The dates for the Youth Freestyle series have just been announced. A series of five events across the country for young paddlers interested in freestyle.
If anyone is interested in Level 1 Coaching course, please contact me urgently (if not already done so). At the moment, it looks positive that a course will be booked mid / end April.
Instructor Ralph Victims Kevin, Brendan, Tim, Stuart, Nick, & Ed who was with us, to keep an eye on us all.
Me (Kevin) and Brendan got there early on the Friday so our white water weekend started early with a beer at the pub to kill some time.
Back at the bunkhouse more people started to arrive, so after some coffee and tea we then got down to the business at hand.. Theory sessions which were very informative and helpful.
There are not many canoe clubs that can boast that they have 3 talented freestyle paddlers competing at the top level in the UK. George, Sam and Josh all started their paddling at NACC.
3 seperate competitions were recently held to select the 2010 GBR freestyle team. The first two events were at Nottingham and the third event at Hurley. The best two results counted towards the overall ranking.
Sam finished a very creditable 10th place in the juniors. George has moved up to the seniors this year, and was placed 21st out of 39. This is a very tough category and he was competing against world class paddlers.
We are delighted to say that Josh has made the GBR Junior Freestyle kayak squad for 2010. Well done and a huge thank you to all the NACC coaches that have helped the lads along their way.
Like many others from NACC this summer, I ran this fantastic 90km solo in sea kayak, rough camping over 2.5 days in early September. I had fantastic weather - 24 slides to summarise are here:
But you really must do this trip sometime - just get the SCA guide (Google took me straight there), it has all the info you need (and almost nothing else to bore you!). SCA knock the pants off Canoe England!
During a stormy week at St Davids during the summer holidays Sam and I went surfing. Sam got his head cam out and we took turns surfing the wave looking at each other.
Unfortunately I am never going to get around to putting together a proper article for Claire and my trip up the Great Glen. So I have attached a link to the Facebook photos and comments in case anyone is interested. It was an amazing trip and I would really recommend it!
With a far from cheerful weather forecast for the weekend ahead, it was with considerable trepidation that I got myself ready for my first ever sea kayaking trip- a weekend based on Flatholm in the Bristol Channel led by Ralph. Michael, Esther and I arrived at our departure point and met up with our fellow paddlers, T,Anna, Steph, Stuart, Ralph and Wayne, in Weston-Super-Mare only to find that our access to the slipway was barred due to the adjacent hotel having burned down in the night, not a terribly encouraging start! However, we easily found somewhere else from which to set off and so, after loading up the boats with all our provisions and kit for the weekend, were soon on our way. Flatholm didn't look too far away at all - amazing how deceptive distances are at sea!
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