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Published: Thu, 06/21/18

22nd June 2018 CDU Newsletter 579

Terry 0417 977 330

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Hey Terry!

I finished my senior wildwater international season last weekend.

I had a great time racing at the world championships in Switzerland on the first weekend of June and then I competed in Bosnia for World Cup 1 and 2 (June 9 & 10) and Slovenia for World Cups 3 and 4 (June 15 & 16). I ended up with an 18th place in the first two sprints (Switzerland and Bosnia) and a 16th in Slovenia. And I progressively improved my classics with a 25th in Switzerland, 18th in Bosnia and 14th in Slovenia.

While I wasn’t happy with my results in numbers I was absolutely stoked with my feeling on the water.

I had a lot of great first sprint runs with finals (top 12) looking like a possibility but unfortunately I didn’t put it down for any of my second runs.

This season I worked really hard on my confidence on the whitewater and my fitness and I definitely felt it.

So, for my third international season and my second world champs I’m super happy!

And I know every year I build and grow in my paddling.

And I ended my season with a little bit of fun and teamed up with Maddy Wilson in C2 and we won the silver medal! (It was out of two boats, we came dead last, but we had an absolute ball and I have a lot of new found respect for all the C2 paddlers who paddle on big courses!)

Genie

The women’s C classes have only recently been introduced and continue to grow across all canoeing events. Paddle Australia’s female wildwater athletes Maddison Wilsön and Genie Collin (WA) made the most of the new and exciting opportunities in this class and raced a strong race in the women’s C2 against the pair from France .

Enter Avon Descent here:

https://www.avondescent.com.au/

WAs Brodie Crawford Slalom Run

Brodies last run before the first world cup begins in Liptivsky Mikulas today! He is feeling good and very excited to race. He will be racing at 2:55pm Australian western standard time.

Check out his last run:

https://www.facebook.com/BrodieCrawfordCanoe/videos/1887022701348246/?hc_ref=ARQ3IG66i8RWHmm5OFy5AGMsNTQ9PFSUTUMUYzuNAxkOA_P_jo7JOaPhxdjVmJzuE7I&fref=nf

Brodie's interview:

https://www.facebook.com/AustralianSprintSlalom/videos/2306822212662045/

WAs Ben Pope is also competing today.

Live streaming:

http://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-slalom-world-cup/liptovsky-mikulas-2018

Live results:

https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-slalom-world-cup/liptovsky-mikulas-2018/rankings-results

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Slalom - Brevis Choate Memorial

June 24th

Walyunga National Park

Back in 1979 Terry Bolland, Trevor Thompson and Ed Bartosiak were three of the first WA paddlers to paddle Nordkapp Sea Kayaks.

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Upper Swan T Tree Race

Bollands Elbow to Amiens

John O'Sullivan

We had great conditions for Sunday mornings race. 23º sunny conditions. No wind and plenty of flowing water. The river levels have risen from recent rain so we adjusted the location for our 2nd Wildwater race to a 7km course just below Bells rapids so paddlers could enjoy the moving water conditions. Not exactly white water, but enough moving water to provide a challenge and test the skills of competitors. We had our largest number of entries for a Wildwater race in recent years (51 competitors) and also a growing number of women enjoying our races.

Paddlers mill around waiting to be sent off at 30 second intervals

Steve Bolger in a Time Traveller took out the fastest time for the sundries category in his composite boat while Simon O'Sullivan topped the plastic sundries category. Wendy Burdett paddled like a machine in her composite boat and finished with a great time. We always encourage paddlers to come and join our races and get a taste for the interval style of competition. We only ask that you are competent to paddle in moving water and maybe one day, you might be encouraged to take on the river in a Wildwater boat.

Annie Danko having a time of her life

Fifi enjoying the race

Cameron Vogel about to pass Jason Gardner

Paddlers were set off in 30 second intervals which made it close racing through out the course, requiring strategic passing of slower paddlers. The battle for the top position on the 'Wildwater Champions' took a turn with Dave Worthy beating young gun paddler Luke Dooley by 14 seconds in a time of 29 minutes. Ballie Liddle took line honours for the women's category, smashing through the course and passing many paddlers. Raf continued his dominance in the wavehopper category, flexing his muscle and showing off his skills to defeat some very good competition.

Rob Jarratt and Chris Watson in a 515

The water level was fading from recent days which meant that those who practised their lines for the course, were forced to choose new lines, as the short cut lines were closed which left some paddlers up the creek without a paddle.....

Malcolm Henning having fun

Michael Liddle happy to beat his dad and sister

The Liddle Battle Update ...............

Michael Liddle got his mojo back and took the honours today in 33min and some well earned bragging rights by defeating sister Ballie 33m 40s and dad Peter 33m 50s. Maybe he got to bed early last night. Was it that extra weetbix this morning? What ever it was, the plan worked. In the next race, Peter will need to lift his game and stop the trend of narrowly losing to the kids again. Watch this space......

Awesome job to all the supporters today. Especially to the Burdett's for putting on the soup after the race, Warren for helping with the race start and proving sweep safety boat support and also the Vogel's for timing their first race like professionals. And of course Kris for the rego and online work. See you all at the next race.

Race results here:

https://www.webscorer.com/racedetails?raceid=141027

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Slalom - Brevis Choate Memorial

June 24th

Walyunga National Park

Northam to Toodyay

July 15th 2018

Time: Racer Check-in: 8.00-8.30am
Briefing: 8.30am
Start: 8:45am

Race start: Broome Terrace, Northam
Race finish: Duidgee Park near Toodyay Bridge

There will be no entries on the day. If you have any queries or difficulties with your online registration please contact Olivia Haynes at develop@paddlewa.asn.au

Please sort out own transport to and from start/finish line, as no service will be provided.

NO PFD or HELMET= NO PADDLE

The Course- 30km

The race starts 500 metres above Northam Weir and winds it ways downstream through channels covering the opening stages of Day 1 of the famous Avon Descent Race.

From the Northam Weir to Katrine Bridge the river is characterised by flat water and intermittent deep pools. Two kilometres downriver from Katrine is Glen Avon Rapid, a small but tricky rapid. After seven kilometres of coffee rock, Sinclair’s Crossing underneath Dumbarton Bridge presents a challenge with many channels that exist even in low water. Not far downriver is Extracts Weir which is a compulsory portage in this race. The river from Extracts to Toodyay can be shallow with a gravely bed.

2018 ICF Slalom World Cup 1 – Team Australia

	Liptovsky, Slovakia – WCUP 1
K1 Men	Daniel Watkins (TAS)
	Tim Anderson (VIC)
	Ben Pope (WA)

C1 Men	Daniel Watkins (TAS)
	Brodie Crawford (WA)
	Ian Borrows (NSW)

K1 Women	Jessica Fox (NSW)
	Rosalyn Lawrence (NSW)
	Kate Eckhardt (TAS)

C1 Women	Jessica Fox (NSW)
	Rosalyn Lawrence (NSW)
	Noemie Fox (NSW)

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