Enjoy the CDU Newletter
Published: Fri, 02/19/16
496
19th February 2016
Message Bank
I had just got back from training and was having breakfast
on Wednesday morning and as I looked out of the window of
my home towards the river I saw 2 dolphins going by. By the
time I alerted Jenny who was preoccupied at the time doing
things that we all have to do, the dolphins had cruised downstream.
We have only been in the house just over a week but the benefits
of living on the river is already starting to show. The back
yard is getting crowded and I still haven't moved all my 97
boats from the previous house yet. 20 to go.
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WA's John Carrol
(well he is Irish but has seen the light)
Multisport Specialist
New Zealand's 2 day Coast
2 Coast
John Carrol celebrates his 4th open male,
6th overall individual place with his support person Chris
Watson. John did it in a time of 13:38:23. There were 143
competitors in his section. (The two day winning time by Hayden
Wilde was 12:18:47).
After John's support team in NZ withdrew,
Chris Watson another CDU Saturday morning fitness regular,
who hails from New Zealand stepped in and decided to fly over
to NZ just to be John's support team. What a wonderful gesture
from Chris.
Chris is back but John is touring NZ with
his girlfriend. Hopefully we will get a bigger story when
John returns.
John started paddling with CDU about 31/2 years ago and has
never looked back.
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WA's Steve Bird
dominated the men’s K1 200
London Olympian Steve Bird has dominated the
men’s K1 200 A final at the Oceania Sprint Championships
and second Grand Prix in Adelaide today to push his claims
for Olympic nomination.
The weekend’s event doubles as the first Olympic selection
trial with the second to take place at the National Sprint
Championships in Perth next month.
Bird dominated the final, producing a time of 37.03 to finish
0.69 seconds ahead of fellow Western Australian Brodie Holmes.
Scott Bicknell of New Zealand finished third in 37.73.
“I have not seen the actual footage but if it was a
boat length (win) fantastic,” Bird said.
“Training has been going really well so it is just a
matter of executing and going through what you know and doing
it on the day.”
Today’s victory puts him a step ahead of his rivals
in pursuit of Olympic nomination.
“It’s another hoop to have jumped through, an important
hoop, yesterday was one but it’s the first race in a
best of three situation so I have won that one and if I win
at Nationals that’s all of the winning done and then
who knows, hopefully, that will be enough but you never know,”
Bird said.
The Canning River kayaker has recently shifted more of his
focus to the K1 event to reflect the focus of the Olympic
criteria.
“It has taken its toll on a few training weeks since
the policy was made clear but we train twice to three times
a day together and the training we do for K2 bodes well for
the K1, we haven’t stopped training in the K2 or anything
like that but it certainly comes with its downs and its sad
moments I guess but we are more than just an Olympic K2 crew.”
It comes as a change to Bird as he is used to bouncing ideas
off his K2 partner Jesse Phillips.
He finds racing in the K1 far more nerve-racking.
Australian Canoeing
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WA's Robin Jeffreys
so close but so far
Robin Jeffery wins the second Australian
Olympic Team trial ahead of Ian Borrows and Kynan Maley..
Jeffery's fifth placing saw him earn the C1
boat quota for Rio too!
Saturday's semi-final and finals showdown
will determine who gets the Rio spot.
Will it be Ian, Kynan (WA) or Robbie (WA)?
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Sandy Robson passing a tree house that kids
would love (Indonesia)
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Ocean Warriors
This Saturday Downwind Race
Race 6 of the Astute Capital Management Summer Series is set
to be run this Saturday in predicted 17kn SSW winds after
the morning easterlies flatten the course. So looking just
perfect for our beginning and intermediate paddlers.
More info below
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 DR sessions left, one race at Ascot Kayak Club
and one more Friday morning training session this summer season.
If you are a novice take advantage of these last sessions.
Practise around the buoys
this morning at 6.15am
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3RD DR TUESDAY
EVENING RACE
around the buoys
will be on Tuesday 9th
Feb
at Ascot Kayak Club 5.45pm
Come and join in
In a short race this
morning Baillee had the fastest time and beat her dad Pete,
Speedy Bruce, sparring partner Bonnie and all the other paddlers
this morning
Featured Products
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This is very similar
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Perfect for a junior
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Biwok Double
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With a beam of 67cm it is slick through
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Two good sized storage areas.
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For Newsletter readers Special: $2350.00
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Do you want
the Best
Werner Paddlers
They come in all shapes
and sizes for touring and white water, straight shaft and
bent shaft, in fibreglass or in carbon.
Four of the many Werner
paddles
In Canada Alaine and
I used the Shuna Paddle. Lake Superior on a calm day.
In the smooth or in the
rough they performed extremely well
Lake Superior on a stormier
day
Stories
Unfortunately due to moving house I
missed the Canning River Race. Apparently due to the wind,
water chop and a very low tide it was a hard race.
Canning River
Race
48 craft took part with
a Le Mans start
Simon Roll, Matt Dean
and Gary fight to reach the water first. Photo John Hilton
Collection
A more sedate rush to
the water. Photo John Hilton
A little bit more chaos.
Photo John Hilton
The start was hard against
the wind. Photo John Hilton
But even harder fighting
a low tide. The pelican was padling faster. Photo John O'Sullivan
The leaders Simon and
Josh about to portage. The mud and the sharp shells beneath
it leave some paddlers who wore no footwear with cut feet
and infection. Photo John Hilton
Josh Kippin and Simon
Roll fight it out at the portage. Josh won the race. Photo
John Hilton
Paddlers arriving at
the portage. Photo John Hilton
Erica McKnight and Jane
Liddle helping each other at the portage. Photo John Hilton
Congratulations 14 year
olds Thomas Green/ Luke Egger for coming 11th place 1:15:19.4.
Photo John Hilton
Peter Gigengack feeling
a little hungry. Someone throw him an energy bar. Photo John
Hilton
Kris Smith, Paul Antoni
& Simon O'Sullivan about to finish. Photo John Hilton
Div 1 winner: Josh Kippin
- 1:02:57.8
Div 2 winner: Terry Brooks - 1:13:45.3
Div 3 winner Mark Sedgwick - 1:19:32.1
Div 4 winner: Lloyd Noel - 1:23:32.6
Team boats: Martin Watson / Pat Tulloch
- 1.09.50.6
Results Here: https://www.webscorer.com/racedetails?raceid=62227&did=67781
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Race of the Week
Ascot Slalom
Group - Come & Try Day
3 Sessions today - close
to 40 participants
Session 1 - Juniors showcasing
- Flat water & Slalom,
Session 2 Mixture of
Juniors and novice adults -
Session 3 - experienced
paddlers learning Slalom Skills -
Outcome will be a Paddle
Passport Course for Juniors and Adults who registered and
participated today -
Thank you to coaches/assistants - Bevan
Dashwood, Cody Pope, Alex Vogel, Tarryn Coward, Michelle Lachenicht,
Cameron Vogel, Mitchell Vogel, Alex Nevin, Kieran Nevin, Jack
Nevin, Wendy Burdett, David Burdett, Sophie Burdett, George
Pankhurst, Andy Pankhurst, Claire Pankhurst, Jenny Vogel,
Joel Nevin, Armenti Family - Flat water
"Adults - Slalom
Skills "Come & Try Day" Experience paddlers"
"Session 1 - Junior "Come & Try Day""
"Junior Session 1 - Come & Try Day - Flat Water and
Slalom"
"Session 2 - Beginner Adult and Juniors - Come &
Try Day"
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Slalom WA - SSR #3 - 28th February
- Swan Canoe Club
Swan Canoe Club - Mosman Park
Proposed Program -
08:00 Course set up & payment of registrations & Bib
Issue
09:00 Briefing
09.15 - Demonstration and practice runs
K1 - 1st Runs (Second to follow)
C1 - 1st Runs (Second to follow)
C2 - 1st Runs (Second to follow)
Presentation to follow races
No paddlers are allowed on the race course before race unless
they are setting up gates.
Race Fees: $10 Under 18's, $15 Seniors + extra $10 for non
AC Members to be paid to treasurer on Race Day
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Slalom Racing
- Olympic Nomination.
Article by Australian
Canoeing
Australia’s canoe slalom Olympic
aspirants will put it all on the line at the Oceania Championships
at Penrith Whitewater Stadium this week with the event providing
the final opportunity for the nation’s best slalom paddlers
to press their claims for Olympic nomination.
Racing will commence on Friday 19 February
and conclude on Sunday 21 February.
The Oceania Championships will be the
second of two key Olympic nomination events with the Australian
Open hosting the first of three trials in Penrith a fortnight
ago.
On that occasion Jessica Fox, Lucien
Delfour and Ian Borrows were triumphant, finishing the highest
amongst the Australian paddlers in the K1W, K1M and C1M events
to put themselves a step ahead of their rivals heading into
the Oceania Championships.
The Oceania Championships will also
play an important role in determining the makeup of our senior
and under-23 national teams this year.
A world-class field of athletes will
compete in Penrith with London Olympic K1 gold medallist Daniele
Molmenti of Italy, K1 women’s world champion Katerina
Kudejova and fellow Czech and men’s K1 world champion
Jiri Prskavec set to headline the event.
Oceania Qualification
For Australia’s C1 men, securing
a place in the Olympic team is a far trickier situation than
those chasing a K1 berth.
At last year’s World Championships,
Australia’s C1 men failed to secure an Olympic quota
but will get a chance to do exactly that at the Oceania Championships.
The quota will be determined in the
heats phase of the competition. Robin Jeffery, Kynan Maley
and Ian Borrows will be the three Australian paddlers eligible
to earn the C1 Oceania qualification quota for Australia.
Assuming our men are successful in securing
a C1 quota, the selection process will work exactly the same
as the other disciplines.
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Steve
Bird and Jesse Phillips have dedicated their victory
to the late Susan Quick.
London Olympic pairing
Steve Bird and Jesse Phillips have dedicated their victory
in the K2 200 final at the Oceania Sprint Championships and
second Grand Prix in Adelaide today to the late Susan Quick.
Ms Quick tragically passed away last
month following a boating accident on the Blackwood River.
Susan was a champion and skilled paddler,
respected among the paddling community and known for being
kind and living life to the full.
“We would like to actually dedicate
that win to the late Sue Quick who passed away a couple of
weeks ago in WA in a whitewater accident so to the family
our thoughts are with you through at this pretty difficult
time, so we would like to dedicate that to them,” Bird
said.
Bird and Phillips were pleased to secure
the race win after a surprising start call.
“We got away alright and then just
stuck to our race plan and managed to have some composure
at the end so we are pretty happy with the way it went,”
Bird said.
The Western Australian pair recorded
a time of 33.14 to finish 0.11 seconds ahead of K2 1000 champions
Kenny Wallace and Lachlan Tame.
The hard work doesn’t stop for
the pair with the National Championships still to come on
their home course in the first week of March.
“On paper I guess that win does
not mean a lot at this point as we need to consolidate our
place in the K2 at Nationals and that is what we plan to do
and make a statement with it,” Phillips said.
“We are potentially the only exclusive
K2 200 crew that Australia has and we certainly want to make
sure that we hold that title all the way through till the
next Olympic Games, in any case, regards to selection on that
particular event.”
Local favourite Callum Dunn and Sydney
Northern Beaches paddler Ben McLean finished third in 33.66
to take out the under-23 title.
Earlier Dunn and McLean finished second
in their K2 200 heat to secure Australia two Olympic quotas
after finishing ahead of boats from New Zealand and the Cook
Islands.
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Race of the Week
Can You Imagine
Cool ride
on Lake Superior waves
By Sam Cook on Feb 14,
2016
Water Temperature
- 1.2 degree celcius.
The lure of waves
Stony Point between Duluth and Two Harbors,
remains Lake Superior's premier surf spot, and winter remains
prime time. Only big low-pressure systems accompanying winter
storms create the big swells and subsequent wind shifts that
build big waves at Stony. How big? Surfers — and now
stand-up paddleboarders — measure them in “heads.”
Average is about head-high. Bigger days will get “twice
overhead,” or a 12-foot wave face.
Jared Munch of Duluth
catches a wave with his stand-up paddleboard on Lake Superior
at Stony Point east of Duluth on the morning of Feb. 3. (Photo
by Christian Dalbec Photography)
Is it cold? Well, yes. It’s winter
in Minnesota, and if the waves are right, surfers will venture
out in temperatures below zero, covered head to toe in hooded
wetsuits.
It’s the thrill of the ride that
draws them, the chance to spend 5, 10, 15 seconds feeling
the power of Lake Superior beneath a board and carving turns
on a wave face in water temperature of 1.2 degree celcius.
UMD’s Carlson came first to Lake
Superior waves in a whitewater kayak and caught onto surfing
quickly.
“It’s a huge obsession,”
Carlson said. “That gliding experience, weightlessness
and acceleration. It’s so exciting to be out there feeling
that.”
You’ve seen those videos of West
Coast and Hawaiian surfers? Stony Point offers the same kick,
surfers say.
Christian Dalbec uses
a camera in a waterproof housing to take pictures of a surfer
on a wave at Stony Point on Lake Superior east of Duluth on
the morning of Feb. 3. (Clint Austin /caustin@duluthnews.com)
De-icing issues
With the cold comes some inherent challenges.
Despite excellent wetsuit technology, a surfer will get cold
after a time. Ice forms on backs and shoulders. Icicles dangle
like freshwater stalactites from wetsuit hoods and exposed
strands of hair. Surfers expend lots of energy paddling out
to catch that next wave. The sport is “95 percent swimming.”
A cold-weather surfer must manage his or her personal safety.
Surfers must save enough energy to get in (to shore) safely.
Mathias Gorden of Duluth wears a coating of ice on his head
and shoulders. (Photo by Jared Munch)
So, after a couple of hours, surfers
will ride toward shore and head for the warmth of their vehicles.
They try not to rip out frozen hair when removing wetsuit
hoods. Some, like Carlson, bring jugs of hot water to aid
the thawing process. Once in a while, if wetsuit zippers are
solidly frozen, a surfer can get “locked into” a
wetsuit,
With North Shore surfing on the increase,
those who have been at it for a while want to make sure newer
surfers don’t get in over their heads or freeze to death
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2015/16 Marathon
Series Race Dates
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
Ocean Warriors
Race 6 of the Astute Capital Management Summer Series is set
to be run this Saturday in predicted 17kn SSW winds after
the morning easterlies flatten the course. So looking just
perfect for our beginning and intermediate paddlers .
And post race, we'll be offering a special
treat for attendees (beyond the wonderful hospitality of Sorrento
SLSC Cafe!) - a downwind racing and training presentation
by one of the best in the business - our own Reece Baker (
5th in this years Doctor ). This talk is aimed at benefitting
all our members, regardless of their experience, so even if
you can't race on Saturday, get down to Sorrento SLSC and
watch the racers finish and then come and listen to Reece.
The course is planned to be a water start from City Beach
at 3:30 pm, and finish at Sorrento Beach. The committee may
change the course depending on forecast conditions, one or
two days preceding the event. Any changes will be posted on
Facebook and our website, and e-mailed to you via this newsletter.
Race rego from 2:45pm. Please check in at least 30 minutes
before the race to confirm your attendance.
The race will be a wave start with self grading into Inexperienced,
Experienced and Elite categories. The usual safety kit will
be required for participants. PFD and leg leash are mandatory.
We ask that you consider wearing a bright fluoro green/pink/orange
cap to help water safety spot you out amongst the white tops
!. Don't forget to bring the green rubber race bracelet we
gave you at our earlier events.
You can register to race at https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=61319
or via the race link on our website event page. Use your CWA
membership number as the Discount code to get the discounted
race fee.
You can check out who's already entered at https://www.webscorer.com/registerlist?raceid=61319
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Kalbarri Canoe
& Cray Carnival
Fri 3rd, Sat 4th &
Sun 5th June
The annual Kalbarri Canoe & Cray
Carnival (CCC) for 2016 will be a 2 day, 3 night event this
year on Fri 3rd, Sat 4th & Sun 5th June - The West Australia
June Long Weekend.
CCC 2016
The events start with the Friday's Pirate
Theme Night with Pirate and Wench dress-up competition in
the Gilgai Tavern - including DJ music.
Saturday will be the Adventurethon Triathlon event hosted
by Adventurethon https://adventurethon.com.au/events/kalbarri/
with 'Juke Box Saturday Night' at the Main Pub (Kalbarri Motor
Hotel) to end the day.
The Sunday events start with the 16.5km 'Murchison River Dash'
canoe race hosted by Canoeing Western Australian Inc http://wa.canoe.org.au/
from Murchison House Station to Sally's Tree on the foreshore.
Kyli Parade, Priate/Teacher Walk the Plank, Mixed Relay Races,
Canoe Capers, Land Lubber Games etc then Presentations, dinner
and band will be hosted by Finlay's Fish BBQ Restaurant. (Gold
coin donation entry fee to go towards 2017)
Like and Share our Facebook Page to stay updated on events
- https://www.facebook.com/kalbarricanoeandcraycarnival/
2nd Hand Boats
Used Boats
Afinnity $750.00
Finn Multisport Kayak $1100.00
Cabo 2 person touring
sit-on. $1200.00
Good condition used in flatwater only
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Saturday Morning Race Times