It seemed
that Baillee who was 10 metres to my right had a similar idea
as she gave chase as well. Within a kilometre we had just
about caught up with the pack of Jarrod, Malcolm and Ian.
Getting over the last couple of washes though was tough but
I did it. I even managed to get beside Jarrod for a short
time and I think I got him worried that I just might pass
him. When we entered the shallow water he had nothing to worry
about as it had me struggling. Baillee and Jarrod were lightweights
so they seemed to skim across the shallows. I bogged down
and worked my butt off but at least I kept on Jarrod's tail,
although it was taking a lot out of me.
Matthew Dean, Simon Roll
and James . Photo Lawrence Greed
I was still in contact as we moved around
the two marker posts going into Ascot Waters. I'm sure last
year we just went around the one red one. Baillee and Malcolm
were still leading into Ascot Waters with Jarrod and Ian chasing
them and me chasing all four. I didn't enjoy the shallows
but I was proud that I had the strength to keep up with them.
When we had passed under the low footbridge Jarrod suddenly
took off leaving me with the impossible task of trying to
get back on his wash. The shallows is not a good place to
lose someone's wash as it's hard to climb the bigger wave
that is created by the boat in front. And I thought Jarrod
was my friend and would wait, seems not!
Matthew Greed (centre)
Photo Lawrence Greed
So now I had lost touch with the other
four paddlers who seemed to be skimming across the shallow
water like angels with water wings. I knew I had several hundred
metres on the pack behind me but they would be hunger to run
me down. I was now a straggler who had lost the advantages
of being in a pack and to see me alone would have given them
a boost, I was now their prey. Vince was in the pack behind
and last year we were in the same pack but he beat me over
the line by a few seconds. John Van Mannan was also in the
pack behind and last season he was paddling extremely well
and there was no way that I could beat him last season even
being 4 years younger so he would be spitting chips because
I was in front. Then there was Simon O'Sullivan, and Dave
Tupling, although they didn't beat me last year they would
be looking for revenge.
Simon Roll pipping Matthew
Dean over the line. Photo Lawrence Greed
I felt very vulnerable
when I paddled under Garrett Road Bridge alone. The others
were slipping away and I was concerned I couldn't keep up
enough speed to keep the vultures behind at bay. I was now
the weak one that the pack was wanting to overpower. I tried
desperately to keep up the pace. I knew I had quite a lead
but I also knew that seeing me alone their spirits would have
been lifted. I wanted to turn around to see how far they were
behind but if I did I just might get shaky and fall off the
Epic V14 so I kept paddling hard.
About 500 metres before the Tonkin Highway Bridge I saw Sue
Quick way over on the left side of the river coming up from
behind. She was probably taking advantage of the calmer conditions
and less tidal current on that side. I had this feeling that
she would pass me so I crept over to the left to intercept
her. She caught me just before the bridge so I jumped on her
wash but after the bridge she kept to the left side of the
river whilst everyone else was cutting the corner. The route
she was taking seemed a longer way round but being the partner
of Darryl Long I thought she might have had a secret inside
knowledge of how the water reacts around here so I followed.
Baillie Liddled trying
to pip Malcolm Henny over the line. Malcolm was too aggressive.
Photo Lawrence Greed
.
By the time I got within 50 metres of the finish line there
was no threat from the pack behind and my chance of beating
Sue was in my grasp if I could get over her wash and beat
her to the finish line. I tried with all my power but the
crowd was shouting Sue's name which inspired her enough to
narrowly beat me over the line. I was happy though because
I had beaten Vince and John and I was only 6 seconds slower
than last year and we went around two posts rather than one.
And I get beaten so many times by women now I getting so used
to it.
One year older but the same time, that's enough to make me
happy.
Terry Bolland trying
to pip Sue Quick over the line. Unfortunately Sue was too
quick. Photo Lawrence Greed.
The old guys, Vince Lanardi
piping John Van Maanen on the line. PS. I beat them! Photo
Lawrence Greed.
Results here: http://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=53792
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Ocean Racing
World Champs in Tahiti
Australia
gets Gold and Silver at the World Championships
The Ocean Racing World
Champs in Tahiti were a raging success, raced on a day when
the wind was pumping in just the right direction and the field
of competitors was star studded with many of the best surfski
paddlers in the world. The Tahitians got right into the action
with pulsating drumming performances and the Tahitian girls
doing their celebrated hip gyrating dancing for all the winners.
Against fierce competition
the Mens Open was won by Cory Hill from Queensland followed
by Clint Robinson, also based in Queensland. The first South
African to come in of all their great paddlers was Jasper
Mocke. The Under 23s also did us proud. MacKenzie Hynard won
and took the crown away from Kenny Rice from South Africa
(second) and our Joey Hall came in third. Both MacKenzie and
Joey are from New South Wales. Kenny Rice won the event in
Portugal in 2013.
In the Under 23 girls Georgia
Laird cam in a very creditable 2nd against the South African
winner. The following are how all our paddlers placed. Thanks
to Julie Jenkinson for putting this list together.
OPEN MEN
1st Cory Hill (Qld)
2nd Clint Robinson (Qld)
5th Michael Booth (Qld)
8th Mackenzie Hynard (NSW)
9th Murray Stewart (NSW)
OPEN WOMEN - 5th
Georgia Laird (Tas) - 8th Wendy Reyntjes (Vic) - 10th Jamie
Brinkworth (NSW)
U23 Women - 2nd Georgia Laird
(Tas) - 3rd Jamie Brinkworth (NSW)
40-44yrs Women - 1st Wendy Reyntjes
(VIC)
45-49yrs Women - 2nd Tricia Gilbert
(WA)
50-54yrs Women -1st Julie Jenkinson
(WA)
U23 MEN -1st Mackenzie Hynard
(NSW) 3rd Joey Hall (NSW)
U18 MEN - 3rd Fergus Morgan (WA)
40-44yrs Men - 1st Clint Robinson
(Qld)
50-54yrs MEN - 1st Mike Mills-Thom
(NSW)
55-59yrs Men - 1st Rob Jenkinson
(WA)
60-64yrs Men - 1st Murray Latham
(WA)
65yrs+ Men - 1st Neil Carlyle
(NSW) 2nd Timothy Hookins (NSW)
Canning Stock
Route 1600km Walk
As part of my 1990 Around
Australia 24,000km walk, run, cycle and kayak the Canning
Stock Route was one part of the journey. I had just paddled
800kms from Augusta to Geraldton and cycled 750kms from Geraldton
to Wiluna but the Canning Stock Route walk was probably going
to be a lot more difficult than those two legs because I was
getting over a leg/knee injury.
The other sections of the
journey that were going to make up the 24,000kms were: Cycling
the Tanami Track by mountain bike,Walking across theSimpson
Desert, Cycling from Birdsville to Cooktown, Paddling from
Cooktown to Cape York, Cycling from Cape York to Wilson Promontary,
Walking 900kms from Wilson’s Promontory through the Victorian
& NSW mountains to Mt Kosciusko, Paddling the Murray River,
Backpacking Overland and Western Arthur Tracks in Tasmania,
Cycling around Tasmaina, Cycling across the Nullarbor Plain
from Melbourne to Perth via Esperance and Albany.
This is a part day of the
1600km Canning Stock Route walk
The Canning Stock Route is one of the
last remote challenges
July 24th. Near Well 29.
Giant clouds racing across the sky created
a beautiful but short sunrise. I started walking at 7.20am
heading towards Thring Rock on a gravely surface. My mood
in the morning was happy and I enjoyed every step as I closed
in on Thring Rock. I knew I wouldn't be disturbed for an hour
or two, not until the guys broke camp. Below the 318 metre
hill I found a small lava-hardened rock in the shape of a
small human foot print with raised lava lumps indicating toes.
I treasured it and started polishing it on my shorts. I thought
it would be a great present for Jenny, something truly from
the bush.
When the guys caught up, John walked
with me for 20 kms. After lunch I walked on alone. Reaching
the top of a sand ridge I paused. Below me was a new valley
very different from the area I had just walked through. Termite
hills rose from the valley like millions of small cathedrals.
I descended into the new world, walking parallel to the sand
ridges. Small trees, grevilleas, slender white gums and yellow
bushes like prickly mosses closed in around me. The soil colour
changed from a red, to a discoloured pink and then a dull
white, which was most certainly the soil colour of a limestone
ridge. The country on my left stretched for miles without
interruption of a sand ridge. I walked on, the country changing
frequently. Birds were singing as I approached stands of huge
bloodwood trees. I felt excited as the noise and flight of
the birds around me increased dramatically. This wasn't a
desert, it was like walking into an oasis, a new world never
discovered.
Honey-eaters scurried from tree to tree,
while hawks glided in the skies above the giant bloodwood
trees. What was going on, why the big change in landscape?
The ground around me was covered with spinifex stands so high
they looked like flocks of woolly sheep. They were fascinating
to look at and a great place for small animals to take refuge.
I became happier and longed for this incredible and beautiful
experience to continue. I'm sure the experience could never
be so dramatic or rewarding experiencing it from a vehicle.
Being on foot was certainly the best way to see and feel this
area.
As I moved through the bloodwood trees
closer to Well 30 (Dunda Jinda) I plodded through an area
of fine bulldust. My shoes became smothered with fine powder
but at the Well, where I caught up with the guys I was able
to change my socks. The Well, not much bigger than a small
depression, was dry, which was a disappointment after such
a big build up.
At 2.30pm I jumped in the vehicle and
we drove out to Mujingerra Cave some 4 kms away. We motored
over three small sand ridges and then through a patch of high
slender trees, much higher than our vehicle. The trees were
thick, leaving little daylight between them. They brushed
along the vehicle as we followed the thin gap of the track.
Eventually we came out into a clearing and soon found the
Mujingerra cave. It had a string ladder to enable us to descend
the rock wall. The entrance was quite a squeeze and we had
to crawl on our bellies for about 10 metres before reaching
a small pool of water. A bigger pool was a little further,
on the right near the end. It was very warm inside and the
still water reflected the rocky walls beautifully. This looked
like the end of the cave but apparently if you wade in the
water and dive under the ledge at the end of the pool there
is a 50 metre by 3 metre tunnel with water about armpit deep
and with a roof 2 metres higher. We explored no further than
the pool.
We returned to Well 30 and I started
my walk again at 3.30pm. Further north the vegetation changed
rapidly and it wasn't long before I was leaving the bloodwood
forest and the flurry of birds. As the bird noise faded, the
bushes became smaller and jagged limestone rock dominated
the track. It was so sad leaving the hustle and bustle of
the bloodwood forest area and entering the real desert country
again. I suddenly felt a little tearful.
For a more in-depth account of the Canning
Stock Route Walk go here:
http://terrybolland.com/canning-stock-route-walk/
To see who has walk, cycled or gone
by motor bike go here:
http://canningwalker.com/the-canning-stock-route/recent-adventure-history-1968-today
Race of the Week
IOP 2015/16
Downwind Summer Series
Saturday 31st October
2015
Sponsored by
Canoeing Down Under
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AKC Pairs Enduro
1st November
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Blackwood Marathon
31st October
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The Epic Kayaks
Doctor
28th November 2015
The Epic Kayaks Doctor in Perth, WA is Australia's most exciting
ocean paddling event from Rottnest Island to Sorrento Beach
covering 27kms (or vice versa depending on wind conditions).
This year The Epic Kayaks Doctor will
also feature as the Australian Canoeing Ocean Racing Ski National
Championships for 2015. Please see information below.
The event is scheduled to race on Saturday
28th November 2015 starting at Rottnest Island and finishing
at Sorrento Beach. This will be reversed if strong off-shore
conditions prevail. In the advent of dangerous conditions
on Saturday the event will move to Sunday 29th November.
Craft is loaded the day
prior to the event on a barge and transported over to Rottnest
Island on race day. On the morning of the event competitors
catch the ferry over to Rottnest Island which takes about
40mins. On arrival they unload their craft and prepare for
the race. There are cafes on Rottnest Island to relax before
the long paddle back to Sorrento Beach. The race start time
will depend on weather conditions and shipping movements.
The race is 27km starting from Rottnest Island and finishing
at Sorrento Beach SLSC where competitors will enjoy the very
best ocean paddling conditions.
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2015/16 Marathon
Series Race Dates
15th November - Moore River
13th December - Claisebrook Race
28th December - Champion Lakes
14th Febuary - Canning River Race
12/13 March - State Champs
25/26/27 - National Champs QLD
24th April - Pinjarra-Ravenswood
29th May - Double Barkers
5th June - Perth Paddle 50
19th June - Middle Swan Race
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Saturday Morning
4km Race Times
This week the fastest
single was 15 year old Luke Dooley 20.31 in an Epic V14.
Fastest Double was Chris
Watson and Rob Jarrett in a time of 19.07.
Fastest time in a plastic
was Brett McDonald in a Epic V7 with a time of 20.08.