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Frome Canoe Club is affiliated to the British Canoe Union and is a Registered Charity (Number 1104728)

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Above: Chloe - First in Div 4 W and promoted to Div 3 Right: Tierney - Second in Div 4 M, and promoted to Div 3

Volume 38 Issue 6:June 2014

Langham Farm Slalom 7/8th June

Get involved!

This is an easy slalom and anyone can take part. Find out more by following the

link on the web page.

We also need help to run this event. Let us know if you can help

3 FIRSTs and a SECOND at Winchester slalom. Plus two promotions, the J12 and J14 prizes in Div 4, A good result! See p10 for report

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In this issue

3 Calendar in brief

4 Surfing day trip

4 Mini slalom

4 Open Boat day

4 River Avon Fun trip

5 Biblins weekend

6 Grand Team Event

7 Slalom dates

8 Winchester Slalom

9 Mini slalom

12 Llandysul Slalom

10 Try A Boat Day

14 From the archives - CST

11 Information about Leptospirosis

13 Guess who

15 Courses

16 Members Page

17 Bits and Pieces

20 Sportivate project for young people

CALENDAR: details

REPORTS

SPECIALS

FCC ‘THROWLINE ’ CLUB MAGAZINE

Send articles for the next issue to [email protected] by 27th June

THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President

Graham Warnecke

Vice Presidents

Richard and Jane Arney

Jim and Catharine Croft

Chairman

Alun Jones

Vice Chairman

Gareth McGiveron

Treasurer

John Kent

Secretary

Pam Dixon

16 Blagdon Walk, Frome, BA11 2YH

Committee Members

Arthur Belbin

Rich Carter

Richard Heal

Jonathan Howell

Tracey Lemon

Stuart Miles

Kit Officers

Tim and Sally Smiles

SLALOM

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Calendar 2014


Date Event For Contact

June

7 Langham Farm Slalom, Div 3/4 All John K

8 Langham Farm Slalom, Div 3/4 All John K

14 Ogmore Slalom, Div 3/4 All John K

21/22 Shepperton Slalom, Div 3/4 All John K

22 Surf day trip Competent paddlers tba

24 Tuesday Polo Game Volunteers Jack S

27 Friday mini slalom All John K

28/29 FSRT course Participants Pam D

July

5/6 Biblins All Pam D

9 Passport course (2) starts Participants Pam D

12 One Star course Participants Pam D

13 Open Boat skills day Participants Stuart M

12/13 Ironbridge Slalom Div 2/3 Ranked paddlers John K

20 Market Yard 4/O slalom All John K

27 Go Canoeing Day for general public Help needed Pam D

29 Tuesday Polo Game Volunteers Jack S

August

3 River Avon Fun Trip All Rich C

9 Aquatic First Aid All Pam D

10 Summer BBQ All Pam D

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Calendar in detail

Carl, Kurt and Neil on the Allta Chourinn, a steep rockslide in Glen Etive.


Strict adherence to the Club’s code of conduct is expected at all times on club events .

FRIDAY MINI SLALOM

27th June Market Yard 6.30 for practice 7pm race starts Free entry

Ideal for newcomers to the club, but also great for experienced paddlers. And if you have never competed in a slalom competition before, why don’t you come and have a go. Friendly and fun, we will show you the ropes.

SURFING DAY TRIP

22nd June Meet 8am at the Market Yard Cost £15 Competent paddlers only on this trip.

This is completely dependent on the surf conditions on the day and we will check the day before to see what it’s going to be like.

Watch out for a notice on fb and the website to let you know if the trip is going to go ahead.

RIVER AVON FUN TRIP

3rd August Meet 9am at the Market Yard Cost £3

Today we will be having fun as we paddle a nice easy section of the River Avon. You will need a packed lunch, change of clothes for paddling and you can borrow club kit on the morning

OPEN BOAT SKILLS DAY

13th July 9am at the Market Yard Cost £15

A day to polish your Open Boat skills.

Stuart will be coaching and will be able to assess whereabouts you are with canoeing in order to help you progress.

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Carl, Kurt and Neil on the Allta Chourinn, a steep rockslide in Glen Etive.

This camping weekend is for youth members. We go to the wonderful Forest of Dean and paddle on the River Wye

on two days. Ideal for open boats and kayaks.

You need to bring A tent (or share one with a friend,

single sex tents only) Sleeping bag plus mat Overnight things Waterproofs and wellie boots Canoeing things, which you can

pick up from the club on the morn-ing.

We pitch the big club marquee so that we can all eat together and if it is raining we have shelter.

Pam sorts out all the food and everyone pitches in to get the meals and then do the clearing up afterwards.

We have a campfire on Saturday night and toast marshmallows while we tell ghost stories in the spooky gloom of the forest.

We canoe on Saturday afternoon, a fairly long river trip and end up jumping from the Yat rock into the water. On Sunday we play on the rapids in the morning.

The cost includes the transport, the food for the weekend, campsite fees and paddling on two days. To book a place talk to one of us on the desk on Wednesdays or email Pam ([email protected]). A deposit of £10 secures your place.

YOUTH members:

This trip is for you!

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The Grand Team Event


The Teams

(*Category : the age of the youngest team member was taken. )

The Winners First J8 was Alfie’s Team First J14 was The 402 Overall First and Second The 402 was a clear second, but look at how close the next three teams were! Well done all of you! And the coming in first, was team ‘KAM was JAM’. Congratulations.

Pos Team name Cat* Team members Best Run

(secs)

1 KAM was JAM M Kath Andrew Mark H 106

2 The 402 J11 Chloe Jamie Tierney 122

3 Call Me George J16 Gine George Rich H 125

4 The Titanic J11 Alex Keiran Kieran 126

5 The ‘S’s J13 Stuart A Su F Stu M 128

6 Cucumber Wombats J13 Rosie Julia Gine 161

7 Alfie’s Team J8 Alfie Alfie’s Dad Pam 173

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Teams continued and more about slalom

Special mentions must go to: Cucumber Wombats which was the only all-female team and they need

to be congratulated for their performance. Gine who made up two teams on the morning and so paddled twice as

far as everyone else!

Our thanks to John for organising it all, and thanks to those kind people who trekked back and forwards doing the timing and judging! It was a brilliant day in the end. It did start with some reluctant paddlers because the wind and rain were not pleasant at all. We had some bright suggestions including the gem of a comment from Kath “Let’s skip the event and go straight to the presentation”. Needless to say some of the paddlers’ faces showed a little support for this when they heard her!

7h/8th June Langham Farm Slalom. This is a big event in our calendar and we need help to organise it as well as entering an FCC team of competitors.

14th June Ogmore 3/4

21st/22nd June Shepperton 3/4

27th June Friday evening mini slalom. Practice at 6.30. Race starts 7pm. Help needed with timing and judging.

12th/13th July Ironbridge 2/3

Sunday 20th July Market Yard 4/Open . A national competition organised by our club. Very good if you are new to the sport.

26th/27th July Bala 2/3

Some slalom dates for your calendar

Why not join in our Slalom Training Programme?

Every Wednesday evening at club sessions, 7-8pm. Cost £2.50 For experienced paddlers - Tuesday evenings. 7-8pm. Cost £2.50

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Winchester Slalom, 17th May by Rich Carter


A very enjoyable day was had by all at Winchester. For once the weather was glorious and the gazebo came in handy for shade! Unfortunately the water was thundering down and the eddies were vicious. It turned out to be a very wet day for me, though I hasten to add that everyone else seemed to cope with the big stoppers and fast moving water.

It was a fine group of Frome Paddlers who secured promotions, prizes and certificates today. All in all, Frome Canoe Club did us proud at this event today!

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Winchester Slalom continued

Su and Kath try something different

Here is a summary of our achievements: Chloe: First in Womens Div 4 Tierney: Second in Mens Div 4 Alex: The J12 prize in Div 4 Stuart The J14 prize in Div 4 John: First in Mens Open Kieran The J16 in Mens Open Su: First in Womens Open

Another excellent mini slalom on Friday evening, with lots of competitors and a sprinkling of helpers! Thank you Lou, Tracey and Ian for running up and down, doing the timing! Ignoring the guest paddler who joined in tonight, we saw Kath in first place, with a magnificent time of 101 secs, so the training is certainly paying off! But Kath, you need to watch out because there is someone close behind - Chloe came in not far behind. Well done Chloe in second place, with 104 secs! The full set of results is on the website. Su took some photos and we shall see them in the next issue.

Our next mini slalom is 27thJune. Come if you can!

Ed: Just in case anyone is wondering about the vicious eddies and thundering water in Rich’s article, please be reassured that Winchester is not really like that. It is a lovely slalom, flat water, and very gently moving. If you want to find out what really happened to Rich, turn to p18.

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Try A Boat Day - 18th May

It was a glorious day so we took it nice and easy and enjoyed the hot sunshine.

A few paddled . .

. . .and some didn’t. However, the racing K2 did get a good work out at the

start of the day before the lethargy set in!

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Leptospirosis - information


All about Leptospirosis / Weils Disease

Leptospirosis is an infection that can affect people who come into contact

with water where rats live. It can cause a disease called Weil's disease,

which feels a little like flu with a persistent and severe headache to start

with. It is far more serious than flu and it is important that you tell your

doctor if you’re feeling unwell after kayaking/canoeing. As canoeists and

kayakers we are all at risk of suffering from this infection, but following

some basic rules can reduce the likelihood of getting it. Cover all cuts and

broken skin with waterproof plasters. It can be a bit tricky to keep the

plasters on, but your instructor will have some ideas for keeping cuts cov-

ered. Wash your hands after paddling and always before eating or drinking.

Better still, have a bath or shower after paddling.

Remember that live on the rivers that we like

to paddle.

Always after paddling and definitely

wash hands before

This article is not to alarm you - it is to give you information. Please be reassured that we are not telling you about Leptospirosis because we have any more concern than normal, at the moment - the last case in the club was about 15 years ago.

Have fun paddling, be aware of the risks and

ENJOY YOUR SPORT

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Llandysul Slalom - by John Kent

I drove down Friday after-noon hoping to have a C2 practice with Andrew in the evening. As it turned out the water was up so we had a run down in kayaks instead. The water was still up on Saturday . We just coped by doing a slow run and came 4th out of 6. Su was supposed to

turn up in the early evening for a practice but was delayed 3 hours due to a trailer breakdown. After help from Chloe's grandad they set off late but arrived too late for practice.

The water was still up on Sunday. The plan was for Su to take Chloe down the course before the event. Half way down the course there

was a breakout left, followed by a breakout right a few yards further down. Breakout left was OK but Chloe capsized breaking in twice due to not leaning down enough and not keep paddling. At that point she got cold so gave up for the day. Such a

Keiron

Kieron

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Llandysul Slalom continued

Congratulations to our One Star Passes Poppy Summers Hannah Burgess Charlie Gregory Finley Tuff Caroline Toogood Karen Rusbridge Sam Nicol Michael Hickson Chris Reid

And a big thank you to Stuart and Mark for putting them through their paces and to Megan and Jack for assessing.

Who this is and what is he doing? Email [email protected] with your guesses, and suggest what is going on.

shame.

Kieran and Keiran just got on with prac-tice on their own. On Kieran’s second run he missed a gate and by the time he got going again it was too late. However, on the second part of the course with the harder water he really went for it which was impressive. Other Keiron took it steadily but that meant he had a slower run.

Alex in the Div 4 on the lake came 6th and so missed promotion to Div 3.

We all look forward to Langham Farm slalom on 8/9th June. I hope we will have a good club turnout!

mailto:[email protected]?subject=guess%20who

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Courses: Thank goodness we don’t do it like this anymore!

From the archives, July 1994:

Hypothermia a Speciality OR how the Canoe Safety (FSRT )used to be run!

Things didn’t look too good for the canoe safety course - there was sleet falling as I drove home from the pool session the night before the course was due to start.

I was actually quite relieved to find snow on the ground next morning so I decided to phone Rich just to confirm he had cancelled the course, and looked forward to returning to my bed with breakfast and the papers.

But this was FCC and Rich decided to go ahead. By the time we reached the Scout Hut in Bradford on Avon the snow was starting to melt but there was a bitterly cold wind. We admired the Scout facilities - just what we needed in Frome, then rushed to turn on the electric fire and the tea urn.

The morning was spent cosily in front of the fire covering theory, with each person presenting a topic in turn. After lunch we headed to the nearby river to learn the rescues. The local rowing club was appalled at the whole idea and kept their distance. The water was icy and the wind a cutting northerly. A jolly time was had by all, then we headed back to the hut to thaw out.

A good fug was generated in the little room we were using and everyone felt better after a square meal and hot drink. Graham turned up to hurl abuse

and receive abuse (nothing changes

then!) and then the softies went home

while the tough ones went to terrorise the locals at the pub, followed by a sleep at the hut.

Next morning didn’t feel any warmer though at least the sun was shining. After breakfast Rich’s victims pottered down to the river again for their test under the eagle eye of Graham and Rich. A few locals hardy enough to be out were mind-boggled by this group who voluntarily kept leaping into the water. By the end everyone was very, very cold, but no-one moaned.

Six people passed their Canoe Safety under horrid (but perhaps realistic) conditions. As the person with the relatively warm job of providing food, I felt that they were very brave even to have turned up at all that weekend. Or were they just plain mad . . . ?

Ed: we don’t do it like this any more! And to think in those days, no one had dry suits. How did they manage it?

See next page for photo of how Rich does it these days! End of June is bound to be warmer and there won’t be snow on the ground!

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Club courses and Axe Vale Canoe weekend


COURSES

Passport £35 An introductory 7 week course for the under 14s. Wednesdays 7-8pm. Start date: 9th July

One Star £40 An introductory course for the over 14s Saturday 12th July

Three Star WW Kayak £65 A course over several sessions: Sunday 15th June Thursday evenings: 19th June, 3rd July and 11th September Sunday 14th September

Canoe Safety (FSRT) £35 An 8 hour course run over a weekend, at Langham farm. 28/29thJune

Aquatic First Aid £30 An 8 hour course: 9th August At the clubhouse.

Canoe Skills Day £15 All day in open boats: 13th July

Canoe Safety circa 2011. Now read p14!

The Open Canoe Weekend

5th/6th July 2014

Run by the Axe Vale Canoe Club and the Open Canoe Association. This annual event is especially for Open/ Canadian Canoeists to experi-ence estuary and coastal canoeing. As usual there will be a varied programme of skill development and scenic pad-dles along the Jurassic coast. It is also a great way to make and renew friend-ships in a relaxed and welcoming envi-ronment.

Overnight camping in Axmouth by the river is available.

Full details and forms now available:

http://www.axevalecc.co.uk/Events/OCW-2014/ocw-2014.htm



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Members Page


From Andrew Lyall re the Grand Team Event 11th May 2014

After four years of trying, Mark and I with the help of Kath, finally won the team event. (We had been second the last two years). It is not always about having the best competitors in your team as tactics are crucial. Here are some tips:- 1) If possible try and practise before the day. 2) If a slalom boat is available use it as these are quicker than a plastic boat. 3) Work together as a team. Until the last person finishes the clock is still running. Don't trip each other up! 4) It is generally quicker to have your quickest person last, second quickest first and third quickest second.

Above all, enjoy the day and like us, have another go next year. Andrew Lyall.

Ed: Yes good tips indeed, and all we need to do is to remember them all for next year’s event.

Here is the link: http://goo.gl/WT6INw

http://goo.gl/WT6INw

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Bits and Pieces


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Newsletters can

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CANOE SKILLS : 13th July

9am - 4pm

A day in open boats

Improve your flat water canoe skills - from the basics to a competent level!

FCC Detective Agency solves yet another mystery!

A little while ago the Town Council approached the club saying that a boat had been found on the river

bank, and asked if we had we lost one! Pam duly responded and picked up the boat. It went on

display at a Wednesday club session with the notice attached. Several sug-

gestions were made as to the owner, but it was Tom K who nailed it! And the owner, Tony Rogers, was incredibly pleased to

get his boat back! THANK YOU Tom!

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The committee has taken the decision to stop providing wetsuit shoes for club members to borrow at club sessions. This is due to the large number of shoes going missing. Sadly we just cannot afford to keep replacing them. But we are still selling wetsuit shoes at club sessions. At £5 a pair they are good value for money.


Bits and Pieces

Manoeuvre of the month

Rich (our Head Coach) came a cropper in the C1 race at Winchester. All credit to him, he was giving C1 a go. It went like this: a confident start and Gates 1 to 4 achieved, no problem. Rich now carries on the story “I hit the stopper, which dragged the back of the boat under the water, resulting in my capsize at gate 5.”

At this point a very surprised Rich stood up and walked to the side with his boat. Ah well, there was always the second run to excel in!

A new canoe and kayak store in Dorset at Three Legged Cross in Wimborne.

We are a small independent, family run shop with an enthusiasm for paddle

sports. We are open 6 days a week, (closed Wednesdays) are available to call,

mail, facebook, twitter etc.

With a full on line store, growing daily, we are able to offer unique club discounts

for members and grouped orders.

Please pop in to see us anytime and we will put the kettle on!!

Wishing you all hours of paddling fun, from the SCC Team.

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Three Legged Cross, BH21 6SY. 01202 914224

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Bits and Pieces


ALL CHANGE FOR THE TIVERTON TRAINING WEEKEND Our usual accommodation is not available this year so we have found another place - Haache Mill (Rock and Rapid Adventures). Set in the middle of no-where, it is a 20 minute drive from the Exe, but it has beds! They are giant beds, so cosy, and they do have mattresses! Smaller than our usual accommodation our numbers will be restricted to 36 people.

The rather nice thing about it is there is a giant climbing wall on site and we can arrange to have an evening session for a group if people are interested! This would cost an additional £10 for 1½ hours (with instructors).

Tiverton dates are 4/5th October.

Help needed!

27th July is our next starter session day, for members of the public to have a go. We need coaches and volunteers to help us from 10am till 3pm.

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Canoeing and kayaking are “Assumed risk” – “Water contact sports” that may carry attendant risks. Participants should be aware of and accept these risks, and be responsible for their own action and involvement.

www.frome-canoe-club.org.uk

Check out the photos of club events on the website. And refer to the calendar for all the club activities.

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CONTACTS

Chairman Alun Jones 01373 823513

Vice Chair: Gareth McGiveron

Treasurer: John Kent 01225 765168 [email protected]

Secretary: Pam Dixon 07740 472982 [email protected]

Head Coach: Rich Carter 01373 864623

Youth Reps: Tracey Lemon and Stuart Miles

Volunteer Rep: Jonathan Howell Kit: Sally and Tim Smiles, assisted by Tracey Lemon

Win a £20 voucher for yourself !

Agree to turn up to 6 sessions at

Wednesday club nights! SIMPLE.

Ask at the reception desk for the paperwork

and get going!

Applies to 11-25 year-olds

Tom, Jim, Jonathan and Gareth did the safety cover for a swim event at Vobster Quay. And this time Gareth did have to help a swimmer.

2014 06 newsletter

Documents

mini slalom

winchester slalom

ironbridge slalom div

slalom dates

llandysul slalom

o slalom

ogmore slalom

shepperton slalom