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Published: Fri, 06/09/17
Issue
547
9th June 2017
Message Bank
terry@canoeingdownunder.com.au - www.canoeingdownunder.com.au
- 0417 977 330
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Time is flying by so I will soon be boarding
my flight to Canada to do a 2500km paddle with John Breed
and finish a trip I started a few years ago. So if you want
a product before I leave, call me sooner than later.
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Whilst most paddlers were taking it easy last weekend a few
Ultra Adventurethoners were testing their stamina, skill and
bravery at Kalbarri where they ran, mountain biked and paddled.
A paddler is about to test their skill and
nerve. Photo Tracy Grosvenor
It's not the best day to paddle through the
Kalbarri River Mouth. Photo Tracy Grosvenor
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Sunset on the Swan
Cody Pope takes a shot with his phone camera
on Tuesday night whilst slalom training at Ascot Kayak Club.
Photo Cody Pope
Across
Canada continued soon
It's not that long now and I will back in Canada finishing
off a trip that I started a few years ago.The trip in total
was around 6000kms from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic
Ocean. I have roughly 2500kms to complete on my return trip.
In the background is
the Rocky Mountains and where I started my 6000km paddle across
Canada heading east
On Lake Winnipeg I came
across these two ladies paddling across Lake Winnipeg and
heading to Hudson Bay
In 2011, Ann Raiho and
Natalie Warren were the first women to paddle the 2,250 miles
from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay.
Doing isolated, remote
solo expeditions can be lonely and a quick chat with other
expeditioners can make my day. These two girls were heading
north to Hudson Bay and I was heading south.
Pity we were going in different directions!!
Their blog: http://www.hudsonbaybound.com/
[ http://www.hudsonbaybound.com/%20 ]
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Stories
Adventurethon
2017 Kalbarri
Well what an
adventure for Luke and other Ultra Adventurethoners
Luke heads out towards
the river mouth. Photo Jane Dooley
The surf looked pretty
rugged so only a few paddlers took on the challange. Photo
Jane Dooley
Luke and another paddler
heads out to sea. Photo Jane Dooley
Luke heading back into
the rivermouth after his paddle along the coast and back.
Photo Tracy Grosvenor
Luke, followed by a jet
ski, heads through the really messy river mouth. A huge task
on an Epic V14. Photo Jane Dooley
Lost in the swells. Only
the most skilled paddlers survive such rough conditions. Photo
Jane Dooley
Luke a little wet returns
to the flat river. Photo Jane Dooley
Luke finished
the run, mountain bike and paddle in third place.
Kris Plain was 1st,
Rick his brother was 2nd and Luke was 3rd.
Luke backed
it up the following day with a third place in the river race.
https://adventurethon.com.au/adventurethon-kalbarri-2017-race-report/
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Photos from
Sunday's Albany Surf Craft Challenge
They are off. Photo Bonnie
Metzke
Peter Liddle and Ramon
Andersson. Photo Bonnie Metzke
Race of the Week
GOLD AND SILVER
FOR AUSTRALIA ON FINAL DAY OF
SPRINT WORLD CUP
Australia has picked
up a gold and a silver medal on the final day of competition
at the International Canoe Federation Sprint Canoe World Cup
in Belgrade.
Alyssa Bull, who won silver in the K1
1000 in Szeged one week ago, cemented her reputation as the
iron woman of canoe racing with a solid win in the K1 5000
final on Sunday afternoon.
Jo Brigden-Jones joined WA’s Jaime
Roberts to win silver in the K2 200, adding to the silver
medal she won in the K1 1000 on Saturday.
Earlier Bull teamed up with Olympic
teammate, Alyce Burnett, to finish fourth in the K2 500, agonisingly
close to a breakthrough podium at an international meet.
“Yesterday I got fourth in the
K1, and today we got fourth in the K2, and both times we were
super close to the medals,” Burnett said.
“It sucks to be so close, but we’ve
made a lot of improvements in the past year or two and we
can’t be disappointed with where we are at.
“It just puts more fire in your
belly for Worlds coming up.”
“Our aim for these World Cups was
to make top half of A-finals, and I suppose just to come so
close, it makes us more hungry,” Bull said.
Brigden-Jones said it was a shock for
her and Roberts to win a K2 medal in their first international
race together.
“It’s pretty crazy, I really
didn’t expect it so it’s a bit of a bonus,”
Brigden-Jones said.
“It was fun to do the K2 200. We’ve
never done K2 together, so we’ve just been learning a
bit each day.”
Roberts said the silver medal was a
highlight of her career.
“We nailed our start, and it just
set up the race perfectly,” she said.
“It’s caught me a bit by surprise.
It’s pretty awesome to be up there on the podium, and
I definitely want to be up there again.”
In other results, Ken Wallace finished
fourth in the men’s K1 5000, the women’s K4 500
crew finished seventh, and Billy Bain was seventh in the final
of the men’s K1 500.
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The Flight of
the Cormorants
If you haven't been on the river around
Bayswater / Bassendean these last few weeks you have surely
been missing out. Not only have we had some amazing weather,
the cormorants are about in their thousands and it's a sight
to see.
A good kilometre line
of cormorants start to fly over me
They fly low and then
shoot up as they approach me
Hundreds and hundreds fly towards me.
What a sight.
Races
WWR DRAIN RACE
HESTER PARK, LANGFORD
SUNDAY 11TH JUNE 2017
RACE REGISTRATION
7:00 – 8:00 am
BRIEFING
8:15 pm
RACE START
9:00 am
ENTRY FEES (PAY ON THE DAY)
$10 Adults/ $5 Juniors $20 for non members
ONLINE REGISTRATION :
ONLINE REGISTRATIONS CLOSE 12AM 10TH JUNE
www.webscorer.com/register?pid=1&raceid=100002
This is a flatwater course, designed to test the paddlers
ability to manoeuvre trees and branches through a winding
river.
Event coordinator Patrick Irwin 0414370145
Visit our website for all your event news and race photos
www.wildwaterwa.canoe.org.au
The Drain Race Helmets
and PFD's will be compulsory due to hazards on the river.
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Middle Swan Marathon
18th June
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Brevis Choate
Memorial - Slalom Race - 11 June 2017 -
This Family race is being planned to be held at Hester Park.
If we have enought rain and whitewater is available event
will change to Walyunga (don't forget your white water gear
- helmets, flotation devices, pfd's if at Walyunga)
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The Be Active Northam to Toodyay event is on
July 16.
Registrations are now open see link below.
http://ow.ly/yZN430cb4Vz
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Wild Water Racing
Hi all,
It was great to see such a big turn out at the Buoys race
and it looks as though there is going to be some fierce racing
this year.
We had a few new paddlers to our race format and I'm sure
they enjoyed the experience.
Buoys Race Roundup
Wave Hoppers _ 9 paddlers
Peter Gigengack looks like the one to beat again this year.
Pete has dominated this class for a few years, but he had
some competition from Richard Lowther who was hot on his tail.
Kris smith/ Raf Avigad/ Chris Hollier make up the rest of
the top 5 Wavehopper paddlers and all finished very close
to one another.
WWK1 men _ 22 paddlers
Dave Worthy was again dominated with the fastest time. But
Dave will need to be on his guard because the 'Kalbarri Kid'
(Luke Dooley) was breathing down his neck. 10 seconds behind.
Wayne Martin is paddling as strong as ever and will apply
the pressure on the top rankings. We also welcomed back the
very experienced Todd Coulter who has stolen a top five ranking
with a very quick time, just behind Wayne. Mathew Greed breaks
into the top 5 with his smooth paddling style and will be
hard to beat as the young star starts to show his presence
into the senior ranks of WA paddling.(... and still under
18)
WWK1 women _ 9 paddlers (incl. 2 wavehoppers)
Ballie Liddle was out to intimidate. She paddled into some
branches in the warm up lap, just so she could show the other
paddlers how tough she was. Battle scared with scratches and
bruises. Baillie absolutely dominated the girls and still
managed a smile at the finish line. It's all about the mind
games. Bonnie wasn't far behind Ballie and I'm sure the rivalry
will continue again this year. We also welcomed some slalom
paddlers Clare/ Nina/ Alex V who also showed some of the regular
DR paddlers a thing or two about manoeuvring DR boats.
Most paddlers rely on sweep strokes
and back strokes to manoeuvre, but as the slalom paddlers
showed us, the correct paddling technique is much more efficient
and affective. Amazing coaching by the slalom group. These
superior paddling strokes will become more apparent as we
head into the fast flowing water and paddlers are no longer
relying on flat water speed, but more on paddling technique
and white water skill.
Upcoming Race The Drain Race Helmets and PFD's will
be compulsory due to hazards on the river.
11 June 2017 Hester Park, Spencer road Langford.
rego between 7 -8am
We have updated our webpage for the new
year so take a look. We hope to be adding more information and
race stories as the years progresses, along with action photos.
http://wildwaterwa.canoe.org.au/
[ http://wildwaterwa.canoe.org.au/ ]
Nikki
Nikki: A Broken
Leg but she is still a happy Greyhound
Nikki enjoyed her walks
and runs before her broken leg
She enjoys the attention
She loves her home
She loves a cuddle
She loves to be close
She loves to sleep
You may remember that our
dog Nikki broke her leg back in early December whilst having
at a wash at a dog grooming place. Well it's been a long haul
for her to get back on four legs and she is still not there.
The operation that fixed the break went well and the break
healed but the time in a bandage caused her leg muscles, ligaments
and fibres to somehow get matted up leaving her leg fused
in an akward position. She therefore she wasn't able to walk
properly and always favoured hoping around on three legs.
Even after having physio the leg didn't improve and it looked
as if it would always be in a bent position.
Even after a long operation
and 3 days in the vet hospital she was a happy lady
The surgeon wasn't happy
with how the leg had healed and the progress she was making
so he suggested having another operation to straighten the
leg. There was also a suggestion that if Nikki wasn't going
to bear weight on the leg it might have to be amputated. We
were not fond of her losing her leg so we were keen to go
for the operation.
The operation went well,
a plate was screwed onto her leg to make it straight so at
least if she did get back to walking on four legs, her leg
would be straight and not on a weird angle as before. So after
3 days in a vet hospital bed she was allowed home with strict
instructions again not to get her excited or let her run around.
Nikki after her second
operation.
We had to keep her in a small area so she didn't get excited
and injure herself
Within a week the bandanges
were taken off and after another week the stitches were taken
out and soon after she started putting her foot down on the
soft surfaces, although she hopped most of the time. As the
weeks went by she started using her leg more and more but
it was with a limb, first on the grass and sand, later on
harder surfaces like timber and finally concrete. Once she
gets a pace up though she still prefers to hop. When standing
she stands on 3 legs.
Because her foot fused
pointing downwards she is unable to put her foot flat on the
ground so when she walks it's more like tip-toeing. Although
she is improving we have to work on her toes, ankle and leg
muscles to try to get some movement so eventually she will
be able to put her foot down properly. It's been 7 months
since the accident happen and it's going to a few more months
and dollars before she is fully recovered.
Nikki loves our sofa and
loves sleeping
Twice a day we take Nikki
for a short walk to try to get her used to walking on 4 legs.
For the last 7 months I have had to lift her out of the car
because of her broken leg. She is now able to jump in the
car but not out of the car. We can't wait for the time when
she will be able to do both and then Jenny will be able to
take her for a walk by herself, my strength won't be needed
to lift her out.
The accident has certainly
changed her life and ours but on the positive side Nikki still
seems very happy and has taken all the vet visits, operations
and physio in her stride. The vet and nurses have really treated
her well and she just loves to go back to the vet surgery
and meet the nurses. She can't get through the door fast enough.
Although we had dogs when
we were kids and teenagers, Nikki is the first dog we have
had, she is great and loved by everyone who comes in contact
with her. If you were wanting to rescue a dog you can't go
wrong rescuing a Greyhound.
She loves sleeping with
her best friends
Nikki loves sleeping like
this
She loves Epic products
Nikki loves laying in the
sun
And Nikki loves Jenny
who rescued her