Enjoy the CDU Newsletter
Published: Fri, 02/12/16
495
12th February 2016
Message Bank
It was certainly a sad week last week with the tragic death
of Sue Quick still on our minds. Indian Ocean paddlers had
a Remembrance Paddle on Saturday afternoon and Ascot Kayak
Club had one on Wednesday night which had a huge turnout.
Sue enjoying life on the water
DR paddlers join the paddle
After a short paddle up -river and around
Ron Courtney Island the paddlers led by Liam, Simon, Adrian
in a K3 and Darryl in a K2 stop in a semi circle in front
of Ascot Kayak Club
There were a few minutes silence as paddlers
sat motionless, paddles raised, with only thoughts of Sue
going through their minds.
Family and friends were on shore. It was a
touching moment for us all.
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It's been a pretty busy week for me with moving
house and cleaning up the old one so paddling hasn't really
been my main focus this week. Although most of our furniture
and things are now at the new place, or stuffed in my garage,
including 32 kayaks I still have 60 boats and racks to move
over.
Then there is the task of finding a place for
everything and then get onto the gardens. But what a view
we have of the river from our 8 metre wide windows and an
even better from the balcony.
I will wave when you paddle by!
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Although we have slept in the new house for
8 days Thursday morning was the first opportunity to carry
my kayak out of the garage, walk 50 metres across to some
steps that lead down to the river and take off towards Ascot
Kayak Club 400 metres away. Passing under a cloud of white
cockatoos and a flotilla of 100 ducks I paddled along Ron
Courtney Island where the four Ospreys, two adults, two juniors
were sitting high in the tallest trees on the island, the
sun beaming on their breasts. Workmen opposite, probably oblivious
to the majestic birds being there, were working on the shoreline
next to AKC clubrooms. Council tree trimmers with extended
chain saws were thinning trees opposite the club and then
threading the limbs into a slicing chipper machine which really
ruined the silence of such a beautiful morning.
I was in no hurry to break a sweat so I leisurely
paddled upstream watching dog owners and dogs jumping in the
river after sticks or balls along Ashfield flats and turning
a kilometre later when I met Karen on her way back to the
club. After a pleasant chat on the way back I left Karen and
paddled dowstream towards Claughton Reserve. I soon focussed
on a jumping fish, and thinking it could have been a jumping
shark that people had been seeing lately I stopped and looked
on. Moments later a dolphin sliced out of the water. I turned
and started to follow it when another dolphin appeared, then
another. There were now 3 dolpins bobbing up and down next
to me and as I passed my home I just wondered if Jenny was
looking out of the window and could see the spectacle. She
didn't appear on the balcony so probably not.
One of the dolphins had white streaks on it's
side but I wasn't able to figure out what they were. They
spread and then came together again. One would shoot off sideways
like a torpedo with it's wake visible on the surface, most
likely after a fish. It would then join the group again. Another
would surface next to me and create a wave big enough to wobble
my K1. I followed them around the island when a guy in a banana
shape Molakia ski caught up. He said I wondered why you were
stopping so much. I left the dolphins and headed home and
let the guy chase them down to Sandy Beach.
Although I didn't break a sweat, it was my first
short but sweet paddle from my new home. There will be many
more to come.
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Buoys Race
Our first of three, evening races around the
buoys was raced at Point Reserve, Bassendean on Tuesday night.
It was a bit of a hot night although competitors enjoyed the
racing. Bruce was leading by 5 seconds on the first run but
Peter Liddle pulled out a fast one on his second run and beat
Bruce's first run by 3 seconds. Bruce lost his cap on his
first run but on sighting it on his second run he stopped
to pick it up so was 6 seconds slower. I had the third fastest
time.
In the Wavehopper division Peter G had the
fastest time with Micheal Liddle being 2 seconds behind on
his best run. Jason Gardner was third.
In the ladies DR Meya was number one and Jane Liddle was
first in the ladies wavehopper division. In the novice section
Ray and Ryan in Finn Kayaks did extremely well for their first
race. Fifi won the Ladies novice class. Fifi, Ray and Ryan
have improved enormously over the last 4 weeks.
Our next training session is Friday morning at 6.00am and
next weeks Tuesday night race is at Sandy Beach.
This mornings practise session. It was such
a beautiful morning. Take advantage of the coolness.
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How great is this.
Six of the 8 junior paddlers being selected
for the Junior World Slalom Championships are from WA.
Congratulations to the following athletes
who have been selected to the 2016 Junior Slalom Team following
their performance at the 2016 Slalom Australian Open:
C1 men – Tristan Carter (VIC), Lachlan Bassett (VIC)
& Timothy Coward (WA).
K1 men – Tristan Carter (VIC), Timothy Coward (WA) &
Louis Richardson (WA).
K1 women – Kira Wall (WA), Nina Mueller (WA) & Alexandria
Choate (WA).
C1 women – Billie Knell (WA), Alexandria Choate (WA)
& Kira Wall (WA).
The ICF Junior World Championships will be held in Krakow,
Poland from the 13 to 17 July.
Training & Courses
Saturday Morning
Training
Sandy Beach 7.15am
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Summer Kayak DR Skills Sessions
Around the Bouys
(at 6.00am Claughton Reserve, Bayswater. No charge)
Just bring a suitable kayak
We have two more Tuesday
races left and two more Friday morning training sessions left
this summer season. If you are a novice take advantage of
these last sessions.
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Please note:
The Second DR TUESDAY EVENING RACE
around the buoys
will be on Tuesday 9th Feb
at Sandy Beach Reserve, Bassendean, 5.45pm
The series has 3 races you can
join in with any of them
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Stories
Article by Australian
Canoeing
The national canoe slalom junior team
was announced on Sunday following the conclusion of the Australian
Open in Penrith.
Western Australian athletes have dominated
this year’s team selection with Ascot Kayak Club paddler
Nina Mueller set to make her maiden appearance after some
standout performances at the Australian Slalom Championships
and at the Australian Open.
Mueller produced some outstanding results
in Tasmania and although she may not have gotten the results
that she had hoped for in Penrith she is excited by the prospect
of racing on the junior team this year.
“The last few days have not been
great racing for me but I was super proud of my results in
Tassie and I think that has helped me get through the last
few days,” Mueller said.
“I am very excited. I do not have
to higher goals, I think my aim will just to be to put down
the best run that I can do and be as prepared as I can be.”
The 17-year-old K1 paddler enjoyed the
challenge of racing against so many world class athletes that
she admires but it is a local favourite that she draws the
most inspiration from.
“I got coached by Ros (Lawrence)
a few sessions before the race this week and she is definitely
a real inspiration for me,” Mueller said.
With more than half of this year’s
junior team made up of Western Australian athletes, Mueller
believes that their success lies in their flatwater training.
“We do not get big water like this
over there so I think that technically we are a really good
team and I think that is probably where we sit ahead,”
Mueller said.
Despite the program prospering from
training on predominantly flatter water, Mueller is excited
about a potential whitewater stadium being built in Perth.
“A course like this over in Perth
would help our team improve so much because we all have to
come over here before the race to get use to the real water
and I think if we had that at home we would be a lot different
and we would improve so much,” Mueller said.
The ICF Junior World Championships will
be held in Krakow, Poland from the 13 to 17 July.
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Luke Dooley
- back in October 15.
Well what a wonderful weekend
I had!. Thankyou very very much Alaine, Terry and Jenny. Also
to the Saturday Morning Crew and CWA. By Friday afternoon,
I'd only been in Perth for 24 hours from Kalbarri and I'd
already been out paddling 3 times. The 4km Saturday morning
race went very well for me. I won the single craft, beating
nearly 40 other paddlers. I also posted a new personal best
time for the race of 20:31, from 20:35. (Luke took part in
the race again on the 20th January and did a time of 20.09.)
It was huge fun and I felt like I paddled well, despite doing
a terrible turn around the first spit post, meaning that I
had to spend the rest of the race trying to regain the lead
which I did in the end.
Sunday's Classic Paddle
my best race ever and my most enjoyable. The day was blessed
with glorious sunshine and beautiful clear water which made
up for last year's stormy but exciting conditions. It was
a great turn out of 151 entrants and a welcome slight tail
wind. I caught up with many paddling friends in the long time
before the race which was wonderful. My race went almost perfectly.
Not only did I survive the start line, I actually got quite
a good start. Unlike last year, I started and was in the second
pack and keeping there. Soon after the start, much to my surprise.
I was right behind paddling star Nicholas Greed! I even overtook
him and didn't see him for the rest of the race. About 3kms
in, I found myself alongside Sam Pilton and Michael Liddle
which I got very excited about. After locking onto Sam's wash,
we soon passed Michael and were overtaking each other right
up to about 500m before the Point Walter portage when I found
another faster girl's wash and lost Sam. I hit one of the
many shallow rocks at the portage but I was very relieved
when I got back in to find that I hadn't broken Terry's underslung
rudder.
After the portage, I lost
the other girl and started reeling in Peter Liddle. A huge
boat went past, causing a wave like you'd find in the ocean.
I seemed to be the only one who had enough energy to take
full advantage of the wave, picking up my speed from 12kms/hr
to 15kms/hr for half a minute! This meant that I was right
behind Peter and I even overtook arguably the fastest white
water paddle in the series! This raised my spirits even more
and I continued on my rampage and finished in a time of 1
hour, 4 minutes and 36.2 seconds, over 6 minutes quicker than
last year! I also finished 2 minutes in front of Nicholas
Greed who beat me by one minuted in a similar length race
in May. I ended up 32nd out of 151 which I was very pleased
about. I also beat many great paddlers who I wouldn't have
even dreamed of beating last May.
I also won a spot prize which was a Water Wanderers voucher,
an underslung rudder flag and a bottle of wine (which went
to a very pleased Jenny). The race went very well for everyone
and was a credit to the organisers CWA who did an outstanding
job. Other than that, I spent the rest of the time helping
out around Terry's shop, walking their greyhound, Nikki and
being treated to delicious meals and lovely hospitality from
Jenny and Terry.
Alaine, Luke and Jarrad
at the end of the Classic Paddle. (Luke paddle an Epic V10L)
Thank you to everyone for
making this one of the best weekends ever and being so helpful
and generous. Also thank you to Mum and Dad, for organising
for me to go and Granny and Pa for remembering to pick me
up from the bus station. Might have some more photos soon
if Terry emails me his as my camera went flat, as did my iPod."
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Hi Terry, (Matt Smith)
Well it took me a while to get to this,
but here's a write up of Luke's padding adventures down at
Mandurah, and some snapshots attached. All photos by Jane
Dooley.
Sat 16th Jan
Cousin Ray called to say Luke was at CDU's Saturday morning
session, and encouraged him to consider paddling the Mandurah
Duel the next day at short notice. There was no problem accommodating
a late 'country' entry, so Luke was registered and good to
go. Luke brought his K1 and PRS down, so the PRS was the boat
of choice for The Duel.
Sun 17th The Duel
Luke lined up for his first Downwind Race. A few wondered
if he would trail a lure as he was wearing his best fishing/paddling
shirt. He taped his trailing rudder up, put the underslung
rudder on, and proceeded to belt out a very respectable Cut
Run, showing up a few regulars, some who didn't realise he
was also on a plastic!
Luke in his plastic PRS
mixing it with the best
Luke taped up his trailing
rudder, put on his underslung rudder and he was away with
the big boys
The MOC crew then heard the Dooleys
were staying in the area for the week. We couldn't leave it
at just one Cut Run. Mark offered to take him for a blast
in the back of one of the club doubles.
Luke runs into the finish
line beating all the paddlers from our Saturday morning group.
On the Saturday morning he was only half a second behind our
fastest paddler Thomas so he is getting better everytime he
comes to Perth
Wed 20th Cut Run Double
The wind dropped a bit by Wednesday, but it was still in the
right direction. It didn't take Luke long to get in time,
and the double was flying. By the time the singles finished,
they were washing down at the Club. Luke was smiling as always,
and Mark complimenting him on his paddle. Thanks to Jane for
doing the shuffle, with the trailer!
Luke mentioned he was going to do Pinjarra
to Ravenswood the next day, I offered to join him for company,
not knowing what I was in for.
Thu 19th Pinjarra to Ravenswood
I dusted off my K1, and Jane picked up me at Ravo on the way
though, to Pinjarra. Soon we were in the water, and with an
informal start, Luke lifted to 14kph and looked like holding
it. I puffed out to him, I won't be holding that for 16 kms,
I'll either see you at the end, or turn at the pipe bridge
half way and double back. He then took it easy on me, backed
off and we did the rest at about 11.5kph. An easy cruise for
him, but a workout for me. Luke seemed to have a great time,
I guess I did too?
Murray River
The wind was looking better for Friday,
so we thought another Cut Run was in order.
Fri 20th Cut Run Composite
MOC mate Colin offered his carbon/Kevlar Think Evo II to Luke
for a Cut Run, thanks Col. A nice step up from the PRS, though
he could handle more.
I thought it would be friendly give
him about 1 min head start downwind. I set off to hunt him
down, problem being, it didn't look like I was catching him.
After some decent effort, I finally caught up. I yelled out,
no more head starts for you! That egged him on, he got a good
set, and was in front again. I managed to reel him in by the
reef, but it wasn't easy.
He had a great run, paddling like a
natural on maybe his third or fourth downwind. Look out if
he starts training that discipline too.
Luke is a very good young paddler from
a very kind and supportive family. He trains hard, listens
to his coaches, and focuses on improvement. He is improving
very quickly. I'll only see him ahead of me now, and if he
is behind you, look out, because he won't be there long.
It was great to have Jane and James
with us, and support Luke for a few paddles. It was even better
to see Luke leave, as I was knackered by the end of his visit,
and needed a break!
All the best,
Mat
Social
Paddle of the Week
With 36 C forecast the beach was the obvious place to be, so
taking notice of the BOM we headed to our favourite paddling
spot at Penguin Island. I know there are some paddlers who couldn't
make it today, for various reasons, but I do really feel sorry
that you couldn't be there. The pictures tell the storey...flat,
calm water, cooling NE breeze, absolutely crystal clear water
(I think it's been through a filter). We launched at the 'rock
house' and paddled to the north, marvelling at the conditions.
Over the reefs, round the small rocks, and on to Bird Island.
This was a first for Pauline so we had a good look, right into
the cave. Then it was on to Pt Peron. Once through the rock
entrance we emerged into the bay, absolutely flat calm. It's
not often you see it this flat. There we stopped for a bit of
a yak and a look around, and to munch on Pauline's homemade
biscuits, mmm, thanks Pauline.
Pauline in her Barracuda
Interface
Then we tracked south and on to Seal Island where we were
entertained by a young sea lion swimming with a man. I managed
to get some short videos but not any pictures. From there
we travelled south around Penguin Island. As we were heading
north back to our start point the sea breeze came in. What
perfect timing...giving us a nice push along. By the time
we had beached it had become quite a breeze, excellent. Then
a quick swim, washing and loading of boats, and off home looking
forward to next week.
Paddling today was John, Dave, Georgie, Ray W, Ray C, Graham
P, Pauline, Rod and Graeme G.
Distance travelled was 10.75 km. A magic day.
Cheers,
Graeme Gurney
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Sandy - Not
far from West Papua
West Papua or Western New Guinea is
part of Indonesia consisting of the western half of the island
of New Guinea and smaller islands to its west. The region
is administered as two provinces: Papua and West Papua. The
eastern half of New Guinea is the country of Papua New Guinea.
The population of approximately 3.6 million comprises ethnic
Papuans, Melanesians, and Austronesians. The region is predominantly
dense forest where numerous traditional tribes live such as
the Dani of the Baliem Valley, although the majority of the
population live in or near coastal areas. The largest city
in the region is Jayapura. The official and most commonly
spoken language is Indonesian. Estimates of the number of
tribal languages in the region range from 200 to over 700,
with the most widely spoken including Dani, Yali, Ekari and
Biak. The predominant religion is Christianity (often combined
with traditional beliefs) followed by Islam. The main industries
include agriculture, fishing, oil production, and mining.
Human habitation is estimated to have
begun between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago. The Netherlands
claimed the region and commenced missionary work in the nineteenth
century. The region was annexed by Indonesia in the 1960s.
Following the 1998 commencement of reforms across Indonesia,
Papua and other Indonesian provinces received greater regional
autonomy. In 2001, "Special Autonomy" status was
granted to Papua province, although to date, implementation
has been partial and often criticised. The region was administered
as a single province until 2003, when it was split into the
provinces of Papua and West Papua. (wikipedia)
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
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
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