Enjoy the CDU Newsletter
Published: Fri, 12/18/15
Issue
489
18th December 2015
Message Bank
We Will Be Closed On...
Christmas Day, Boxing Day, Sunday the 27th
and Monday the 28th.
We have one more Saturday morning training session before
Christmas Day. We won't be paddling Boxing Day but we will
be at Sandy Beach the following Saturday January 2nd and every
Saturday after that.
We had a great turnout for our Christmas breakfast training
session. Most paddlers brought down their skis. 22 of the
32 paddlers who came down were paddling Epic Skis. It was
fantastic to see.
This was our 13th year that we have been running this particular
training/fitness session at Sandy Beach with hundreds of participants
taking part over the years. There is always a friendly relaxed
atmosphere and tight racing.
Thanks to Alaine, Angela Trivett and Steve for getting the
breakfast ready and for Alaine doing the timing all year and
for Steve doing the training.
Last weeks race gift vouchers were won by - 1st male $50.00
gift voucher went to T2 (Terry Brook) - 1st female $50.00
gift voucher went to Baillee Liddle and the Spot prize $50.00
gift voucher was won by Jane Liddle.
22 of the 32 paddlers were on Epic Skis last
Saturday. Why not get yourself an Epic Christmas present
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Race Date Change
Please note: The date has been changed for
the 10km Marathon Championships at Champion Lakes.
It's now on the 10th January 2016.
IOP Downwind
Races
Xmas Paddle 19 December
2015
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Are you Interested In DR
Flat Water Training Around Buoys
The DR training around the buoys will be starting again in
the New Year on a Friday morning at 6.00am, that if we have
any interest. The training is suited to DR kayaks, wavehoppers
or boats without rudders. Let me know if you are interested.
It takes skill to paddle kayaks without rudders
around obstacles. Paul makes it look easy.
After the Claisebrook Classic they had a few
sprint racing events in the cove
Getting ready for their turn in the sprints
Training & Courses
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
They're off.
The DR training around the
buoys will be starting again in the New Year on a Friday morning
at 6.00am if we have any interest. The training is suited to DR
kayaks, wavehoppers or boats without rudders. Let me know if you
are interested.
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Stories
Claisebrook
Classic
Was it a gamble to paddle with Jarrad
Eaves in the Claisebrook Race? He had never been in a double
before and only been paddling for a year or so. So how would
we get on? On the plus side we were nearly evenly matched
in speed, well he was faster but I had the good looks. Our
main differences though were that our stroke rate was so different.
Jarrad had a slow stroke rate and I had a fast stroke rate.
With Alaine not being available, Jarrad
was happy to take her place. So with him eager to give it
a go we planned a 30 minute practice on Saturday afternoon
to see how we would go. As we expected our rating was a little
different, so it meant that I had to slow my rating and Jarrad
had to quicken his. We certainly weren't as smooth as Alaine
and I but we were quicker especially when we were in time
with each other. I probably should have let Jarrad be the
captain at the front so I could keep in time with his slower
stroke rate but it was hard to give up the front seat when
I have always been the captain.
We arrived early to get a parking spot.
It was a warm morning, sunny with a little wind. I was surprised
to look across the river to see the new stadium being so far
advanced. They are also building a footbridge close by which
will go across to it but it has upset many of the nearby residents
as their peace of heaven will get invaded by thousands of
football fans. (Details of the footbridge further down.)
Peter Liddle and Martin
Watson looking pleased with themselves after the briefing
and before the race
Paddlers were calm as they
queued for registration, listened to the briefing and then
paddled to the start of the race. There were no real big guns
from the WAIS group there this year which was a little disappointing,
but it's good that we can still russell up over a hundred
paddlers without them.
Moving into the cove
with the city skyscrapers in the background
It was the K4 and K3 Championships
and this year several juniors had joined forces to paddle
K4 and some looked really good and that was before they started.
I reckon they should have a race that is solely for K4s and
K3s as it depletes the quality field in the singles of this
race and it would give other paddlers an opportunity to race
in a K3 or K4. That's if there were enough boats available.
Eyes forward guys. Photo
Peter Ashby
Grid 4 lining up. Photo
Peter Ashby
The 4th grid went off first,
then the third grid and then the second grid which we were
on. We took off. We had a high rating as we sprinted away
and because I was in the front of the ski I wondered if we
were in time. Even if we weren't it didn't seem to matter
as we were going quite well, although T2 and young Matthew
Greed sprinted ahead leaving us behind. Ric Yates, Peter Kioutis,
Warren Southwell and a couple of other paddlers were beside
us.
Grid 4 off. Photo Peter
Ashby
Grid 3. Photo Peter Ashby
Grid 3 off. Young Zac
Ashby leading the group. Photo Peter Ashby
Grid 2. Photo Peter Ashby
Grid 2. Photo Beck Florisson
K4s and K3s. Photo Beck
Florisson
Having the slowest grid go off first
meant that the first paddler reaching the bridge pylons who
hadn't paddled the race before went around the wrong set of
bridge pylons, but it didn't really matter as everyone followed
his path. T2, Matthew, Peter and most of our grid followed
as well and as long as everyone followed the same path it
would be a fair race for everyone. Two paddlers however decided
to take the route we usually took but it did mean that they
crossed our path and Peter K nearly ran into one of them.
Although they took the different route they did go around
two sets of bridge pylons as well and they didn't seem to
gain any advantage.
We turned and headed along the long
stretch of water towards Heirisson Island. By now T2 and Matthew
were streets ahead. Jarrad and I were trying to get into a
good rhythm on this long stretch but a few power boats passing
ruffled the water with rolling waves. Although I had slowed
my stroke rate to a pace I felt too slow, Jarrad still found
it hard to keep in time. I realised we weren't in time when
Peter K who was paddling beside us was giving Jarrad a bit
of advice.
By the time we reached Heirisson Island
we had caught up with several paddlers from the first two
grids. As we crossed over a shallow part of river after the
Causeway Bridge a couple of divers in a dingy were about to
enter the water. Rounding the top of the island Ric was still
a little ahead and it was here that the river was now ruffled
with jet skis and power boats flying by. I just felt for all
the paddlers in tippy K1s especially the ones that haven't
paddled in rough water before. To capsize on this course can
mean a long swim.
Ross Burdett was on the end of the island
taking numbers as we passed. It wasn't a good day for him
as his car window was smashed and things stolen while he was
being a race volunteer.
It was good to be headed back to the
cove for our second run but a few hundred metres before heading
into the cove entrance our rudder skimmed the river bottom
as we crossed the shallows. We were hoping it wasn't going
to shallow any further or we may have to get off and walk
and fortunately, it didn't. We caught up with Bonnie in her
K1 and she was having to brace as a set of waves came through.
She was pretty brave to be paddling such an unstable craft.
T2, Mark Sedgwick, Ray
Smith and Matthew Greed. Photo Beck Florisson
We entered the cove just
behind Ric Yates, paddled under the footbridge and towards
the buoys. I went a little wider than Rick approaching the
buoys and we did a tighter turn and overtook him. That was
very pleasing as we never saw him again and beat him by a
minute. We were soon out of the cove and racing towards the
bridge for the last time. Once around the bridge pylons I
could see T2 and Matthew closer to us than when we rounded
it on our first lap, although they were still a long way off
and we had some paddling to do. Darryl, Sue and Peter in a
K3 passed us. I looked at their rating and they were rating
a lot faster than I was. With Jarrad finding it hard to keep
up with my rating I didn't want to increase it any further,
but it was tempting as was wanting to catch up with T2 so
I started putting the pressure on.
Turning around the buoys
for the second lap. Photo Peter Ashby
The winning K4. Photo
Lawrence Greed
Lee Davey K1 winner.
Photo Peter Ashby
We started gaining on T2 which was very
satisfying. So did Darryl and crew but they were taking a
wide line towards the island. They must have been working
with the tide or deeper water or something to go that wide!
Seeing T2 getting closer urged me to paddle harder. I was
hoping Jarrad was stepping it up as well, which he must have
been as we were even closer when we reached the north end
of the island.
Just before the top/south end of the
island a K3 started passing, we kept up with it for a few
metres and then it was gone. We were within metres of T2 but
he managed to wash ride the K3 and we lost him again. The
choppier, rougher water on the city side of the island though
did us a favour as T2 fell off their wash and we had a chance
to catch up again which we did about 300 metres north of the
Causeway Bridge. We were in 3rd place in div 2 and if we could
pass T2 and Matthew we could win our category so that boosted
our enthusiasm.
The K3 skirted close to the bank but
T2 fearing it was too shallow over on that side took a more
central route in deeper water. I thought about cutting across
the shallows but it was safer to keep on T2s wash and try
to pass him in deeper water. Then a set of waves from a distant
passing boat spoiled the party and bounced us all around resulting
in T2 getting away from us yet again. Even young Mathew was
bracing, but he was in a tippy K1.
Racing to the line. Matthew
looks pretty relaxed. Photo Peter Ashby
Once the waves had passed
we lifted our game and caught up with T2 as we were entering
the cove we started passing him. It was now a fight to the
finish. If we could get into a good rhythm we could beat both
T2 and Matthew and come first. We got in front of T2 but we
were half a boat length behind Matthew and he wouldn't let
us pass and beat us to the line. We were happy to be the first
double craft across the line and that only 6 single craft
beat us. I was even happier that we had beaten 59 year old
Martin Watson by a massive .02 of a second. What a win!
Racing to the line. Photo
Lawrence Greed
Jane and Baillee Liddle
racing to the line. Photo Peter Ashby
Wendy Drok and Kris Smith
with 100 metres to go
Results
here: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=58850 [ Results%20here:%20https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=58850 ]
Race of the Week
RE: Bridge construction works in East Perth
and on the Burswood Peninsula
Work is about to commence in and around the river on the Swan
River Pedestrian Bridge to Perth Stadium. This will affect
the pedestrian and cyclist paths on both sides of the river,
and the river itself where the bridge is to be situated.
For cyclists and clubs that use the pedestrian and cycle paths
on both sides of the river, detours will be in place to enable
you to proceed through the area while the bridge is built.
Paths will be at least three metres wide and have a high-quality
surface. The Burswood detours will be implemented in the coming
week, while the East Perth detours will be established in
January 2016. These detours are expected to be in place until
early 2017.
During December the navigational markers in the river will
be removed and replaced by eight yellow marker-buoys. The
Department of Transport’s Marine division will also reduce
speed limits between the bridge construction area and Heirisson
Island to five knots. These temporary changes will remain
in place until 31 January 2017.
Access for river users will be maintained through the existing
navigational channel (which will be narrowed during the construction
period) - the area marked off by the buoys must be avoided.
Silt curtains will be placed in the river using a barge in
January 2016. Once the markers and curtains are in place work
will begin to install a temporary causeway in the river from
the Burswood Peninsula side. The temporary causeway will be
constructed by placing granite rocks into the river and will
be used as a stable construction platform (around 50 metres
wide and 130 metres long) from which the bridge can be assembled.
A similar temporary causeway will be built on the East Perth
side starting in January 2016.
For more information visit www.perthstadium.com.au or email
perthstadium@dsr.wa.gov.au . You can also contact the Stadium
hotline on 9428 1961.
Yours sincerely,
Ilario Spagnolo Senior Project Director, Main Roads Western
Australia
Race of the Week
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Marathon 10Km Championships
Date changed to 10-01-2016
Event Start Time
08:30:00
Location: Champion Lakes
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2015/16 Marathon
Series Race Dates
10th January - 10km 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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IOP Downwind
Races
Xmas Paddle 19 December
2015
9 January 2016
30 January 2016
20 February 2016
12 March 2016
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