Enjoy the CDU Newsletter
Published: Fri, 01/22/16
493
22nd January 2016
Message Bank
With the WA Sprint Championships, the Mandurah a Duel and
the Lancellin downwind race being on the same weekend some
paddlers were wondering which one to compete in.
Although I didn't attend the Mandurah Duel I was told it
was well organised. Only weeks earlier the event was in doubt.
Unfortunately I couldn't find any good shots of the race.
A stand out though was young Luke Dooley who popped down from
Kalbarri with his mum and brother to have a week in Mandurah
and decided to enter the race. He was a fraction of a second
behind Tom who was the fastest paddler at our Saturday morning
race but beat all our Saturday morning paddlers including
Tom on the ocean at Mandurah and he was paddling a plastic
Spirit PRS.
The WA slalom paddlers will be coming off a high after the
great time they all had on the Tasmanian whitewater. They
can now look forward to next years championships with a lot
of WA flat water in between.
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Again we had good numbers at our Friday morning
DR training around the bouys. At the beginner level we have
seen some good improvement in skills because paddlers are
trying hard and not afraid to push themselves or get wet.
Practice is still the the key to perfection.
To improve paddlers must extend themselves,
learn to edge the kayak and shouldn't be afraid to get wet!
Hold on sis. C2 Coward siblings — with
Tim Coward and Tarryn Coward in the Tasmania whitewater
Flying high
Now the squad is back in Perth and on the
flatwater. Photo Jenny Vogels
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WA Sprint Championships
There was some tight racing at last weeks
WA sprint championships
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You don't have to be a top
competitor to be a real paddler
Try paddling, portaging
and dragging all your gear across a vast wilderness for weeks
on end
Check out our Across Canada Stage 4 story
go here: http://terrybolland.com/across-canada-expedition-stage-4-lakes-portages/
Alaine and Leonie having fun dragging the
Epic 18 up a rapid
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Doug Hodson in Cardiff, Wales
Freezing cold day [2deg C] but loads of people
having fun on a number of activities.
Training & Courses
Summer
Kayak DR Skills Sessions
Around the Bouys
(at 6.00am Claughton Reserve, Bayswater. No charge)
Just bring a suitable kayak
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Confidence is needed
is lean the kayak on it's edge for better turning
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Mustang Slimline
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(It's the one young 16
year old Luke Dooley beats everyone in)
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The Swan and
Canning Riverpark Boating Guide has now been updated
go here
http://www.transport.wa.gov.au/mediaFiles/marine/MAC_G_Boating_SwanCanningRiver.pdf
Stories
WA Dominate
Awards at 2015 Australian Schools Championships and 2016 Australian
Canoe Slalom Championships
Whitebrook State Team Trophy
won by WA with 31 points
Galloway, Linden, Woodward Junior State
Team Trophy won by WA with 39 points (Robin Jeffery, Brodie
Crawford and Nick Rankin in the C1 Teams event)
Illawarra Trophy (K1M) won by Ben Pope
Best Performing K1W (Junior) won by
Nina Mueller
Lawrence Family Trophy (C1W Junior)
won by Alexandria Choate
2015 Australian Schools Championships Results
Individual Senior Champion Girl Demelza
Wall (WA)
Individual Junior Champion Girl Alexandria Choate (WA)
Individual Senior Champion Boy Rohan Borojevic (Tas)
Individual Junior Champion Boy Brad McLaughlan (Vic)
Schools Trophy Ivanhoe Grammar School
(Vic)
Small Schools Trophy (less than 10 competitors) Churchlands
Senior High School (WA).
The young WA paddlers
having fun in Tasmania
Young Alfie Wall showing
Tim Coward how it's done
Demelza Wall loves to
be where the action is
Coach Zlatan Ibrahimbegovic
and our other coaches are a valuable asset to WA
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WA Sprint Championships
Olympian Jesse Phillips
showing style. Photo Lawrence Greed
Olympian Steve Bird in
action. Photo Lawrence Greed
The ladies semi final.
Photo Lawrence Greed
Dylan Spiby in C1. Photo
Lawrence Greed
Across Canada
stage 4
Most of our paddling
was against the current
As you can see Alaine,
like always, is sitting back and enjoying the ride up the
rapid
Just some of the spectacular
scenery along the way
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Sedated by software':
No one knows how to read maps anymore, experts say
The Royal Institute of
Navigation are concerned about the nation's cartographical
know-how and have suggested schools start teaching basic navigation
to address the issue.
They believe we're all too reliant on
technology, expecting smartphones and satellite navigation
systems to do the hard work for us and becoming "sedated
by software" in the process.
“It is concerning that children
are no longer routinely learning at home or school how to
do anything more than press ‘search’ buttons on
a device to get anywhere," Roger McKinlay, president
of the Royal Institute of Navigation said.
“Many cannot read a landscape,
an Ordnance Survey map, or find their way to a destination
with just a compass, let alone wonder at the amazing role
astronomy plays in establishing a precise location."
“Instead, generations are now growing
up utterly dependent on signals and software to find their
way around."
Race of the Week
2015/16 Marathon
Series Race Dates
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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IOP Downwind Races
30 January 2016
20 February 2016
12 March 2016
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WA Sea Kayak
Symposium
4th March 2016 to 8th March 2016, Albany
Registrations close 26th OF FEBRUARY 2016
2nd Hand Boats
Free Slalom
Kayak
Done a few miles
Free to anyone.
Doesn't even have to go to a good home
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Ocean Kayak
Prowler 13 fishing kayak ex demo. good condition $1090.00
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Saturday Morning Race Times